The face of boe is a fictional character in the british science fiction television series doctor who. Although netflix and boxed sets place this as the first episode of season 3, it aired between torchwood series 1 episodes 11 combat and 12captain jack harkness. The doctor, rose and captain jack have to fight for their lives on board the game station. Jan 27, 2020 doctor who fans were thrilled when john barrowman made a surprise comeback as the omnisexual time traveller captain jack harkness, a decade after he last appeared on the show.
Doctor who star john barrowman teases captain jacks future. Doctor who season 11 spoilers john barrowman to return after. Series 1 the empty child the doctor dances, boom town, bad wolf the parting of the ways. He knew very little about the real jack, other than basic information such as the date and manner of his death. Doctor who john barrowman on captain jack harkness shock. As captain jack harkness, john barrowman made sporadic appearances throughout the christopher eccleston and david tennant eras of doctor who, usually. After he was shot and killed by a dalek, he was revived by rose tyler, who at the time was transformed into a nearly omnipotent being. In 2008 captain jack harkness was nominated for the hugo award for best dramatic presentation, short form. Captain jack harkness is a fictional character played by john barrowman in doctor who and its spinoff series, torchwood. Jan 20, 2016 this is for entertainment purposes only. Captain jack harkness makes a surprise return in this weeks episode of doctor who to. Overture tw comic the 1955 disastrous trial run of the good thinking virus by norton fulgate and captain jack harkness from outbreak tw audio bfad takes place here. The reminders of an old friend come along and he cant quite resist it.
Audience reaction to captain jack harkness had been so positive that, when russell t davies developed a spinoff series from doctor who, it was with the captain in mind as the head of torchwood. Doctor who bad wolf captain jack gets a makeover youtube. Not portrayed onscreen by an actor, the face of boe is a wholly mechanical effect, resembling a gigantic humanlike head with a weathered face and in place of hair, numerous tendrils which terminate in round podlike structures. Doctor who season 12 brought back a surprise character from the eccleston and tennant eras someone fans had been waiting eagerly to see again. His immortality functions as quickly healing from whatever killed him. Captain jack harkness, at your service doctor who sundays at. His stint as captain jack harkness when he first met the doctor was a case of stolen identity. Catch up on previous episodes now on the bbc america. The empty childthe doctor dances in contrast to the doctor, jack harkness was far more willing to use weapons and was capable of modifying equipment to that end. Captain jack harkness doctor who series 1 quotes planet. Doctor who introduces first black doctor, brings back.
Doctor who viewers were not expecting what they saw this evening, as the doctor s show was taken on by an old familiar face. Unable to control her powers, she accidentally turned him into an immortal. When the two travellers first met in war torn london, jack was operating as a con artist but during. Jack persuades martha jones to go undercover at the pharm, a sinister research facility, which is experimenting in the drug reset, releasing alien parasites into the body to reset it and cure disease.
He first appears in the 2005 doctor who episode the empty child and reappears throughout the rest of the 2005 series as a companion of the ninth incarnation of the series protagonist the doctor. Captain jack harkness was the alias adopted by time agent and con man javic piotr thane audio. In fugitive of the judoon the dashing former time agent and torchwood operative gave team tardis a solemn warning for the 12th doctor about a mysterious lone cyberman, before being quickly. He first appeared in season 1 in a severalepisode guest appearance on the episode the empty child. He once ran the torchwood institute, a british organisation dedicated to fighting the strange and bizarre. Doctor who season 12s latest episode, fugitive of the judoon, dropped two pretty massive bombshells on sunday night, introducing jo. Jul 25, 2009 captain jack harkness has been in 10 total episodes of doctor who. Doctor whos jack harkness and river song will meet for the first time in the spinoff the lives of captain jack volume three. John barrowman on captain jack harkness doctor who return. Jan 27, 2020 the doctors most popular companion is back. Doctor who highly detailed captain jack harkness 5 action figure.
