My guess is that the kinky ladies don't know about her
I think it is likely she isn't connected, but when I was watching the episode the timing did seem very convenient. The kinky twosome send Jack off to think overnight and he runs straight into Tarot Girl whose comments send him straight back to Torchwood.
Does this mean Tarot Girl is a power in the Doctor's favour?
Ooh, interesting idea.
I've seen some comments on Jack's backstory and how it doesn't fit with other snippets we've seen in canon - I don't remember anything that wouldn't fit with him being a kind of freelance agent for TW initially (didn't kinky lady 1 write something about him being uncontracted on his file?) and then getting more involved over the years. But I'm not sure I remember all the other hints we've had.
sane Victorian female versions of the Master.
Yikes!
I think this was also a comment on the anti-alien prejudices of the Victorian age: aliens were evil and to be killed, and it wasn't a kind age.
That ties into why Victoria set them up as well. They are there to protect the empire from the scum of the universe, not to makes friends. I wonder if Jack made any attempts to change those views over the years.
I felt 'set up' in the best possible way. An abstract name becomes a living character.
That was very cool how they used the name - I went "ooh!" when Jack said it.
I think Jack must have taught it to Alex, since Jack is the one with the true memory of the future. We don't know whether what Alex saw in his gadget was a true vision
I wonder if what he saw was the year that never was. Whatever it was, it must have been horrific to make him think killing the others was an act of mercy. That glimpse of the locket was very suspicious I thought, though I didn't get as far as thinking it might have been planted to give false visions. That's a neat idea.
Does anyone think Tosh will leave Torchwood now?
I would say no. If we go back to Countrycide, we've got Ianto saying that she enjoys the adrenaline, and I think that is probably true. She's got interesting work, top technology to work on, Jack trusts her, she has contact with her family so it looks like she's just a normal employee now rather than serving a term. But as you say, they could surprise us.
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Re: part 1
Date: 2008-03-23 06:33 pm (UTC)I think it is likely she isn't connected, but when I was watching the episode the timing did seem very convenient. The kinky twosome send Jack off to think overnight and he runs straight into Tarot Girl whose comments send him straight back to Torchwood.
Does this mean Tarot Girl is a power in the Doctor's favour?
Ooh, interesting idea.
I've seen some comments on Jack's backstory and how it doesn't fit with other snippets we've seen in canon - I don't remember anything that wouldn't fit with him being a kind of freelance agent for TW initially (didn't kinky lady 1 write something about him being uncontracted on his file?) and then getting more involved over the years. But I'm not sure I remember all the other hints we've had.
sane Victorian female versions of the Master.
Yikes!
I think this was also a comment on the anti-alien prejudices of the Victorian age: aliens were evil and to be killed, and it wasn't a kind age.
That ties into why Victoria set them up as well. They are there to protect the empire from the scum of the universe, not to makes friends. I wonder if Jack made any attempts to change those views over the years.
I felt 'set up' in the best possible way. An abstract name becomes a living character.
That was very cool how they used the name - I went "ooh!" when Jack said it.
I think Jack must have taught it to Alex, since Jack is the one with the true memory of the future. We don't know whether what Alex saw in his gadget was a true vision
I wonder if what he saw was the year that never was. Whatever it was, it must have been horrific to make him think killing the others was an act of mercy. That glimpse of the locket was very suspicious I thought, though I didn't get as far as thinking it might have been planted to give false visions. That's a neat idea.
Does anyone think Tosh will leave Torchwood now?
I would say no. If we go back to Countrycide, we've got Ianto saying that she enjoys the adrenaline, and I think that is probably true. She's got interesting work, top technology to work on, Jack trusts her, she has contact with her family so it looks like she's just a normal employee now rather than serving a term. But as you say, they could surprise us.