So now I'm back to the final two episodes of Torchwood series 1, both broadcast on New Years Day 2007.
The first episode sees Captain Jack come face to face with the real Captain Jack, the pilot from whom Jack stole his identity when the real Jack was killed in action. This meeting is orchestrated by the unfortunate entering of a temporal rift by Jack and Toshiko sending them both back in time to a dance hall in war torn Cardiff.
Whilst Jack is busy getting to know Jack, Toshiko desperately tries to leave messages for the rest of the Torchwood team to find in the future which will allow them to bring them back to the present. Wow, that was a confusing sentence.
Real Jack (as I shall now be calling him) only has this one last day to live and Jack knows this (as in our Jack). This leads to many scenes of Jack pleading with the real Jack to make the most of this last night. He gets a little bit more than he bargained for when real Jack starts to reveal some attraction to our Jack, something that was very unacceptable back in the 1940s. Meanwhile Toshiko is facing prejudice of her own, being of Japanese origin.
Owen wants to open the rift to bring them back but Ianto warns him that it is far to dangerous and they have no idea what the consequences will be. This is actually a really cool moment. Ianto pointing a gun at Owen as he prepares to activate the rift manipulator is pretty damn dramatic! Poor Owen is not in his right mind, still angry that the love of his life, whose name I have forgotten (she certainly made an impact on me) was taken from him by the rift. He believes opening the rift may also allow him to get her back..was her name Denise? Debra?
So anyway the rift is opened just as real Jack gives our Jack a big snog right in front of everyone (not sure how that will go down! But I guess he only had one day to live anyway) and Toshiko and Jack are transported back to the present day.
The second episode deals with the consequences of the rift opening with people falling through time left right and centre. A mysterious man named Billis appears to each member of the team telling them the only way to put things right is to open the rift all the way. In order to tempt them he shows them people they have lost, who he claims can be returned to them. Only Jack remains adamant that the rift remain closed.
To cut along story short, they open the rift, a big monster comes out whose shadow kills people (so a bit crap at night then I imagine) and then Jack lets the monster kill him, which in turn kills the monster. If that sounds rushed then it's because it is! You would think that a monster rampaging through Cardiff would make up a good bulk on the story but its tagged on right at the end and only lasts a few minutes before the creature is defeated.
The most awesome part of the story comes at the end. Gwen is asking Jack what vision would have persuaded him in to opening the rift to which he replies "the right kind of doctor". As he wanders out of his office he hears the familiar sound of ancient grinding engines as the TARDIS materialises out of sight. The rest of the team enter just in time to realise that Jack has disappeared! It so exciting because at times you forget that Torchwood is in anyway linked to Doctor Who so to suddenly hear the TARDIS is just bloody amazing. Nerd-gasm!
And so ends the first series of Torchwood. At least its all uphill from here!
DIANNE! Her names was bloody Dianne!... I think.
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