Torchwood (2006–2011): Season 1, Episode 12 - Captain Jack Harkness - full transcript

Torchwood.

Outside the government,
beyond the police.

Tracking down alien life on Earth and
arming the human race against the future.

The 21st century is
when everything changes.

And you've gotta be ready.

Diane Holmes, pilot.

Please don't go.

Come on.

I didn't want saving.

It's my grandfather's
88th birthday today.

And I thought you'd gone
to all this trouble for me.



Eighty-eight is a joyous
year for the Japanese.

I'm off to London to watch
grown men throw rice.

You can get that in the
Balti after stop tap.

Okay, down to business.
What have we got?

The Ritz Dance Hall.
It's been derelict since 1989,

but someone's complained about hearing
music drifting out, music from the 1940s.

Listen.

You coming up?

Wow.

Look at the chandelier.

No neon lights back then.

Just dashing young soldiers
and pretty young ladies.

And as they danced, the girls would
look into their partners' eyes,

- smile softly and say...
- Jack! Mind my laptop.



I was thinking more along the lines of,
"And how long before you head off to war?"

Come on. There's nothing
here but memories and dust.

They look so real.

They're not ghosts.

It's a simple temporal shift.

And it's beautiful.

We should get out.

Do call again.

I would love to.

It's night!

Where's the SUV?

Has it been stolen?

No.

We have.

What the hell is that?

Tosh's rift monitor program.

She set it to alert me if there
were any further movements.

The rift's been opening
more and more recently.

Yeah, well, I've noticed that.
Doesn't take a genius.

Tosh reckons the equations are
forming some sort of pattern.

I should call her.

She may have readings her end
and this is a bit over my head.

Erm... why wasn't I told about this?

Well, you've been off, haven't you?

The line's dead.

It's no use. It's dead.
Can't get through to the Hub.

Let's go back inside.
That's where we were when we crossed.

Gwen, can you get
down to Sage Street?

- Yep. What's up?
- We need to get hold of Tosh.

The rift monitor sounded off.

She's with Jack, but both their phones
are dead and we can't access her files.

Okay, I'll get down there now.

We really are in 1941.

What if we can't get back?

Flotsam and jetsam slips through
all the time. We'll get back.

Look on the bright side.

Gives you one hell of an
excuse not to go to your party.

I have a life there.

And they can't help us back at the Hub
because I have the latest readings in here.

- People are staring at us.
- We need to try to blend in.

It's easy for you to say.
I'm the only Asian here.

Don't worry,
you're with the Captain.

Hey, I've got into Tosh's files,
all her reports.

See there? December 24th.

That's when Diane
flew through the rift.

I had to let her go.

You were in love with her,
weren't you?

If Tosh knows a way of opening the rift,
maybe we can get Diane back.

Jack would never allow it.
Opening the rift could devastate the city.

♪ My love is true And just for you

♪ I would do most
anything at any time

Water, please, and a brandy.

I haven't seen you in here before.

Three and six, please, sir.

I'll get them.

- Thank you.
- On one condition.

What?

Why is George dancing with a Jap?

The SUV's here.

They must be here somewhere.

Jack?

Tosh?

Jack?

- Do you mind?
- I'm only borrowing her, mate.

- Maybe she doesn't want to be borrowed.
- You want to make something of it?

You can always dance
with me if you like.

Okay, I'll lead. You follow.

Come on, Tosh.

Jack!

- Jack, we're meant to be blending in.
- Cut it out, kiddo.

Sorry about that.
The men are a bit lively tonight.

It's the last day of OTU tomorrow.

- Apologise to the gentleman, George.
- I was only dancing.

I think it was your fist in his face
he didn't like, not your foxtrot.

- I'm sorry.
- It's okay. You barely got me.

I think the lady also
deserves an apology.

- I'm sorry.
- Apology accepted.

Let's get a drink, George.

- Hey, are you a volunteer, too?
- Yeah.

I'm Captain...

You go first.

I'm Captain Jack Harkness,
133rd Squadron.

Look this way, please.

Right, the Ritz Dance Hall,
opened in 1932, shut down in 1989.

Due to be demolished in one week.

Now, the reported music
is from the 1940s.

Why is a ghost job
taking them this long?

All those young soldiers.

Owen, look.

There.

One more for the record, sir.
I insist.

Thank you, gentlemen.

- I should be heading off...
- Hey, I didn't get your names.

Toshiko Sato.

I'm Captain James Harper, 7 1 st.

7 1 st? That's where I'm hoping to
be posted next. What's your poison?

Maybe later. My friend and I
were in the middle of something.

Sure.

Why does that man have your name?

I'm lost enough here without
you holding back on me!

It's not my name.

It's his. I took his.

But I didn't realise he was so hot.

Jack?

I know too much.

