World Enough and Time

30 Days of Doctor Who: Question 19: Favourite Jack moment.

...All of them?

No, really, much as I loved Captain Jack Harkness and the idea of Captain Jack Harkness, there are lots of Jack moments I don't like, and they came with increasing frequency as time went on. So... my favourite?

At the end of "The Doctor Dances", when Captain Jack has realized that the nanogenes threat to humanity was due to his inadvertent error, and he must rectify the mistake with his life. He does to his death reminiscing about sexual adventures in his past: "The last time I was sentenced to death, I ordered four hypervodkas for my breakfast. All a bit of a blur after that... I woke up in bed with both of my executioners. Lovely couple, they stayed in touch! Can't say that about most executioners." He toasts his ship with a no doubt welcome hypervodka - and is rescued at the last second by the Doctor, who brings him into the TARDIS to dance.



This scene has everything I most loved about Captain Jack and Doctor who: the casual courage (with humour), the neat alien spaceship, the positive sexual attitude, the last-minute rescue, the theme of responsibility and karma. And besides... my three favourite Doctor Who characters, all together for once.