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|appearances= [[ | |appearances= [[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'' | ||
|actor= Matt Rippy | |actor= Matt Rippy | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
While based in the [[World War II]] time period ([[ | While based in the [[World War II]] time period ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances]]''), Captain Jack Harkness took the name and identity of an American airman he knew would die in battle on [[21 January]] [[1941]]. Jack hadn't known anything about the other Jack as a person, or even what he looked like until, transported from the [[21st century]] to 1941 with [[Toshiko Sato]], they met each other. In 1941 again, the future Jack adopted the name Captain James Harper. | ||
Jack was homosexual but trapped in a heterosexual relationship. He went out to dance with his girlfriend [[Nancy Floyd]] at a Cardiff nightclub called [[The Ritz]]. | Jack was homosexual but trapped in a heterosexual relationship. He went out to dance with his girlfriend [[Nancy Floyd]] at a Cardiff nightclub called [[The Ritz]]. | ||
[[File:Cjh1941_girlfriend.jpg |left|thumb|Jack & [[Nancy Floyd|Nancy]]. ([[ | [[File:Cjh1941_girlfriend.jpg |left|thumb|Jack & [[Nancy Floyd|Nancy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'')]] | ||
Distressed at the idea Nancy might actually be in love with him, he was unhappy about leading her on. He also bore the pain of having listened on the radio as a trainee pilot, [[Albert Richards]], died when a [[Germany|German]] [[Wikipedia:Messerschmitt|Messerschmitt]] shot him down on [[14 May]] 1940. ([[ | Distressed at the idea Nancy might actually be in love with him, he was unhappy about leading her on. He also bore the pain of having listened on the radio as a trainee pilot, [[Albert Richards]], died when a [[Germany|German]] [[Wikipedia:Messerschmitt|Messerschmitt]] shot him down on [[14 May]] 1940. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'', [[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website]]'') | ||
On the night of [[20 January]] 1941, Jack and "Harper" met. The two men felt an immediate attraction. Both had experience of war and of close friends having died in it. Jack had to overcome the fear and reluctance over moving the relationship to a sexual level. Jack also demonstrated a strong compassion for others, backing up "Harper"'s story about [[Toshiko Sato]] working as a code-breaker for the government when she nearly fell victim to anti-Japanese prejudice. For his part, "James" knew Jack would die the next day. | On the night of [[20 January]] 1941, Jack and "Harper" met. The two men felt an immediate attraction. Both had experience of war and of close friends having died in it. Jack had to overcome the fear and reluctance over moving the relationship to a sexual level. Jack also demonstrated a strong compassion for others, backing up "Harper"'s story about [[Toshiko Sato]] working as a code-breaker for the government when she nearly fell victim to anti-Japanese prejudice. For his part, "James" knew Jack would die the next day. | ||
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Jack eventually struck up the courage to dance with "James" in front of a party of servicemen and their guests. As the [[Cardiff rift]] transported "James" and Toshiko back to their own time, the two men kissed passionately, leaving both in tears. | Jack eventually struck up the courage to dance with "James" in front of a party of servicemen and their guests. As the [[Cardiff rift]] transported "James" and Toshiko back to their own time, the two men kissed passionately, leaving both in tears. | ||
The next day, [[21 January]] 1941, during a training exercise Jack was taking part in, German aircraft appeared. Captain Jack Harkness died in air combat protecting Cardiff from a bombing raid. ([[ | The next day, [[21 January]] 1941, during a training exercise Jack was taking part in, German aircraft appeared. Captain Jack Harkness died in air combat protecting Cardiff from a bombing raid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'', [[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|Torchwood.org.uk]]'') | ||
Back in the present day, [[Toshiko Sato]] comforted Torchwood's Jack by telling him that 1941's Captain Jack would be proud that he took his name, carrying it on to save the world. ([[ | Back in the present day, [[Toshiko Sato]] comforted Torchwood's Jack by telling him that 1941's Captain Jack would be proud that he took his name, carrying it on to save the world. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'') | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
When she set out to find out more about [[Torchwood Three]] and its leader, [[Gwen Cooper]] got a colleague to access records and make inquiries within the police database. The only Jack Harkness on record was an American pilot, who "went missing" in 1941. ([[ | When she set out to find out more about [[Torchwood Three]] and its leader, [[Gwen Cooper]] got a colleague to access records and make inquiries within the police database. The only Jack Harkness on record was an American pilot, who "went missing" in 1941. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'') | ||
It is safe to assume these records referred to the original Jack, and the lack of information regarding his death was explained by 51st Century Jack when he admitted to Toshiko he had falsified records when adopting his identity. ([[ | It is safe to assume these records referred to the original Jack, and the lack of information regarding his death was explained by 51st Century Jack when he admitted to Toshiko he had falsified records when adopting his identity. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'') | ||
:''Although the new Jack was still using this alias when experiencing WWII for the second time, when stuck in the 20th century, it is likely the police had no records for him due to his involvement with Torchwood.'' | :''Although the new Jack was still using this alias when experiencing WWII for the second time, when stuck in the 20th century, it is likely the police had no records for him due to his involvement with Torchwood.'' | ||
