I’m on Skype to John Barrowman. Hello, Harkness, my old friend. “You’ve got a fan,” he says, from his home in Palm Springs, in southern California. “I love Doctor Who Magazine, and that’s why I want to do this.” And the Captain Jack actor, 49, knows a thing or two about being a fan. I can see his full-size, black Dalek from here, skulking in the corner of the room behind him. “There he is,” beams John. “That’s the one from the show. If I’m correct, that’s the one that shot me.” If it is, it’s had some work done. The Dalek that exterminated Jack in 2005 Doctor Who episode The Parting of the Ways – before ‘Bad Wolf’ Rose Tyler brought him back to life, rendering him immortal – was a bronze model. “When I wanted one, I had to buy it, obviously,” persists John, “and they said, ‘Which one do you want?’ I said, ‘I want the one that shot Jack. I want the one that made history.’ But also – I don’t know if you can see –” He moves his webcam closer to the Dalek. “On the front, I had them put –”
Is that… the Torchwood logo?