Episode 5: Hope Ultima
A
long time ago, Lady Penelope and Jack Harkness exchanged farewells on the lonely
dunes of Boeshane Peninsula. As they parted, he shared with her the Face of Boe’s
secret prediction: the Time Lady and the immortal Captain would meet again, one
last time, for one last case of cosmic force
majeure, for one last, desperate stand. And now this time has come.
The
farewells on the dunes of Boeshane Peninsula occurred at the end of season five’s
seventh episode (The Face of the Future)
– or, in other terms, eight seasons and three regenerations ago. And more than five
years ago for us in the real world.
I always knew that this “one last stand”
would come but I was waiting for the ideal moment – and for enough game time
and real time to pass, so that it would really
feel like “a long time ago, in another life”.
Of course, Captain Jack’s
ultimate return has everything to do with the threat of the Dissonance, the
current’s season recurring meme / theme / gimmick. As a unique, living Fixed
Point in Time, surely he will be of use when the Web of Time comes crashing
down…
But
for now, we are taking a break. The thirteenth season of Lady Penelope’s Odyssey will resume in a few months, for its second
tier. See you then!
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