Who is Captain Jack Harkness?
Captain Jack’s basic character is rapidly established with visual cues and sparse dialogue. He focuses on Rose dangling from a barrage balloon through a first-person shot of binoculars with a digital display. A display that in 1940 London immediately marks him out of place. He zooms in to frame her rear. His first words, “Nice bottom,” establishes a level of sexuality in stark contrast with the Doctor. His accent and choice of bottom instead of bum mark him as American. Another male officer is with him and suggests he’s gone mad and asks Captain Jack if they hadn’t better be going. Jack turns around and gives a million dollar Hollywood smile that establishes the character’s charisma. He adds another bit of classic Hollywood saying, “Sorry old man. I gotta go meet a girl.” Finally, fully in character but in an unexpected twist, he adds to the officer, “But, you’ve got an excellent bottom too.” This only hints at the character’s fluid sexuality. A queer viewer, jaded by too many false po
Captain Jack Harkness is the lead character in Torchwood, a spinoff series from the Doctor Who universe, a hallmark of UK television. He first appeared in “The Empty Child,” a Doctor Who episode broadcast on 21 May 2005. From that point, he appeared in all the episodes of the show until the first season finale. The TV series Torchwood, which airs on the BBC Three network, was then introduced on December 2006. Jack Harness also appeared in three episodes of the third season of Doctor Who (2007) and is one of the rare television characters who finds himself being developed through dual series. Jack Harkness, or Captain Jack, is a time traveling con man from the 51st century. He is bisexual, even pansexual, it is sometimes said, explaining that in the 51st century, with man’s discovery that he is not alone in the world, sexuality has become a lot more unimportant. Not much is known of Jack Harkness’s youth. In fact, we don’t even his real name. His current identity is one he stole from a
