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{{Infobox Individual
|aka              = David Jones, Ziggy Stardust
|image            = DavidBowie.jpg
|species          = Human
|job              = Musician
|origin            = [[Earth]]
|death date        = In or before [[2016]]
|first mention cs  = Love and War (novel)
|appearances      = {{il|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Low/Profile (short story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Knock Knock (TV story)}}}}
}}
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'''David Bowie''' was a singer from [[Earth]].
'''David Bowie''' (born '''David Jones''') ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)|ed=2007 edition}}) was a singer from [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Life on Mars on Mars (short story)}})


Bowie's song "[[Starman (song)|Starman]]" was played by one of [[Rose Tyler]]'s neighbours on the [[Powell Estate]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'')
== Biography ==
In [[1972]], Bowie released the song "[[Starman (song)|Starman]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}})


"Starman" was also played just after [[Eugene Jones]] had explained how he acquired the [[Dogon]] sixth eye. ([[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes]]'')
Bowie played different characters while performing his music. One such character was '''Ziggy Stardust''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Conspiracy in Space (audio story)}}) otherwise known as just Ziggy. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Friend of the Family (audio story)}}) In the [[summer]] of 1973, Bowie retired his Ziggy Stardust identity while onstage at the [[Hammersmith Odeon]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}})


In [[1974]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] mentioned Bowie as one of the great musicians of the period to [[Lucie Miller]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Horror of Glam Rock]]'')
In [[1977]], Bowie was recorded saying that he had just recorded an album called ''Low'', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}}) his eleventh studio album. Most of this album had already been recorded in [[France]]. However, he was feeling tired and down at the time and looking for a way to reinvigorate himself artistically. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Low/Profile (short story)}})


Bowie and his song "Life on Mars" were presumably the influence for the name of [[Mars]] station [[Bowie Base One]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'')
As a result, he moved to [[Berlin]] to "escape all the bad stuff". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}}) This kickstarted the creation of the [[Berlin Trilogy]] in collaboration with [[Brian Eno]]. Bowie remounted ''Low'' in his [[West Berlin]] studio, and scouted [[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Panda]] at a late night [[cabaret]]. Wildthyme, who he became enamoured with, inspired him to extend ''Low'' into a double album, which he called ''[[Low/Profile]]''. He also met [[Marlene Dietrich]] by whom he was similarly smitten. It was eventually revealed to Bowie that Berlin was under attack by the creativity-consuming [[Nemenoid]]s and that he had been used as a lure by Wildthyme; he decided to fight against the invasion by creating new music for ''Profile'', which destroyed the Nemenoids by being too creatively rich for them. However, in their death throes, the aliens destroyed ''Profile'' in all its forms, meaning Bowie released ''Low'' only, with some calling ''Profile'' "one of greatest lost recordings of the modern age". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Low/Profile (short story)}})


[[Evelyn Smythe]] spoke of her experience in a space suit as "like that David Bowie song." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Feast of Axos]]'')
The [[Fourth Doctor]] once played [[Find The Lady]] with a young David Bowie in a [[punt]] that [[Romana]] was poling. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}})
 
Bowie spent time aboard [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] while it was in [[Artron II Recharge Mode]], with the arton pulses leaving Bowie's left [[eye]] permanently [[dilation|dilated]], an incident the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] felt guilty about. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Press Play (short story)}})
 
=== Legacy ===
[[File:BowieHeroes.jpg|thumb|left|A David Bowie vinyl single. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Knock Knock (TV story)}})]]
David Bowie was inducted into the [[Rock & Roll Hall of Fame]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
 
On [[12 November]] [[1969]], the newborn [[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul Magrs]] dreamt that David Bowie sung ''[[The Laughing Gnome (song)|The Laughing Gnome]]'' at [[Dr Oho]]'s party. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|In the Sixties (short story)}})
 
In [[1974]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] mentioned Bowie as one of the great musicians of the period to [[Lucie Miller]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Horror of Glam Rock (audio story)}})
 
