BACK TO LIFE? JOHN BARROWMAN REVEALS HIS PLANS TO RESURRECT CAPTAIN JACK IN Doctor Who Magazine 505!

As Doctor Who‘s first ongoing spin-off series celebrates its 10th anniversary, John Barrowman talks Torchwood

Following John’s comment at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con that he was “working very hard” to return Torchwood to our TV screens”, DWM asks John what that was all about…

“Every production company I go into, I’m not kidding, they say, ‘Is there any way we could get Torchwood back up and running?’” says John. “I’ve heard this so many times that I thought, ‘I’m going to find out if we can do it.’

“I started planting seeds, dropping a few hints,” John continues, “and it did exactly what I wanted it to: it blew up and everyone was like, ‘Oh my God, Barrowman wants to bring back Torchwood!’ Which, I’ve got to be honest with you, I really do. Because I travel around the world, I go to all these conventions, I see all these people – and I speak to all these production companies – who are desperate for it to come back.”

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  • THE POWER OF THE DALEKS
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  • CLASS PREVIEW
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  • THE ART OF THE DIRECTOR
    DWM celebrates a century of Doctor Who directors by tracking down four of the class of 2015 and interrogating them – in Part One of this in-depth feature.
  • BLOODSPORT
    Part One of a brand new comic strip adventure, written by Mark Wright and illustrated by Staz Johnson.
  • TIME TEAM
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  • THE SAVAGES
    The TARDIS lands on a planet which offers ‘a golden age of peace and prosperity’… But this apparent utopia comes at a terrible price, as this issue’s Fact of Fiction features 1966’s The Savages.
  • COMING SOON
    Previews of all the latest Doctor Who CD and book releases.
  • PLUS! All the latest official news, reviews, competitions, and The DWM Crossword!