I just noticed that I've never reviewed the audios in the Big Finish series "The Lives of Captain Jack", so I'm rectifying that now. (I've also not done "The Legacy of Time" nor finished reviewing "Once and Future". All in good time.)

tl;dr is that I really enjoyed all three series of "The Lives of Captain Jack". I kind of feel like these are the BF best series that I've listened to so far, in terms of overall quality. (Note: I haven't listened to all that much, so take this with a grain of salt.) I'm really sad that we'll never get more because BF followed the BBC in declaring John Barrowman persona non grata; still holding out for a reversal of that decision, on both their parts.

The purpose of these series were to tell stories of Jack Harkness all along his timeline, not just during the times that we know (Doctor Who series 1-4 and 12, and Torchwood), and over ten audios, we're treated to a range of times as well as styles. In most, Jack is the Jack we remember - the chaotic good rogue, out to help, always optimistic, and always flirtatious - but in a few, we get to see very different sides of him. In some, he's not even the main character.

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Series 1: "The Year After I Died" by Guy Adams
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Series 1: "Wednesdays for Beginners" by James Goss
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Series 1: "One Enchanted Evening" by James Goss
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Series 1: "Month 25" by Guy Adams
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Series 2: "Piece of Mind" by James Goss
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Series 2: "What Have I Done?" by Guy Adams
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Series 2: "Driving Miss Wells" by James Goss
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Series 3: "Crush" by Guy Adams
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Series 3: "Mighty and Despair" by Tim Foley
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Series 3: "R&J" by James Goss

Let me just say this outside of the cut: when this audio was over, I immediately restarted it and listened to it again. It was that good. Also, it was that complex.

"R&J" is about Jack meeting River. And again, I don't want to say anything because it would spoil it and I think this audio is best enjoyed by not knowing anything about it, other than, well, Jack meets River. But you'd know that just by looking at the cast list. So, general review is, this audio is totally worth having to buy the whole series to get it. Spoiler review hidden behind the cut.

Spoiler review:
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Title: "A Friend in Need"
Fandom(s): Doctor Who
Characters:
Pairing(s): None
Rating: G
Genre: Sci-fi
Word Count: 2435

Summary: Jack is the only bloke who gets anything done around here.

Notes: Written for the who_contest "Amnesty" challenge. Chosen prompt is "Blame".

This is kind of a cheat, as I did actually write a story for the "Blame" challenge. Three of them, actually. The first, "Eight Months", turned out too long for the 500-word limit, so I started this one. This one got out of hand quickly and I didn't finish it, opting instead to try a third idea. That one was "Caged Bird", and it was my eventual entry for the challenge.

For this story, the original idea was to simply establish that River's squareness gun in "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" is Jack's gun from "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances", and explain how River got it and why the gun's handle changed color. As I worked on it this time, I couldn't figure out how to end it, which brought Meta into the room, and then from that conversation, the last part needed to be created.

This. This is why I never get anything done.

Bonus note: After all these years, this is my first story with Meta? Seriously? (Edit: Turns out it's the second. The first was Pete's World Jack meeting Meta, from two years ago.)

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Title: Yet Another Corridor
Fandom(s): Doctor Who
Characters: Rose Tyler, Jack Harkness
Pairing(s): None
Rating: G
Genre: Adventure
Word Count: 281

Summary: Another day, another corridor to run down.

This was written for the 6/26/2015 Flash Fan Fiction Friday contest (prompt is "Twist") for the Literary Fan Fiction group on deviantArt.

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