John Barrowman has revealed that he would love to star in a new spin off show featuring Captain Jack and River Song.
Speaking to TV Addict the actor said that he hadn’t realised how much him and Alex Kingston have in common until they bumped into each other at a showbiz party. “We didn’t even say anything we just looked at each other and went “Aaahh! My god!” he recalled. “So we got a glass of champagne then started talking, and we both said how cool it would be if Jack and River got their own TV show.”
He continued: “As we talked more we realised we’re both born on the same day and we have so much in common. We like a lot of the same things and our attitude towards stuff is similar. It struck a chord with us – that is why River and Jack are similar characters in their attitude and their fun and aggression. We are the same in real life, which is ironic.”
So would you tune in for The Jack and River Show? Any ideas for potential titles/stories?
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John recently said he’s “really upset” to not be invited back for the 50th anniversary.
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John Barrowman’s admitted he is “really upset” to have not been asked back for the 50th anniversary special.
Although previously teasing he was “discussing things” to do with the landmark 3D episode, currently being filmed, he later took to Twitter to personally deny involvement. While fans try to piece together the evidence he has recently been speaking to TVLine to clarify a return is off the cards. “The Powers That Be don’t want Jack to be there,” he explained. “The bottom line is I was not asked.”
He continued: “I understand why. They want to move forward and they want to try some different things. They’re not making this special for the uber fan. They’re doing it for the wider audience. And if they’re going to bring a character back, it wouldn’t be just for the uber fan, it’d be for everybody watching. So perhaps that’s the thinking they have had.”
The “momentous” episode – expected to be feature length – will be shown on TV and in cinemas. David Tennant and Billie Piper will be back as the Tenth Doctor and Rose.
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John Barrowman’s taken to his official Twitter to personally deny rumours that he will be returning to Doctor Who for its 50th anniversary special later this year.
The Captain Jack actor’s never hidden his hopes to reprise his role as part of the historic celebrations saying “it would be a shame” for his character to be excluded. He recently caused a stir confirming he is “discussing things” about his involvement, but with this latest development Jack’s fans seem to been taken all the way back to square one…
And so it seems we may never know the truth… Well, until November arrives, of course!
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John Barrowman has revealed that he has “moved on” from Torchwood in order to focus on his other projects.
The actor, who stars as Captain Jack in the Doctor Who spin off series, told Graham Norton the show remains “in limbo, in a sense”. He added: “With things at the BBC, something could be done in five years or ten years but if I’d sat around and waited for the last two years, I would’ve been bankrupt and unemployed.” The last series to air was Miracle Day in 2011, which received a mixed response.
The 10 part series was filmed as part of a co-production deal with BBC Worldwide and US network Starz, prompting complaints it had lost its Welsh charm upon its relocation to America. Chris Chibnall, who wrote for its first and second series, recently said “it became like other shows”. Do you think Torchwood should be given another hurrah?
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John Barrowman’s caused a stir among fans (for a change!) by saying he’s in talks about 50th anniversary “things”.
Up until now, the actor’s insisted he has had no information to share about Captain Jack’s potential return as part of the festivities, although he’s noted “it would be a shame” if he weren’t involved in some shape or form.
However, there appears to have been developments behind the scenes as he shared “a total exclusive” on This Morning.
“It is all very secretive, and I haven’t had anything to say up until just about right now,” he said appearing on the show last week. “All I can say is that we are discussing things.”
…Whatever that means! But shortly after his revelation, he took to his Twitter to clarify:
He also reaffirmed his comments during a chat with Graham Norton on his radio show as he explained: “If I’m asked a question, I try to be as vague but as honest as possible – what I said has been taken totally out of context and twisted. I don’t have an answer.”
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John Barrowman has revealed that he is still waiting for his invitation to return for Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary.
The actor has previously admitted “it would be a shame” to be left out of the landmark year celebrations but has said that he hasn’t yet had that call. “I haven’t heard anything,” he told TV Choice. “There was a rumour online saying that I can’t do it due to my schedule. But I haven’t been asked, so it is nothing to do with that. To be honest with you – I have time. I would go back at the drop of a hat.”
John recently told WhovianNet he would like his Torchwood novel to be adapted for TV.
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Russell T Davies has confirmed that he’s “not working on” a new series of Torchwood for the time being.
Speaking on Graham Norton’s Radio 2 show, the writer, who created the Doctor Who spin off, had no updates to deliver about what the future holds for Jack and Gwen. “I just don’t know,” he said. “It might be old news to the BBC when I do get back to it one day. But it’s in a nice limbo at the moment so it can stew there for a while. These shows can come back in 10 or even 20 years time.”
The lead cast have also had their say about the future. Eve Myles has claimed “there is life” in the series as she thinks a film would “draw a line under” the franchise, while John Barrowman’s told WhovianNet he wants his Torchwood book to be adapted for TV.
Torchwood’s future is “in limbo”, but discuss where you would like it to go next here…
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Things have been pretty quiet on the Torchwood front as of late, but luckily fans can now divulge in a brand new novel going by the name of Exodus Code…
If being reunited with Captain Jack wasn’t enough, the book has been written by John Barrowman and his sister Carole E. Barrowman, who very kindly took part in an exclusive interview with us to tell us more about the new adventure!
Check out our Q&A with them below.
