Talk:Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)

Episode set in 2008?
Why does the episode info say that it is set in 2008 when the show aired in 2007? Where is there any indication that the present-day portion of the series was actually set in a future time?69.125.134.86talk to me 16:41, December 17, 2012 (UTC)
 * I think other users can (and probably HAVE in the forums) explain this better, but, the parent show Doctor Who has had its "present day" events a year ahead (up until about 2009-10's The End of Time) after the Ninth Doctor accidentally landed a year late from Rose's perspective in Aliens of London. As part of a sort of snowball effect, the Battle of Canary Wharf, which is the reason why Torchwood is only Torchwood Cardiff, adds up to being set in 2007, rather than the episode featuring said battle's airdate, which was July 2006.


 * In short, while nothing outright SAYS Torchwood series 1 is set in the future, counting all the references in time passing in present-day Doctor Who leading into this Doctor Who spinoff, the start of the show physically can't take place any sooner than the early-mid 2007.


 * Also, as Out of Time is explicitly set in late December and the next episode Combat doesn't immediately follow it, the following series 1 episodes must take place some time into the new year of 2008.


 * As I said, another user might be able to summarise this a bit better. In the scheme of things, the year gap was only of importance in TV: Aliens of London. -- Tybort (talk page) 17:00, December 17, 2012 (UTC)