Doctor Who character
Captain Jack Harkness
Captain Jack
Affiliated with	Ninth Doctor
Race	Human?
Home planet	Earth?
Home era	5001?
First appearance	The Empty Child
Last appearance	Ongoing
Portrayed by	John Barrowman

Captain Jack Harkness, also known as Captain Jack, is a fictional character played by John Barrowman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is a time travelling 'agent' from the 51st Century on a journey to discover why his memory was wiped. He first appears in the episode The Empty Child and will remain at least for the rest of the current series. Small filler picture of Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who Character). ... Christopher Eccleston (born on 16 February 1964 in Salford, Lancashire, England, British stage, television and film actor, best known for his roles in several high profile prestige films and television series. ... Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens Human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. ... Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ... The Empty Child is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which will be first broadcast on May 21, 2005. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... The Doctor Who 2005 television series logo. ... The Empty Child is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which will be first broadcast on May 21, 2005. ...

The moment Harkness appeared to Rose she was instantly smitten by his charm. Processing an invisible Time/Spaceship and responsible for throwing the strange cylinder to Earth in London, 1941, he attempts to make the pair believe the vessel is a stolen alien warship, but in reality is hollowed out and contains nothing - or so Jack thought.

Captain Jack is also to feature in the BBC Books spin off novel The Deviant Strain by Justin Richards, which has not yet been published. BBC Books is the book publishing division of BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ...

Notes

1. When the episode The Empty Child was screened to the media it emerged that Captain Jack Harkness is going to flirt with the Doctor in a later episode.