How Long Has Jack Protected the Doctor From Torchwood?

[crabby_lioness]

Torchwood has been looking for the Doctor since 1897. They didn't find him until 2006, in spite of the Doctor being prominent with U.N.I.T. throughout the 1960s and the 1970s. Why not?

According to the http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/jack/snaps.shtml Jack appears to have held prominent positions in Torchwood since 1961. Has Jack been fudging Torchwood's records to protect the Doctor for 45 years? Has he been collecting the Doctor's "flotsam and jetsam" and storing them at his office to keep them away from the London branch? Did he set off the "Bad Wolf virus" mentioned in Love & Monsters that protects the data on Rose? It fits Occam's Razor.

If my theory is correct then it's possible that some agents Jack has trained have gone on to work for the home office in London. They could have instructions to look out for their old boss and redirect Doctor-memorabilia his way when they get the chance.

So far we've only seen two episodes. Knowing my luck, something will come up in the third episode that will completely blow this theory out of the water. But until that happens, it's the most elegant, the most logical, and the most romantic explanation. That's a winning combination in my book.

Comments

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

Yvonne said that stopping the Doctor is listed in Torchwood's charter. That makes it a difficult mandate to ignore.

[aeshna_uk]

Yes, but they'd have been specifically keeping an eye out for Ten, and then only if they didn't have other more immediate concerns to be dealing with. ;) They're not aware of regeneration and they likely didn't know about the TARDIS (current evidence suggesting that the "perception filter" is how it tends to go unnoticed even when stuck in an utterly anachronistic situation).

But then, I'm not into Doctor/Jack, so I'm not too fussed about the logistics so long as the annoying bugger stays in his own show and lets Jack form some proper relationships elsewhere! I know that others see things differently. ;D

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

Ten & Jack's meeting will be Ten's to screw up. Ten is arrogant and rude. He'll screw it up.

[kickair8p.livejournal.com]

"Yes, but they'd have been specifically keeping an eye out for Ten.....They're not aware of regeneration....."

And they'd've had no reason to think he had a longer-than-human lifespan, so eventually they'd write him off for dead. He may be in the original charter, but even after they became aware of his work with UNIT there'd probably be some controversy over whether or not it was the same guy, and if so just what they were going to do about it.





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[flynn-boyant.livejournal.com]

So, perhaps Jack is waiting for Ten?

It would make sense if he had indepth knowledge of Torchwood's history that the mysterious figure who caused Torchwood's creation would reappear in the 21st century. Now maybe the people at Torchwood didn't put that together but Jack must have researched the history thoroughly knowing that there was a connection to the Doctor. They wouldn't have had an image of the Doctor that Queen Victoria encountered but they would have had a highly detailed account of him (since she pretty much thought of him as enemy number one and had him banished, people representing Torchwood early on would need to know what he looked like in order to prevent him from returning).

Jack's a smart guy and could easily put two and two together. At the time of the creation of Torchwood Rose was still with the Doctor, can't you imagine Jack's reaction to the story of the half-naked blonde girl traveling with the mysterious "Doctor". He would know it was Rose right away. Also taking into account the events of "Army of Ghosts" to "Doomsday". Jack probably managed to get a hold of images of the Doctor during those events. Perhaps Jack came to the conclusion that it has to be the same version of the Doctor in both points in history. If we assume that he knows about regeneration he may realize that this version of the Doctor came about after Satellite Five. He may want to see Nine but Ten is the Doctor he needs to find if he wants to get some answers.

"The 21st Century is when everything changes". Maybe what he said applies to the Doctor as well. Jack waiting specifically for Ten would make it all the more tragic if Jack and Ten have a huge falling out upon reuniting. I hope not.