you find out jack is the face of boe in season 11.
when do you find out jack is the face of boe?
season 11
russell t davies referred to a scene in "last of the time lords" as promoting a theory that jack may one day become recurring character "the face of boe" (a large, mysterious disembodied head in a glass case) as a consequence of his immortality and slow aging. the face first appeared in the 2005 episode "the end of the world", appearing three times and maintaining a presence through to the end of the 2007 series. barrowman described himself and david tennant as being "so excited" to the extent where they "jumped up screaming" when they read jack's line regarding the face of boe, remarking "it was probably the most excitable moment we had during the shooting of that series." the face of boe had originally been a throwaway line in a script for "the end of the world"; because creating the character seemed expensive, the face of boe was nearly discarded and replaced. however, special effects designer neil gorton loved the idea and pushed to make sure the character lived. davies loved gorton's design and to his surprise, the character was written into future episodes and became pivotal in the third series. in a spin-off novel, "the stealer of dreams" (2005), captain jack makes a reference to the face of boe as a famous figure. davies conceived the idea that the two characters might be connected midway through the production of the 2007 series.
jack harkness
"gridlock" (2007), set 30 years after the events of "new earth", revealed that in the intervening time she was ordered to attend the face of boe as penance for her part in the sisterhood. after the airborne 'bliss' virus killed the new new york senate and most of the new earth population, hame, (who had been saved from the virus by the face of boe in his smoke), aided the face in sealing off the under-city of new new york, thereby saving those on the motorway and in the streets there. having been sent to find the tenth doctor by the face of boe, she found him deep in the motorway as he was looking for martha jones. she teleported him to the new new york senate so that the face of boe could deliver his final message. after helping the doctor and the face of boe save the under-city civilians from eternal imprisonment on the motorway, hame was with them as the face died, after imparting his final words to the doctor. her fate after this point is unknown, but the doctor later says to martha that "they've got novice hame", suggesting she will subsequently have a larger role in the governance of new new york and/or new earth.
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