Observation fail...

Why has it taken me so long to notice that John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness) is playing Malcolm Merlyn, one of the villains in Arrow? Some interesting crossover possibilities, or would be if the character was less of a cipher.

RIP Gerry Anderson

Gerry Anderson has gone to the great animation studio in the sky, aged 83.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407

A real formative influence on me and a lot of other here, I suspect. He'll be missed.