Post by Alexa Raven on Jan 13, 2014 21:24:51 GMT -5
Basic Information
Name: The Archivist
Birthname: John Smith Jr
Adoptive Name: Ianto Gareth Jones
Date of Birth: March 28th,1981
Age:Twenty Five
Height: 6'0
Weight: 210 lbs.
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Chocolate Brown
Species: Half human half Galifreyan
Marital Status: Engaged
Sexual Preference: Bi Sexual
Played by: Gareth David Lloyd
Occupation
Archivist at Torchwood Three. Time Lord of Earth
Family and Relationships
Birth Parents: The Tenth Doctor & Rose Tyler
Adoptive Parents:Garreth Jones & Gemma Jones(Deceased)
Adoptive Siblings: Rhiannon Davies
Other: Johnny Davies(Brother in law)
David Davies(Nephew)
Mica Davies(Niece)
Significant other: Captain Jack Harkness(Fiancee)
Ianto Jones on the show Torchwood
Ianto Jones is a fictional character in the BBC television series Torchwood, played by Welsh actor Gareth David-Lloyd. A series regular, Ianto appears in every episode of the programme's first three series, as well as two crossover episodes of Torchwood's parent show, Doctor Who. Additionally, Ianto appears in Expanded Universe material such as the Torchwood novels and audiobooks, comic books and radio plays. Within the narrative of the series, Ianto serves as general support officer for Torchwood Three, a team of alien hunters stationed in Cardiff. Initially the regular character with the least screen time, Ianto's role expanded in response to growing cult appeal.
Reserved and efficient, Ianto was often used by writers to add humorous asides to the episodes' scripts. The character is notable for being the main romantic interest of Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), who is the lead male of the series. Established to have had heterosexual relationships prior to the series, Ianto's story forms a part of the show's ongoing exploration of human sexuality. Expanded Universe material develops on Ianto's sexual orientation and the nature of the relationship with Jack, describing Ianto as bisexual and his feelings for Jack as genuine love. Additionally, writers have used these other media to explore Ianto's characterisation; for example, some stories elaborate on Ianto's backstory, or provide insight into his feelings.
Beginning as a casual relationship, with little on-screen definition given, the characters' relationship deepened over the first three series of the programme. The character's creator Russell T Davies chose to kill off Ianto in the third television series. Professional critics by and large gave the story extremely positive reviews. A number of fans, however, were upset by the death of the character, particularly with regards to the romantic storyline's abrupt ending. Artistically, Davies felt that the relationship's unexplored potential maximised the viewer's sense of grief. Subsequent to the departure, fans set up websites in the character's honour, petitioning the writers to resurrect him in future episodes of the series, raising money for charity. Torchwood writers and actors have expressed an unwillingness to cheapen the death scene by bringing the character back, though David-Lloyd penned a Torchwood comic book where in an alternative universe Ianto survives.
The character of Ianto Jones is introduced in the first episode of Torchwood, in 2006. Introduced as a mild-mannered and quiet administrator working for Torchwood Three, his first centric appearance was the episode "Cyberwoman" which dealt with both his backstory and motivations. In the episode, Ianto is revealed as a former employee of Torchwood One in London (first seen in parent series Doctor Who), whose girlfriend, Lisa (Caroline Chikezie), has been partially converted into a Cyberman, a cyborg species first seen in Doctor Who in 1966. Ianto has been keeping her alive, concealed in the basement of the Hub, but she eventually breaks loose, and kills two civilians.
Ianto is forced into confrontation with team leader Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), who is later able to revive Ianto with a kiss when Lisa knocks him unconscious. Ultimately, the rest of Ianto's team is forced to kill Lisa. Although Ianto's thoughts continue to be concerned with Lisa, mid-series he begins to develop a sexual relationship with Jack. By the penultimate episode of the series, Ianto is willing to shoot colleague Owen Harper (Burn Gorman) to protect Jack, and refutes claims he is merely his "part time shag." In the series finale, an image of what appears to be Lisa's ghost is used to bring Ianto to mutiny against Jack, but still later when an immortal Jack rises from the dead, he and Ianto immediately kiss one another.
Torchwood's second series (2008) begins with the team working without Jack, who departed the Hub at the end of series one to reunite with the mysterious "Doctor" from his past. Ianto's role within the team now more frequently includes field missions, to accommodate Jack's absence. When Jack returns in the series two premiere, having seen the end of the world, he attempts to formalise his romantic relationship with Ianto, successfully asking him on a date. Jack and Ianto's relationship becomes more overt, and Ianto's character becomes less burdened by secrets and happier, beginning to express a newfound confidence and dour sense of humour.
