Just started watching Jessica Jones and all I can think is how she looks like a perfect mix of Gwen Cooper from Torchwood & Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
17) another thing he’s done which i’m chuffed to bits about is have action figures made of the characters he’s played, and he’s one of the few people to have action figures in 3 different shows. Doctor Who,TorchwoodandArrow.
[top pic] the various iterations of Captain Jack Harkness… from the original, through to Malibu Jack (with hat!), coated Jack and the Torchwood ones…
[second pic] hooded and unhooded versions of Malcom Merlyn from Arrow
[other pics] my Captain Jack Harkness Action figure sure has travelled a fair bit when I’ve gone places, those pics are of course from Cardiff & the Roald Dahl Plass where Torchwood 3 is. ;o)
43) In 2006 JB got the star role of Captain Jack Harkness in the Doctor Who spinoff series Torchwood. The first series of 13 episodes started on BBC3 in 2006, the second series switched channels to BBC2 in 2008. It swapped channels again in 2009 for it’s third series, this time premiering in a prime slot on BBC1. It comprised of only 5 episodes broadcast on 5 consecutive days, which is unusual for a BBC channel. Series 4 hopped across the Atlantic to the US, premiering on the Starz channel in 2011. JB was only one of two original cast members to star in all 41 episodes.
I think if you undervalue the Jack/Gwen relationship, you’re missing out on a lot of what makes Jack compelling as a character. It’s supposed to be a version of the Doctor/companion relationship, and Gwen’s stated purpose on the team is to remind Jack how to be human. The way that Jack can bring Gwen in to something that ruins her life and still be so fond and so caring and so close to her while he does that is part of the point.
Everyday was a blast, and it usually involved John [Barrowman] and, you know, some other part of John. His bum or … something else! But it was always fun.
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in three days, Torchwood is going to be TEN YEARS OLD? WTF. it’s incredible that a show that impacted my life so much felt like such a long time ago but also doesn’t? if we exclude the shite season, then the show ended over SEVEN YEARS AGO? I know it’s still continued through audio plays and, now, comics, but it isn’t really the same? how can a show and a couple in it, still affect me after all this time? I had a dream about Jack and Ianto the other night. I don’t even remember what happened. all I remember is that they told each other that they loved one another. and it felt right and normal. we never had that in video form. we only ever heard the audio of them expressing their love for one another. they were such a damn tragedy and they still affect me to this day. i wonder what 13 year old me would think if they knew this. that this little sci-fi show that was ahead of its time, would still have such a huge impact.. not just on me, but all the fans too. it only had 41 episodes (10 of those we don’t talk about because the Americans bastardised everything we loved and knew) and that little unassuming gay couple only existed for 30 of those episodes. it’s strange to think that people talk of shows normalising gay couples when there was a show called Torchwood that had every single main character express/explore their sexuality that wasn’t just heterosexual. no one ever uttered a word against it in the show. no one cared that the main character was in a gay relationship with one of his male employees. for once there was no queer baiting. yeah, a lot of their relationship was through looks, body language and the way they spoke to, around and about each other… but this was 2006-2009. shows like glee didn’t exist yet. they only had 6 kisses in the show. 4 proper kisses as 2 of those are debatable. but this was our ship. our representation. its funny because the Torchwood fandom is still very much alive. Torchwood conventions still exist. the cast still love the show and the fandom. John and Gareth still have a deep respect and friendship for/with one another. and that is wonderful. I really do hope that one day the show is brought back. (especially if they somehow bring back at least Ianto, if not the entire old team) these audio plays are incredible and I can’t thank Big Finish enough.. but it really isn’t the same. Torchwood was my life. my saviour. i was devastated when S3 happened. I have met John and Gareth in the past few years and I can not describe how incredible and emotional that was to meet two people who have impacted my life so. thank you Torchwood. thank you the BBC. thank you the Torchwood fandom. thank you Captain Jack and Ianto. thank you John, Gareth, Eve, Naoko, Burn, Kai and everyone else who was apart of the cast. thank you.
I’m destroying myself with all of these parallels that I keep on thinking up between Janto and Malec. I don’t need to cry, please. Some are cute but most are angsty Q.Q
So in Torchwood: Miracle Day, we see that a group called “the Family”, including members called “the Cousin” and “the Mother”, cause all of humanity to become immortal by pouring Jack’s biodata into a mysterious crack running through the center of the Earth. I’m not saying it’s Faction Paradox messing around with Earth’s caldera - how could I? We see that the Family are just regular old humans! Though, come to think of it, Big Finish’s Torchwood audios do say that the Family was being controlled by a mysterious groups of aliens …
In fact, per The Torchwood Archive, the mysterious alien Committee controlling the Families later created a force capable of possession – a force which defeated its creators and waged a war against humanity, who forgot its name and called it only “The Enemy”.
