Doctor Who: The Complete Story of 'Captain Jack Harkness'

[@REfan2002]

WW2 had 5 Jacks. Torchwood Jack in the Cryo Vaults Con man Jack Torchwood Jack, waiting for the Doctor Future Jack with Tosh And the real Jack Harkness.

[@thatlonewolfguy2878]

Honestly Jack's story is a classic Shakespearean tragedy, his immortality is not a gift, its a curse, everyone he gets close to dies or in the Doctor's case, regenerates. I would have liked to have seen the 11th and/or 12th Doctor interact with Captain Jack at some point but I'm guessing John Barrowman must have been busy filming other stuff during those years

[@-LamiaSage-]

John said he would love to return so we have just to wait for the writers

[@Reader999]

@@-LamiaSage- The only return we saw was after Capaldi's run

[@mattharvey589]

He was on the show arrow for a while which aired on the CW he played one of the main villains of the show

[@sebastianhansen6896]

Matt Harvey he was great in that

[@jejejow]

I think I remember Moffat saying he was going to bring Jack back for demon's run, and he was gonna have his head chopped off, becoming the first step to the face of boe, but he was busy with Arrow at the time

[@jamiethomas3768]

Captain Jack is definitely BEYOND iconic and charismatic. One of the best.

[@tristanrandall5893]

He is my favorite second character in any tv show

[@luisvelazquez4565]

Chica qué serie viste?

[@ravinraven6913]

I love how they did him. I was raised in a gay friendly town. But the fact they don't rub it in our face makes it perfect. Not everyone rubs their sexuality in our face. But hes so fleshed out that it is just part of his greatness

[@singsongsign]

Nine: There she is. Rose: She's an egg. Nine: Regressed to her childhood. Jack: She's an egg. Nine: She can start again. Live her life from scratch. If we take her home and give her to a different family, and tell them to bring her up properly, she might be alright. Jack: Or she might be worse. Nine: That's her choice. Rose: She's an egg. Nine: She's an egg.

[@patchworkfellow]

*EGG*

[@terry9238]

This is a relatively ethical way of dealing with a villain. Why isn’t it used more often?

[@GrayIze]

pAas

[@GrayIze]

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[@charliecross6773]

@@terry9238 well because you see.... uh she's an egg

[@chrisf6612]

The Face of Bo was suppose to be canon. Barrowman was supposed to appear in a Good Man Goes to War and was to lose his head to the headless monks. He would then live has a head only. The only reason this doesn't happen was because of scheduling conflicts. So I choice to see it as canon.

[@yellowmovementsundays7229]

Really? whats the source for this? Would've loved to see Captain Jack interact with 11

[@chrisf6612]

@@yellowmovementsundays7229 i cant find the original interview now with steve moffat, only a bunch of retellings which i dont like. But steve moffat wad interviewed and said that he had penned for barrowman to return but that he couldnt due to filming torchwood.

[@chrisf6612]

@@rainbowrainbow4621 yeah season 12 as a lot to answer for. But wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.

[@yellowmovementsundays7229]

@@chrisf6612 Thanks!

[@VerbalEnigma]

I heard it had been a joke

[@tosinakin2508]

I always felt that Captain Jack was like River Song if she was more of a side character. They were both extremely charismatic people with extremely long, complicated timelines presented non-linearly whose very essences were fundamentally altered by their interactions with the Doctor.

[@jayfredrickson8632]

And both very sexy!!😏

[@greggi47]

@@jayfredrickson8632 "Hello, Sweetie"

[@jayfredrickson8632]

@@greggi47 and the same to you!

[@greggi47]

@@jayfredrickson8632 I wish I could say it with the correct River Song inflections.

[@Colechamdiceman]

One of the very few things about Tennants Doctor that I didn't like or really understand was his abandonment of Jack. Like, he was brought back to life and left confused and in anguish. The excuse that he 'shouldn't exist' and 'it hurts just lookin' at you' aren't excuses for that terrible act. F'cking f'd up thing to do to a mate.

[@FlagCutie]

As much as I love Ten and David's portrayal, there were a few times he was ruthless or an asshole.

[@MigoLinden]

It was Nine who abandonned Jack back in Parting of the Ways.

[@alexpotts6520]

That is out of character, especially since the Doctor always defined himself in opposition to the Time Lord establishment for their elitist/prejudiced behaviour over this kind of thing. It's very weird, therefore, to see him behave exactly like the other Time Lords would. But then even good people have prejudices.

[@0623kaboom]

you missed that according to Jack this would be the first time the doctor would see him since he left him behind ... BUT the doctor knows exactly who Jack is and what happened and why ... which means he checked into Jacks life and found he had to leave him behind because he looked and saw him in other times after he left him behind ... just like when reading rivers diary the doctor had to break her wrist to release the cuffs ... because the companion read it ... he had to avoid a tsunami

[@Fly0High]

That's because the Doctor just wants To mate. *[citation needed]

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

I wish Jack would be brought back on a regular basis. He's such a wonderful character.

