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At which point he goes back to Earth (in the oughts?)
I thought that after he became immortal, he landed back in time to... errr... somewhere in the first half of the 20th century (maybe to when the Doctor picked him up -- WWII?), and he's been waiting to run into the doctor again ever since. I also thought that he was originally from the far future.
Jon's thoughts are my thoughts. i also think that thinking too much about time travel will make your head hurt and you probably don't need that, ita.
The timeline's established in "Utopia", Doctor Who season 3. After Rose makes him immortal, he's stranded on the space station in the year 200,000-something, and he uses his "vortex manipulator" (the thing on his wrist) to jump back to Earth. But it's imprecise, so he ended up in 1800-something. He's lived on Earth since then.
But isn't he already Captain Jack when he meets the Doctor?
Yes. So that's during WWII, when he's there as a con man, having taken the name of Captain Jack Harkness.
Okay. Talk to me slowly. Captain Jack is born somewhere with a real name on a different planet. Does he go to Earth in WWII before he meets the Doctor? If so, is he there twice, since he strands himself in the 1800s trying to get to him again?
Does he go to Earth in WWII before he meets the Doctor?
Yes.
If so, is he there twice, since he strands himself in the 1800s trying to get to him again?
Presumably, though we haven't heard it addressed on screen at all. I figure that the second time through, he's savvy enough to avoid the first iteration of himself. He avoids meeting Rose during the 1990s.
I throw my hands up. I guess this is as much as I'll understand it unless they paint pretty pictures on my TV screen.
They have been painting pretty pictures, just not so much with the timelines.
just saw our first two Torchwoods (yes, slow. toddler)... the end of this season and "they keep killing [someone]". Not good order, but we like - we really like. Granted, I was prepared to like.