"Sherlock" creator Steven Moffat has dropped three keywords of the upcoming season 3. "So. The three tease words for the next run of Sherlock ... Rat. Wedding. Bow," he tweeted on Friday, August 24 after promising to share the clues the day before.

He previously noted that last season's keywords were "Woman, Hound, Fall," which were all key elements in three episodes of season 2. Thus, the newly-unveiled clues could mean that the new episodes will use the stories of "The Giant Rat of Sumatra", "The Noble Bachelor" and "His Last Bow".

"His Last Bow" is the final installment of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" series, hinting that the upcoming season would be the last for the Emmy-nominated crime drama show.

Meanwhile, at the Edinburgh TV festival, actor Andrew Scott who plays Sherlock's nemesis Moriarty confirmed that "Moriarty is dead." Moffat, co-creator/the Mycroft Holmes depicter Mark Gatiss as well as producer Sue Vertue also attended the event, while lead star Benedict Cumberbatch had to skip the panel.

【英剧快讯】

热门英剧《神探夏洛克》的制片人Steven Moffat近日在推特上透露了该剧第三季的三个关键词：Rat, Wedding, Bow。考虑到第二季的情况，这三个单词可能意味着第三季将用到三个柯南·道尔小说中的案子：《苏门答腊硕鼠》（The Giant Rat of Sumatra），《单身贵族》（The Noble Bachelor）和《最后的致意》（His Last Bow）。由于《最后致意》是柯南·道尔作品中的福尔摩斯的最后一案，所以有猜测认为第三季将是《神探夏洛克》的完结篇。