Phantom Jack...

[fajrdrako]

gigs_83 on torch_wood pointed me to this clip on YouTube, which has John Barrowman singing "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera. I like the Phantom music, I love Barrowman's singing, of course I watched it. It shows visuals from "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances" - but what I really enjoyed is at the end, a trailer for "The Doctor Dances" in Japanese. I get a kick out of seeing Captain Jack be so... omnilingual.

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Jack has earned his name, by using it longer than using his real name, by doing things the original owner of the name would approve.

As Tosh points out. Also by living under that name during what was probably the most significant period of his life, when he was on the TARDIS. It's the name with good connotations for him.

What we see repetitively is that he loves 1940s a lot. If people and place can be home, then time can be home, too.

Rather endearingly. Again, a time and place with good connotations for him - I like to think it's at least partly becaue he met the Doctor and Rose then, the event which changed his life for the better. Obviously he likes the music and style of the era. Memories of Estelle too, perhaps?

I know I've lost my mind every time the name Freud comes to mind...


I prefer to gravitate to Jung, and I have a few ideas on this one, but they're not clear enough to articulate yet.