Steven Moffat says Count Dracula is "bi-homicidal".

Dracula

Dracula

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.

"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.

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