Musician David Bowie reportedly turned down a role on the BBC's 'Doctor Who' according to 'Doctor Who' composer Murray Gold. The composer best known for his musical scores for 'Doctor Who', 'Queer as Folk' and 'Casanova' revealed in an interview for DenOfGeek.com that Bowie had turned down an offer for a role in the long running TV drama that celebrates it's 50th year this year. It is not clear whether Bowie was approached for his musical or acting talents, and that the role the shows producers wanted him to play was 'undisclosed'. Reports from 2007 suggested that Bowie had been approached to play a villain in the 2008 Agatha Christie episode of 'The Unicorn and The Wasp' but these reports were never confirmed by the BBC. Composer Gold met Bowie in an ice-cream store in the United States and Bowie explicitly made it clear that he did not want any participation in the show, Gold explained; "I said, 'I write music for Doctor Who,' and he said, 'I'm not doing it.' I said, 'What do you mean?' and he said, 'They want me to do it.' I don't know what it means, to this day, but that's what he said. I don't know in what capacity, as an actor or as a musician'." Bowie is known for his interests in space and the cosmos, writing many songs and albums inspired by the space age from the 1960s and 70s. However, it's a well known musician has been put forward for a role in the show, as it was recently revealed pop singer Michael Jackson was put forward for the 1980 motion picture of 'Doctor Who', but was turned down along with many other speculative names. |