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I must admit, I'm a bit confused about the exact details of what was going on here, especially as to the nature and motivation of these fairies.
For example, we can read that Jack was apparently being his conman self back in 1909, where he got into a position to guard a diamond mine, with the intent to dissapear with the diamonds (in his Chula timeship?). He also has a boss?
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This seemed to me to be a stronger ep than some of the previous ones. Maybe because there was less of the Torchwood gang acting like an intergalactic Frat House.
Anyway. . . I suppose it's plausible that 1909 was a deliberate destination for Jack in his time-conman days. But other stuff from the ep made me think, what if whatever method he used to return from the far future after "The Parting of the Ways" took him back a bit further than he intended, and as a result he spent a lot of time getting to the present in, well, real time?
For instance, his liasion wth Estelle could have been his second time through WW2. . . There are a lot of problems with this theory, such as if he cared about Estelle, he wouldn't leave her voluntarily, so maybe his departure was involuntary, at the end of "The Doctor Dances" - but why would she think he got posted abroad when records show he vanished/went AWOL?
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To continue my complaint about Jack's accent, in this episode he said "pee-dophile" instead of "peh-dophile".
Also, I thought the ending didn't make a lot of sense. Everything they said about that old fairy hoax was true. So, even if they were suggesting that the women involved were lying when they said they faked it, why would the "real" fairies have been hanging out with them and getting photographed? Obviously, neither child was a "chosen one", seeing as they didn't become fairies themselves. And Estelle's example seems to suggest that the fairies consider photographing them to be an offense punishable by death. So, what's the deal?
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Thats because he speaks English. Properly. Because he's from Britain. Well Scotland.
"Pee-dophile" is how it's pronounced in the UK (and since it's spelt paedophile, as in paediatrics makes sense). It's from Greek - pais/paid = child, which is why UK spelling has an a in it.
I allways thought that with the American pronounciation, "Peh-dophile" should be someone with a realy strong foot fettish.
Any ways, I will get round to watching it later.
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Name dropping of the week: Jack mentions that the fairies could be related to the Mara, a not dissimilar creature the Doctor ran into twice in his fifth incarnation.
"'Pee-dophile' is how it's pronounced in the UK (and since it's spelt paedophile, as in paediatrics makes sense). It's from Greek - pais/paid = child, which is why UK spelling has an a in it."
You are telling me only things that I already know. The point is that, as I mentioned after the first episode, Jack is supposed to be American. And Barrowman grew up in Illinois. So he should know better.
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I realise that, but given how little of Jacks back story we know I find it difficult to make any assumptions about him. Just because he sounds American, does not mean that he is. Conversley, his English-English pronounciations may be the norm in 3000 years. Or maybe English is spoken with an American accent then. Lot's of possibilities there.
And the grammar lesson - sorry, I am surrounded by morons in the real world. Can't shake the habit.
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Did anyone notice how they addressed Ianto this week? They did it so subtly, but at the same time if you tookit in context it made perfect sense.
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By the way, Barrowman was on Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC music comedy quiz), and he's awesome. He also 'out-gayed' the presenter in their gay-off. Quite a funny guy, and not like Captain Jack at all (well, possibly apart from his outspoken libido .
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