Drabble: Taking Over

[badly_knitted]

Title: Taking Over

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Jack

Rating: PG

Written For: Challenge 325 - Clean Slate at tw100

Spoilers: DW The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, Army of Ghosts/Doomsday, Torchwood, Fragments.

Summary: Through disaster, Jack finds himself the head of the Torchwood Institute.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

Comments

[owensheart]

And rebuild he did,Jack made a fine leader of the new torchwood.

[badly_knitted]

He did! And in my version of Torchwood, they're still doing a great job!

Thank you!

[jo02]

This makes me sad because the Doctor didn't appreciate any of Jack's efforts.

[badly_knitted]

The Doctor had a rather blinkered view of Torchwood, and of Jack too when it comes right down to it. He never showed Jack the appreciation he deserved. *Hugs Jack and gives him to Ianto* Ianto appreciates Jack!

[jedi_harkness]

I agree with what the last commenter said. That was one of the few times the Doctor made my truly angry. Frankly, UNIT at the time wasn't any great shakes. Hell, they were willing to go along with giving away 10% of Earth's children! Jack at least was wanting to make Torchwood the way the Doctor would. (And ironically, the Torchwood in Pete's World has the meta-crisis Doctor as a member.)

[badly_knitted]

Exactly! Jack put everything he had into making Torchwood into something that would help the Doctor, and all it got him was another lecture. The Doctor treated Jack like a convenient tool to be used when he had a purpose and ignored the rest of the time. It made me so angry.

Thank you!

[timelordshines]

Not quite the circumstances in which Jack would have wanted to take over, but a good opportunity to rebuild and get it right this time.

[badly_knitted]

True, Jack had to make the best of a sad situation, but he did a good job of rebuilding.

Thank you.