getting back to the possibility of establishing Jack's "american" credentials. Do you think he is really supposed to be an American?
No. I see no reason for it. He's from the 51st century; possibly from a faraway planet; the chances of an "America" exiting then are unlikely.
I always assumed it was part of the cover for the con he pulled in "Empty Child" that he needed a dead soldier whose papers he could fake.
I think so too. Captain Jack Harkness is the person whose identity he stole. Captain Jack Harkness was American. Therefore our Jack pretended to be American. Obviously Jack has been in the US, quite possibly spent some time there. That is, I'd assume the "Ellis Island" he talks about is the American one, though there are other possibilities - heck he might have meant the Ellice Islands!
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Date: 2007-10-22 10:08 pm (UTC)No. I see no reason for it. He's from the 51st century; possibly from a faraway planet; the chances of an "America" exiting then are unlikely.
I always assumed it was part of the cover for the con he pulled in "Empty Child" that he needed a dead soldier whose papers he could fake.
I think so too. Captain Jack Harkness is the person whose identity he stole. Captain Jack Harkness was American. Therefore our Jack pretended to be American. Obviously Jack has been in the US, quite possibly spent some time there. That is, I'd assume the "Ellis Island" he talks about is the American one, though there are other possibilities - heck he might have meant the Ellice Islands!