I agree-- I think it's incredibly high-handed of the Dr. to do that, but you know, Jack tends to be high-handed and do things for "your own good" without asking first, so maybe he kind of interprets it as a sign of love.
I doubt Jack would have stayed put all this time if he'd been able to travel freely-- he would have chased the Dr. instead of building the TW team. It's interesting, in a way, because there's a bit of a parallel with Angel. He started his own show in S3 of Buffy, and so there had to be reasons why he would leave her and stay away, and they didn't always make much sense.
At least I do feel like Dr. Who's action dismantling Jack's time strap and thus making it possible for him to have his own show makes more sense than the Angel one. :)
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Re: Jack and the Doctor...
Date: 2008-07-07 01:57 am (UTC)I doubt Jack would have stayed put all this time if he'd been able to travel freely-- he would have chased the Dr. instead of building the TW team. It's interesting, in a way, because there's a bit of a parallel with Angel. He started his own show in S3 of Buffy, and so there had to be reasons why he would leave her and stay away, and they didn't always make much sense.
At least I do feel like Dr. Who's action dismantling Jack's time strap and thus making it possible for him to have his own show makes more sense than the Angel one. :)