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gangster-whovian:

jazzforthecaptain:

As I’m working on this fic, I’ve been thinking about Jack’s wrist strap. We all know what the dash of the thing looks like:

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Not a single visual display in sight. So how does Jack know what he’s doing or read information from it, since it clearly has so many different…

problem: in The Day of the Doctor clara uses jack’s vortex manipulator (donated to the archives on the occasion o one of his deaths) to release the doctor from his cell in the past. she operates it off a code that the doctor sent her by carving it in the wall and, as much as she might be the impossible girl, at this stage she is nothing more (or less) than a 21st century human

bare in mind that moffat wrote the day of the doctor and russel t wrote torchwood so continuity errors are completely acceptable and quite a common occurence on doctor who. I suppose we may disregard this point entirely but i’m a bit of a perfectionist so i like to take everything into account.

Well even if it’s primary got a mental link, I’m sure there’s a manual mode as well. I feel the same way about the sonic screwdriver, though maybe that’s a little more usable by people who haven’t been trained. All we see Martha do with it is transport. Clara transports and does like, one other thing. But for Jack to say, chase life signs with it, that requires a bit more training and knowledge.

My theory anyway.

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jazzforthecaptain:

As I’m working on this fic, I’ve been thinking about Jack’s wrist strap. We all know what the dash of the thing looks like:

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Not a single visual display in sight. So how does Jack know what he’s doing or read information from it, since it clearly has so many different functions?

I wonder if there’s a mental component with vortex manipulators. Maybe a synced user can get information uploaded directly to their brain. Users who aren’t synced (Clara, Martha, etc.) can only use it for base functions. 

Or maybe that glowing blue square light is a HUD, beaming visual information onto Jack’s eyeballs like Google Glass.

I’ve wondered that myself. And hell for that matter it’s only got 3 buttons. How does it do all the things? And if it is a mental + physical link, how does Gray hack John’s? I’ve got a headanon that Jack would have had at least some pyschic training, 51st century and all that. I think that’s why Tosh can’t read his mind in Greeks bearing Gifts and why he knows what she’s up to.

Obviously John and Jack were part of the Time Agency and went through probably some rigorous training. We know nothing about that organization aside from it was shut down and Jack’s missing a year of his life or so. Judging off Jack and John’s personalities I doubt it was an agency dedicated to goodness and light.

Clearly they wouldn’t hand a device that allows time travel to any idiot off the street (the Doctor had to steal his). So no matter how much the doctor may disparage the manipulator as a crappy way to travel, at least Jack earned his.

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SuperWho Gen Fanfic: Return What You Borrow

merindab:

jazzforthecaptain:

I’m not okay with what happened to Jack’s wrist strap in the Fiftieth Anniversary episode. So I made up a reason for WHY it was there, and then I fixed it.

Warning: Slightly spoilery for the Fiftieth Anniversary episode of Doctor Who.

No pairings

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Jack tried not to fidget, keeping his hands firmly on the rocks glass in front of him and not on his empty wrist. Two years without the thing, and he still felt the vortex manipulator’s absence. Jack didn’t know all of what was happening out there without him, but he knew enough. That was why he chose this backwater bar, because it led the Doctor to him once, and maybe it would again.

The time dribbled away like the bright red cocktail Jack fenced with his fingers. He focused on the rounds of ice as they slowly shrank, rifling back and back through his memories, some darkened, some shining still. It mattered that the Doctor still needed him, even if only a little part of him.

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Bless you for writing this. Hey, everybody go read this thing!

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SuperWho Gen Fanfic: Return What You Borrow

jazzforthecaptain:

I’m not okay with what happened to Jack’s wrist strap in the Fiftieth Anniversary episode. So I made up a reason for WHY it was there, and then I fixed it.

Warning: Slightly spoilery for the Fiftieth Anniversary episode of Doctor Who.

No pairings

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Jack tried not to fidget, keeping his hands firmly on the rocks glass in front of him and not on his empty wrist. Two years without the thing, and he still felt the vortex manipulator’s absence. Jack didn’t know all of what was happening out there without him, but he knew enough. That was why he chose this backwater bar, because it led the Doctor to him once, and maybe it would again.

The time dribbled away like the bright red cocktail Jack fenced with his fingers. He focused on the rounds of ice as they slowly shrank, rifling back and back through his memories, some darkened, some shining still. It mattered that the Doctor still needed him, even if only a little part of him.

Read More

Bless you for writing this. Hey, everybody go read this thing!