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Jack Harkness
Captain Jack Harkness is a fictional character played by John Barrowman in "Doctor Who" and its spin-off series, "Torchwood". The character first appears in the 2005 "Doctor Who" episode "The Empty Child" and subsequently features in the remaining episodes of the 2005 series as a companion to the series' protagonist, the Doctor. Subsequent to this, Jack became the central character in the adult-themed "Torchwood", which aired from 2006 to 2011. Barrowman also reprised the role
travel romance episode "Captain Jack Harkness", and within that the relevance of time-travelling Jack Harkness to tackle the question of forbidden gay attraction in what is post-"Brokeback" television. In "Understanding TV Texts" by Phil Wickham, Wickham opines that Captain Jack explicitly "brings to the fore" with his "brazen bisexuality", "something we have to come to expect [from Russell T Davies] as viewers of his work". Fans expressed fear that an Americanized fourth series of the show would mean the show