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===Television=== Jack first appeared in the 2005 ''Doctor Who'' episode "[[The Empty Child]]" and its continuation "[[The Doctor Dances]]", when Rose (Billie Piper), a companion of the [[Ninth Doctor]] ([[Christopher Eccleston]]), meets him during [[the Blitz]]. Posing as an American volunteering in the [[Royal Air Force]] and wearing the uniform of a [[Group Captain]] the audience learns Jack is a former "Time Agent" from the 51st century who left after inexplicably losing two years of his memory. He became a con man, and is unwittingly responsible for releasing a plague.<ref name=EmptyChild>{{cite episode|title=The Empty Child|episodelink=The Empty Child|series=DoctorWho|serieslink=Doctor Who|credits=Russell T Davies, [[Steven Moffat]], [[James Hawes]], Phil Collinson|network=BBC|airdate=2005-05-21}}</ref><ref name=DoctorDances/> After the Doctor cures this plague, Jack redeems himself by displacing an unexploded bomb, and joins the Doctor in his time machine, the [[TARDIS]].<ref name=BoomTown>{{cite episode|title=[[Boom Town (Doctor Who)|Boom Town]]|series=Doctor Who|credits=Russell T Davies, Joe Ahearne, Phil Collinson|network=BBC|airdate=2005-06-04}}</ref><ref name=BadWolf>{{cite episode|title=[[Bad Wolf]]|series=Doctor Who|credits=[[Russell T Davies]], [[Joe Ahearne]], [[Phil Collinson]]|network=[[BBC]]|airdate=2005-06-04}}</ref><ref name=Parting>{{cite episode|title=[[The Parting of the Ways]]|series=Doctor Who|credits=Russell T Davies, Joe Ahearne, Phil Collinson|network=BBC|city=Cardiff|airdate=2005-06-18}}</ref> During his time with the Doctor, Jack matures into a hero,<ref name=ello/> and in his final 2005 appearance, he sacrifices himself fighting the [[Dalek]]s; Rose brings him back to life while suffused with the power of the [[time vortex (Doctor Who)|time vortex]].<ref name=Parting/> He is then left behind by the Doctor and Rose, who depart [[Satellite 5]] in the TARDIS. The decision behind Jack's absence in the [[List of Doctor Who serials#Series 2 (2006)|2006 series]] of ''Doctor Who'' was so that the effects of the Doctor's [[Regeneration (Doctor Who)|regeneration]] on Rose could be explored.<ref name=InHisStride>{{cite journal|last=|first=|authorlink=|coauthors=<!--|date=2005-06-22 cover date (Edited out until title is found-->|year=2005|month=June|title=|journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]]|volume=|issue=367|pages=|id=|url=|accessdate=}}</ref> The character returned in 2006 as the star of the spin-off series ''Torchwood'', where he leads the [[Cardiff]]-based [[Torchwood Institute#Torchwood Three, Cardiff|Torchwood Three]], battling alien threats. A changed man,<ref name=RadioTimes07/> Jack became immortal after his resurrection and spent years on Earth waiting to reunite with the Doctor.<!--Please do not explain how he travelled back to the present, it is covered later in the article. Thank you.--> Jack recruits policewoman [[Gwen Cooper]] ([[Eve Myles]]) to his team;<ref name=EverythingChanges/> there are hints of romantic feelings between them,<ref name=JackGwen>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=24&ContentID=31679|title=Whoβs new in time travelling?|accessdate=2007-07-05|publisher=thewest.com.au}}</ref> while Jack begins a sexual relationship with existing employee [[Ianto Jones]] ([[Gareth David-Lloyd]]).<ref name=c41>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/L/lgb_teens/boys/me-too.html|title=Me too!|accessdate=2007-06-27|publisher=Channel4.com's LGB Teens Health site}}</ref> Despite having worked with him for some time, his present-day colleagues know very little about him;<ref name=DayOne/> over the course of the season they discover that he cannot die, and that "Jack Harkness" is not in fact his true name, but an alias taken from a [[List of Torchwood minor characters#Captain Jack Harkness|deceased WWII soldier]].<ref name=CJH>{{cite episode|title=[[Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood episode)|Captain Jack Harkness]]|series=Torchwood|credits=Russell T Davies, [[Catherine Tregenna]], Ashley Way|network=BBC Three|airdate=2007-01-01}}</ref> The audience also comes to learn Jack was once a [[prisoner of war]],<ref name=CJH/> and was an interrogator who used torture.<ref name=Countrycide>{{cite episode|title=[[Countrycide]]|series=Torchwood|credits=Russel T Davies, Chris Chibnall, [[Andy Goddard]]|network=BBC Three|airdate= 2006-11-19}}</ref> In the ''Torchwood'' Series One finale "[[End of Days (Torchwood)|End of Days]]",<ref name=EndofDays>{{cite episode|title=[[End of Days (Torchwood)|End of Days]]|series=Torchwood|credits=Russell T Davies, Chris Chibnall, [[Ashley Way]]|network=BBC Three|airdate=2007-01-01}}</ref> Jack returns to the TARDIS, and in the 2007 ''Doctor Who'' episode "[[Utopia (Doctor Who)|Utopia]]", the character meets the [[Tenth Doctor]] ([[David Tennant]]) and his companion [[Martha Jones|Martha]] ([[Freema Agyeman]]). Jack explains he returned from Satellite 5 to the present day by travelling to 1869 via [[List of Doctor Who items#V|vortex manipulator]], and lived through the 20th century waiting for the Doctor.