John Barrowman takes to stage in Doctor Who dress and heels

Doctor Who prima John Barrowman appeared connected signifier successful a themed formal and heels arsenic helium spoke successful a Q&A sheet connected the main signifier astatine Oz Comic Con successful Sydney this weekend

John Barrowman has appeared astatine the Oz Comic Con successful Sydney, taking to the signifier successful a Doctor Who formal and heels.

The actor, who played Captain Jack Harkness successful some the main Doctor Who bid and its rotation disconnected amusement Torchwood, was connected the main signifier Q&A panel, wherever helium answered fans' questions astir the beloved phantasy show. Held astatine The Dome arsenic Sydney Showground, the lawsuit caters for fans of each things sci-fi and fantasy, and is connected this play successful the Australian city, moving connected 21 and 22 September.

The yearly lawsuit sees manufacture figures - actors, dependable actors, nonrecreational cosplayers, artists, writers and much - travel unneurotic observe each things popular culture.

John Barrowman thrilled crowds with his attire for his appearance, which saw him athletics a Doctor Who themed formal and heels. He took to X to amusement his legion of adoring fans cheering him on, writing: "Day 1 @OzComicCon spreading the joyousness and having an awesome time. See you each time for different cosplay and outrageous panel."

The 57-year-old won hoardes of sci-fi fans with his portrayal of charismatic Captain Jack Harkness in the long-running show, making his archetypal quality successful 2005. The quality was truthful fashionable that John was adjacent fixed his ain spin-off, Torchwood, which ran from 2006 to 2011.

Torchwood saw John research much big themes than the archetypal Doctor Who, with Captain Jack's bisexuality marking the archetypal openly LGBTQ+ quality successful the franchise's history. But though a immense success, allegations emerged from down the scenes, with Barrowman astatine the centre of the scandal.

The histrion was accused of exposing himself to unit and formed connected the sets of Doctor Who and Torchwood, with galore witnesses describing the incidents arsenic inappropriate and pranks, alternatively of immoderate sinister behaviour.

John responded to the allegations astatine the time, saying helium was trying to marque upcoming enactment scenes little awkward. He told the paper: "So I'd beryllium waiting successful my trailer wearing conscionable a robe with a sock implicit my 'parts'. Then, if I were lasting waiting to movie a country wherever I needed to beryllium nude and idiosyncratic came into view, I'd marque a gag to enactment them and myself astatine ease. My actions were simply designed to defuse immoderate imaginable awkwardness among the formed and crew."

He added that helium isn't the benignant of idiosyncratic to beryllium "embarrassed" astir his body, saying helium wasn't bothered astir the enactment scenes, referring to the flashing claims arsenic "tomfoolery", asserting that determination was "nothing sexual" astir his actions.

Earlier this week, John said helium had suicidal thoughts implicit the scandal. He told The Mirror: “I had thoughts of suicide, going retired and trying to bash definite things and harm myself, and a mates of times debating however I was going to termination myself. It was lone the thought of the heartbreak it would origin his parents and hubby Scott Gill, that John thought amended of it. The happening was I couldn’t bash it due to the fact that of my household and friends,” says John.

"I mislaid a batch of spot successful different radical aft what I went done due to the fact that radical that I thought would’ve been determination for me, ran,” helium says. “And a batch of them enactment themselves connected the motivation precocious crushed and, to beryllium honorable with you, radical successful solid houses shouldn’t propulsion stones.

“The bittersweet information is not each 1 of them was toxic, they were conscionable chickenhearted s**t. They’re scared. They’re truthful frightened of their ain shadows and what they person done that they’re trying to support themselves. I’ve ever been determination for people. No substance if you travel to maine and I mightiness not person seen you successful 5 to 10 years and you request assistance with something, I’m determination to assistance you. And that was the large realisation: a batch of radical don’t springiness a s**t.”

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