[@Sophia-hc4th]

torchwood mannnnn. have you watched it? literally heartbreaking but it’s SOOO GOODDDD

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

@@Sophia-hc4th Love Torchwood, watched it over and over.

[@mhoppy6639]

Isn’t the problem John Barowman himself? There’s been loads of allegations made about his behaviour on set and on location. Hopefully though some of this stuff gets resolved and this excellent character can return. I agree torcheood was very very good.

[@Valeska687]

I'd rather they bring back torchwood. They ended it with so much potential.

[@Valeska687]

​@@mhoppy6639 I heard anything about his behavior being problematic. What happened? I'm very curious now.

[@Edward24081]

Can we imagine for a minute Jack hearing the TARDIS materialise above the base in 2005, knowing he can't interfere?

[@jimmy2k4o]

I would wait until 2005 Jack wanders off, Wear the same clothes he was wearing and wander into the tardis and ask how often the tardis needs to come and refuel?

[@evesherlocked]

We don't need to it happens

[@jimmy2k4o]

Even though that be a meaningless question to ask since it’s a Time Machine….. it can materialize in Cardiff at any point in time after 1869. It be better to ask what year will the TARDIS land on next time you need to refuel? Can you possibly pick 1 hour after we leave this time?

[@evesherlocked]

@@jimmy2k4o you can... You even can do it 1 minute after the last time... Even 1 second....

[@jimmy2k4o]

@@evesherlocked I wanna leave wiggle room and time to pack and probably try and have an torchwood orgy or something, since I’m jack.

[@truediva18]

This is just a testimony to how good of an actor that John Barrowman really is.

[@aussieausdeutschland4245]

Bloody Oath! He's brilliant

[@Char10tti3]

Any time I hear Jack's theme now I can't help but remember "here he comes in a bloody great tractor".

[@chesdisneyforever]

Omg me too 😂

[@DuskGaming1969]

Same

[@jay_thechill4202]

I bet jack kept the fucking tractor lmao

[@nightowl8477]

I mentioned it in an earlier video, but *Russell just this month confirmed the Face of Boe to be Jack.* It seems to me that Chris wants to explore the later years of Jack's life, and would obviously need Russell's permission and confirmation.

[@EditedAF987]

Deborah Shaw probably not, he did write Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Adrift, Fragments and Exit wounds which all had some interesting stuff with the Captain

[@nl8989]

WHERE HOW WAS IT R E V E A L E D !

[@nightowl8477]

@@nl8989 - just a tweet haha. Actually, it was a reply to a tweet. Pretty bland, but there you go.

[@chrizmartin9890]

Deborah Shaw he wouldn’t he worked on torhwood

[@soggycatgirl]

Wasn't the line in the S3 episode "Last of The Timelords" enough? He expressed concern for how he'd look in a million years or whatever and mentioned being a poster boy and said "the face of boe, they called me"

[@No1ShalkaFan]

Thank you for this guys, I'd recommend the story of UNIT next.

[@QueenStodge]

The story of UNIT would be great

[@No1ShalkaFan]

@@QueenStodge yeah, going through all the eras from Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart to Winifred Bambera to Kate Stewart

[@iantowilliams5820]

Would be interesting!

[@Sean_Last1995]

one thing I love about Jack's past is it's never revealed what the creatures were that attacked the Boeshane Peninsula and I like that I love mysteries

[@GregInHouston2]

How can you tell the complete story of 'Torchwood' without it's true beginning. The real story is that when they were planning the revival of Doctor Who, they didn't want to give it away so that came up with the title "Torchwood" which is an anagram of Doctor Who.

[@EditedAF987]

That’s not the in universe beginning though. That’s just a behind the scenes thing

[@krystaldowney8987]

I thought torchwood first came up in the Victoria times in tooth and claw??

[@alysonneharris2445]

@@krystaldowney8987 It did!

[@NearlyH3adlessNick]

@@krystaldowney8987 The "Torchwood Estate" was where the Queen stayed. She called Torchwood so to honour everyone's sacrifice to save her life (and continue her existence as a Werewolf)

[@danese1636]

Holy fucking shit it is an anagram of Doctor Who wtf xd

[@Zodliness]

The best moments in my Doctor who history was realising Jack Harkness was the Face of Bo, I had my suspicions, as Jack was one of the only other immortal time travelling characters. 👍🏻‍

[@MsTekkitgamers]

26:37 Yes, we know who she is.

[@hera6310]

Omg this must if taken ages to research! Captain jack and Torchwood are my favourites ty for this amazing video :)

[@chesdisneyforever]

Mine too

[@sarasorensen2650]

Agreed. Third had to have been very time consuming. Thank you.

