Over the years Doctor Who has had many high-profile guest
stars, some of whom have been musicians (including Katherine Jenkins and
Foxes in recent years) – but there’s one music grandee who Peter
Capaldi thinks has been missing out.
“I think we should have David Bowie,” the actor told the crowd at a
screening for episode one and two of the upcoming series. “I think he
would be a very good one.”
OK, it sounds a little crazy – but now we've thought about it, it’s
almost too perfect. Who better to explore space and time with the Doctor
than Ziggy Stardust, the composer of Space Oddity? A man who once
released an album that could almost be a Doctor Who episode premise in
itself – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
– and starred as an alien in sci-fi movie classic The Man Who Fell to
Earth. If someone’s not already pitching that to Steven Moffat for
series ten, we will.
Still, if Bowie did appear on the series he might have a bit of a rivalry on the music front from the Doctor himself.
In the series nine trailer
the Doc rocks a cool guitar (which former rocker Peter Capaldi plays
himself), and the actor spoke of his joy in finally putting his musical
talents to use.
“I was really delighted to open the script and find the Doctor
playing guitar,” he said. “I think I’d sort of half mentioned it in
joking, but I was really delighted that these guys went for it as an
idea.”
Capaldi also revealed that – just as when he hand-picked the Twelfth
Doctor’s costume – he also had a say in which axe he’d be wielding for
series nine. Could this Vine video from June have been part of his
research, we wonder...
“We had a great day when I went to pick the Doctor’s guitar,” he
reminisced. “We went to Denmark street and went to various vintage
guitar shops, looking for Doctor Who’s guitar. And I first I thought it
should be like a Stratocaster or a Telecaster, one of those old classic
guitars, but they all started to look like I was having a midlife
crisis.”
“We ended up with a guitar that looked like a Fender Stratocaster that had been described to someone who had never seen one.”
He added: “That [joke] is hilarious, if you’re into guitars.”
We’re calling it – a Capaldi/Bowie duet is on the cards. Ground control to Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart…
Doctor Who series 9 begins on Saturday 19th September on BBC1 at 7:40pm
Within infinity, one will inevitably find expectations will be at variance with one's own on any given subject. I, for one, have never had any problems with any series, actor or story regarding Doctor Who and, in fact, have always found the series thoroughly enjoyable. I can speak for my old friend Bib, my fellow Whovian, who also always looked forward to each and every story with unbounded enthusiasm.
ReplyDeleteLove Bowie, so I truly hope this happens.
ReplyDeleteI can see it now...the Doctor pulls a small space capsule into the TARDIS...out steps an astronaut...Major Tom! bwahahaha. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteThat would be more in place in a second season episode of Space 1999.
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