The age of the Synths is overIt's been 10 months since Humans last aired on Channel 4 and AMC – now, we have an update on the show's future... and it's not good news.
Series co-creator Sam Vincent has confirmed on Twitter that the sci-fi series will not be returning for a fourth series.
In a statement credited to Vincent and fellow writer/executive producer Jonathan Brackley, the pair said they were "gutted" but added they felt "lucky" to have made three series, calling Channel 4 and AMC "the perfect partners".
They also thanked fans for their support, and acknowledged that series three's cliffhanger ending "left some threads hanging".
"Maybe one day we'll get a chance to pick them back up," the statement reads. "If there's anyone out there with a few million quid and an interest in AI stories, we're all ears. DM us Elon."
Humans was set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' – a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar in appearance to human beings.
The third series ended with the shock demise of Mia (Gemma Chan) leaving Niska (Emily Berrington) as the de-facto leader of the Synths. Niska, though, had evolved to reach a new stage in Synth evolution, while Mattie (Lucy Carless) was revealed to be pregnant with Leo (Colin Morgan)'s child – a human / Synth hybrid.
Based on the Swedish science-fiction drama Real Humans, Humans also starred Katherine Parkinson, Tom Goodman-Hill, and Ivanno Jeremiah.