[@userbunny14]

No mention that Ianto was also one of Jacks lovers? Darn lol

[@johncamplin1159]

Have you seen the ianto shrine in Cardiff Bay it's amazing

[@userbunny14]

@@johncamplin1159 i havent! Is there pictures online? Afraid Cardiff is quite the flight from where I am haha

[@johncamplin1159]

@@userbunny14 Yes there are pictures all over the internet tho it is much better if u see it in person lol

[@redjirachi1]

He's his boyfriend, more than that of a lover

[@userbunny14]

@Blind Bob dude, Im completely asexual myself, but in real life, people have lovers. Its a real thing. Get over it.

[@kazmark_gl8652]

Jack is definitely the Face of boe that was the reveal at the end of the episode the writers even made a joke that Jack seems to still be able to age and he wondered what he might look like in a million years. it was clearly the writters intent that Jack and the Face were the same person, probably not since the beginning of the series but it does fit in very well with the first Season of New Who's habit of subtlety connecting the episodes together, and the 10th doctors era had the same production team and creative staff of the 9th doctors. so it makes sense as a planned 9th doctor season 2 reveal that got pushed back because they had to change doctors due to Christopher Eccleston's departure.

[@VuddyProductions]

people should just resolve the behind the camera beef with barrowman and keep bringing him back. maybe they could somehow find themselves at the end of the universe and bump into him floating in space, where the only thing he has left is his memory, and has been stuck out there, lost in his memories without even knowing how long it's been because time gave up on him as well. as tharries recently said, he was mishandled in revolution of the daleks, just a charicature of himself instead of having done something new so that we can catch up with him and learn some more about the huge gap between then and miracle day.

[@chainsofgames]

The behind the camera beef is he takes his dick out on set

[@tvac1485]

He’s the face of boe. He’s dead.

[@apanapandottir205]

Tosh's death breaks my heart every time.

[@eschnabel.4665]

This video was splendid. Captain Jack is by far my favorite companion. Much obliged.

[@thewhoaddicts]

Check out matthews dalek one best one yet! So glad your enjoying the videos 😄

[@heliosphere9789]

I love Captain Jack Harkness for being such a sex-positive character. So many recent tv characters are so awkward around sexual subjects, like sex cannot be just fun. But Captain J Harkness is just so wonderfully joyful!

[@thestreakingninja]

I liked how doctor wouldnt even let him say hello 😂

[@Char10tti3]

This is such a fantastic video! It's been so long since I've watched Torchwood all the way through and I've not listened to the audios yet. I'd heard a pretty interesting chapter with Martha and Gwen trying to solve a murder though. There's just too much Big Finish haha

[@tommcglone2867]

Captain Jack is truly immortal. As long John Barrowman is still around.

[@pelinoregeryon6593]

With deep fake software this is no longer a requirement, if they can secure the rights to use his likeness in new productions from him or his estate 🤗

[@Dana-61]

Real, it's not like the doctor who can change his face

[@finnlaypace281]

Pleeeease do River and the church of the silence!!!

[@Char10tti3]

Yes! I can't remember how it came up, I think my university Who Society watchalongs, but I had completly forgotten that the church basically were around for the whole of the 11th Doctor's story. I would actually like to see them come back, I feel like them being in series 6 and a few episodes I didn't like made it hard to like them later on. The silence are amazing as creatures. The headless monksI remember being a pretty big deal too. I love A Good Man Goes To War

[@lepimond4605]

@@Char10tti3 Steven Moffat is a person who used the time travel aspect of the show to its fullest extent. The episode where the Silence came up is the last time we see them. The origins of the Silence are shown in the Time of the Doctor: they were originally some normal human church in the future ruled by Tasha Lem. Then the Doctor came to Trensalore, where the Time Lords were calling him through the crack, and declared he would stay there to protect the planet. Then Tasha Lem dedicated her church to the Silence, which meant that the Doctor would not tell his name to the Time Lords. During the centuries that followed, the Silence protected Trensalore together with the Doctor. One of the church's branches, ruled by Madame Kovarian, decided it would be much more efficient to just find the Doctor in the past and kill him there. They started from blowing up his TARDIS... And the rest of the story you, as I believe, remember.

[@Char10tti3]

I'd love to hear more about Novice Hame, the story Russel wrote for her is one of the best pieces of Who I think exists. She has always been a favourite character of mine and I had recently found out about the New Earth audios she is in too

[@OverWims]

21:52 The Master wasn't Prime Minister for the past 18 months. He was Harold Saxon. He had only just become elected as Prime Minister.

[@Char10tti3]

He had been around definitely since the Racnoss Web Star at Christmas, I think they called him "Mr Saxon" but Harriet had shot down the sycorax ship the Christmas before. He was definitely just elected because I remember Tish was doing his PR and party and he met the cabinet for the first time. He might have been involved politics / the army. I think his fake backstory was that he was in the army?

[@OverWims]

@@Char10tti3 my point is that he just wasn't prime minister for the past 18 months. I know he was on Earth as they established this during The last of the Timelords.

