Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood episode)

12 – "Captain Jack Harkness"
Torchwood episode
Cast
Starring
Others
Production
Directed byAshley Way
Written byCatherine Tregenna
Script editorBrian Minchin
Produced byRichard Stokes
Chris Chibnall (co-producer)
Executive producer(s)Russell T Davies
Julie Gardner
Music byMurray Gold
Ben Foster
Production code1.12
SeriesSeries 1
Running time50 mins
First broadcast1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)
Chronology
← Preceded by
"Combat"
Followed by →
"End of Days"
List of episodes

"Captain Jack Harkness" is the twelfth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was originally broadcast on the digital television channel BBC Three on 1 January 2007.

In the episode, the alien hunters Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and Toshiko Sato (Naoko Mori) are brought back in time to a Cardiff dance hall in 1941. Jack discovers the man he took his name from (Matt Rippy), while Tosh looks for a way of sending a message to her Torchwood teammates to bring her and Jack back to the 21st century.

In 2008 "Captain Jack Harkness" was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.[1]

  1. ^ "2008 Hugo Nomination List". Denvention 3: The 66th World Science Fiction Convention. World Science Fiction Society. 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2008.