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.

Comments

[sizequeen.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm totally unpoiled, but now i'm convinced that the Doctor and jack are related in some way. i wonder is jack's mother is named Susan...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

LOL! Except insofar as this article goes, I'm unspoiled, too. And while of course it's possible that Jack and the Doctor are related, I'm hoping they're not, because I'm big on the Jack/Doctor pairing and would be happier if it didn't have complications of incest....

But whatever it is, I'm looking forward to it!

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

That's where my head is right now. XD XD XD

[auriaephiala.livejournal.com]

'The other one was like a U-boat captain – a bit dull.'

I don't think so at all. Eccleston is IMHO sexier than Tennant (tho I like them both). Perhaps a bit more repressed, but both were fairly manic. I just don't get this comment at all.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's from The Times newspaper, not Radio Times (the BBC's TV listings mag). I'm sending you the RT clippings.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Note that there is a casting spoiler for the character we all know is going to be there.

[msilverstar]

OMG thanks for the link. What a great interview!

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Tonight's episode!!!! Wow!!!!!
Great revelations about Jack.

Amazing final moments, leading into the final 2-part story of the season!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, I prefer Nine myself, and I think he was plenty sexy enough for anyone, including Jack - who was, to my eyes, thoroughly overwhelmed. But I'm happy to know that Jack will not find Ten any kind of disappointment!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Oops! I misunderstood my source. There are so many Barrowman interviews I've got them mixed up - but that's wonderful because it means there are still more in store for me. I'm loving every single one!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I noticed that. I shrugged and pretended not to know. Sometimes ... well, I'll be learning this stuff soon anyway.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping they aren't related, but it's fun to speculate on what they have in store for us.

I said it before and I'll probably say it again, but I love that icon!

[raissad.livejournal.com]

Utopia is available (http://www.dailymotion.com/DracoDeVis). You can research the character introduced in the end through Wikipedia. Prepare yourself for Timey-Wimey loopy logic leading into the finale. This ep. sets up everything that's come before it. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Tonight's episode!!!! Wow!!!!!

My goodness yes. It had everything.

Great revelations about Jack.

At last! I loved the dialogue between Jack and the Doctor.

Amazing final moments, leading into the final 2-part story of the season!

Looks like fun... though I was disappointed that they didn't show the Doctor, Martha and Jack in the trailer.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

This ep. sets up everything that's come before it. :)

What a great sentence!

I just watched "Utopia" and I'm just about to watch it again. I don't think I can manage to watch in a calm and dignified manner. I keep interrupting myself with squeeing. Jack and the Doctor! And I really liked what they did with the Professor.

They do run a lot, don't they?

[raissad.livejournal.com]

They do run a lot, don't they?

They do! :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

No wonder the actors stay in such good shape.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Heee! Told you it was a good one!
If Jack has been living through real time since 1869, that implies he was in at the very start of the Torchwood Institute!

It also means that your Jack action figure could indeed do with the Oscar Wilde action figure as a friend! (Can you imagine Jack in Oscar's set?!) ;-D

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Told you it was a good one!

Quite right too.

If Jack has been living through real time since 1869, that implies he was in at the very start of the Torchwood Institute!

Remember my drabble where he offers his services to Queen Victoria? I'd thought of it an an AU - now, not necessarily! Fits quite nicely with canon.

Can you imagine Jack in Oscar's set?! ;-D

Only too easily! He'd fit right in and teach them a thing or two, and ... can you imagine the banter?

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Remember my drabble where he offers his services to Queen Victoria? I'd thought of it an an AU - now, not necessarily! Fits quite nicely with canon.

It also explains the India episode with the faeries.

Only too easily! He'd fit right in and teach them a thing or two, and ... can you imagine the banter?

Jack, Oscar and Frank Harris… OMG! ROFL!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

It also explains the India episode with the faeries.

It gives me hope that we might get more in the way of historical flashbacks in "Torchwood", since I love them. Even just glimpses. I'd love to see Jack in the Victorian age. Or Edwardian. Or... whenever!

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

It also explains why he has 2 WW2 timelines: the one in which he went off with the Doctor and Rose, and one in which he was in love with Estelle.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

It also explains why he has 2 WW2 timelines

Well, yes, and a third one in which he went back for one enchanted evening in Cardiff and fell in love with Captain Jack Harkness.

I think he's been looping himself on various occasions!

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Yup! Fun, isn't it?