The Year After I Died (audio story)
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The Year After I Died was the first audio story in the anthology The Lives of Captain Jack. It stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, and takes place in the aftermath of The Parting of the Ways, the Doctor Who series 1 finale.
Jack has been left behind in 200,100, after having been revived for the first time. The Year After I Died takes place in 200,101, and explores the consequences of the Battle of the Game Station, furthermore bridging the gap described in TV: Utopia, where Jack makes his way back in time to find the Doctor.
Publisher's summary
Set in the year 200,101, on an Earth ravaged by the Daleks, Jack struggles to save humanity from its oldest enemy.
Plot
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Cast
- Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
- Vortia Trear - Sarah Douglas
- Silo Crook - Shvorne Marks
- Malfi Pryn - Scott Haran
References
Earth
- In the aftermath of the Battle of the Game Station, the Earth is in ruins, and the people are dealing with starvation and radiation.
- Since the bombings, there are dangerous animals on the plains; some say they're mutations of Earth species, while others hold that they're Dalek experiments.
Jack Harkness
- Jack Harkness is still on Earth.
- Jack lives in a small cabin, a couple of kilometres away from the ruins of the Black Country Dome.
People
- Silo Crook is a reporter, who wants to do a story on the Hope Foundation, or on Captain Jack Harkness.
- Vortia Trear started the Hope Foundation, and is easily recognised from her advertising boards.
Technology
- A time limpet is a Dalek weapon which erases its target from time.
- Silo thinks, at first, it might be a land mine.
Locations
- Since the Dalek bombing of Blackcastle, the city has been uninhabitable, though there is a refugee camp nearby.
Organisations
- The Hope Foundation is a charity founded by Vortia Trear, which helps people relocate off the planet, and "forge a new life". Those who've "resettled" are never heard from again.
Foods and beverages
- Jack has a nightcap before bed.
- Jack offers Silo reconstituted eggs for breakfast.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Daleks ravaged Earth, leaving the planet in ruins. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
- Jack fought in the Battle of the Game Station, and was brought back to life by the Bad Wolf entity in Rose. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
- Jack doesn't yet realise that he's immortal. (TV: Fragments)
- Blackcastle was destroyed by the Daleks. Blackcastle was home to the Fourth Doctor's companion Sharon Davies. Beep the Meep briefly sucked the town into a black hole. (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Star Beast, The Collector, Star Beast II)
External links
- Official The Year After I Died page at bigfinish.com
