Editing (section) Jack Harkness 0 You are not logged in. === Other matters === * Jack Harkness' first name was originally "Jax", in [[Russell T Davies]]'s original production outline. In this, Jack's proper name was Jax, and he was using the Jack alias as a cover in World War II. The name was later abandoned due to its similarity to other names in the wider [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. * It is suggested that Jack could get pregnant as he says; ''"You take the pill and flush it away, it enters the water cycle, feminises the fish. It goes all the way up into the sky and then falls all the way back down onto me. Contraceptives in the [[rain]]. I love this planet. Still, at least I won't get pregnant... never doing that again."'' ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') * Barrowman auditioned for the role with Scottish, English and American accents. The writers decided that he use his American accent. * Davies has said he got the surname "Harkness" from {{iw|marvel|Agatha Harkness (Earth-616)|Agatha Harkness}}, a recurring character from the {{wi|Fantastic Four}} comic book. This is not the first time he has used the name Harkness. He used it previously in one of his earlier works, {{wi|Century Falls}}. * John Barrowman revealed that Jack does sleep and that he has a bed located down a ladder underneath a manhole cover near his office (revealed on {{wi|The Friday Night Project}}, a late-night talk show) This bed and manhole are seen in ''[[Small Worlds (TV story)|Small Worlds]]''. * Jack Harkness has the distinction of being the first ongoing character in the televised ''Doctor Who'' universe to be definitely confirmed as being non-heterosexual, being omnisexual. However, in the expanded ''Doctor Who'' universe he is far from the first, as [[Seventh Doctor]] companion [[Chris Cwej]] was revealed to be bisexual in the 1996 [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel ''[[Damaged Goods (novel)|Damaged Goods]]'' (written by Russell T Davies), while [[Third Doctor]]-era recurring character [[Mike Yates]] was "outed" as [[gay]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'' (although there is no suggestion of this in the televised episodes, which showed him flirting with [[Jo Grant]] on occasion). The ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' [[Eighth Doctor]] comics featured recurring character [[Fey Truscott-Sade]], and the Doctor's companion [[Izzy Sinclair]] came out as a lesbian in her final regular appearance in ''[[Oblivion (comic story)|Oblivion]]''. Companion [[Sam Jones]] was bisexual: she had [[kiss]]ed a female classmate before travelling with the Doctor ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bounty (audio story)|Bounty]]'') and later had a long relationship with a woman named Chris ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]''). * Much like [[Nicola Bryant]]'s portrayal of [[Peri Brown|Peri]] and various guest actors portraying Americans, sometimes Barrowman used word choices and pronunciations that an American wouldn't use. The most obvious example was his way of saying "estrogen" in [[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]''. (This is mainly because the word is spelt ''oestrogen'' in British English.) Unlike Peri, [[Canton Delaware]], [[Sanchez|Lt.Gen. Sanchez]], and others, however, Jack is from a distant future where those British usages may well have become the norm. He is also not actually American ''per se'', but rather an alien-human from another planet. Finally, in most of his appearances, he had lived in Britain for many decades and would presumably have adopted vernacular. * Jack Harkness wore the rank slide of a Group Captain but has been addressed, incorrectly, as "Captain". However, in his initial appearance in ''Doctor Who'' he was incorrectly wearing the cap and insignia of a Squadron Leader. * Jack is one of only three of the Doctor's companions (the others being [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[K9]]) to get their own spin-off show. * The [[Pete's World]] counterpart of Jack Harkness was planned to appear in the scrapped ''[[Rose Tyler: Earth Defence]]'' spin-off. * Jack was originally slated to appear in the [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|''Doctor Who'' Series 6]] episode ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', working with the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s army. However, John Barrowman was unable to appear due to the filming of ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Torchwood: Miracle Day]]''.<ref>[http://twitter.com/#!/steven_moffat/status/77350574932246528 Steven Moffat's Twitter feed, 5 June 2011] (broken)</ref> [[File:Six with Jack.jpg|thumb|Jack Harkness as a companion of the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[GAME]]: ''[[LEGO Dimensions (video game)|LEGO Dimensions]]'') ]] * Jack's true name has never been revealed on screen. As of 2018, his name has only been spoken in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Month 25 (audio story)|Month 25]]''. * Harkness appears in the 2015 game ''[[LEGO Dimensions (video game)|LEGO Dimensions]]'' as a companion of all [[The Doctor|thirteen Doctors]]. * He is the first male companion to kiss the Doctor in a televised story. 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