[[Derek (Survival)|Derek]] wore a ''Let's Dance'' era David Bowie t-shirt in [[Perivale]] when he was transported to the [[Cheetah Planet]]. He was still wearing it when the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] rescued him and he returned to Perivale. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Survival (TV story)}})
 
[[Ace]] and [[Julian Milton]] listened to a Bowie tape during their trip to [[Lincolnshire]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love and War (novel)}})
 
[[Evelyn Smythe]] spoke of her experience in a space suit as "like that [[Space Oddity|David Bowie song]]." ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Feast of Axos (audio story)}})
 
In early [[2012]], the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] unearthed some archived recordings of Bowie from 1977, and they broadcast them on [[Radio 2]]. By this time, [[Fester Cat]] had listened to many of Bowie's songs on records owned by [[Paul Magrs (in-universe)|Paul Magrs]] and [[Jeremy (Party Fears Two)|Jeremy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}})
 
A [[David Bowie (Wackopedia page)|page]] on [[Wackopedia]] was written about him some time before [[September]] [[2012]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Low/Profile (short story)}})
 
When she was [[10 (number)|ten]] years old, [[Ruby Sunday]] dressed up as David Bowie. [[Carla Sunday]] kept [[photograph]]s of this, which she told [[Louise Miller]] about. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}})
 
After his death, [[Erimem]] and [[Andy Hansen]] left a copy of Bowie's song "[[Life on Mars]]" on [[Mars]]. It was discovered by a Mars rover on [[New Year's Eve]] [[2020]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Life on Mars on Mars (short story)}})
 
The Twelfth Doctor recited some of his song "[[Ashes to Ashes (song)|Ashes to Ashes]]" to a robot, with the line "I'm Happy, Hope You're Happy Too". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Smile (TV story)}})
 
While looking through the belongings of the tenants who had lived at [[11 Cardinal Road]] in 1977, [[Harry (Knock Knock)|Harry]] found a vinyl single with David Bowie's "[[Heroes]]" on the A-side and "[[V-2 Schneider]]" on the B-side. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Knock Knock (TV story)}})
 
On [[22 December]] [[2023]], [[Clark (The Church on Ruby Road)|Clark]] wore David Bowie-inspired [[eyeliner]] to the gig [[Ruby Sunday's band|his band]] had at [[King's Arms, London|a pub]]. The eyeliner was ruined when he cried from [[laughter|laughing]] when Ruby Sunday attempted to make [[Trudy (The Church on Ruby Road)|Trudy]] wear a [[tinsel]] [[scarf]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)|chaptnum=Three|page=13-16}})
 