[@samsentertainment8290]

Yeah, he arrived on earth 18 months ago , as the reporter says, “Eighteen months ago, he became real. This is his first, honest to God appearance, just after the downfall of Harriet Jones.” After Harriet shot down the sycorax, and the doctor caused the end of her government it is at that point he arrives launching the satellites and his campaign to eventually become prime minister just before they arrive back in the present day from the end of the universe

[@mr.scarlo2234]

We know that he was there before March 2007, as that’s when Love & Monsters takes place, and we see the Abzorbaloff holding a newspaper which it’s headline is “Saxon leads polls with 64 per cent”.

[@OverWims]

​@@mr.scarlo2234 Due to the 1 year skip in series 1 the timeline GOES MENTAL. Ok so hear me out. Series 1 2005-2006. This we know 100% Series 2 starts with the christmas invasion at the end of 2006 and therefore the rest of series 2 in 2007. This makes the runaway bride take place at chrismas 2007. So either after this the doctor went back in time slightly when looking into hope hospital or the more logical option is that series 3 actually takes place in 2008 just before series 4. This can easily make logical sense. The Master arrives 18 months before 2008 in 2006/2007. This is fine, he can be winning polls way before the election maybe to be the leader of his party. (He still needs to maintain his public image so just randomly becoming the leader is too suspicious). This means that The Doctor and Martha instead of travelling 1 year into the future at the end of Blink instead travelled 1 year into the past at the start. Plus as more proof I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure Martha mentions the "christmas star" at some point which means if she knows about it and it happened in december 2007 she MUST be from 2008. Case closed.

[@aussieausdeutschland4245]

Captain Jack is a MAAAAD KAAARRRNNNNT, love him, he steals every scene, and John Barrowman loves playing him too, so wanna see him return to Torchwood and Doctor Who.

[@UrialTheDarkOne]

There was one point you missed... (speculation) how Jack became just a head... during the pandorica story river goes n gets a vortex manipulator from Dorium Maldovar who said it came off the wrist of a handsome time agent. Maldovar was a known associate of the headless monks. The theory is that its Jack's virtex manipulator, taken from his body after the headless monks removed his head. Since their technology doesn't kill the person during the process of decapitation, jack just survived and continued to evolve as a disembodied head.

[@7SuperJ]

And if they decide to make him Deadpool or Wolverine, the brain being a regen center and the heart being a regen center, we would then get 2 Jacks at the same time, Face and body.

[@clarewall7124]

7:14 By pulling a small gun out of his... yeah. Nice video 😆

[@maxhax367]

A gun? That was a compact laser delux. Not a lame gun

[@kt9166]

If you doubt that Jack is the Face of Boe, just consider that, after Billions of years of life, all he needed was The Face. The body withered away, and was discarded. He became something beyond human, something brilliant, something beautiful. Something completely new. The Face of Boe.

[@ItsKassidyLove]

This video is an amazing amalgamation of all of Jack's appearances in the Doctor Who universe, great job! The only thing I would add is his relationship with Ianto Jones, which had a significant impact on why he left Torchwood at the end of Series 3.

[@kathynoll4634]

Absolutely!!! Ianto was important to Jack!

[@billyandrew]

Jack died a *lot* more than three times, during his stay in the Victoria age! At least _fourteen_ times, he's told, before being shot by his _Torchwood_ recruiters.

[@joelfleming6204]

Marvellous video! It really helped me, because I've always been confused about Jack. Thanks and well done. :)

[@DoctorWhoAdventures]

Totally agree! Great job guys! :D

[@rhysharris-clarke366]

The story of Sarah Jane or the Rani or the Cyber Wars

[@Shaden0040]

Can you do a complete timeline of Sarah Jane Smith from her perspective, please? Maybe one for K-9?

[@georgewilliams1470]

I feel that there's at least one more great Torchwood series left untold.But only if Russell Davies writes and directs it.

[@CutieMoli]

Series 5 and 6 were written and directed with RTD, they are amazing!

[@ravinraven6913]

I have never seen it, it seems decent, if it has Cap Jack. Though the newer dr who has kinda stained my opinion of previous stuff. I can't deny a good time travel/traveler story. I know an American version would most likely be terrible. What if it was "American" but completely done by the BBC so nothings different but the accents? Like a group of nerds hacked the line and found an ancient Alien device some where so they were able to stand toe to toe with the others? I wouldn't quite believe that if it were say people from the Congo or Somoa, but who knows? It all depends on the actors.

[@tye6943]

I wish that Jack's stint as a time agent was gone into more deeply. Another series waiting there! I hope for the day Torchwood returns with Gwen, Reece (and the baby) along with Jack, to our TV screens, saving the world whether the world likes it or not!

[@aliciakerr7639]

I’d love if Torchwood followed on with the story continuing with Rex.

[@liamduffin1985]

I looked months ago for something like this, I cant believe this is the only full video on here. Well done really enjoyed

[@chriscaygill6331]

Fantastic video! This gave me a lot of information on the character that I didn't know before. I'd love to see a Story of River Song!

