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"John Barrowman has revealed that he is &amp;quot;really upset&amp;quot; about not being included in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special. The actor, who portrayed Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and its spinoff Torchwood, told TV Line that he was not approached to take part in the show, contrary to some speculation.  He explained: &amp;quot;Everyone on Twitter tries to make it like it&amp;#039;s my decision, but the bottom line is I was not asked. &amp;quot;[The producers] don&amp;#039;t want to put Jack in it. And I know fans are really upset about it, as was I.&amp;quot; Barrowman continued: &amp;quot;People have tried to say it&amp;#039;s my schedule - it&amp;#039;s absolutely not. I was told by the producers of Arrow that if I was asked to do the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who they&amp;#039;d let me go and do it. &amp;quot;It was nothing to do with my schedule. It&amp;#039;s just a matter of fact that I wasn&amp;#039;t asked.&amp;quot;  Although he is disappointed about the decision, Barrowman said he understands that Captain Jack&amp;#039;s character may have a limited appeal for some viewers. He explained: &amp;quot;I understand why they did it. They want to move forward, they want to try some different things. &amp;quot;I know from how [former showrunner Russell T Davies] approaches things, they&amp;#039;re not doing it just for the uber fan; they&amp;#039;re doing it for the wider audience. And if they&amp;#039;re going to bring a character back it wouldn&amp;#039;t be just for the uber fan, it would be for everybody. So perhaps that&amp;#039;s the thinking they had.&amp;quot; Barrowman had previously fuelled speculation over a return for Captain Jack, before backtracking during a radio interview. He later confirmed that the character will not appear in the cult show&amp;#039;s 50th anniversary special. Watch the stars of Doctor Who discuss the 50th anniversary with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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