{"id":31014,"date":"2012-10-29T17:57:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T17:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=31014"},"modified":"2013-01-08T11:23:11","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T11:23:11","slug":"john-barrowman-on-doctor-whos-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/john-barrowman-on-doctor-whos-50th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"John Barrowman on Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birthdays bring people together and that\u2019s why in the run up to Doctor Who\u2019s 50th<\/sup> bash, we\u2019re looking at who\u2019s likely to be joining in the celebrations. Still waiting for an invite, though, is John Barrowman who made an impression as Captain Jack Harkness. \u201cI read somewhere that the reason they hadn\u2019t asked was because of my schedule,\u201d he tells us, \u201cwell, I can say firmly here and now that that is a load of rubbish. I haven\u2019t been asked and I always work my schedule around Torchwood and Doctor Who, they\u2019re always a priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite landing a role in new superhero series Arrow, Barrowman is still orbiting the Whoniverse and recently co-wrote his first Torchwood novel, Exodus Code. He did have this to say, however: \u201cI have to tell fans out there that I\u2019m not waiting around at a table waiting for that phone call, although I would love to get that call, but I\u2019m out pursuing other things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oddly, our favourite Time Agent is yet to meet the Eleventh Time Lord but the actors would love to fix a date. \u201cI met Matt Smith when he got the role and we both said we thought it\u2019d be cool if their paths would cross,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s not up to us though, it\u2019s up to the higher powers, but if I\u2019m asked I would do it at the drop of a hat.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was a clear chemistry between David Tennant\u2019s Doctor and the omnisexual Jack Harkness, and we can\u2019t help wonder what it would be like this time around. \u201cThat\u2019s something that would be so great to look into, to see how Steven [Moffat] would have the two meet and how they would respond to each other, and whether they would even know each other is,\u201d he says. \u201cJack\u2019s not daft so I think he would sense something straight away, like Sarah Jane when David [Tennant] was playing the Doctor, she knew immediately who he was, there was a sixth sense there.\u201d<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s one character that Barrowman would like to meet even more than the Doctor: \u201cWhat I\u2019d really love to see is Jack and River Song!\u201d he says. \u201cThat would be very<\/em> interesting\u2026\u201d The Doctor\u2019s spouse has since filled the position of outrageous flirt that Captain Jack left behind, so who would win in a battle of the innuendos? Barrowman doesn\u2019t fancy his chances: \u201cI think it would have to be a tie!\u201d<\/p>\n

John Barrowman’s Exodus Code is available now.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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