[@sheilatodd7280]

Thank you for clearing all this up for me. You get so entranced in the scheme of Doctor Who you find it hard to keep up with other time lines. Oh River Song would be great! I think I know most of her timeline however I could be wrong.😁

[@thewhoaddicts]

Glad you enjoyed it. If you go on to playlist of the story of series you will the river song video 😄 -L

[@VerbalEnigma]

Unless I missed it, there was an audio book after the cyberwoman dealing with the fallout of killing lisa . Ianto pushes jack through a portal where he was tortured, and is forgiven. And it was ianto who came into Jack and kissed him, kick starting their romantic relationship

[@TheBioExplorer]

Thank you for this overview. I'm a faithful watcher from before the reboot. Unlike some I do not usually rewatch episodes preferring to watch new episodes with fading memories of the oldest ones. Then occasionally something will happen in a new episode that twangs a memory causing me to re-examine certain things or people. This is true of Captain Jack in the new season opener. Watching your review of Jack has made it clear to me that it has finally been long enough that I've forgotten enough of the 1st season of the reboot that I should go back and watch from there. Thanks!!!

[@thewhoaddicts]

No thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@jacobharris5894]

I have a theory that Captain Jack wasn’t actually immortal. Instead rose or the bad wolf made his death a fixed point in time billions of years in the future. As a result the universe wouldn’t let him die before that point, no matter how much his body aged, distorted or mutated. And his time was finally up at the end of the episode Gridlock, where he died for the last time.

[@sarahglover3286]

I like ths theory I'm not sure exactly what year Parting of the Ways and Gridlock are set but agree they're probably close and if Parting of the Ways is before then the cat nurses were keeping him alive for that time and if it's after he sacrificed his remaining years to save everyone in Gridlock so it works either way!

[@jacobharris5894]

Sarah Glover I don’t think the timeline really matters at the end of the day because we have to remember that Captain Jack is capable of time travel, without the Tardis, since he was a time agent. Because Captain Jack traveled back to the 1800’s after the parting of ways it could be possible that gridlock happens before or after parting of ways. He would just have to take precautions not to run into a younger version of himself, if parting of ways is before gridlock. To answer your question though gridlock is long after parting of ways because parting of ways takes place 100 years after the Long Game, which takes place 200,000 years in the future. Gridlock takes place on New Earth after the sun vaporizes the Earth near the end of its life. So we can conclude that Gridlock takes place at least 5 billion years into the future. Which is insane because that would mean Captain Jack lives for over 5 billion years, assuming he doesn’t time travel into the future, after the events of Torchwood. And we thought the Doctor was old, lol.

[@sarahglover3286]

@@jacobharris5894 Yeah I get that but his vortex manipulator spends most of the time broken or locked by the Doctor so unless in future episodes the Doctor doesn't lock it then he would have it later on, also though if he was 100 odd years older then is he going to remember the exact day that he everywhere!?

[@mayoroicjre]

The theory is really good, but what about the time he sent the Tardis, the Doctor and Martha 10 Trillion years into the future, wouldn't he have died then?

[@jacobharris5894]

Oicjre_Gaming No because time is non linear in Doctor Who, meaning that you can travel to the future but still be apart of a fixed event in the past. Like how the 11th doctors death was fixed in more or less modern day in Utah but he was still able to go on futuristic adventures in the Tardis before that. It’s a little convoluted and when you think about too much a bit non sensical but the past, present and future of a time traveler isn’t necessarily the same as it is for everyone else. In other words, wibbly wobbly timey wimy stuff.

[@titan_xi]

In the episode Bad Wolf, doesn't the Doctor say they had just left Raxacoricofallapatorius when they were taken by the transmat?

[@tomsimpson149]

Sorta i mean he mentions that then goes on to say something about being chased back to the tardis in kyoto 12... thats when the beam happened

[@archiethehead]

@@tomsimpson149 Kyoto, Japan. 1336.

[@philfeb6]

Jack was going to be the face of boe, in the Dr. Who episode, When a good man goes to war, Jack was written into the episode as the guy who loses his head to the headless monks, but John Barrowman was not available so was replaced. It was going to explain how he became the face of boe.

[@ravinraven6913]

well that would kinda make sense. Something huge would still have to happen for it to become so...different in appearance? If he isn't the face of Boe, I would say that the Boe just used the name knowing he would be able to get ahold of the doctor when he needed to. Since only people from Boeshane would call it Boe. But who started calling the face the face of Boe, and not Boe? It doesn't talk with words, except once. It also says something about telling the doctor on the third and final meeting. So unless hes trying to be aloof to prevent timy wimy stuff. Hes only met 3 times. Kinda weird that Jack Harkness future self would give birth to 7 children while being just a face. It's all a good thing, too bad most people around me don't like doctor who. It was always one of those things on the far peripherals. I would hear or see an episode. And never be able to find it. Then see a clip at a friends and again lose it...till 2008. And even my step dads like, why haven't we heard of this?!?! we are nerds for sure.

