Torchwood: Captain Jack's childhood...

[fajrdrako]

I was thinking about what we do know and what we don't know about Captain Jack. He appears to be in his thirties and American, but we know that's largely an illusion - he's an immortal of unknown age, presumably from the 51st century - even that leaves room for fudging, since he might have gone to the 51st century from another time.

So do any Torchwood fans here have any theories as to his original background? We know from his comments to the other Jack in "Captain Jack Harkness" that he went to war when young - though we don't know exactly how young. Are there any other clues?

Would would you speculate? Did he choose to appear as an American just to cover the Captain Jack Harkness identity? What kind of a family do you think he came from? A nuclear family? Or something more futuristic and outre? Two parents, or more? Fewer? None? Siblings? Schooling? Was he born on a poverty-stricken post-holocaust world, or did he come from a comfortable middle-class background, or was he a scion of a wealthy ruling class?

Any ideas?

Cross-posted to torch_wood.

Comments

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I knew that about torture not working but Torchwood-the-show doesn't seem to, 1-06.

I think "Countrycide" proves the point - Jack had to intimidate his victim into thinking dire tortures were in store. He didn't have to do much at all.

Except I thought Daleks pretty much exterminate. You know, famously.

Yes, they're known for it. But now we've seen that Daleks can adapt to different situations and I suspect they'd enjoy hurting people - whatever 'enjoyment' might mean for a Dalek.

I guess they've been doing sneaky control stuff as well a lot of the time.

The implication is that they don't conquer, they just destroy. But they'd have to use a lot of tactics while conquering.