The Man Who Dreamed of Stars (short story)

The Man Who Dreamed of Stars was a short story published in Torchwood Magazine issue 16. It was written by Brian Minchin.

Summary Edit

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Characters Edit

• Jack Harkness
• Bill Wainwright
• Silas

References Edit

• In World War II, Jack drives an Austin truck.
• Jack visits Bill in the isolation ward of the Queen Victoria Hospital.
• Silas is from the 49th century.
• Silas was found outside Worthing, by Totnes Weir.
• Silas was the navigation officer of the spaceship Taurus X. They were on a convoy mission returning from the New Earth colonies.
• The 23rd century has surgeons that could heal Silas.
• The Free Colony Movement wants to break away from Earth. Jack knows that by the 51st century, the Movement failed in its purpose.

Notes Edit

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Continuity Edit

• Jack tells Silas that he used to be a Time Agent. (TV: The Empty Child)
• Jack remembers the Boeshane Peninsula, his mother angry, and his father gone. (TV: Adam)