[@philfeb6]

@@ravinraven6913 It might be one of those things that are never explained, like a different Darrin on Bewitched or why Sargent Carter was still on Hogan's Heroes even though he was the prisoner who excaped on the first episode.

[@OverWims]

Jack was going to be in "A good man goes to war" to help The Doctor save Amy from Demons Run. Unfortunately John Barrowman was filming Miracle Day at that time. If he had been in the episode it would have had Jack be beheaded by The Headless Monks and his head not regenerating a body and thus him beginning his decent into the Face of Boe which was going to be confirmed in the episode.

[@thatlonewolfguy2878]

That actually makes a lot of sense tbh

[@kdmedia1534]

But why wouldn't he regenerate? His entire body was blown up yet he came back.

[@Char10tti3]

Oh I vaguely remember that! I didn't watch Miracle Day when it came out, I assumed it was much older than that, but it really doesn't feel like a decade since series 5 either

[@Char10tti3]

@@kdmedia1534 The heads stay alive, so really it might just stop the regenerating limbs because he's not technically dead. That would be even cooler if he's hanging out with Novice Hame because he's some super religious figure

[@EditedAF987]

dr103 it all of his body parts though. Initially they only found remains of his head, remains of his shoulder and an arm. Considering how minimal that is I don’t think there’s an appendage or organ limit as to how much he can regenerate. It may be that he just evolved into the face of boe form naturally

[@carolinesc3615]

There's only 1 John Barrowman & only 1 Cpt. Jack Harkness! I really hope to see more of him with the new Doctor. Haven't seen any specials yet.

[@susantummon3463]

I think it's pretty obvious there were three at one point. Lol. I do love the character though. Best video of capt jack is the mega cut of every time he comes onto someone and the doctor cuts him off.

[@sgdeluxedoc]

I'm absolutely sure that Jack was already immortal before the episode you referred to at 8:18. I seem to recall him having at least one flashback episode he had about events long before he let the Doctor, in which he was already ageless and where he had died before then too.

[@mazzucac]

The Parting of Ways is the episode that makes Jack immortal. Later, in Utopia, Ten confirms that Rose brought him back forever because she couldn’t control the power.

[@clevelandexplorer2221]

Thanks a lot for the explanation of his life!! Something I've always wondered about most days since the first appearance :) this has actually made me think maybe I should binge watch the Torchwood series, I tried before but didn't work for me. and personally, I don't see why it's questionable about him being the face of Boe. But there is a slim chance in my eyes he isnt :(

[@majkyyypoo594]

I mean like ... I would like some story of Ianto ... And i mean like ... i feel strong emotions to this series ... Doctor who or Torchwood ... they make me think about world by the different way and i think series of Doctor who made me a better person

[@Jayforeman3047]

You got Revolution of the Daleks spot on, didn't you. *I don't mean this sarcastically by the way! I loved the video and really enjoy the coverage of all media to tell the full stories!

[@Canoodle560]

That game show gave my son the feels when he was 10. My kid is gay, and it's all John Barrowman's fault. Smart kid.

[@fionnmcglacken35]

Lmaoooo

[@TiggyTabbycat]

yeah I can see it lol

[@tobiwalker7145]

Thank you. It's hard for me to follow the story as it moves through so many formats, this was very helpful.

[@PAMPEP411]

the kids they had play him and his brother were confusing cuz the younger brother looked more like jack and jack looked more like the actor who plays his later boyfriend/partner guy.

[@sarahglover3286]

I've just rewatched Gridlock and wondered about his whole "I'm the last of my kind" speech (I know some people say Jack isn't the Face of Boe but for this questions sake he is) what did he mean about being the last of his kind as there's humans all around him? Did he mean last of his people as in where he's from as we know from Torchwood that was attacked when he was a boy (I'm not saying they all died then but maybe another attack happened later or even just it's been thousands of years)? Or even last of the Time Agents? As in Torchwood we learn from John that they no longer exist and he says about there's only the few of us left? Or even just last human from Earth as we know that was destroyed before as he was there? Sorry this is so long!

[@tomsimpson149]

Or as he is the only fixed point in time not being able to die, maybe he meant that as rex became the same cause he transfused jacks blood into himself. I mean that would be so good foreshadowing

[@sarahglover3286]

Even more suggestions: Last of Torchwood (as we know how likely you are to survive), something to do with Rex being the same as him (which would be addressed if Torchwood ever returns)!

[@mr.scarlo2234]

What grates me is that "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" is only meant to take place hours after the Doctor & Martha say goodbye to him in "Last of the Time Lords". In that year, he was wearing dirty clothes so when Jack returned to Torchwood in clean clothes and having a good shower, including a light blue shirt, however in "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" he's wearing a navy shirt when he wouldn't need to clean & change his clothes again.

