Torchwood Episode 12:
Captain Jack Harkness

Plot

While investigating reports of old music emanating from a derelict dance hall, Jack and Tosh find themselves transported back into the midst of the Cardiff Blitz in 1941. In this time period, the dance hall is playing host to a group of air force pilots who are enjoying their final day of leave -- and, much to Tosh's astonishment, one of them is named Captain Jack Harkness. While Jack forges an unexpected friendship with the man whose name he stole, Tosh searches for a way to return them to the present. And in both 1941 and the present day, the sinister Bilis Manger has his eyes on Torchwood...

Original Transmission
Date 1st Jan 2007
Time 9.30pm
Duration 48'11"
Viewers (more) 1.2m
· BBC3 1.2m
· BBC2 2.1m
(4th Jan 2007)
Appreciation 86%


Cast
Captain Jack Harkness
John Barrowman (bio)
Gwen Cooper
Eve Myles (bio)
Owen Harper
Burn Gorman (bio)
(more)
Toshiko Sato
Naoko Mori (bio)
Ianto Jones
Gareth David-Lloyd (bio)
The Captain
Matt Rippey
Bilis
Murray Melvin
Nancy
Elen Rhys
Audrey
Nadine Beaton
George
Gavin Brocker
Tim
Peter Sandys-Clark
Smiler
Ciaran Joyce
Singer
Melissa Moore


Crew
Written by
Catherine Tregenna (bio)
Directed by
Ashley Way (bio)
(more)

Created by
Russell T Davies (bio)
Producer
Richard Stokes
Co-Producer
Chris Chibnall (bio)
1st Assistant Director
Nick Rae
2nd Assistant Director
Lynsey Muir
3rd Assistant Director
Paul Bennett
Runners
Glen Coxon
Llywarch Davies
Joney Lyons
Location Manager
Paul Davies
Unit Manager
Geraint Havard Jones
Production Co-ordinator
Carmelina Palumbo
Production Secretaries
Margarita Felices
Kristy Jones
Script Secretaries
Claire Thomas
Helen Pugsley
Accounts Assistants
Charlotte Cole
Beth Britton
Kath Blackman
Continuity
Susannah Binding
Script Editor
Brian Minchin
Camera Operator
Jenny Budd
Focus Puller
Alwyn Hughes
Camera Assistant
Steve Davies
Grip
Dai Hopkins
Boom Operator
Kevin Staples
Gaffer
Mickey Reeves
Best Boy
Llyr Evans
Chief Supervising Art Dir
Stephen Nicholas
Supervising Art Director
Keith Dunne
Designer
Julie Signy
Art Dept Prod Manager
Jonathan Allison
Art Dept Ops Manager
Adrian Anscombe
Art Dept Co-ordinator
Matthew North
Standby Art Director
Alison Brown
Standby Props
Andy Harris
Standby Carpenter
Will Pope
Standby Rigger
Keith Freeman
Standby Painter
Julia Challis
Property Master
Stuart Wooddisse
Props Buyers
Phil Clarke
Holly Handel
Props Chargehand
Dewi Thomas
Fabrication Manager
Barry Jones
Specialist Prop Maker
Mark Cordory
Props Makers
Nick Robatto
Penny Howarth
Construction Manager
Matthew Hywel-Davies
Construction Chargehand
Scott Fisher
Graphics
BBC Wales Graphic Design
Costume Supervisor
Charlotte Mitchell
Costume Assistants
Bobby Peach
Sara Morgan
Make-Up Supervisor
Claire Pritchard
Make-Up Artists
Sarah Astley-Hughes
Hayley Watkins
Kate Roberts
Casting Associates
Andy Brierley
Kirsty Robertson
Assistant Editor
Matt Mullins
Post Prod Supervisors
Helen Vallis
Chris Blatchford
Post Prod Co-ordinator
Marie Brown
On-Line Editors
Jon Everett
Matthew Clarke
Colourist
Mick Vincent
Dubbing Mixer
Peter Jeffreys
Sound Supervisor
Doug Sinclair
Sound Editor
Paul McFadden
Sound FX Editor
Howard Eaves
Senior Prod Accountant
Endaf Emyr Williams
Casting Director
Andy Pryor CDG
Production Accountant
Ceri Tothill
Sound Recordist
Dave Baumber
Costume Designer
Ray Holman
Make-Up Designer
Marie Doris
Music
Murray Gold
Ben Foster
Visual Effects
The Mill
Visual FX Producers
Will Cohen
Marie Jones
Visual FX Supervisor
Dave Houghton
On Set Vis FX Supervisor
Barney Curnow
Special Effects
Any Effects
Production Manager
Kaela Langan
Editor
Nick Ames
Production Designer
Edward Thomas
Director of Photography
Ray Orton
Associate Producer
Terry Reeve
Production Executive
Julie Scott
Assistant Producer
Sophie Fante
Executive Producers
Russell T Davies (bio)
Julie Gardner

Updated 21st May 2023