While it is largely reasonable to beleive this because of evidence provided to us through who. Doctor who fan favourite makes shock reappearance in. A decade after his last appearance on doctor who and over eight years after the latest episode of torchwood, jack. Travel in the tardis with clips dating back to the doctor s first incarnation in 1963, all the way through dozens of regenerations. A little bit of digging about in your nearest army surplus store or uniform supply warehouse youve got those in every town, right. Aside from the team, one recurring character is rhys williams kai owen, gwens livein boyfriend and later husband, who is. This may be considered spoily to people who havent seen torchwood yet. The following is a list of captain jack harkness appearances. The man the doctor knew as captain jack harkness was a former time agent from the 51st century. Jack s very much a fish out of temporal water in this regard. In a midseason doctor who episode chockfull of surprise, one of the biggest was the previously unannounced return of john barrowmans captain jack harkness. Its like jack is the male river and river is the female jack. After years of campaigning, fan demands and swirling rumours, its official john barrowman s captain jack harkness has finally returned to doctor who, a full decade after his last.
Captain jack meets river song in new audio drama from big finish tuesday 4 february 2020. Where other companions had been relatively chaste, unless they fell in love with a skaronian freedom fighter or something, jack is rampant and omnivorous in his sexuality. Jan 26, 2017 if you like this board check out the other doctor who boards see more ideas about torchwood, jack harkness and doctor who. The team had been testing the resurrection gauntlet on a series of. In 1941, he assumed the alias of an american volunteer, captain jack harkness, who had died in action the january prior. Doctor who utopia tv episode 2007 john barrowman as. He returned to the uk, for a 6 month shakespeare semester with the united states international university of san diego, but left to star in the musical production of anything goes, with elaine page. Jack discovers the man he took his name from, while tosh looks for a way of sending a message to her torchwood teammates to bring her and jack back to the 21st century. Torchwood series 1 october 2006 to january 2007 dr. John barrowman made a shock return to doctor who as bisexual hero captain jack harkness reiss smith january 27, 2020 john barrowman. Doctor who jack harkness quotes planet claire quotes. The ninth doctor s final episode is an epic encounter with the daleks. Doctor who is used to seeing some familiar faces drop in and out every now and again but viewers were stunned when the doctor ran into captain jack harkness. He only had one season, but christopher eccelston was absolutely fantastic as the doctor.
As john barrowman thrills the uk with his fabulous antics on im a celebrity. In fugitive of the judoon the dashing former time agent and torchwood operative gave team tardis a solemn. Torchwood three is a team of five operatives, led by jack harkness john barrowman, with gwen cooper eve myles as the new girl who joins up in the first episode and acts as a pointofview character for the viewer. While jacks first adventure in the tardis saw him cross a slitheen in. Jack became a new companion for the doctor, to the delight of both rose, who found jack attractive, and jack, who found both rose and the doctor attractive. What doctor who episode starred captain jack harkness. How doctor who brought captain jack back to the tardis.
This article contains spoilers from doctor who season 12. For the british sciencefiction television programme doctor who, list of doctor who episodes may refer to. Captain jack harkness is back in doctor who now, john barrowman reveals how it felt to be brought back to the bbc scifi series in fugitive of the judoon. Doctor whos jack harkness and river song will meet in.
After years of speculation among the fandom, john barrowman has returned to the role of captain jack harkness. Thirteenth doctor jack harkness 34 the doctor jack harkness 5 the doctor river song 2 thirteenth doctor river song 2. First meeting the doctor and rose in 1940s london, he helped defeat the reanimated empty child and the slitheen, before being exterminated by the daleks on the game station. Though hes alluded to during the 11th doctor era in the wedding of river song, and the 12th doctor briefly dreamed of jack in the penultimate peter capaldi. Feb 28, 2014 we of course have been toyed with when it comes to this. Bbc one doctor who, series 1 captain jack harkness. Doctor who jack harkness quotes and scenes organized by seasonsseries, character and episode. Doctor who fans were overjoyed last night january 26 when, in the middle of the latest episode fugitive of the judoon, captain jack harkness returned to drop some cryptic warnings about a. Barrowmans jack returned in 2006 as the lead character of the spinoff series torchwood, which ran for 41 episodes across four seasons, concluding in 2011. She is crumbling in his arms, because he sat down next to her and asked what was wrong.
Doctor who viewers furious as captain jack snubs doctor. Doctor who brings captain jack harkness back to tv and now, john barrowman has revealed how chris chibnall pitched the idea to him in an exclusive interview. Barrowmans last proper episode was the stolen earthjourneys end, in which the tenth doctor teamed up with all his old friends to thwart the daleks plan to relocate the earth. Jack harkness is tired and takes his mind off things with alcohol. Two of doctor whos most beloved names are about to see their worlds collide. Donna goes on some solo adventures, captain jack meets river song and much more. The doctor dances he also managed to store a compact laser deluxe away somewhere you really dont wanna know, in case of emergencies.