[@planesight1142]

Excellent video! thank you ! :D my note: there is a reference line in Gridlock where "Legend says that, back in the old days, a woman stood in the exhaust fumes for 20 minutes at junction 47 and her head swelled to 50 feet. " ... perhaps something similar happened to capt jack and that's why his head is so big?

[@Char10tti3]

hahah actually sounds pretty plausible especially since Russell wrote it and he wouldn't have died from that.

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

@25:45 - you might have forgotten to add the quote of Jack : "Three of you? I've had dreams about this", seing Yaz, Ryan & Graham would have fit here !

[@Jedi_Spartan]

32:02 As always, I must ask why did the Doctor not care about Humanity becoming *immortal!*

[@dancingbearandkoala9743]

Absolutely brilliant video great work man I knew a lot about captain Jack anyway but wow very informative thank you

[@cosmichobo4216]

Please do U.N.I.T next

[@jakeherbert2950]

what's that ?

[@patchworkfellow]

@@jakeherbert2950 ... UNIT is the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, created by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, tasked with dealing the unordinary and the extremely dangerous. No offence meant, but generally Whovians do know this... just sayin’...

[@jakeherbert2950]

@@patchworkfellow Interesting, but I have one more question though, Whats a Whovian ???

[@jakeherbert2950]

@@patchworkfellow Never mind I just looked it up, I'm not the biggest Dr Who fan but I don't mind Torchwood so I thought this might be an interesting video

[@DrSeaDevil]

Sadly you didn’t talk about Torchwood Series 5 and 6 on big finish which picks up straight from miracle day. I’m not sure if it tells anything but it’s def part of his storyline. Great video none the less!

[@doktor_ghul]

I'm with many others. Bring on the story of UNIT.

[@highlander723]

Jack hartness was the epitome of how to do an LGBT character.

[@danecarrington4326]

"THE FACE OF BOE, THEY CALL ME"

[@DfiftyMusic]

*called

[@CrappyBJJBlueBelt]

When I saw that the first time, I was like "No friggin' way!"

[@mv9370]

@@CrappyBJJBlueBelt I shared the Doctor's reaction

[@lauraleecreations3217]

Annoying Kid 47 I had to re watch what he said like three or four times! I just couldn’t believe it! “Spoilers”😆❤️

[@sarahglover3286]

@@mv9370 I don't remember reacting when I watched it the first time (I was to young to probably remember who the face of boe is) but when I rewatched them I was just speechless!

[@jamesalflattsbarkingmadpro3480]

Loved this video, it's a wonder that Jack didn't recognise Cardiff being destroyed nearly in boom town to then find his younger self and 9 with rose , maybe he was busy with torchwood trying to help or doing something else

[@MyPuchalski]

You forgot or purposefully dismissed the reference to a handsome time agent losing his hand and vortex manipulator after losing his HEAD to the headless monks as reference in river songs timeline with her having Jack's vortex at Amy ponds wedding

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

Fun thing : Toshiko Sato is connected with the 60th Anniversary. The actress, polayed in the Spice Girls movie, and THE GIGGLE featured "Spice up your life".... THAT was the link ! TOSHIKO !!

[@benfuller2440]

He's name is Javic Thane nickname Face of Boe and he stoled the name Jack Harkness and Rose Tyler as Bad-Wolf she made him Immortal.

[@catherine4690]

This was so interesting thank you!!

[@Char10tti3]

Might be a big "event" episode, but the Big Bang / resetting the universe could be a great episode. I think that's how they ended up closing the Rift in Cardiff and not needing to go back as well as making people not remember the Daleks earlier on

[@dannyoliver6251]

Jack is just brilliant although in end of days he forgot the hand when he left so I guess he just ran then quickly came back before actually leaving

[@LOTLore]

*uploaded 17 mins ago* haven't click on a vid that quick since vsauce's last upload

[@thewhoaddicts]

That means a lot. I love Vsauce

[@LOTLore]

@@thewhoaddicts here I am 11 months later thinking I havnt seen this. I saw it on the drop! lmao, still rewatching

[@stephenmurphy2212]

Jack was supposed to appear in A Good Man Goes To War and help the Eleventh Doctor and Rory rescue Amy and baby Melody/River. But obviously John Barrowman was too busy filming Torchwood Miracle Day. The episode would’ve also been a Face Of Boe origin story because Jack would’ve been beheaded by the Headless Monks instead of Dorium, and had his head put in a jar. lol

[@tomsimpson149]

Sorta of what i remember rtd said john could go away and do the a good man goes to war episode but something happened between john and Moffat

[@NeoMoonSevin]

Jack was definitely a good captain stumbled afew times bit man it's so awesome definitely set in doctor who's time line

[@jazzyazzy5704]

Anyone: Exists Jack: *Must Flirt*

[@JustinAshbrook]

I hope he comes back in the Holiday special!

