insane how if you accept that jack is the face of boe, it means that (not counting going back to earth in the christmas invasion) the doctor's first trip after abandoning jack is... right back to jack. i am so unwell about them
she actually has curly/wavey hair but because it’s 2006 she constantly straightens it
She met Rose Tyler once, when they were both kids. Neither of them remember this
She also met Ianto when they were kids… they found a picture taken of both them plus Rhiannon
She has pictures of Owen, Tosh and Ianto in her house. She talks to them fairly regularly
She tells Anwen bedtime story’s about the team but not the alien stuff. Just silly things about them, like what pizza they liked or there little odd habits
She gave Anwen a little plush pterodactyl and named it after Myfanwy
She’s both Jack’ ancestor and descendant…. It was a weird day when they discovered that one.
I bought my sister the Torchwood Archives for her birthday and I flicked through it a bit just now, because we're fully reading it together and it's pure gold!
Ianto is a sassy king and I love him so much
I'll post some more fun stuff from the book if you guys want :D
sometimes i think about lady me and her volumes upon volumes of well-organized memoirs she can barely feel connected to anymore, and then i think about jack harkness, who tries to hold onto everyone with the desperate clinging grasp of fading memories, who must know he will lose one day. how long can you make love last when you will last forever. can you drag its weight with you to the end of the universe, and what do you do if you feel the burden getting lighter before you’re even halfway. and that’s about the point where i start crying.
Decades after he had left it, Jack Harkness slipped through time and found himself once more back in 1941 where he encountered the REAL Captain Jack Harkness whose identity “Jack Harkness” had stolen after the real Jack Harkness’ death in World War 2. ("Captain Jack Harkness", Torchwood, TV)
Query: how do you kill a being that transcends time? That remakes itself? That braids its existence back and forth within the fabric of the universe? How do you kill a Time Lord?
Answer: how do you undo a gordian knot?
jack harkness rose tyler & the doctor are like the world’s most fucked up polycule and yet I wish every day we got more of them together. throw mickey in there for the hell of it its so funny. jack is like “we’re all bffs but also you two are in love with each other but also I’m desperately in love with both of you” and rose is like “i flirt for fun & as an expression of affection. because i’m young and recovering from an abusive relationship i have trouble quantifying my existing romantic feelings. i’d make out with either or both of you at the drop of a hat. it’s so great that we’re all friends :)” and the doctor is like “i am in love with rose tyler i want to spend the rest of my lives with her she is everything. however i am a monster and i destroy everything i touch so instead i will be fucking jack harkness on the tardis floor”. and meanwhile mickey just wants them to meet up with him on time for once