Interview with Captain Jack...

[fajrdrako]

Just read the interview with John Barrowman in Radio Times and I must say I've seldom read a piece more effective in making me want to see a show - which of course I was at maximum enthusiasm for anyway.

The best paragraph is not a spoiler - except maybe for "The Parting of the Ways":

This gigantic child fanbase makes the public acceptance and affection for Captain Jack all the more incredible – for he is, let us not forget, an “omnisexual” time-traveller who has kissed the Doctor full on the mouth, at 7pm. That the Daily Mail didn’t utter a single peep about it is a testament to just how righteous and joyful the show is under the guardianship of Russell T. Davies.

And then the really intriguing bit that they don't directly mention:

"Jack’s looking at the Doctor going, 'Oooh, this Doctor is funny and quirky and sexy. The other one was like a U-boat captain – a bit dull.' So there’s an edge there that wasn’t there before. And there’s a lot of stuff resolved in this series for Jack. There’s this whole thing of where Jack comes from, what his story is, and when I read it, I rang Russell and said, 'I don’t know what you’ve been smoking, but that is brilliant!' God, I wish I could tell you what happens!"

For reasons too complicated to explain, I do actually – despite all the BBC’s admirable, warlike levels of secrecy – know what will happen in the season finale of Doctor Who. "You do?" Barrowman yelps. "Oh my-God, isn’t it AMAAAAAAZING?"

Ah well. We shall see.