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{{Infobox Individual| | {{Infobox Individual | ||
individual name= Captain Jack Harkness | | |individual name= Captain Jack Harkness | ||
alias= | | |alias= | ||
image= [[Image:Captain Jack Harkness 1941_1.jpg|250px]] | | |image= [[Image:Captain Jack Harkness 1941_1.jpg|250px]] | ||
race= [[Human]] | | |race= [[Human]] | ||
home planet=[[Earth]] | | |home planet=[[Earth]] | ||
home era= [[1941]]| | |home era= [[1941]] | ||
appearances= [[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'' | | |appearances= [[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'' | ||
actor= [[Matt Rippy]] | |actor= [[Matt Rippy]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Captain Jack Harkness''' was a young [[United States|American]] serving as an [[RAF]] Group Captain stationed in [[Cardiff]] with the [[wikipedia:No. 133 Squadron RAF|famous 133 Squadron]]. He had a brief though intense affair with [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]], the man from the future who had appropriated his name. | '''Captain Jack Harkness''' was a young [[United States|American]] serving as an [[RAF]] Group Captain stationed in [[Cardiff]] with the [[wikipedia:No. 133 Squadron RAF|famous 133 Squadron]]. He had a brief, though intense, affair with [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]], the man from the future who had appropriated his name. | ||
==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, 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]]. | ||
[[Image:Cjh1941_girlfriend.jpg |left|thumb|Jack & [[Nancy Floyd|Nancy]]]] | [[Image:Cjh1941_girlfriend.jpg |left|thumb|Jack & [[Nancy Floyd|Nancy]]]] | ||
Jack was homosexual but trapped in a heterosexual relationship | 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]] [[Wikipedia:Messerschmitt|Messerschmitt]] shot him down on [[14th May]] 1940. ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'', [[WEB]]: ''[[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]] [[Wikipedia:Messerschmitt|Messerschmitt]] shot him down on [[14th May]] 1940. ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'', [[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website]]'') | ||
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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, [[21st January]], during a training exercise | The next day, [[21st January]] 1941, during a training exercise Jack and other RAF flyers were taking part in, German aircraft appeared. Captain Jack Harkness died in air combat protecting Cardiff from a bombing raid. ([[TW]]: ''[[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 as he saves the world. ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'') | 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 as he saves the world. ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'') | ||
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While she set out to find out more about [[Torchwood Three]] and its leader, [[Gwen Cooper]] was able to get a collegue 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. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'') | While she set out to find out more about [[Torchwood Three]] and its leader, [[Gwen Cooper]] was able to get a collegue 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. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'') | ||
It is safe to assume these records were referring to the original Jack, and the lack of information regarding his death is explained by 51st Century Jack when he admits to Toshiko that he falsified records when adopting his identity. ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]) | It is safe to assume these records were referring to the original Jack, and the lack of information regarding his death is explained by 51st Century Jack when he admits to Toshiko that he falsified records when adopting his identity. ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'') | ||
:''Although the new Jack is still using this alias when experiencing WWII for the second time | :''Although the new Jack is still using this alias when experiencing WWII for the second time, when stuck in the 20th Century, it is likely the police have no records for him due to his involvement with Torchwood.'' | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*1941's Captain Jack is identified as of the same rank as the future Jack. This could reflect a misunderstanding of the RAF rank structure by the ''[[Torchwood]]'' production team, | *1941's Captain Jack is identified as of the same rank as the future Jack. This could reflect a misunderstanding of the RAF rank structure by the ''[[Torchwood]]'' production team, and Group Captains are never addressed or referred to as "Captain". | ||
[[Category:20th century individuals|Harkness, Captain Jack]] | [[Category:20th century individuals|Harkness, Captain Jack]] | ||
[[Category:Human military officers|Harkness, Captain Jack]] | [[Category:Human military officers|Harkness, Captain Jack]] | ||
[[Category:Human pilots|Harkness]] | [[Category:Human pilots|Harkness]] | ||
[[Category:LGBT individuals|Harkness, Jack]] | [[Category:LGBT individuals|Harkness, Jack]] | ||
