I've been wondering what kind of speculative thoughts other fans are having about series 4, and Doctor Who.
Does anyone else share my suspicion that the reason Torchwood series 4 is still up in the air, is because TPTB are keeping it under wraps 'til after the Doctor Who end-of-year specials?
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Speculation about Doctor Who finale, possibly spoilery. )
It would be terribly cruel to pair Jack up with yet another lover who is going to die prematurely, so this does scare me. But I doubt that Frame will actually be set up to "replace" Ianto -- because Tovey is currently involved in Being Human. His role fills a similar function to Ianto in Torchwood-- ie, the kick-ass-woobie type character who gets lots of funny lines, and to put in in a similar role in DW/TW would just be a bit much, I think.
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What I imagine is a throwaway dig at Jack's character that would be clear to people who've seen TW, but not necessarily the whole audience. Not anything that would have permanent storyline consequences.
I just wouldn't be surprised if RTD used the chance to get another kick in while he can. I know it's already filmed, but he's obviously been unhappy with TW since before he wrote CoE.
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Do you think there'd be a difficulty in having Jack act in a different way that he always did on Who, without going into what caused the change in demeanour on screen? If they seriously wanted to avoid mentioning CoE, they might have had Jack revert because of that.
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I just have this horrible feeling that Doctor Who will be used to "reset" Jack to his "happy" state, and that when he returns to Torchwood, we don't get to deal with the ramifications of CoE at all -- just as CoE didn't really deal with the ramifications of Exit Wounds-- Jack not being disturbed by being buried alive for 2000 years, etc.
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Jack might hide his true emotional state from the Doctor (and I think he's had reasons he might want to do that for a good while), but I expect TW to deal with the consequences. And yet, I don't, because I expect a load more cop-outs and FAIL, basically, which is why I'm not thrilled about more TW.
I'm going to change my theory to this: Jack will be happy in DW, because there's going to be a big reset and CoE will never have happened. Jack will walk Harriet Jones home, and then go back to Cardiff, where it's 2006 again.
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