<ref name=Utopia/> By the series finale, having spent a year in an alternate timeline enslaved by [[Master (Doctor Who)|the Master]] ([[John Simm]]), Jack opts to return to his team in Cardiff, after cryptically hinting that he and the mysterious "[[Face of Boe]]" (a recurring character voiced by [[Struan Rodger]]) may be one and the same.<ref name=LastoftheTimeLords>{{cite episode|title=[[Last of the Time Lords]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=Russell T Davies, [[Colin Teague]]|network=[[BBC]]|airdate=2007-06-30}}</ref><ref name=Boecast/> In 2008, ''Torchwood'' Series Two began with Jack returning to his team to find they have moved on without him, with Gwen leading the team. Returning with a new attitude,<ref name=CanadianPress>{{cite web |url=http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hOjnx8lNTD-d3h_1dQQvA9HVn8YQ |title='Torchwood' and Capt. Jack Harkness ready to return for new season|accessdate=2008-02-18 |date=2008-01-22 |work=The Canadian Press}}</ref><ref name=Starburst/> Jack finds his team more insistent to learn of his past after meeting his former partner, the villainous [[List of Torchwood minor characters#Captain John Hart|Captain John Hart]] ([[James Marsters]]).<ref name=KissKiss>{{cite episode |title= Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang |episodelink= Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Torchwood) |series= [[Torchwood]] |credits= Chris Chibnall, Ashley Way |network= [[BBC Two]]| airdate= 2008-01-16}}</ref> The episode "[[Adam (Torchwood)|Adam]]" explores Jack's childhood in the Boeshane Peninsula, revealing through [[flashback|flashback sequences]] how his father Franklin ([[Demetri Goritsas]]) died and a young Jack ([[Jack Montgomery]]) lost his younger brother [[List of Torchwood minor characters#Gray|Gray]] (Ethan Brooke) during an [[alien invasion]] after releasing his hand.<ref name=Adam>{{cite episode|title=[[Adam (Torchwood)|Adam]]|series=Torchwood|credits=Russell T Davies, Catherine Tregenna, Andy Goddard|network=BBC Two|airdate=2008-02-13}}</ref> The series' penultimate episode "[[Fragments (Torchwood)|Fragments]]" features flashback scenes depicting Jack's capture by Torchwood in the late 19th century. Initially their prisoner, Jack is contracted into becoming a [[freelancer|freelance agent]] for the organisation, eventually appointed the leader of Torchwood Three at midnight on [[1 January]] [[2000]].<ref name=Fragments>{{cite episode|title=[[Fragments (Torchwood)|Fragments]]|series=Torchwood|credits=Russell T Davies, Chris Chibnall, [[Jonathan Fox Bassett]]|network=BBC Three|airdate=2008-03-21}}</ref> The series finale featured the return of Captain John and Jack's brother Gray (Lachlan Nieboer); who after a lifetime of torture returns with a vendetta against Jack. Jack is eventually forced to place Gray in [[Cryopreservation|cryogenic stasis]], and while somewhat repairing his friendship with Captain John, must also mourn the losses of teammates [[Toshiko Sato|Toshiko]] ([[Naoko Mori]]) and [[Owen Harper|Owen]] ([[Burn Gorman]]).<ref name=ExitWounds>{{cite episode|title=[[Exit Wounds (Torchwood)|Exit Wounds]]|series=Torchwood|credits=Russel T Davies, Chris Chibnall, Ashley Way|network=BBC Two|airdate=2008-04-04}}</ref> Jack appears alongside the casts of ''Torchwood'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' in the two-part [[Fictional crossover|crossover]] finale of the 2008 series of ''Doctor Who''. In "[[The Stolen Earth]]", Jack is summoned alongside fellow companions Martha and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] ([[Elisabeth Sladen]]) to face the threat of the Daleks' creator [[Davros]] ([[Julian Bleach]]).<ref name=StolenEarth>{{cite episode|title=[[The Stolen Earth]]|series=Doctor Who|credits=Russell T Davies, Graeme Harper|network=BBC|airdate=2008-06-28}}</ref> The next episode sees him part company from the Doctor once again, with Martha and [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]] ([[Noel Clarke]]) in tow, having helped save the universe from destruction.<ref name="Journey's End">{{cite episode|title=[[Journey's End (Doctor Who)|Journey's End]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=Russell T Davies, Graeme Harper|network=BBC|airdate=2008-07-06}}</ref>
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