The penultimate episode of the series, "Fragments" explores Ianto's backstory, specifically how he was recruited into Torchwood Three two years prior; Ianto is persistent that Jack hire him after the destruction of Torchwood One, but only succeeds once he is able to aid Jack in capturing a stray pterodactyl.In the second series finale, Ianto and the team face Jack's 51st-century ex Captain John Hart (James Marsters) and younger brother Gray (Lachlan Nieboer), who has vengefully sought to destroy Jack's world. After Gray kills his teammates Toshiko (Naoko Mori) and Owen, the Torchwood team is left with a membership of only three.
Following from this, Ianto makes his first crossover appearance in Doctor Who alongside Gwen (Eve Myles) and Jack in the two-part finale of the 2008 series, where Torchwood is called on to help contact series protagonist the Doctor (David Tennant) during a Dalek invasion.
Torchwood's third series (2009) is a five-part miniseries broadcast over one week, called Children of Earth. In part one, Ianto starts to express insecurity to Jack about their status as couple. The audience are introduced to Ianto's sister Rhiannon (Katy Wix) and brother-in-law Johnny Davies (Rhodri Lewis), who confront Ianto about sightings of him on a date with Jack. Ianto eventually admits to being involved with Jack, but concedes that he is not sure where he stands. When aliens called the 456 return to Earth, John Frobisher (Peter Capaldi) puts a hit on Torchwood's lives to cover a conspiracy.
In part two, Ianto and Gwen survive a Hub explosion that obliterates Jack. Once regenerated, Jack is sealed in cement by agent Johnson (Liz May Brice) until Ianto rescues him with a forklift truck. In part three, the group watch helplessly as the 456 demand a tribute: 10% of the Earth's children; the government appears willing to comply. In part four, Ianto and Jack storm the Thames House to confront the 456. The pair refuse to sacrifice any lives to the alien demands. In response, the aliens release a fatal virus into the atmosphere. Thames House locks down, and Ianto dies in Jack's arms, telling him that he loved him and begging Jack never to forget about him, to which Jack replies he never could.
Background and story line for the Time Lord of Earth Series
A Fan of the show Torchwood and of the pairing of Jack and Ianto, Alexaviera Raven (Myself) has decided to write some interesting fan fiction and make videos surrounding the characters and their relationship with each other. Most because of the sadness that Ianto dies before he and Jack can figure out their relationship the proper way as they should.
After all it's fan fiction and why not? Love is love and they should have been able to express it as it was. Jack loves Ianto and Ianto loves Jack and it is sad that he died in Jack's arms as there was so much more they could have done with that love between them.
The Time Lord of Earth was an idea that has sprung to a life all it's own and needs to be written.
My muses compel me to do so!
When Ianto is a two year old he is pulled from the dimension he resides in from birth and brought to Earth and Cardiff. He is adopted and does not know this until it is revealed he is a time lord and who his parents are. Which is very shocking to all of them including especially the Tenth Doctor.
It is not certain that the Tenth knows this right away due to Ianto actually being from another universe at first but when it is found out that the tenth is his father. Rose mourns the loss of John Smith, as they were sucked up into the rift and John dies but Ianto survives as a baby is transported back to the early eighties. Rose is reunited with him as Ianto is an adult in the present time period.
Until the events of the Children of Earth, Ianto has not shown the signs of being a time Lord. When he dies he regenerates for the first time retaining his former form and personality but also growing now two hearts.
In this Fan fiction he is in a relationship with Captain Jack Harkness and madly in love with the immortal. His love for Jack tests him not only because of the fact Jack takes it badly at first, but also that his lover and the owner of his heart is a fixed point in time. Ianto accepts he can't change or help Jack with his problem and accepts the man he loves as he is and always will be.
Finding out he is the son of the man who he dislikes very much and he is a time lord, is even more shocking to Ianto who up to this point just thinks he is a normal Welshman and nothing more. Ianto really does not like the Doctor because of the actions the alien had done towards Jack in the past. Still, over time he comes to accept perhaps the Doctor has his reasoning behind it all.
Not that he doesn't understand the Doctors reasons.. He does he just doesn't like it one bit that the Doctor hurt Jack!
Ianto knows he was found and adopted by the Jones family, he has a good childhood with his adoptive parents and his sister Rhiannon and her family. However finding out he is a time lord makes him partially thrilled as he can stay with Jack for a very long time, but it also saddens him as he knows the day will come when he too like Jack have to watch the people he cares about die.