Steven Moffat says Count Dracula is "bi-homicidal".
The co-creator of the upcoming three part BBC One adaptation of Bram Stoker\'s iconic horror story \'Dracula\' - who leads the project alongside fellow \'Sherlock\' showrunner Mark Gatiss - has opened up on the bloodsucking character\'s history and explained he isn\'t picky with his victims.
Speaking during a Q&A at the series launch, he said: "Dracula\'s always fed off men and women, always. In the 1958 [Hammer Horror movie], the person that Christopher Lee looks most turned on by is Peter Cushing.
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"He\'s not actually having sex with anyone, he\'s drinking their blood, he\'s bi-homicidal... He\'s killing them, he\'s not dating them!"
The creative pair didn\'t want to do a modern day take on \'Dracula\', and instead they were keen to stay true to certain aspects of the source material.
They even considered driving the character - played by Claes Bang - a moustache, which would have been unfamiliar to anyone who hadn\'t actually read the novel itself.
Steven added: "[It\'s] the least successful facial hair in history! He has a moustache in the book! Nobody has ever given a fuck about that.
"[Laughter] James Bond has a scar in the Ian Fleming books on his face, not even on the book jackets did he have that.
"It just tells you as a creator, no matter what you say, Dracula does not have a moustache."
The new adaptation - which will also be broadcast on Netflix around the world - starts in Transylvania in 1897, with the bloodthirsty count drawing up plans against Victorian London.
And on Halloween (31.10.19), Gatiss hinted a second series could already been in the pipeline even before the first run has aired.
He teased: "It\'s very hard to kill a vampire. Do you know what I mean? What they do is resurrect."
\'Dracula\' will air on BBC One at 9pm on consecutive nights from January 1-3.
