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[[ | Captain [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Toshiko Sato]] investigate a report that music from the 1940s has been drifting out of a derelict dancehall called "The Ritz". They enter the dancehall and are soon transported back to [[20th January]] [[1941]] through a temporal shift. The dancehall is full of 1940s dressed people dancing to the live music. | ||
In 1941, Jack encounters another American Captain by the name of [[Jack Harkness (1940s)|Captain Jack Harkness]]. Torchwood's Jack quickly invents the name "Captain James Harper". Upon Toshiko interrogating him, "James Harper" reveals that when he used to be a con-man, he took the real Captain Jack Harkness'es name as a disguise. Later, he also explains that the real Captain Jack would die a day later during a routine training exercise. "James Harper" and Toshiko devise a plan to leave the second half of an equation on something that will last through time so that, back in the present day, the Torchwood team can discover it and combine it with the half that they have already. The full equation will be able to open the rift and bring Toshiko and "James Harper" back to the present day. Toshiko discovers that the manager [[Bilis Manger]] has a Polaroid camera (which she comments had not yet been invented in 1941 and so is therefore out of its time). While taking the photo, Toshiko misses the first part of the equation and (as Bilis now has the camera) she must find another way to get this first part back to present day. She decides to use her own blood (cutting her hand with a food can) and writes the missing bit of the equation on a card. She puts the card inside the can for the Torchwood team to find. Back in the present day, [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] and [[Owen Harper|Owen]] discover that they cannot get through to Toshiko when they try and call her and so they instruct [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] to go and investigate. Just as Gwen can hear music drifting out from 1941, "James Harper" and Tosiko sometimes hear Gwen's calls drifting the other way. Back at the Torchwood hub, Ianto and Owen frequently argue over the best way to bring them back from 1941. Owen argues that they should open the rift but Ianto objects commenting that without the full equation, opening the rift could lead to devastation. Ianto also realises that the real reason why Owen wants to open the rift is to bring back [[Diane Holmes|Diane]] (see ''"[[Out of Time]]"''). | In 1941, Jack encounters another American Captain by the name of [[Jack Harkness (1940s)|Captain Jack Harkness]]. Torchwood's Jack quickly invents the name "Captain James Harper". Upon Toshiko interrogating him, "James Harper" reveals that when he used to be a con-man, he took the real Captain Jack Harkness'es name as a disguise. Later, he also explains that the real Captain Jack would die a day later during a routine training exercise. "James Harper" and Toshiko devise a plan to leave the second half of an equation on something that will last through time so that, back in the present day, the Torchwood team can discover it and combine it with the half that they have already. The full equation will be able to open the rift and bring Toshiko and "James Harper" back to the present day. Toshiko discovers that the manager [[Bilis Manger]] has a Polaroid camera (which she comments had not yet been invented in 1941 and so is therefore out of its time). While taking the photo, Toshiko misses the first part of the equation and (as Bilis now has the camera) she must find another way to get this first part back to present day. She decides to use her own blood (cutting her hand with a food can) and writes the missing bit of the equation on a card. She puts the card inside the can for the Torchwood team to find. Back in the present day, [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] and [[Owen Harper|Owen]] discover that they cannot get through to Toshiko when they try and call her and so they instruct [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] to go and investigate. Just as Gwen can hear music drifting out from 1941, "James Harper" and Tosiko sometimes hear Gwen's calls drifting the other way. Back at the Torchwood hub, Ianto and Owen frequently argue over the best way to bring them back from 1941. Owen argues that they should open the rift but Ianto objects commenting that without the full equation, opening the rift could lead to devastation. Ianto also realises that the real reason why Owen wants to open the rift is to bring back [[Diane Holmes|Diane]] (see ''"[[Out of Time]]"''). | ||
