R&J (audio story)
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R&J was the third and final audio story in the anthology The Lives of Captain Jack: Volume Three. It was written by James Goss and starred John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness and Alex Kingston as River Song.
Publisher's summary
From ancient battles to eternal wars
A pair of time-cross'd lovers take the stars
Plot
to be added
Cast
- Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
- River Song - Alex Kingston
- Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
- Snorvlast - Jacob Dudman
- Nun - Maeve Bluebell Wells
- Priest - Vikash Bhai
- Assassin Pilot - Jonny Glynn
- Boeshane Nurse - Laura Dalgleish
- Student - Harley Viveash
Uncredited
References
- River masquerades as Queen Elizabeth I.
- Jack replaces Bernice Summerfield as River's lecturer.
- River mentions the Doctor left her a note on how to make a time flow analog.
- River and the Doctor once went fishing "with a fish".
- Jack and River ride Triceratops during an Ice Age.
- River meets Jackie Tyler and helps her wash a duvet.
Notes
- This story makes the suggestion that the knocking on the door of the spaceship at the end of the universe in Listen was Jack and River playing a prank on Orson Pink.
Continuity
- A nun informs River that the Face of Boe has recently died. (TV: Gridlock)
- In 1941 London, Jack is expecting a Time Agent to show up he can do business with. He assumes River is one, and remarks that she's arrived sooner than expected. (TV: The Empty Child)
- Jack brandishes his sonic blaster. (TV: The Doctor Dances)
- Professor "Hack Jarkness" gives a lecture on the possibility that some examples of ancient graffiti are in fact "time travellers leaving each other notes". (TV: The Time of Angels)
- Jack encounters River during her time as a child on the streets on New York City in 1969. (TV: Day of the Moon)
- River finds Jack in the Doctor's TARDIS in Roald Dahl Plass during the events of TV: Boom Town. He's struggling to refuel the ship with the Cardiff Space-Time Rift using an "alien surfboard". The Doctor is on a "date" with a Slitheen. River successfully fuels up the TARDIS for him, just as the Rift opens and an earthquake hits. (TV: Boom Town)
- River is annoyed to have found the "wrong" Jack in this time period, hoping to come across the Jack who lives in Cardiff and works for Torchwood Three, beneath the plaza. (TV: Everything Changes)
- At the end of the universe, Jack says "there's a woman waiting for someone to play chess with" (TV: Hell Bent) and a visitor investigating whether any life was left. River and Jack go to bang on his door. (TV: Listen)
- Jack chances upon River in the restaurant on Darillium, and finally discovers her husband is the Doctor. River says she's been dreading coming here, as she knows it means her end. (TV: The Husbands of River Song)
- Jack will later indicate to the Sixth Doctor, at some point before uniting with the Tenth, that he knows he's met the Doctor's wife. (AUDIO: Piece of Mind)
- River Song says 'snap!' to Jack Harkness on two occasions when meeting him, mirroring the Doctor when meeting his other incarnations. (TV: The Two Doctors, Time Crash)
- River Song meets Jack while he's chained up by the Master during the events of TV: Last of the Time Lords, giving him a hacksaw to cut himself free.
External links
- Official R&J page at bigfinish.com
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