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Torchwood was founded in 1879. I don't think we're ever told who ran it in its early days, only that they reported directly to the Queen.

So I started thinking about characters from fiction who might plausibly be involved in running Torchwood in its early days, and there are two outstanding candidates - Mycroft Holmes, whose qualifications speak for themselves but was already involved in every aspect of keeping the Empire running smoothly and probably couldn't spare the time, and one other, a man implicitly trusted by the Queen, fearless in the face of all adversity, and devilishly handsome.

I speak, of course, of that paragon of Victorian manhood, Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC, KCB, KCIE. Born in 1822, Flashman would be 57 when Torchwood was founded, fresh from his gallant heroics in the Battle of Isandlwana, one of the few British officers to emerge from it with any credit, but that's probably a little early for him to get involved, since he was still a troubleshooter for the Empire. He'd be 77 when Jack Harkness was recruited by Torchwood in 1899. Oddly, the adventures mentioned in his autobiography end around 1900, although he was still alive and active up to the start of the Great War. Coincidence? I think not!

Obviously the Queen, or her successor Edward Edward VII, ordered Flashman to fake his retirement so that he could secretly take the reins of Torchwood, with an emphasis on keeping Harkness from going too far off the rails! My guess is that they soon worked out each other's motives etc., and worked very well together until Flashman's death in 1915.

Any thoughts on this?

Several years ago I promised selenak that I would write a Beatles story. It took a lot longer than I expected. This is a crossover between Doctor Who, Torchwood and the film Help! (1965), in which the Beatles played a fictionalised version of themselves. While the Beatles (and some other real people) appear in this story, it is the fictionalised versions that are portrayed in this story, not the real people. Major spoilers for Help! if it’s actually possible to spoil a 50+ year old film, and a lot of plot derailing.

 

All characters belong to the Beatles etc., not to me, and there is no intent to infringe on their copyright or deprive them of income. Many thanks to Selenak for help with some of the details - I hope you think it's been worth the wait.

In Torchwood / Doctor Who terms this is VERY wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey, and thinking too much about the continuity will just give you a headache…

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( 10000 words! )

 

I was walking through the park this afternoon and it occurred to me that the Captain Scarlet theme song would work very well for Captain Jack Harkness, with some obvious changes. So needless to say there are already Captain Harkness vids on those lines - the actual wording of the song hasn't been changed, which would be the obvious next step, but the idea works pretty well anyway:







Is there a filk version somewhere with appropriate lyrics?

This is a crossover between the Dr. Who universe and the Narnia stories - all characters etc. belong to various people who aren't me, there is no intent to infringe on their rights. Comments, warnings about spelling mistakes, etc. etc. gratefully received.

( The Problem of Susan - V )

Comments greatly appreciated as always. The final part will again be a couple of days, I know what's going to happen but haven't written it yet.

This is a crossover between the Dr. Who universe and the Narnia stories - all characters etc. belong to various people who aren't me, there is no intent to infringe on their rights. Comments, warnings about spelling mistakes, etc. etc. gratefully received.

( The Problem of Susan - III )

Comments greatly appreciated as always.

Something I've been writing for the last few days - I've almost finished the first draft, so I thought I'd start to post it. Should be finished by the end of the week or so.

This is a crossover between the Dr. Who universe and the Narnia stories - all characters etc. belong to various people who aren't me, there is no intent to infringe on their rights. Comments, warnings about spelling mistakes, etc. etc. gratefully received.

( The Problem of Susan - I )

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This is a Torchwood / Hellboy / DC Comics crossover, part IV of my series Five Pit-Stops on the Way to the 21st Century (previous parts are Here. Five crossovers, five eras. Captain Jack Harkness must have met some interesting people during his time in the past. Canon compliant (more or less) up to Torchwood S2, then not so much...

Rewritten slightly to make things a little clearer.

( Reports )

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The next series, to be made next year, will have an LA setting amongst other things...

This is either going to be very good or very, very bad.

http://blastr.com/2010/08/6-ways-torchwoods-new-sea.php

This is the latest in my "Support Group" series - earlier ones are here. About all that you need to know is that Dawn is involved in a support group for mystical pregnancies...

( Spoilers for Torchwood S2, set before the season finale. )