Updated: Barrowman: 'No Captain Jack in new Who'

John Barrowman has said that he does not think Captain Jack Harkness will return for Matt Smith's first series of Doctor Who.

The star is tipped to appear in David Tennant's final two-parter as the Tenth Doctor, but Barrowman said that he was not sure if he would reappear in the programme.

Barrowman told Radio 2: "I don't know about Captain's Jack future in Doctor Who because nothing has been said or I haven't been asked.

"I'm kind of prepared that I won't be in any of it, which is fine."

He added: "But we are discussing the future of Torchwood because most definitely Torchwood will come back to the BBC, which is fantastic.

"We're not sure when, because we have to work out the logistics of the filming - and it's already said that it'll be 13 episodes instead of 5."

However, a BBC spokesperson told DS: "Torchwood proved a huge success with our audiences with the one epic story stripped across a single week.

"We know there is a huge public clamour for the return of the Torchwood team. Although no final decision has been made yet, discussion is under way about their future."

Torchwood's creator Russell T. Davies recently said that he hoped to start work to start on the fourth series in January.