Howling:Rex is Immortal

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So, does anyone have any guesses as to how Rex gained Jack's immortality? A blood transfusion can't be enough to turn Rex into a fixed point in space and time. As Jack said in The Gathering, there is nothing special about his blood in and of itsself. Since Gwen was wondering why the Blessing had allowed Esther to die right before Rex was shot, the Blessing must be involved somehow. Either it was thanking Rex for giving it mortal blood, or it assumed that Rex was supposed to be immortal since he had Jack's blood.Icecreamdif 17:38, September 10, 2011 (UTC)

I think it's supposed to be the latter, since everything it did was based on blood. They probably won't ever make it more explicit than that, but it's always possible that in a new series of Torchwood novels or series 5 of the show, Rex will ask Jack what happened and Jack will give him some kind of half-comprehensible technobabble explanation. --173.228.85.35 20:52, September 10, 2011 (UTC)

What if Rex is actually Face Of Boe? They have never really said that Jack is Face of Boe more than that hint on Doctor Who and on interwievs with actors and cast. (sorry but i dont know how to add my signature) mattias.nilsson86

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Anyway, I suppose it's not impossible that Rex is the Face of Boe, but there's even less evidence for him than for Jack, so… why? --173.228.85.35 23:56, September 10, 2011 (UTC)

The only real evidence we have for Jack being the Face of Boe is the fact that that used to be his nickname, so there is really no reason to believe that Rex is Boe.Icecreamdif 04:50, September 11, 2011 (UTC)

To catalogue all the evidence:

• Boe is the oldest living lifeform in the universe (or in his galaxy, I forget which); no humanoid but Jack could live that long. Fits Rex as well as Jack.
• Jack's childhood nickname was "The Face of Boe", because he was a model from the Boeshane Peninsula. Doesn't fit Rex.
• Boe seemed to know the Doctor before the Doctor knew him. Doesn't fit Rex, but that could always change.
• Off-camera, RTD hinted that Jack is Boe, but wouldn't confirm it; Julie Gardner insisted he was, and tried to get RTD to confirm it, but RTD played coy. Doesn't fit Rex, but could just mean that at that point RTD was thinking of making Jack Boe, and he could have since changed his mind.

As I said, it's not impossible, but there's even less evidence for him than for Jack—basically, the immortality is it. --173.228.85.35 06:09, September 11, 2011 (UTC)

Yea, Jack is probably Face of Boe. But it wouldnt suprise me if RTD and Moffat would "troll" us with changing it to Rex :P Mattias.nilsson86 21:11, September 15, 2011 (UTC)