Gap Filled In Capt. Jack Backstory On 'Doctor Who'

By MICHAEL HINMANSource: Sci-Fi PulseMar-23-2007

"Torchwood" fans want to know what happened when Capt. Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) disappeared at the end of that show's first season. But for those dedicated "Doctor Who" fans, the questions go back even further, like "How did Capt. Jack get back in time?" and "Why is he immortal?"
Many of those questions, if not all, will be answered in the final trio of episodes in "Doctor Who's" third season, and Sci-Fi Pulse source "Dr. Phibes" has all the answers.
According to the source, The Doctor (David Tennant) and Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) make a stopoff in Cardiff, Wales (where "Torchwood" is set) to recharge the Tardis over the rift that has been there practically since the beginning of the modern series. As seen in the "Torchwood" season finale, Capt. Jack discovers this with his Doctor Detector.
"While The Doctor and Martha are enjoying a quick banter about Cardiff, we will see Capt. Jack running and shouting after The Doctor only to barely latch onto the Tardis as it dematerializes," Phibes said. "This one moment promises to be a rather impressive CGI shot."
Capt. Jack gets to travel through the time vortex, but outside the Tardis. And it seems there's a long way to go.
"The episode sees The Doctor and his friends going to the year 100 trillion, which The Doctor says is impossible," Phibes said.
"So what's out there?" Martha asks.
"I don't know," The Doctor replies. "Not even the Time Lords came this far. It's all just theory. We should leave. We should go. We should really, really go ..."
Capt. Jack does explain how he got back in time in the first place, showing his trusty leather wristband which also seems to have some sort of time travelling device installed.
"So there I was, stranded in the year 200100, ankle deep in Dalek dust, he [The Doctor] goes off without me, but I had this," Jack says, showing his wrist strap. "I used to be a Time Agent. It's called a Vortex Manipulator. He's not the only one who can time travel," Jack said of The Doctor.
"I thought, 21st century, that's the best place to find The Doctor. Except I got it a little bit wrong, arrived in 1880, and this thing burnt out, so it was useless," Jack continued. "Then I had to live through the entire 20th century, waiting to find the version of you [The Doctor] that would coincide with me."
The episode will be the 11th of 13. Of course the season itself will begin March 31 on BBC One, and later this year in the United States, most likely on the SciFi Channel.
To see more excerpts from the episode, check out the Sci-Fi Pulse article.
Remember that all this has not been confirmed by the BBC, and should be treated as any rumor would.