- Then share.
- You wouldn't want that, trust me.

We have to get back.
What's in here?

I've got half the equation in here.
The other half's back at the Hub.

If I can find some way of getting
these figures back to base,

then they can combine them and open
the rift and bring us back through.

Come on, okay.

I heard music earlier.

If I can hear them,
maybe they can hear me.

They've got to come back.

Jack?

Tosh?

What?

I thought I heard my name.

Okay, so we use Tosh's information
to open the rift and bring them back.

We can't. Half the
equation's missing.

It can't be. It must be
somewhere else. Let me try.

- It's not there. It might be in her laptop.
- What?

Which she never goes
anywhere without.

Shit. Shit!

No one here. Come on, quick.

It works!

Your battery is running low.

Just take down everything
you've got in case it dies.

- I'm not used to writing with these things.
- Don't press so hard.

No.

- Your battery is running low.
- Can you read that?

Plus 1 over 5a,

sin 2ax.

Your battery...

You got everything you need?

I just want to get the exact
coordinates of the dance hall

so I can integrate them
into the waveform equation.

Then we need to get the
information back to the Hub...

What are you doing in here?

Who are you?

Captain James Harper.

And this is Toshiko Sato,
a friend and mathematician.

I'm Bilis, the manager.

You're not in full uniform,
Captain.

On leave, 48 hours.

That's an interesting camera.

It takes photographs instantly.

I didn't know they
could do that yet.

And I didn't know they made
an attache case out of metal.

Where did you get it?

London. I'm from there.

I should go back, dear.
They're coming for us now.

I've had a good look around but
most of the doors are locked.

Can I help you? I'm the caretaker.

- Bilis Manger at your service.
- Hello.

Could you open it all up for me?
I think some of my friends got locked in.

- Follow me.
- Thank you.

Pearl Harbor, Jack.

Doesn't happen till
the end of the year.

Grandad stayed in London,
but he was persecuted.

If I stay stuck here,
what will happen to me?

I'll take care of you.

This period,
you look like you fit in.

Have you been here before?

Yeah.

I can't explain but I
served in the war in 1941.

I was undercover.

I needed a false identity
so I took his name.

Who were you before
you took his name?

- Why him?
- It was convenient.

But if you chose his
identity to steal, then he...

Dies in battle.

When?

Tomorrow.

And I say, " Look, love, it's raining
bombs and fire so get down that cellar."

And she says, "I can't,
there's rats down there."

So, who's the best navigator here?

Tim. He can't fly for toffee,

but at least when he goes down,
he'll know exactly where he is.

Why don't we chat over here?

I give the public
schoolboy a fortnight.

That boy's come a long
way in five weeks.

As long as you boys remember your
training you'll be all right.

Glad you came. Shall we sit down?

Why were your friends
in here anyway?

Just a silly dare.
Someone said it was haunted.

You look worried, dear.
I'll make you a nice cup of tea.

The sun rose this morning

at 0812, 2 1 by 7 degrees.

I note it down every day.

- It's a bit silly, I suppose.
- It's fantastic.

You must have seen some action.

Let's just say,
the enemy comes in many guises.

Yeah, I can't wait to get up
there and give Jerry what for.

How many did you kill in the Battle of
Britain, sir? Twenty-six, wasn't it?

You've heard that story
countless times, George.

No one's as fast as him.
Hasn't lost a man yet.

- Care for a drink, Captain?
- I'll just have water, thanks.

All right.

Hello, Jack.

I know you're having a night with the men,
but I thought I'd look in if that's all right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

- Is anyone expecting you?
- Yes.

Perhaps you should call them.

Otherwise they may think
you've disappeared, too.

I'll put the kettle on.

Anything your end?

There are no more photographs of
Jack and Tosh after that night.

- That's encouraging.
- Yeah, unless the bombs got them.

The manager, Bilis Manger,

kept them for posterity.

Bilis Manger? That's the
name of the caretaker.

- Can't be the same guy, can it?
- Not old enough.

Although he does look
a bit out of his time.

He wears a cravat.

Gwen, he's in the photo
with Jack and Tosh.

He's the answer. He's come through the rift.
Find out what he's doing.

No, get out, Gwen. Wait for backup.

- We can't lose him.
- We can't lose Gwen!

Maybe this is a trap.

He could be sucking us back
through time one by one.

Get out of there, Gwen.
That's an order.

I'm sorry, but who exactly
put you in charge?

I've got what I need.

Now, all I have to do is find a way
to leave a message for the team

on something that
will last across time.

Okay.

I haven't seen you two here before.
Is she with you?

No, she's after Tim. Why else would she let
him bore her to death about navigation?

- Maybe she's a spy.
- The Chinese are on our side, aren't they?

- I'm Japanese.
- You're hardly an ally, then.

- Leave it, Audrey.
- So whose side are you on?