Captain jack harkness makes surprise return and a second female time lord is introduced during explosive episode. Doctor who makes history with its first black doctor tv. List of doctor who episodes 19631989, a list of the 19631989 episodes and 1996 film of doctor who. Doctor who just wiped out the cybermen but they could. The doctor dances the trio shared numerous adventures together, including an encounter with russian special forces, and later, a. However, there was an even more surprising twist after fanfavourite captain jack harkness john barrowman made a comeback. In a shock to fans everywhere, john barrowman returned to the universe of doctor who in the latest episode as the heroically pansexual captain jack harkness.
Doctor whos john barrowman on the return of captain jack. Not exactly doctor who, but i dont have a torchwood board. Titan maxi bust masterpiece collection captain jack harkness. Hes a mysterious guy whos lived a decidedly nonlinear life, a product of the. Truth is jack harkness is immortal, the only one of his kind. The doctor in turn reveals that he considers jack s immortal status to be unnatural, which is why hed been avoiding him ever since. The first openly pansexual or omnisexual not specified character in the history of televised doctor who episodes, he made his first appearance in the empty child. In torchwood the series, captain jack harkness gives some information on how he became immortal and what it means to him. Doctor who just wiped out spoiler but they could rise again. Over his very long life, captain jack harkness has been many things. Thirteenth doctorjack harkness works archive of our own. If you follow both doctor who and torchwood, youve been imagining this intersection between the two for years, as jack runs off at the end of the torchwood series 1.
Although technically, he doesnt become an army captain until torchwood. This weeks ascension of the cybermen began a twopart finale that promises to change the landscape of doctor who forever, and pays off season 12s earlier appearance from john barrowman as captain jack harkness. As captain jack harkness, john barrowman made sporadic appearances throughout the christopher eccleston and david tennant eras of doctor who, usually arriving just in time for a season finale. The first openly pansexual or omnisexual not specified character in the history of televised doctor who episodes, he made his first. Jan 26, 2020 doctor who fans were left flabbergasted on sunday night when captain jack harkness reappeared after a nineyear absence. Surprise doctor who guest star explains how he kept his. Born in glasgow, scotland, and raised in joliet, illinois. Doctor who legends captain jack harkness and river song to.
Captain jack harkness, played by john barrowman and river son, played by alex kingston, will costar in a doctor. Captain jack harkness hasnt been seen on doctor who since david tennant signed off as the time lord in january 2010, but that changed when he came with a grave warning for the doctor last. Jack talks about being filled with the time vortex and being brought back to life, and how he gradually discovered he could not be killed. John barrowman is best known for playing captain jack harkness credit. Feb 24, 2020 doctor who s brendan is a massive mystery heading into season 12s finale, but a captain jack harkness theory can be ruled out. Celebrate 50 years of doctor who history with these new 5. Copley and injected with reset before the torchwood team ride to her rescue. Barrowman made his debut as the character jack harkness in 2005s twopart doctor who story the empty child and the doctor dances. No one single character embodied the change from the old series doctor who to the new better than captain jack. List of doctor who episodes 2005present, a list of the episodes starting from 2005 of doctor who. Doctor who brings back captain jack in mindblowing.
Captain jack harkness is a fictional character played by john barrowman in the longrunning british science fiction television series doctor who and its spinoff series torchwood. John barrowman as jack harkness on torchwood captain jack harkness companion to the tenth doctor, and leader of torchwood, the british empires solution for extraterrestrial and supernatural threats. If you started watching doctor who with matt smiths 11th doctor in 2010, theres a very real chance you have no idea who jack harkness actually is or why his return in this episode is such a big deal. Doctor who utopia tv episode 2007 john barrowman as captain jack harkness. Check out the adventures of captain jack harkness as he. He is immortalif he is killed, he comes back to life. Oct 22, 2018 doctor who fans were sent wild last night after episode three of season 11 seemed to reference captain jack harkness, previously played by john barrowman on the bbc scifi series. Radio times have just announced details for the next torchwood rewatch episode 2x01 kiss. The character first appears in the 2005 doctor who episode the empty child and subsequently features in the remaining episodes of the first series 2005 as a companion to the series protagonist, the doctor. John barrowman to host torchwood viewing party to get.