#i kinda want doc in a fanfic to joke 'looking good for 200-years-old'

[msue0027]

the life expectancy is getting longer and longer. dw is a sci-fi. both in reality and fiction we wish for a long life in good health, quality and dignity. just checked, average life expectancy in the uk is over 80 years, and 1. it's been rising for years; 2. we need to remember that it's 'average'. (yep, that demographic would lead to working longer but it's a topic for a different time.) there are and will be even more advanced technology and medicine. yes, we cannot cure some things right now but who knows what remedies we will have in 20, 50, 100, 250 years?

and jack harkness comes from 3000 years into the future. am i that mistaken to assume that life expectancy could be much longer in the 51st century? for example, idk, 200 years? (and even if i am, it's sci-fi and my headcanon.) (not that this man would ever live to that age, not with his life-style.) what i'm saying is, maybe being 180 isn't that weird for people from that time period, weird is not aging a day. oh, and not-dying over 1000 times. that for sure.

#jack harkness #captain jack harkness #doctor who #dw #torchwood #am i making any sense #i hope so #i kinda want doc in a fanfic to joke 'looking good for 200-years-old' #'you'd expect you to be a wringly old grandpa' #should be sleeping #and not writing weird niche headcanons in broken enlish #oh and sorry if that's random #but sometimes death would be a blessing