Extraordinary Circumstances Act of 1879

The Extraordinary Circumstances Act was a law passed in the United Kingdom in the year 1879, (AUDIO: The Death of Captain Jack) the same year in which Queen Victoria founded the Torchwood Institute. (TV: Tooth and Claw)

In an alternate timeline created by John Hart, Victoria, using powers granted by the Extraordinary Circumstances Act, sentenced Jack Harkness, who John had framed as an assassin, to perpetual confinement on the island of Flat Holm. (AUDIO: The Death of Captain Jack)