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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
While based in the [[World War II]] time period ([[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances]]''), Captain Jack Harkness had taken the name and assumed identity of an American airman who he knew would die in battle on [[21st January]] [[1941]]. Jack hadn't known anything about the other Jack as a person, 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]]. | While based in the [[World War II]] time period ([[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances]]''), Captain Jack Harkness had taken the name and assumed identity of an American airman who he knew would die in battle on [[21st January]] [[1941]]. Jack hadn't known anything about the other Jack as a person, 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]]. | ||
[[Image:Cjh1941_girlfriend.jpg |left|thumb|Jack & [[Nancy Floyd|Nancy]]]] | |||
Jack was homosexual but trapped in a heterosexual relationship, he found himself going 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 found himself going out to dance with his girlfriend [[Nancy Floyd]] at a Cardiff nightclub called [[The Ritz]]. | ||
Distressed at the idea that his Nancy might actually be in love with him, he felt unhappy about leading her on. He also bore the pain of listening on the radio as a trainee pilot, [[Albert Richards]], died when a [[Germany|German]] [[Messerschmitt]] shot him down on [[14th May]] 1940. ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'', [[Torchwood website]]) | Distressed at the idea that his Nancy might actually be in love with him, he felt unhappy about leading her on. He also bore the pain of listening on the radio as a trainee pilot, [[Albert Richards]], died when a [[Germany|German]] [[Messerschmitt]] shot him down on [[14th May]] 1940. ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'', [[Torchwood website]]) | ||
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On the night of [[20th January]] 1941, Jack and "Harper" met. The two men felt an immediate attraction. Both had experience of war and of close friends having died by it, though Jack had to overcome the fear and reluctance over moving the relationship to a sexual level. For his part, "James" knew Jack would die the next day. | On the night of [[20th January]] 1941, Jack and "Harper" met. The two men felt an immediate attraction. Both had experience of war and of close friends having died by it, though Jack had to overcome the fear and reluctance over moving the relationship to a sexual level. For his part, "James" knew Jack would die the next day. | ||
[[Image:Harkness_Ritz.jpg| | [[Image:Harkness_Ritz.jpg|right|thumb|Captain Jack Harkness, [[Bilis Manger]], "[[Jack Harkness|Captain James Harper]]" and [[Toshiko Sato]] at [[the Ritz]] ([[Torchwood.org.uk]])]] | ||
Jack eventually struck up the courage to dance with "Jack" 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 "Jack" 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. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
While she set out to find out more about [[Torchwood 3]] and its leader, [[Gwen Cooper]] made inquiries, only the name of the 51st century Captain Jack, who "went missing" in 1941 appeared on the police database. The database seemd to have no information about the original Jack, who had ''died'' in 1941. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'') | While she set out to find out more about [[Torchwood 3]] and its leader, [[Gwen Cooper]] made inquiries, only the name of the 51st century Captain Jack, who "went missing" in 1941 appeared on the police database. The database seemd to have no information about the original Jack, who had ''died'' in 1941. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'') | ||