[[Bowie Base One]] was named after him. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}}, {{cs|The Waters of Mars (novelisation)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* In 1983, Bowie was offered the role of [[Sharaz Jek]] but the dates clashed with his Serious Moonlight tour.
* Bowie Base One being named in tribute to Bowie and his song, ''[[Life on Mars]]'', was first revealed in ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]''{{'}} companion ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' [[Is There Life on Mars? (CON episode)|episode]]. It wasn't until the [[Target Books|Target]] [[The Waters of Mars (novelisation)|novelisation]] that this was more explicitly implied in-universe, with the Doctor citing the base as being named after "a music god".
* In 1973, Bowie and his band, The Spiders From Mars, mingled with the cast of ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'' at [[BBC Television Centre]], leading a passer-by to ask if they were playing aliens in the show.
* In 1983, Bowie was offered the role of [[Sharaz Jek]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'' but the dates clashed with his Serious Moonlight tour.
* The ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' episode ''[[Is There Life on Mars?]]'' is titled in reference to Bowie's song "Life on Mars."
* In 1973, Bowie and his band, The Spiders From Mars, mingled with the cast of ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'' at [[BBC Television Centre]], leading a passer-by to ask if they were playing aliens in the show.
* The novel ''[[Loving the Alien]]'' shares the title of a Bowie song.
* The ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' episode ''[[Is There Life on Mars? (CON episode)|Is There Life on Mars?]]'' is titled in reference to Bowie's song "Life on Mars".
* The comic strip ''[[The Woman Who Sold the World]]'' is a reference to the Bowie song {{wi|The Man Who Sold the World (song)|The Man Who Sold the World}}.
* The novel ''[[Loving the Alien (novel)|Loving the Alien]]'' shares the title of a Bowie song.
* The character [[John Jones]] was heavily inspired by Bowie.
* The comic strip ''[[The Woman Who Sold the World (comic story)|The Woman Who Sold the World]]'' is a reference to the Bowie song "{{w|The Man Who Sold the World (song)|The Man Who Sold the World}}".
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* The characters [[John Jones]] and [[Vince Cosmos]] were heavily inspired by Bowie.
* Bowie served as the basis for [[Peter Capaldi]]'s portrayal of the [[Twelfth Doctor]]; Capaldi, a fan of Bowie, stated that he believed the musician would be an optimal template after searching through his "scrapbook of ideas".
* The novel ''[[Diamond Dogs (novel)|Diamond Dogs]]'' shares the title of a Bowie song and album.
* Bowie's song, ''[[Starman (song)|Starman]]'', was used extra-diegetically in ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'' and was heard in ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'' when the [[Ninth Doctor]] left the [[Powell Estate]] to return to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]].
* Bowie had {{w|anisocoria}}, a condition which left one of his pupils permanently enlarged. The short story ''Press Play'' suggests that this was a result of a genetic mutation caused by him being aboard the TARDIS. In real life, Bowie's condition was caused when, as a teenager, he was punched in — and nearly lost the sight of — his left eye during a fight at school.
* He was one of many actors considered for the role of {{Roberts|n=the Master}} in the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|''Doctor Who'' TV movie]].<ref>http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/tvm.html</ref>
* David Bowie's albums have been referenced in [[Titan Publishing Group|Titan]]'s ''Doctor Who'' comic covers:
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true">
11D 2.11 Cover A.jpg|[[11DY2 11]] Cover A references ''Aladdin Sane''
12D 2.03 Cover C.jpg|[[12DY2 3]] Cover C references ''“Heroes”''
12D 2.09 Cover A.jpg|[[12DY2 9]] Cover A references ''Ziggy Stardust''
</gallery>
 
== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 09:02, 16 July 2024

David Bowie

David Bowie (born David Jones) (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"ed":"2007 edition","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}) was a singer from Earth. (PROSE: Life on Mars on Mars [+]Loading...["Life on Mars on Mars (short story)"])

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1972, Bowie released the song "Starman". (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])

Bowie played different characters while performing his music. One such character was Ziggy Stardust, (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"], AUDIO: Conspiracy in Space [+]Loading...["Conspiracy in Space (audio story)"]) otherwise known as just Ziggy. (AUDIO: Friend of the Family [+]Loading...["Friend of the Family (audio story)"]) In the summer of 1973, Bowie retired his Ziggy Stardust identity while onstage at the Hammersmith Odeon. (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])

In 1977, Bowie was recorded saying that he had just recorded an album called Low, (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat [+]Loading...["The Story of Fester Cat (novel)"]) his eleventh studio album. Most of this album had already been recorded in France. However, he was feeling tired and down at the time and looking for a way to reinvigorate himself artistically. (PROSE: Low/Profile [+]Loading...["Low/Profile (short story)"])

As a result, he moved to Berlin to "escape all the bad stuff". (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat [+]Loading...["The Story of Fester Cat (novel)"]) This kickstarted the creation of the Berlin Trilogy in collaboration with Brian Eno. Bowie remounted Low in his West Berlin studio, and scouted Iris Wildthyme and Panda at a late night cabaret. Wildthyme, who he became enamoured with, inspired him to extend Low into a double album, which he called Low/Profile. He also met Marlene Dietrich by whom he was similarly smitten. It was eventually revealed to Bowie that Berlin was under attack by the creativity-consuming Nemenoids and that he had been used as a lure by Wildthyme; he decided to fight against the invasion by creating new music for Profile, which destroyed the Nemenoids by being too creatively rich for them. However, in their death throes, the aliens destroyed Profile in all its forms, meaning Bowie released Low only, with some calling Profile "one of greatest lost recordings of the modern age". (PROSE: Low/Profile [+]Loading...["Low/Profile (short story)"])

