I know... Well. Actually, I was thinking more Moffat than RTD. I can be your right-hand man. =D
Having recurring characters that aren't part of the team would make this more interesting for me - there could be about ten of them, so that none of them are in every episode. Like Andy and Martha, who can be called upon but aren't official. It would also make the characters a lot more vulnerable, because any of them might be killed without it causing too much of a fuss (an emotional upheaval, sure, but easily replaced). I'd quite like to see Archie as similar to Jack at points, perhaps quite cold-hearted. To the point where he's seen so many team members die that he no longer allows himself to get close to any of them, and is able to replace people easily. That's cold in an entirely different way to Yvonne, because it's been repeatedly stated that she was a 'people person'. I'd like Archie to be somewhat of a hermit, actually. Hermits United. ;D
As for the medic, I'd like a male one - partly because I've grown attached to Owen and Greg (book-canon, sort of), and partly because the dynamics of an all-male team would be interesting. That said, I think it would be interesting if Jack's lead love interest was female, and one of the freelancers. Or, indeed, if he had multiple love interests within the group of freelancers, because that could have a knock-on effect between Torchwood and his private life.
There's an interesting relationship mentioned in the books between a couple who I ~think~ are both members of Torchwood. But Jack is actually having it off with both of them, even though they're due to get married. On their wedding day, they're both distant with each other, get paranoid that the other one knows about their affair with Jack, and commit suicide to 'save face'. It's really tragic, but it's not dived into particularly deeply, and I think it would be a wonderful angle to approach from, because Jack is obviously capable of multiple loving relationships at once. Perhaps not having the two people as a couple, but certainly having more than one love interest would be something new. Because then there's room for growth when they learn about each other. Maybe they're comfortable with Jack not being exclusive - maybe Jack feels he can't be, after what happened with Ianto, maybe he doesn't want to settle down and pin all his hopes on one person again.
It would also be interesting if Archie or the medic is obsessed with the mysterious Doctor and Jack has to fight to stop them charging in every time there's an appearance (because obviously he'd then cross his own timeline). Ooh! D'you remember Malcolm, the Doctor's 'best friend' from Planet of the Dead? Maybe he could be one of Torchwood Two's contacts before joining UNIT. Maybe Jack was the one who told him about the Doctor in the first place...
Having recurring characters that aren't part of the team would make this more interesting for me - there could be about ten of them, so that none of them are in every episode. Like Andy and Martha, who can be called upon but aren't official. It would also make the characters a lot more vulnerable, because any of them might be killed without it causing too much of a fuss (an emotional upheaval, sure, but easily replaced). I'd quite like to see Archie as similar to Jack at points, perhaps quite cold-hearted. To the point where he's seen so many team members die that he no longer allows himself to get close to any of them, and is able to replace people easily. That's cold in an entirely different way to Yvonne, because it's been repeatedly stated that she was a 'people person'. I'd like Archie to be somewhat of a hermit, actually. Hermits United. ;D
As for the medic, I'd like a male one - partly because I've grown attached to Owen and Greg (book-canon, sort of), and partly because the dynamics of an all-male team would be interesting. That said, I think it would be interesting if Jack's lead love interest was female, and one of the freelancers. Or, indeed, if he had multiple love interests within the group of freelancers, because that could have a knock-on effect between Torchwood and his private life.
There's an interesting relationship mentioned in the books between a couple who I ~think~ are both members of Torchwood. But Jack is actually having it off with both of them, even though they're due to get married. On their wedding day, they're both distant with each other, get paranoid that the other one knows about their affair with Jack, and commit suicide to 'save face'. It's really tragic, but it's not dived into particularly deeply, and I think it would be a wonderful angle to approach from, because Jack is obviously capable of multiple loving relationships at once. Perhaps not having the two people as a couple, but certainly having more than one love interest would be something new. Because then there's room for growth when they learn about each other. Maybe they're comfortable with Jack not being exclusive - maybe Jack feels he can't be, after what happened with Ianto, maybe he doesn't want to settle down and pin all his hopes on one person again.
It would also be interesting if Archie or the medic is obsessed with the mysterious Doctor and Jack has to fight to stop them charging in every time there's an appearance (because obviously he'd then cross his own timeline). Ooh! D'you remember Malcolm, the Doctor's 'best friend' from Planet of the Dead? Maybe he could be one of Torchwood Two's contacts before joining UNIT. Maybe Jack was the one who told him about the Doctor in the first place...
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