Exodus Code was published this month and you can get your copy now – here or here.
Q. Take us back to the early days of Exodus Code. When and how did it come about, and what were both of your initial thoughts about the project?
Carole: The genesis of Exodus Code…
John: Nice place on words.
Carole: It’s what I do. Now stop interrupting. We’ve only just started the interview. Anyway, when I was on the set of Torchwood a few years ago, working with John on his autobiographies, we started talking about writing a script together for the show. John ran with the idea and we got agreement from Russell T Davies and the BBC was open to the idea.
John: But then things got busy for Carole and I a couple of years later…
Carole: 2009 to be exact.
John: Now you’re doing it.
Carole: Sorry, WhovianNet, this could be a long interview.
John: Long story short, BBC Books came to us when they heard our idea and they asked if we’d rather write a Torchwood novel instead.
Carole: We decided on a novel because it gives us a broader canvas to tell a story.
John: And we wanted the story to be epic.
Q. Without giving too much away (spoilers!), is there anything you can tell us about the novel in terms of its setting, characters, etc? Are there any new revelations about Captain Jack in store? John:I think readers and fans are going to love that the old Jack is back. Carole’s captured his humour and his roguishness perfectly.
Q) This isn’t the first adventure you’ve created for Captain Jack. What was it like for you both to be writing for him again, but this time on a much greater scale? Carole: I was writing Exodus Code between novels in our children’s Hollow Earth series, so for me it was great to be able to push the limits of character and to lift off the restraints of language and situations a bit more.
John: I loved that we go inside Jack’s head in some pretty cool ways and We’ve done our best to connect the story to the canon. We couldn’t really do that in our comic.
Q. As Carole mentioned, this year you’ve also released your first children’s novel, Hollow Earth, together. What was it like to then work on Exodus Code? John: The idea for the Exodus Code pre-dated our children’s series, but the books ended up overlapping because of Carole’s schedule. She teaches at Alverno College full-time and does most of her series writing in the summer. It also takes a long time to get all the necessary approvals to write a book that’s part of such a popular franchise.
Q. What were the planning and eventual writing processes of the book like for both of you? Did you spend a lot of the time together, or was it more a case of exchanging frantic emails in the early hours of the morning?
John: We have a pretty unique partnership. As with all our books together, I don’t do any of the writing. That’s Carole. We spend time together early in the process and we outline together and brainstorm situations. Then Carole goes off to Milwaukee and writes.
Carole: I usually don’t send John anything until I have a decent draft, then he adds his suggestions. The biggest challenge for us was that lots of other eyes were on this manuscript during the process. When we finished our outline, it had to go to Russell, the BBC, and even Starz, who now hold some of the franchise rights. We had to do the same with the finished book. Oh, and there are a few late night calls, especially when I forget the time difference and I have to know something right away!
Q) John, obviously you portray Captain Jack on screen, so you know all the in’s and out’s of his character (and we’re sure there’s a lot of ‘em!). Did this make it easier for you to write for him, and ‘be in control of him’, so to speak, and what was it like to go from reading his lines to writing them for him?
John: Carole and I decided very early in the process that, as much as we enjoyed Miracle Day, we wanted to see the Jack from the earlier days – the Jack with burdens but less weighed down by them. We really wanted the funny sexy Jack to be in our pages, and so it really helped to have the history of Jack at my fingertips (and other bits). I think that Jack is back in Exodus Code.
Q) For Carole, what’s it like to be writing for a character who is played by your brother on screen? Is the fact you know the real John so well a help or a hindrance when it’s time to think of him solely as Captain Jack?
Carole: I’ve been a huge fan of the Doctor Who and Torchwood universe as long as John, so I tried to bring my fan side into play when I was writing. I worked to see ‘Jack’ and not John as much as I could, but it did get a bit icky when I was writing some of the more sexually charged scenes, or writing about those ‘bits’ John just alluded to. Ew!
Q) Are you both pleased with the finished product, and if you set out to create the same tone as the TV series, would you say you’ve achieved it?
John: I guess that will be up to the fans to decide, but I think we did.
Carole: I think so too.
Q) John, as far as the TV series goes, is there anything you can tell us about the future of Jack on TV, or is it still on hiatus? You’ve mentioned in a few interviews that you’d like to see a movie…
John: I would love to see Exodus Code as a mini-series or as a movie. I’m ready to put on the coat whenever they need me to, but I’m afraid I have no more information about any future on-screen plans.
Q) Finally, do you have any plans to write further Torchwood novels – or other forms of adventures featuring Captain Jack – together?
Carole: We’re ready for the next one. This is our fourth book together. I can’t see us stopping anytime soon.
John: What she said!
A huge thanks to them both for answering our questions – have you got Exodus Code?
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Things have been pretty (well, actually… completely!) quiet on the Torchwood front as of late – but fans will be pleased to hear that we’ll be getting a new adventure next month in the form of Exodus Code.
In the novel, which just so happens to be written by Captain Jack himself, John Barrowman, with his sister, Carole, Earth is hit by a series of tremors, and scientists and governments have been left bewildered and silent. What the world needs is Torchwood, but there’s not much of Torchwood left.
It’s cover has been revealed ahead of its release on 13th September – order it here!
Torchwood’s future is “in limbo”, but discuss where you would like it to go next here…
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