风靡全世界的BBC现代翻拍剧《神探夏洛克》（Sherlock Holmes）第三季何时回归？问题的答案几乎让所有剧迷望眼欲穿。近日，该剧执行制片人之一Beryl Vertue接受采访时确认，《神探夏洛克》将于2013年年初开拍，有望明年年中与大家见面。
回归时间捉摸不定一推再推 剧迷已经习惯
虽然这比之前外界普遍预测第三季明年年初回归又推迟了不少，但大家都对这个消息不太意外，毕竟《神探夏洛克》似乎生来喜欢让剧迷等待，剧迷也已经习以为常，关于该剧具体的时间安排，甚至连剧组内部都没有定数，《神探夏洛克》（Sherlock）的执行制片人苏·维特（Sue Vertue）前不久就发布纠正声明，推翻了老公史蒂文·莫法特（Steven Moffat）所述该剧第三季将于2012年回归的消息。
大反派莫里亚蒂不再回归 新季部分镜头已拍
除了第三季具体的回归时间，该剧第三季究竟多少集也牵挂我们的心，而目前这一切还都是未知数。唯一确定的是，第二季第三集《莱辛巴赫瀑布》（The Reichenbach Fall）中卷福的屋顶坠下之后，险中幸存的部分镜头已经拍摄完毕、安德鲁·斯科特（Andrew Scott）饰演的大反派“莫里亚蒂教授”将不会回归第三季，他们将在新一季中开发新的反派角色。
双男主档期满满 或成剧集推迟主因
《神探夏洛克》是一部现代改编剧集，第二季在今年1月份播完不久，就获得了BBC电视台第三季的续订。该剧由本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇（Benedict Cumberbatch）和马丁·弗瑞曼（Martin Freeman）担当主演，分别饰演福尔摩斯和华生，迅速走红的两人档期满满，他们将分别出演电影《星际迷航2》和彼得·杰克逊执导的《霍比特人》，可谓忙的不可开交，这或许是《神探夏洛克》计划一推再推的根本原因。
The three-part second series of the BBC detective drama left fans itching for a third in January and they are to get their wish next year it seems, with the show’s producer confirming to the broadcaster’s in-house magazine Ariel that filming for the next season will begin in early 2013.
No transmission date has as yet been confirmed for the new series however, nor is there an indication of whether it will consist of the usual three episodes or more.
Sherlock – which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman was Watson – ended on a cliffhanger in January when the detective appeared to commit suicide only to later be seen visiting his own gravestone.
The mysterious scenes led to great discussion about how the master crime-solver faked his own death.
In the time between the two Sherlock seasons both lead actors have been keeping busy, with Cumberbatch filming the sequel to 2009’s Star Trek and Freeman shooting Peter Jackson’s version of The Hobbit.