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

[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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