Russell T. Davies and the name Harkness...

[fajrdrako]

I'd wondered why or from where Russell T. Davies had got the name Harkness for Captain Jack -the only Harkness I could think of in literature was Agatha Harkness, the witch-nanny in Fantastic Four.

And it turns out that's exactly where Russell T. Davies got the name, confirmed in the Wikipedia entry regarding Russell T. Davies.

Next question: why?

Next question after that: why 'Jack'?

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Seriously? I just had a long discussion about this, but I hadn't found the wikipedia reference. Very interesting, thanks!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I would guess Russell T. Davies confirmed it somewhere. That man amazes me: he reads all the right things. And then uses them. Creatively. When does he find the time to read it all?

[fruitbat813.livejournal.com]

RTD confirmed it in a text message to John Barrowman while the latter was being interviewed on the Jonathan Ross radio show. Ross had spotted the connection and John Barrowman asked RTD - should he be listening, which he was - to send him a text message to his mobile. After a commercial break they announced that RTD had sent a text confirming that Agatha Harkness was indeed the source for the name.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I love this! Can you imagine how much I love existing in a world in which celebrities I admire are on international television talking about the Fantastic Four?

It's like dying and going to heaven.

I'm not sure which I love more -that RTD did it or that Jonathan Ross guessed and confirmed it.

[marce-w.livejournal.com]

I know that it may be insane theory but since we've had a character named Sally SPARROW on doctor who, it's quite obvious where RTD got the idea of captain Jack from :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Yes. Of course.

And there are some thematic elements in common, too.

And I think we should count ourselves lucky. I like the name. A lot. 'Course, I love the character so much he could be Sgt. Ephram McGillicutty and I'd still love him, but 'Captain Jack' has such a ring to it.

Such a nicely anarchistic piratical ring to it.

Just the thing for a time-travelling intergalactic con man.

[marce-w.livejournal.com]

exactly. it's impossible not to love him. even when he's this big thing in a jar

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exactly. it's impossible not to love him. even when he's this big thing in a jar <I don't know if it's a spoiler or not>

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I've watched all the Torchwood and Doctor Who that's been filmed and I've even (uncharacteristically) peeked at spoilers online, so I'm not worrying about spoilers.

I guess it proves I love him even without his body parts, but I like him best as he is in the here and now!

(I am somewhat amused by the theme of living body parts in jars - hands in the past, heads in the future. I'm not sure what will be next.)