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What Happened to the Opera Cloak? Or, The Major Continuity Inconsistencies in Immortal Sins
When I saw advertisements for the seventh episode of Miracle Day, and even as I started watching it, I assumed it happened to Linear Jack, as I refer to him. Linear Jack being the Jack after the Doctor abandoned him on Satellite Five and before Everything Changes. Linear Jack had traveled through time and space before, but had only learned of his immortality after he jumped back to the 1800's to find the Doctor. Linear Jack was forcibly recruited to Torchwood, where he worked for over 100 years before he met Gwen. Linear Jack was a flirt. But the only time we ever see Linear Jack after the Doctor and before Torchwood begins is during his section of Fragments. When Linear Jack lives through 1929, he would probably be something like....70/80 years old? His age meeting the Doctor + the amount of years that have passed since he went to the past.
Overall, I think the argument that this episode happens to Linear Jack holds the most weight. It makes sense that he might be sent to fulfill a Torchwood mission in the USA by himself in 1929, as he can't die, and he has an American accent. He also knows the future (we can't assume Torchwood knows that, but they might) so he has a slight advantage in Doing Stuff.
When the episode was advertised, we had no reason to assume that it wasn't Linear Jack. And I spent most of the episode convinced it was Linear Jack. Still could be, if we handwave a few enormous plot holes. It's not like Torchwood hasn't asked us to do this before.
( Still, let's take a look at these plot holes and continuity issues, shall we? )
When I saw advertisements for the seventh episode of Miracle Day, and even as I started watching it, I assumed it happened to Linear Jack, as I refer to him. Linear Jack being the Jack after the Doctor abandoned him on Satellite Five and before Everything Changes. Linear Jack had traveled through time and space before, but had only learned of his immortality after he jumped back to the 1800's to find the Doctor. Linear Jack was forcibly recruited to Torchwood, where he worked for over 100 years before he met Gwen. Linear Jack was a flirt. But the only time we ever see Linear Jack after the Doctor and before Torchwood begins is during his section of Fragments. When Linear Jack lives through 1929, he would probably be something like....70/80 years old? His age meeting the Doctor + the amount of years that have passed since he went to the past.
Overall, I think the argument that this episode happens to Linear Jack holds the most weight. It makes sense that he might be sent to fulfill a Torchwood mission in the USA by himself in 1929, as he can't die, and he has an American accent. He also knows the future (we can't assume Torchwood knows that, but they might) so he has a slight advantage in Doing Stuff.
When the episode was advertised, we had no reason to assume that it wasn't Linear Jack. And I spent most of the episode convinced it was Linear Jack. Still could be, if we handwave a few enormous plot holes. It's not like Torchwood hasn't asked us to do this before.
( Still, let's take a look at these plot holes and continuity issues, shall we? )
