And then there is the strangelife force of the Delphos, the way its hem pools on the ground like the spreading roots of a tree, and how the vertical pleating begins to look like bark.
NASA's Kepler observatory is designed to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and civilizations traces of exoplanets and has clocked up around two thousand unconfirmed sightings.
Ms Van Outen is the latest addition to the cast of Tube Tales, which tells real-life stories of strange happenings on the capital's Underground network.