There are certainly no plans to bring back Capt. Jack. But if we were to move into the realm of speculation (and if you can't do it for "Doctor Who," when can you?) things look somewhat promising.

Capt. Jack Harkness, played by John Barrowman, popped up frequently in the early seasons of the "Doctor Who" revival and also starred in his own spinoff series, "Torchwood," which ran from 2006 to 2011. And "Torchwood" was created and written by Chris Chibnall, who now happens to be "Doctor Who's" new showrunner.

Barrowman is hopeful that this means a return of Capt. Jack, either on "Doctor Who" or on a revival of "Torchwood."

"Chris is the one who can make the decision, because it's always the decision of the showrunner of 'Doctor Who,'" Barrowman told Radio Times magazine.

But there's bad news, too. In the premiere of the most recent season [spoiler alert], the Doctor was told that Torchwood and the related Unified Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT) had been disbanded.

This information was dropped pretty casually and not referred to again in the episode, which could either indicate that Chibnall wants nothing to do with Torchwood anymore, or else the opposite, that he has much bigger plans for it down the road. Torchwood and UNIT are big pieces of the "Doctor Who" universe, so it's unlikely they're gone forever. And, of course, the show has always loved bringing back characters from the dead.

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