David Bowie

David Robert Jones, better known by his stage name of David Bowie, was a singer/songwriter from Earth.

Bowie's song "Starman" was heard playing after an alien spaceship crashed into Big Ben. (DW: Aliens of London)

In 1974, the Doctor mentioned Bowie as one of the great musicians of the period to Lucie Miller. (BFA: Horror of Glam Rock)

Bowie and his song "Life on Mars" were presumably the influence for the name of Mars station Bowie Base One. (DW: The Waters of Mars)

Behind the scenes

 * The Doctor Who Confidential episode Is There Life on Mars? is also in reference to the song "Life on Mars" and is a line from it.
 * The novel PDA: Loving the Alien shares the title of a Bowie song although this is likely coincidental.