The Fourth Doctor once played Find The Lady with a young David Bowie in a punt that Romana was poling. (PROSE: No Future [+]Loading...["No Future (novel)"])

Bowie spent time aboard the Doctor's TARDIS while it was in Artron II Recharge Mode, with the arton pulses leaving Bowie's left eye permanently dilated, an incident the Thirteenth Doctor felt guilty about. (PROSE: Press Play [+]Loading...["Press Play (short story)"])

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

A David Bowie vinyl single. (TV: Knock Knock [+]Loading...["Knock Knock (TV story)"])

David Bowie was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

On 12 November 1969, the newborn Paul Magrs dreamt that David Bowie sung The Laughing Gnome at Dr Oho's party. (PROSE: In the Sixties [+]Loading...["In the Sixties (short story)"])

In 1974, the Eighth Doctor mentioned Bowie as one of the great musicians of the period to Lucie Miller. (AUDIO: Horror of Glam Rock [+]Loading...["Horror of Glam Rock (audio story)"])

Derek wore a Let's Dance era David Bowie t-shirt in Perivale when he was transported to the Cheetah Planet. He was still wearing it when the Seventh Doctor and Ace rescued him and he returned to Perivale. (TV: Survival [+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"])

Ace and Julian Milton listened to a Bowie tape during their trip to Lincolnshire. (PROSE: Love and War [+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"])

Evelyn Smythe spoke of her experience in a space suit as "like that David Bowie song." (AUDIO: The Feast of Axos [+]Loading...["The Feast of Axos (audio story)"])

In early 2012, the BBC unearthed some archived recordings of Bowie from 1977, and they broadcast them on Radio 2. By this time, Fester Cat had listened to many of Bowie's songs on records owned by Paul Magrs and Jeremy. (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat [+]Loading...["The Story of Fester Cat (novel)"])

A page on Wackopedia was written about him some time before September 2012. (PROSE: Low/Profile [+]Loading...["Low/Profile (short story)"])

When she was ten years old, Ruby Sunday dressed up as David Bowie. Carla Sunday kept photographs of this, which she told Louise Miller about. (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...["Empire of Death (TV story)"])

After his death, Erimem and Andy Hansen left a copy of Bowie's song "Life on Mars" on Mars. It was discovered by a Mars rover on New Year's Eve 2020. (PROSE: Life on Mars on Mars [+]Loading...["Life on Mars on Mars (short story)"])

The Twelfth Doctor recited some of his song "Ashes to Ashes" to a robot, with the line "I'm Happy, Hope You're Happy Too". (TV: Smile [+]Loading...["Smile (TV story)"])

While looking through the belongings of the tenants who had lived at 11 Cardinal Road in 1977, Harry found a vinyl single with David Bowie's "Heroes" on the A-side and "V-2 Schneider" on the B-side. (TV: Knock Knock [+]Loading...["Knock Knock (TV story)"])

On 22 December 2023, Clark wore David Bowie-inspired eyeliner to the gig his band had at a pub. The eyeliner was ruined when he cried from laughing when Ruby Sunday attempted to make Trudy wear a tinsel scarf. (PROSE: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...{"page":"13-16","chaptnum":"Three","1":"The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)"})

Bowie Base One was named after him. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"], The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (novelisation)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 11DY2 11 Cover A references Aladdin Sane

    11DY2 11 Cover A references Aladdin Sane

  • 12DY2 3 Cover C references “Heroes”

    12DY2 3 Cover C references “Heroes”

  • 12DY2 9 Cover A references Ziggy Stardust

    12DY2 9 Cover A references Ziggy Stardust

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/tvm.html
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