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Immortality Revisited?
I have been watching Torchwood and it tells a fascinating story.
A nice article from an obituary site tell it all.
This is just an excerpt you can view the entire article here: The Frontiers of Immortality.
Captain Jack Harkness is The Man Who Can’t Die. Well, technically, he can die, he just can’t stay dead. As the time-traveling hero of BBC America’s rip-roaringly entertaining Doctor Who spinoff, Torchwood, Jack has been drilled with machine gun fire, shot point-blank in the forehead and tossed off the roof of a skyscraper. The list goes on. “Fell off a cliff. Trampled by horses. World War I, World War II, poison, starvation, stray javelin . . .,” he recites, matter-of-factly, in a guest appearance on Doctor Who. Shortly after each demise, Captain Jack awakens none the worse for wear. In fact, he remains quite the dish. Dramatically clad in a long RAF captain’s coat emphasizing his broad shoulders, with a manly cleft in his chin, twinkly blue eyes and a cocky, matinee-idol grin, Jack resembles a super-sized Tom Cruise, minus the side order of crazy.
A brief recap: Jack, played by John Barrowman, first appeared on the BBC’s revamped Doctor Who in 2005 as a swaggering, mortal – and merrily bisexual – space rogue. A former secret agent and con man from the 51st Century, Jack eventually died helping the Doctor fight the nefarious Daleks. But he was inadvertently brought back to life by something called “the power of the Time Vortex.” Long story short: Immortal.
Torchwood, which is perhaps the most overtly homoerotic sci-fi series of all time, was spun off from Doctor Who in the United Kingdom in 2006, and became BBC America’s highest-rated series ever when it reached the United States in 2007. (BBCA is currently airing the second season on Saturdays at 9 p.m.) On Torchwood, Captain Jack is the leader of a clandestine, and very horny, five-person squad that regularly saves Earth from alien invasion. (The squad is based in Cardiff, Wales, which apparently sits atop a time-space rift. Who knew?) Jack sometimes puzzles over the meaning of his resurrection. But, like a good soldier, he accepts his immortality as if it were a mission, one made endurable by the privilege of being around to witness the tenacity of life in all forms. When an old boyfriend asks him how it feels being reborn into “this godforsaken mess,” Jack answers intensely (Jack can’t walk down a street less than intensely), “These people, this planet, all the beauty you could never see – that’s why I come back!”
A nice article from an obituary site tell it all.
This is just an excerpt you can view the entire article here: The Frontiers of Immortality.
Captain Jack Harkness is The Man Who Can’t Die. Well, technically, he can die, he just can’t stay dead. As the time-traveling hero of BBC America’s rip-roaringly entertaining Doctor Who spinoff, Torchwood, Jack has been drilled with machine gun fire, shot point-blank in the forehead and tossed off the roof of a skyscraper. The list goes on. “Fell off a cliff. Trampled by horses. World War I, World War II, poison, starvation, stray javelin . . .,” he recites, matter-of-factly, in a guest appearance on Doctor Who. Shortly after each demise, Captain Jack awakens none the worse for wear. In fact, he remains quite the dish. Dramatically clad in a long RAF captain’s coat emphasizing his broad shoulders, with a manly cleft in his chin, twinkly blue eyes and a cocky, matinee-idol grin, Jack resembles a super-sized Tom Cruise, minus the side order of crazy.
A brief recap: Jack, played by John Barrowman, first appeared on the BBC’s revamped Doctor Who in 2005 as a swaggering, mortal – and merrily bisexual – space rogue. A former secret agent and con man from the 51st Century, Jack eventually died helping the Doctor fight the nefarious Daleks. But he was inadvertently brought back to life by something called “the power of the Time Vortex.” Long story short: Immortal.
Torchwood, which is perhaps the most overtly homoerotic sci-fi series of all time, was spun off from Doctor Who in the United Kingdom in 2006, and became BBC America’s highest-rated series ever when it reached the United States in 2007. (BBCA is currently airing the second season on Saturdays at 9 p.m.) On Torchwood, Captain Jack is the leader of a clandestine, and very horny, five-person squad that regularly saves Earth from alien invasion. (The squad is based in Cardiff, Wales, which apparently sits atop a time-space rift. Who knew?) Jack sometimes puzzles over the meaning of his resurrection. But, like a good soldier, he accepts his immortality as if it were a mission, one made endurable by the privilege of being around to witness the tenacity of life in all forms. When an old boyfriend asks him how it feels being reborn into “this godforsaken mess,” Jack answers intensely (Jack can’t walk down a street less than intensely), “These people, this planet, all the beauty you could never see – that’s why I come back!”
Tags: dr, immortality, obituaries, torchwood
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