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 ::Torchwood series 2 is officially set in January to April 2008 from the team's excnahged messages on the in-universe websites, a novel or two set during this series, and dialouge. Series 3, which is one year. This is SUPPOSED to be in 2008.
 :::Those certainly can't be reasonably trusted as much as the show itself, and in-show Fragments and Exit Wounds definitely mess up the timeline. He is correct that "21 months" makes the EARLIEST Fragments can occur February 2009, and that the "Space Pig" Tosh and Owen reference from Aliens of London must in fact take place in 2006, which is contradicted by "4 years" earlier whether this is in 2008 OR 2009. These are all set in stone within the continuity of the show.
-::You're absolutely right. Unfortunately this is not the only case where the writers have slipped up with the timing. However, the main issue here seems to be Owen's flashback. This can be chalked up to the "4" simply being a production error, or perhaps it actually is referring to mid-November 2005; Owen got three months off work to grieve according to the episode, so perhaps Jack came to see him at the graveyard at the end of that period, placing the start of his working there in mid-February 2006. The "Space Pig" incident from Aliens of London, then, could have occurred in the correct time as it was in Doctor Who - March 2006 - since it happened in his second week there, according to the story. As for Jack's defrosting date, I've got nothing. That probably just has to be a production error. Notice also that he doesn't give them the specific date, either, so obviously there had to be some more that went on there than what the writers have neglected.
+::You're absolutely right. Unfortunately this is not the only case where the writers have slipped up with the timing. However, the main issue here seems to be Owen's flashback. This can be chalked up to the "4" simply being a production error, or perhaps it actually is referring to mid-November 2005; Owen got three months off work to grieve according to the episode, so perhaps Jack came to see him at the graveyard at the end of that period, placing the start of his working there in mid-February 2006. The "Space Pig" incident from Aliens of London, then, could have occurred in the correct time as it was in Doctor Who - March 2006 - since it happened in his second week there, according to the story. As for Jack's defrosting date, I've got nothing. That probably just has to be a simple production error. Notice also that Jack doesn't give them the specific date he needs to be defrosted, either, so obviously there had to be some more than went on there that the writers have neglected. Definitely production error, if you ask me.
 *Jack isn't buried very deep. This raises two issues: how does Gray know he wouldn't be dug up once Cardiff builders start reforming the land in the coming centuries? And since Jack is indestructible, couldn't he have dug his way out eventually?
 ::Since Gray is a time-traveller, he knew where to leave Jack so he wouldn't be disturbed (indeed, it's still a park in 1901). Jack later tells John that he saw the burial as his penance, so he may have chosen to not try and escape, perhaps realizing that John's signal ring would eventually attract Torchwood. Also, Jack isn't super-powered; it may have simply been physically impossible for him to move with the weight of the dirt on him.