# Question about recent Doctor Who episode (Open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222 "2020-01-30T15:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/1 "2020-01-30T15:12:17Z")
Listening to a recent episode of Doctor Who, I was pleasantly surprised to hear the voice of . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Harkness. As any long time DW fan knows, Jack is immortal but not possessed of eternal youth. The actor portraying him, John Barrowman, obviously is a real person subject to normal human aging. What does he look like 18 years on? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/2 "2020-01-30T15:26:04Z")
Heavily made up. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/3 "2020-01-30T15:45:52Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Heavily made up. Which totally fits in character with Jack. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/4 "2020-01-30T16:17:31Z")
Ever so slightly chunkier but still groovy. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/5 "2020-01-30T17:00:24Z")
He looks a lot like Malcolm Merlyn. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/6 "2020-01-30T18:36:43Z")
I’m not sure who that is, and I’m far too lazy to Google at the moment. Is that the character he was playing on arrow a few years back? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/7 "2020-01-30T19:00:12Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I’m not sure who that is, and I’m far too lazy to Google at the moment. Is that the character he was playing on arrow a few years back? Across several shows in the Arrowverse and in the most recent season. A lot more episodes than he did on Doctor Who and Torchwood combined. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/8 "2020-01-30T21:08:32Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Across several shows in the Arrowverse and in the most recent season. A lot more episodes than he did on Doctor Who and Torchwood combined. Well, that explains my ignorance. I decided sight unseen (ha) never to watch arrow. It bugged me for some reason. I did hear a familiar voice when passing by an episode one day, but I could never be arsed to follow up. Anyone who communicates information to the effect that I would be really happy if only I knew what Melissa Benoist looks like will be slapped with a trout specially specially caught for that purpose… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/9 "2020-01-30T22:33:26Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Well, that explains my ignorance. I decided sight unseen (ha) never to watch arrow. It bugged me for some reason. I did hear a familiar voice when passing by an episode one day, but I could never be arsed to follow up. > > Anyone who communicates information to the effect that I would be really happy if only I knew what Melissa Benoist looks like will be slapped with a trout specially specially caught for that purpose… Frankly, you’re missing out more by not seeing Stephen Amell do pull ups. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/10 "2020-01-30T22:49:41Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Listening to a recent episode of Doctor Who, I was pleasantly surprised to hear the voice of BTW, do you use the descriptive audio track when listening to TV shows? I stumbled on one by accident some years back. (Not that it would have helped answer your question here.) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/11 "2020-01-30T23:34:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > BTW, do you use the descriptive audio track when listening to TV shows? I stumbled on one by accident some years back. (Not that it would have helped answer your question here.) Not often. Generally I find it annoying, and for science fiction/superhero movies it is worse than nothing. I can still see a tiny bit and watch TV on the iPhone if a loan or, if I’m with somebody, listen with my eyes closed while they watch on a bigger screen. (Bigger screens are too bright for me to look at directly.) In the case of the Judoon episode, I could not see enough detail of Barrowman’s face to tell how he has aged no matter how close the phone was to me. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/12 "2020-01-30T23:36:51Z")
The real-life Barrowman has let his hair go naturally grey, and it really kinda looks good on him. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-recent-doctor-who-episode-open-spoilers/847222/13 "2020-01-31T18:09:09Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Frankly, you’re missing out more by not seeing Stephen Amell do pull ups. Dude, “divorced” doesn’t mean that I’m changing teams. 🙂