[@briandaleske5139]

I also think a spinoff series that is all about (Captain Jack Harkness) past, before he met (The Doctor) & (Rose Tyler). In addition I imagine later more about him could be shown in the show series. To add I imagine that the final chapter about JACK, it would be all about how his body begins to go through a transformation, and later becomes the being known as (The Face Of BOE). Plus to add I can imagine a scenario in which JACK meets (Sarah J. Smith) & works with her on certain occasions, and to add I imagine that he also works with her adopted son a number of times as well. Now I imagine the title for the spinoff show series is (THE ADVENTURES OF JACK HARKNESS).

[@msredk1]

Oh they should totally do this ❤️

[@Gregariousgamer758]

He’s had so many lover’s men and women truly one of the best doctor who character’s in history

[@Legendary3Dgamer]

10:14 No this does not take place after what you said before as there's some Torchwood episodes that take place before that because in Torchwood he runs for the TARDIS and goes to utopia and then this happens so no your wrong actually

[@sarahtooldtocare8561]

Excellent review of the Timelines Of Jack. I just hope It will eventually Lead on to a new torchwood story from BBC Television Maybe continue a story with a Torchwood America and the other immortal Sinkers crossed.

[@sarahglover3286]

I've got a Torchwood and Jack themed question/ theory! I recently rewatched Boom Town just after finishing Torchwood so wondered if Jack had when he'd been waiting the 100 years had forgotten that he was with the Doctor that time and tried to talk to him then what would have happened? Or was that Jack even there as he hadn't yet been made immortal and did Torchwood exist as they hadn't yet met the werewolf!? Any ideas?

[@ftumschk]

Great documentary. Thanks!

[@davidedwards3361]

I guess most people know, but like me until recently, there might be some that don't. The letters of the name Torchwood, when rearranged spell...Doctor Who.

[@alunaspider2213]

Oh my god

[@dominickeijzer5844]

So does that mean that The Doctor had some involvement with the construction of Torchwood House?

[@jakeherbert2950]

I didn't know that lol

[@VerbalEnigma]

Torchwood is the name they used for the reels of doctor who so people wouldn't steal them

[@rhocat362]

It's an anagram, yes. Didn't everyone know that?

[@Sukkamaisteri]

Who else is looking forward to seeing Jack again and find out how he transforms to the Face??

[@felixVanDiemen]

Thorough, fascinating and very well researched, thank you!

[@Surfboarder4]

Melody Pond/River Song next?

[@thearmchairjournalist566]

I would do Jack in a heartbeat 💗 He’s my ‘free pass’ 😍

[@samleaburn9346]

RTD confirmed it is cannon Jack is the Face of Boe

[@a-blivvy-yus]

Jack is a lot of things, but he's definitely not a cannon. You should probably look up the words "canon" and "cannon" sometime.

[@p0lyxena]

@@a-blivvy-yus there's no need to be rude and pedantic for no reason. you knew what they meant.

[@a-blivvy-yus]

@@p0lyxena or alternatively, *you* could take me less seriously and get a lot less upset about things.

[@stephenlow1841]

I'm pretty sure that there can be no other adventures besides the trip to Japan between 'Boom Town' and 'Bad Wolf', as the Ninth Doctor, after waking up in the Big Brother house in the 'Bad Wolf' episode, says something like "We had just left Cardiff with a quick stopover in Kyoto, Japan blah blah something something when my friends got taken by a transmat, and I woke up here..."

[@CrappyBJJBlueBelt]

I'd like to know what the current visiting hours of the Delirium Archive are...and if it has a little shop.

[@PyreValor]

Don't forget about the quote from the Matt Smith era saying that the face of Bo had children

[@Killer_Tortoise]

Jack says that he came from the Boeshane Peninsula where he used to be a poster boy, on top of that everybody in the Time Agency must be aware of this ancient being called the Face of Boh, all of these together explain why he gets this nickname, this is the kind of joke that guys will make teasing one another (he was a poster boy, a model, and The Face of Boh is kind of ugly). It might be a timey wimey thing if Jack really is The Face of Boh and he was named after himself, but I believe they're not the same person.

[@fancifulfoxtale]

great vid! would be nice to see an update to include breaking the 13th Doctor out of prison! 😄

[@ertrilpitcher95]

The face of boe was ment to be created during the episode with Matt Smith called "when a good man goes to war" where he was ment to get beheaded by the headless monks. But I heared the actor ether couldn't or refused (tbh idk which) to be in the episode. So the blue guy was the one who got beheaded.

[@gdukofficial]

When he "died" in the alley, he was stabbed with a glass bottle, not shot, and Angelo's name is Colasanto, not Colostano.

[@justinmitchell2577]

The Cyberwar? Not sure how much information there is on it, but I’d at least be interested in that video

[@EditedAF987]

The most information on it we have comes from Revenge of the Cybermen and Acension of the Cybermen

[@justinmitchell2577]

@@EditedAF987 Ah, that's kinda what I figured, I just hoped there was more than those couple episodes. Thanks for letting me know, though