- What's in the bag?
- Nothing.

If you've got nothing to hide,
then open the bag!

She can't. Her work is top secret.
She's a decoder for the Brits.

And without ladies like her,
we'd have no way of defending the country.

To Toshiko.

Toshiko!

I need Bilis' camera.
Photographs last, don't they?

Sure you don't want
me to come with you?

You can't run out on me.
I've just got you a drink.

I'm fine. You carry on.

To a fellow captain.

- So, what brings you down here?
- Well, I had to rest up.

Injured my back bailing over Kent.

So that's his excuse
for not dancing.

- Mind if I join you?
- Sure. Why not?

Starting to be a habit.

I just wanted to try it out.

This little beauty is very unusual and rare,
not unlike yourself.

Er, don't go without this.

I could think of better things to
photograph than numbers, my dear.

Do call again.

What are you doing?

- Owen?
- We haven't got the missing numbers.

We're gonna have to improvise
with the Rift Manipulator.

We can't. It's risky
enough with the equation.

If we don't do this properly,
anything could happen.

Bombs are falling. They're stuck
in the middle of the Cardiff Blitz.

It's our duty to get them out.

Jack?

Open the rift now and the
whole world could suffer.

We could all get sucked in,
and who knows what will come out?

This is about Diane, isn't it?

When will you accept that
she chose to leave you?

Whereas your Cyber-girlfriend
stuck around the course.

Not that she had much choice,
wired up in the cellar.

- That was different.
- Yeah, it was.

Mainly because Diane
didn't try and kill us all.

And, oh yeah, she also
happened to be a human being...

- Stop it.
- ...not some screwed-up metal monster.

I thought she was still Lisa.
I loved her.

- You only knew Diane for a week.
- And it wasn't enough.

Maybe the Manipulator can
calculate the missing figures.

- Isn't working.
- Good.

Jack would never have wanted
us to use it this way.

There's a piece missing.

We've got to find it.

Maybe you should go home.

You don't have any power over me.

Okay, lanto, we'll play it your way,
safe and boring.

So what's your next mission?

Careless talk costs lives.

- I should go anyway.
- No, no, I didn't mean that to...

It's all right. I can get
a lift if I leave now.

I'd better stay here.

Aren't you leaving tomorrow night?

Are you sick of us Welsh already?

Yeah, that's why I'm
still fighting for you.

I'll be in touch when
I'm next on leave.

Nancy.

It's been a good few weeks.

Was that it?

She's a sweet kid, but I need
to look after my men tonight.

It's their last day tomorrow.

Go after her. Kiss her goodbye.

Anything can happen tomorrow.

It's just a routine training exercise.
I'm hardly gonna die.

That's when they catch you,
when you least expect it.

You don't know what's ahead.

Kiss her goodbye.

Nancy?

I love you.

That just made things
20 times worse.

Now she thinks she's
in love with me.

Hey, her falling for
you is hardly my fault.

Play it cool in front of your
men but not in front of me.

Look, it's okay to be scared.

A captain has to keep his head.

A captain needs to explain the risks,
tell his men what to expect.

So what do I do?

Tell them I saw a young boy get
shot in the eyes mid-flight?

I understand.

Do you? Did you hear him on
the radio yelling for his mom

while the Messerschmitts pumped him
full of holes and blew his plane apart?

- All I can hear on the radio...
- Is screams.

I went to war when I was a boy.
I was with my best friend.

We got caught crossing the
border over enemy lines.

They tortured him, not me,
because he was weaker.

They made me watch him die!

- Then they let me go.
- Who are they?

The worst possible
creatures you can imagine.

I persuaded him to join up.
I said it would be an adventure.

- He hadn't lived.
- Have any of us?

Okay, team, I hope you
like treasure hunts.

No sign of Bilis leaving the area.

Where are you off to?

The dance hall. Bilis' office.

He must know how the rift works.
Maybe we'll find a clue there.

What would Jack and Tosh do?

How would they try and help us?

Bilis?

I need more equations, Gwen.

What happened here, Tosh?

No.

- Toshiko? Toshiko!
- Jack!

This way!

I didn't get the first part of the
equation in the photo. The rest is outside.

- If they find it, they'll keep looking, won't they?
- Yeah.

Be careful, Gwen.
Bilis is still around.

- Owen, where are you?
- I'm in the building. Where's Bilis' office?

It's at the far end of the corridor.
I'll keep looking out here.

Yes!

The thing is, you could be
the last girl I ever kiss.

I've got to finish the message. Pencil
will fade. I need to find something else.

Airtight. This will do.

♪ ...bluebirds over

♪ The white cliffs of Dover

Okay.

Shit!

Timepieces.

I didn't find any equations.
I'll get back to the Hub.

- Fine, I'll keep looking here, then.
- Yeah, you do that.

