The third season of Doctor Who may well be over; but before its departure it gave us all a very cool - if not entirely unexpected - watercooler moment. Anybody who has yet to see "Last of the Time Lords" is advised to look away now, as the rest of this post contains spoilers about the latest 'Who finale.
Captain Jack has once again departed from Doctor Who, only this time by his own choosing. Jack was dropped off in Cardiff city where the Doctor 'fixed' his vortex manipulater to ensure that Jack now remains without the abilty to time travel. Then, after a final salute, Jack waled away - before revealing his old Time Agency nickname to be... wait for it... The Face of Boe!
Boe's reaccured throughout the first three years of Doctor Who, notably in the "New Earth" trilogy. In 2005 Russell T Davies wrote a prophecy about Boe in the "Monsters and Villains" book, and revealed that upon his death Boe would reveal a secret to the Doctor ('the stranger without a home') In this year's "Gridlock" the prophecy finally came true as Boe died and imparted the message "You are not alone" upon the Doctor.
If Jack really is the Face of Boe it kinda seals his Torchwood fate; the character will never die. At least, not for another 5 billion years when he'll come to resemble a twisted version of Jackie Stallone. Guess we'll have to wait and see if the link between Jack and Boe proves true...
Back to "Last of the Time Lords" and it's goodbye Martha Jones, at least for the time being. The character is expected to return to Doctor Who next year for occassional guest appearences - and according to Thursday's Daily Mirror she'll crop up in episodes of Torchwood too. Look out for an official announcement on the fate of Martha Jones tomorrow lunch time.
And that was that. As the Doctor sat in his TARDIS and watched the Titanic crash through its walls we wish both the Doctor and Captain Jack a big farewell, until their returns in 2008. Torchwood season two begins post-Christmas, in January - and 13 weeks later leads into Doctor Who's expected March launch. In the meantime, we've got "The Sarah Jane Adventures" to savour when it begins its run in September this year.
Enjoy your Sunday folks; and let the countdown for 2008 begin now.
18 comments:
And I was so hoping the true identity of Boe was going to be Mel B from Bo Selecta.... oh well.
My beautiful Jack, my hero, to end up a head in a jar like something out of the Simpsons is just to cruel a fate. How could anyone cope with knowing their body would continue to age, however slowly, and wither away but that they could never die? The Doctor was doubley cruel to take Jack's power to time travel from him and maroon him on earth while he can still go swanning around causing mayhem, oooh I am so mad at the writers. They really are showing a cruel and uncaring side to the Doctor. Maybe we should start calling him the Master. Rant over, soap box back in the shed.
Lady Eleanor
JACKHARKNESS/KURLY??? DO YOU EVER READ THE COMMENTS??
PLEASE READ THE COMMENT I LEFT ON 'CHANGING FACES' ABOUT EPISODE GUIDES AND KEEP UP EH???
I'll have the next 6 very soon...
xXx, bbcinsider and Brax (aka Bryn)
We've read it, and noted it, thanks.
Assuming Jack is the FOB at death he is roughly 4,999,998,323 years old.
Asuming that Jack is 38 when the Doctor first met him. (JB was 38 when he was in Doctor Who, i think). And that he was traveling with the Doctor for a year the fist time. Thirdly I am assuming that he didn't spend much time in the 2001st century.
good calculationg :-P
One point - not having a go or anything but Brax could you please stop shouting?! :-)
So perfect... but do I really have to wait till 2008 for another episode of Torchwood....
If Jack IS the face of Boe (which I very much doubt it was just a ploy to get internet forums tongues wagging!) Then how come he never mentioned that he knew the doctor for a very very long time! And indeedy let 2008 roll on!
You know I'm one to always be positive about Doctor Who, Torchwood, and RTD, but I just have to let it out today.
This great season of WHO was tainted by a horrible final episode. The episode had some good moments, but the whole psychic-energy-resurrection thing was total crap and has had me worried about the future of the series for the first time, and I'm ready to throw RTD overboard.
Sorry that the only rant you'll hear from me. Now back to the regularly scheduled progamming.
Kurly,
I've always been crossed with RTD after killing off Rose, and always writing in how she can never come back, etc. But I've always had the idea that she could indeed return as a time agent herself! If I'm not mistaken, there's a Torchwood in her parallel world, she could have possibly find a way to open that -- whatever thing that closed.
Anyway: back to Cpt. Jack being the FOB.. quite a few Q's in my head, like in Ep1 of Torchwood Jack mentions being pregnant has any ties with the FOB being pregnant with the Baby Boemina. Was the FOB mentioned anywhere on Torchwood?
And there's my rant/wishful thinking. If RTD leaves the show... think there's a possibility? God, I miss Rose/Billie.
The Face of Boe time line is interesting, as he looks the same old wrinkly face in the Satellite 5 episodes (200000 AD), as he does nearly 4 billion years later, which suggests that if Jack is the Face, the metamorphoses is not continuous, but happens 'relatively' early on in his/its life.
Not convinced though - my own feeling is that the whole thing leads to nothing.
Ahh, noticed I may have missed upto 2 years in my calculations (well with a number that's nearly 5 billion do you blame me?)
The First year that I thought of was "The year that never was", did they age? Or was that reversed as well.
And 18 months after Harriot Jones fell would be 2008 (as Rose 'Skipped' a year, then had Christmas in 2006 rather than 2005)
Although 'Blink' was set in 2007 not '08 so I'm lost!!!
are we to believe that toclafane are dalek engineered?
Apparently, Catherine Tate will be the Doctor's new assistant, in case you hadn't heard...
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a64085/catherine-tate-is-new-doctor-who-companion.html
Catherine Tate? That sucks - truly.
I won't stop watching but come on, BBC - what are you playing at?
On a seperate note, I think the "Ressurected Baddie" for next season will be The Rani. I'm sure it was her who picked up the Master's ring at the end of the season.
I liked Catherine Tate in The Runaway Bride and think there is the potential there for a very interesting and new type of Doctor/companion relationship. I suppose it's only because I haven't seen her in anything else that I'm excited about the news.
In the commentary the overly-smug RTD said he put the ring in there at the end of E13 in case some other producer wants to run with it, but he isn't going to touch on it in the next series.
Someone'll go with it at some point; you can't kill The Master, you just can't!
Now I'm off to get my fix by watching The 5 Doctors on DVD.
I am in the minority in that I think it's cool that Jack is the FOB. It means he has a really long, good life, and gets very wise and has interesting experiences. I would like to know more of his evolution into the FOB. So what if he's in a jar? If someone lives that long, they'd have to go through some major changes.
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