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"John Barrowman has announced that he will not appear in Doctor Who&amp;#039;s 50th anniversary special. The actor hinted at an &amp;quot;important&amp;quot; reveal on his official Twitter account, before breaking the news. I will not be involved in the 50th Anniversary Episode of Dr WHO. JB &amp;amp;mdash; John Barrowman News (@Team_Barrowman) March 24, 2013 Barrowman previously implied that he was in talks to reprise his Who role of Captain Jack Harkness for November&amp;#039;s celebratory episode, claiming that he was &amp;quot;discussing things&amp;quot; with the BBC. However, the Torchwood star later played down rumours of a return, claiming that his original quotes had been &amp;quot;taken totally out of context&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;twisted&amp;quot;.  Digital Spy readers recently voted on what they wanted to see in the 50th special, with the return of Barrowman&amp;#039;s Captain Jack proving one of the most popular responses. Doctor Who returns to BBC One with a new run of episodes this Saturday (March 30) at 6.15pm. &amp;gt; Doctor Who 50th special is &amp;quot;epic, hilarious&amp;quot;, says Matt Smith &amp;gt; Doctor Who: 5 reasons we&amp;#039;re excited for the new series Watch the stars of Doctor Who talk the 50th anniversary with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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