Yes.

Of course I'm scared.

I'm gonna check everywhere for the other
figures. I'm not gonna leave Jack now.

Let the dancing continue.

I've finished. The rest
of the equation is hidden.

- What happened?
- I slipped.

I've got a first
aid kit in the van.

Scotch, Captain?

I'd like some time in
private with Captain Harper.

Ianto? Yeah, it's me.
I've found it.

It's written in blood.

Gwen's found the rest
of Tosh's readings.

What has she got for us?

Cos sin, square axcx

equals X over 2.

No, I need at least three more numbers,
Gwen. They must be somewhere else.

- No, they're not.
- Well, how do you know?

Somebody scraped out
the final numbers.

Tosh has written a
message at the end.

It says, "Tell my
family I love them."

Why did you make me
kiss her goodbye?

I just think you should live
every night like it's your last.

Make tonight the best
night of your life.

You're alive,
right here, right now.

Your men are fine.

What are you trying to say?

Go to her.

Go to your woman and
lose yourself in her.

- Maybe I should.
- Yeah.

- Is Toshiko your woman?
- No.

There's no one.

Go to her.

- It still won't work. There's a piece missing.
- Bilis had it all along.

We still don't have
all the equation.

Maybe the machine can work it out.

Owen!

There must be something in the safe. The
key fits, we just need better instructions.

You can't open the safe.
You've got no right.

I'm second in command.
I have got every fucking right.

There's stuff in there we don't know about.
That's the way Jack likes it.

I'm not gonna play
with his toys, lanto!

Rhea Silva, the god of war's
missus and a nine digit number.

Not so clever, Jack. Move!

Blue prints for the rift machine.

I thought you'd gone.

This could be your last chance.

That's why I came back.

I might have to leave
before the night is over.

Well, then make the most of now.

We need lovers' corner
if you don't mind, boys.

Of course. I was just discussing
strategies with the Captain.

- We'll go somewhere else.
- No, you've told me all I need to know.

There's instructions in here.
This isn't some random act of madness.

It's a trap! Bilis
wanted you to find it.

- Why?
- To provoke the rift.

To incite total chaos
and destruction!

All the reports of the haunted
dance hall were anonymous.

What if it was him? Please,
listen to me.

I'm tired of being in awe of the rift.
I'm tired of living with Jack's secrets.

- We don't even know who he is.
- He's our leader.

Not any more.

Get out of my way.

Ianto!

Tomorrow is their last training
exercise, just another day.

They go out on a sortie and are surprised
by two formations of Messerschmitts.

He destroys three of the enemy.

His men listen to his
whoops of joy over the radio.

Then it all goes quiet.

He can't bail out because
his whole plane is on fire.

But his men all make
it back to safety.

Put the key down.

Or I'll shoot.

Who were you?

A conman.

That's why I took his name, falsified his
records so it seemed he was still alive.

How did you end up in Torchwood?

Someone saved my life,
brought me back from death.

And ever since then, it's been like

they're keeping me for something
and I don't know what it is.

- I'm sorry for dragging you into this.
- It was my choice.

I'll look after you.

But there's nothing
I can do for him.

You have to let Diane go.
Like I did with Lisa.

Don't compare yourself to me.
You're just a tea boy.

I'm much more than that.

- Jack needs me.
- In your dreams, lanto.

In your sad wet dreams when
you're his part-time shag maybe.

That rift took my
lover and my captain.

So if I die trying to beat it,

then it will all be
in the line of duty.

You don't know what you've done.

♪ That certain night

♪ The night we met

♪ There was magic abroad in the air

♪ There were angels
dancing at the Ritz

♪ And a nightingale sang

♪ In Berkeley Square

What's he doing?

♪ But I'm perfectly
willing to swear... ♪

Jack!

Jack, we need to get out!

Jack, you have to!

We need you.

I have to go.

It's my duty.

You made it!

You made it, you made it.

Oh, Tosh, come here,
come here, come here.

I knew we did the right
thing opening the rift.

Still no sign of Bilis.

The world didn't end
after all, did it?

- Good job you're a crap shot.
- I was aiming for your shoulder.

It was war time, I know,
but it was beautiful.

There were angels
dancing at the Ritz.

- Jack...
- Let me.

He would have been so proud
that you took his name.

Because here you are,
saving the world.

To Captain Jack.

To Captain Jack.

The first thing you learnt when you joined
Torchwood was don't mess with the rift.

Too dangerous, too unpredictable.

Shit.

People are dropping through time

and they are going to bring every
disease in history through your doors.

You scared enough yet?

You can't control time, you can't send
them back. What are you going to do?

All these cracks around the world,
they're diversions. It's what Bilis wants.

Open the rift.

For God's sake, we need
to stick together on this.

I'm opening the rift.