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DFRPG / Re: Capt. Jack Harkness
« on: June 11, 2010, 11:55:28 PM »I was going by Jack's powers as a base. >_>
All the times he's 'died' and survived, after which he's up and at them pretty much straight away.
As far as I'm aware the only time he's taken longer than a few minutes to revive was when he met Abadon who's shadow consumed life (It took him 2 days or so iirc. xD)
Except when he willingly gave his life to save the inhabitants of New New York in 5,000,000,053 (c.e.?):
Dr Who Wiki,
Martha arrives at the Senate building where she sees human skeletons, and meets the dying Face of Boe, sprawled out on the ground. The Doctor urges him to live, since (as Boe says) the two of them are each the last of their kind; but the Face responds "Everything has its time"
Although the Face of Boe appeared to have died permanently (DW: Gridlock) this does not disprove the theory that he was once Jack Harkness. The Doctor simply may not have stayed long enough to witness Boe's resurrection, which is possible given that he did not suspect a connection between his two friends at the time and the more life energy Jack expels during a death the longer it takes him to be revived (TW: End of Days). Also, Boe's death may have been a metaphor for a desire to end the current life he was leading. Jack has been shown to have lived several different lives, most of which were presumably ended by his many deaths (TW: Children of Earth: Day Five). Alternatively it may be that, rather than being truly immortal, Jack Harkness instead had an excess of life. This could explain why he constantly heals from death, but does eventually die.
So, this of course only applies if indeed Jack = Boe. It might just mean he was never immortal, just "close enough".