This is a bit... er...

[mercyrobot]

Disjointed thoughts on guns, Doctors, Captains, things that glow, and that chick in tonight's ep.


So, this:




Got me thinking.

Actually, it mostly got me going WTF. No way is it just some coincidence for a vintage Webley to show up in the 61st (if the dates are to be believed) century.

First thought was that Cobb is actually Jack a lot-lot-lot-lot of years forward and back down the road. But eh, far-fetched and doesn't really work.

So my wacky brain decided it's more likely that it's the PTB drawing paralells between Jenny and Jack. In no particular order:

Both left behind dead, both back to life with glowy stuff. Oh, and when the Doctor's talking about the terraforming wossit, he says, "Not for killing, for bringing life."

Jenny was just a soldier, but became something better because of the Doctor. (Insert 'Jack' and 'con-man' in the appropriate places.) I.e. when she realises she had the choice not to shoot Cobb.
(Sidenote: the Doctor and Ianto both say 'there's always a choice.')

When they're in the tunnels, Jenny's about to shoot another sentry and the Doctor says, "Don't you dare." Remind you of Utopia?

And there was Jenny's whole 'snog the guard and take his gun' thing. Very Jack. Really, Jenny herself and her interactions with the Doctor remind me of Jack on the whole. Eh, okay, he likes her better.


So what's it all mean? I haven't the foggiest. It could mean that Jenny can't die. It could mean that Jenny will join Torchwood. It could mean the writers were entertaining themselves. It could mean Rusty's out of ideas.


Totally unrelated: I suck at Who backstory. When the Doctor says Jenny was too much like him, is he implying he doesn't have any regenerations left? I thought the limit was 13.

Possibly I'm reading way too much into this?

Comments

[thirstyrobot.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I never considered someone stealing the gun from Jack. Maybe one of the original settlers had it. You know, those ancestors that came last week. :P

I bow to your superior canon skills! What I've seen of old Who is spotty and out-of-order. Really should fix that.