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Captain Jack's back on Doctor Who

Posted on May 19, 2007 | 6 comments |

In case you missed John Barrowman on Jonathan's Ross's show last night, he brought along a clip of Captain Jack's return to Doctor Who in Utopia, later in the series. It's been YouTubed already so click and play if you want to spoil it for yourself.

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  1. Stu_N wrote:
    May 19, 2007 | Reply

    Hmmm. Seems like Murray Gold has surpassed himself, unfortunately.
    (So he doesn't want Jack on board? Has he been watching Torchwood?)

  2. Rosby wrote:
    May 19, 2007 | Reply

    Oh dear. As awesome as that is, a lot of Torchwood fans are going to be annoyed at the lack of continuity between the two shows.

    (Probably because the kiddie audience of Who haven't witnessed the blood, swearing and shag-fest that is Torchwood.)

  3. Mark H Wilkinson replied to Rosby's comment:
    May 19, 2007 | Reply

    What lack of continuity are you referring to?

  4. Rob Buckley TypeKey wrote:
    May 19, 2007 | Reply

    If you recall, at the end of the last episode of Torchwood, we hear the TARDIS materialise while Jack is still in Torchwood HQ (I can't remember if we see it start to appear as well). We then cut to the rest of the Torchwood crew who enter the room Jack was in, only to find he's missing and the sound of the TARDIS dematerialising audible to all. The implication is the TARDIS has appeared to carry Jack away.

    No doubt it could be explained with the use of HADS or a Torchwood security deflection system that stops TARDISes from materialising fully, with Jack having to leg it out of the Torchwood to catch the TARDIS once it's been repulsed, etc. But there's a certain amount of unnecessary cognitive dissonance going on here.

    I sort of like the Murray Gold music here for its faint undertones of the Torchwood theme, which was kind of nice. Maybe I'm building up an immunity?

  5. Mark H Wilkinson replied to Rob Buckley's comment:
    May 19, 2007 | Reply

    Jack spots the hand activate and we hear the sound TARDIS, and there's a breeze. And then: nothing. After spotting him missing, Gwen suggests something's taken him.

    Yes, I see why that would trouble some people.

    Thing is, the sound of the TARDIS is continuous -- there's no break in it, no suggestion it's materialised and then dematerialised. So, on the whole, I'm not inclined to pegg this as much of an error. I mean, it's not as if the Hub doesn't have an invisible elevator by which he can bugger off without being seen.

  6. Stu Nathan OpenID wrote:
    May 21, 2007 | Reply

    The invisible lift isn't going to be much use when the TARDIS is parked on top of it.

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