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In [[1927]], Jack used the manipulator to forge a visa for [[Angelo Colasanto]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]'') | In [[1927]], Jack used the manipulator to forge a visa for [[Angelo Colasanto]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]'') | ||
By [[ | By the [[2000s]],{{note|Episodes 1-10 of the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' are set anywhere from [[2006]]-[[2009]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]'', ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'', ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]'', ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'', and ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]''. As episode 10, ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'', is set at the end of [[December]], this means that episodes 11-13 are almost certainly set the year after episodes 1-10.}} Jack was able to control the [[The Hub|Torchwood Hub]]’s invisible lift with the manipulator. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') | ||
When Jack, the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] were being attacked by [[Futurekind]] on [[Malcassairo]] in the year [[100000000000000|100,000,000,000,000]], the Doctor repaired the vortex manipulator with [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]], transporting them to Earth in [[2008]]. The group used it to [[teleport]] to the ''[[Valiant (aircraft carrier)|Valiant]]'', from which Martha subsequently escaped, also by use of the manipulator. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') Martha considered the vortex manipulator in her Top Five Worst Ways To Travel because it made her sinuses and organs ache and caused her throat to become bloody. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Martha (short story)|The Story of Martha]]'') {{simm|c}} took it from her when she was captured and later also used it to teleport with the Doctor from the ''Valiant'' to Earth, where he threatened to destroy the planet. The Doctor was able to use the manipulator to teleport them both back to the ''Valiant''. Once the Master was defeated and Jack made his way back to the Torchwood Hub, the Doctor deactivated the manipulator, saying that he couldn't leave Jack with a time-travelling teleport. "You could go anywhere in time, twice; second time to apologise", according to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | When Jack, the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] were being attacked by [[Futurekind]] on [[Malcassairo]] in the year [[100000000000000|100,000,000,000,000]], the Doctor repaired the vortex manipulator with [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]], transporting them to Earth in [[2008]]. The group used it to [[teleport]] to the ''[[Valiant (aircraft carrier)|Valiant]]'', from which Martha subsequently escaped, also by use of the manipulator. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') Martha considered the vortex manipulator in her Top Five Worst Ways To Travel because it made her sinuses and organs ache and caused her throat to become bloody. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Martha (short story)|The Story of Martha]]'') {{simm|c}} took it from her when she was captured and later also used it to teleport with the Doctor from the ''Valiant'' to Earth, where he threatened to destroy the planet. The Doctor was able to use the manipulator to teleport them both back to the ''Valiant''. Once the Master was defeated and Jack made his way back to the Torchwood Hub, the Doctor deactivated the manipulator, saying that he couldn't leave Jack with a time-travelling teleport. "You could go anywhere in time, twice; second time to apologise", according to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | ||
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When he was in Cardiff, Captain [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]] sent messages to Jack’s manipulator. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'', ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | When he was in Cardiff, Captain [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]] sent messages to Jack’s manipulator. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'', ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | ||
In the 2000s,{{note|The present day of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|fourth series]] is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]] (heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'' as well), and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} when the Daleks relocated Earth to the [[Medusa Cascade]] and [[Planetary Relocation Incident|invaded it]], Jack used information from the [[UNIT]] [[Project Indigo]] (based on [[Sontaran]] [[teleport pod]] technology) to reactivate the teleport function on his vortex manipulator (he still couldn't time travel). He then teleported to find the Doctor, arriving just after the Doctor was shot by a Dalek, which Jack then killed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') After the Daleks were defeated, the Doctor deactivated the manipulator again, sternly saying "I told you - no teleport". ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | |||
Using the [[Rift Manipulator]], Jack was briefly able to recharge his vortex manipulator, enough to shunt [[Andy Davidson]] to [[1919]] and back. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Andy (short story)|They Keep Killing Andy]]'') | Using the [[Rift Manipulator]], Jack was briefly able to recharge his vortex manipulator, enough to shunt [[Andy Davidson]] to [[1919]] and back. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Andy (short story)|They Keep Killing Andy]]'') | ||
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Although a vortex manipulator first appeared in the TV story ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', "vortex manipulator" was not identified as the name of the time agents' time travel device until the TV story ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' (where it was described, but not shown), and Jack's portable wrist strap was not directly described as one until the TV story ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''. Indeed, throughout the whole of the first three series of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'', the device is not named at all outside of [[John Hart]] referring to [[John Hart's vortex manipulator|his own device]] twice as a wrist strap. | Although a vortex manipulator first appeared in the TV story ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', "vortex manipulator" was not identified as the name of the time agents' time travel device until the TV story ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' (where it was described, but not shown), and Jack's portable wrist strap was not directly described as one until the TV story ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''. Indeed, throughout the whole of the first three series of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'', the device is not named at all outside of [[John Hart]] referring to [[John Hart's vortex manipulator|his own device]] twice as a wrist strap. | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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[[Category:Vortex manipulators]] | [[Category:Vortex manipulators]] | ||
[[Category:Jack Harkness' possessions]] | [[Category:Jack Harkness' possessions]] |