Jack McSpringheel Jack McSpringheel was a Kadeptian lawyer . Biography . Jack grew up in a large extended family . After his mother died , he was brought up by his Aunt Jacquelette . Like most of his family , Jack was an employee of his father Jacques in the family accident law firm - " Jack , Jackson , and Jacques ' s Sons . " He was sent to the planet Raster in order to collect money from a client . On his way there , he met Bernice Summerfield - though she forgot this when the Epoch remapped the planet . ( AUDIO : " The Curse of Fenman " , PROSE : " Adorable Illusion " ) When Benny first appeared in Atlantis , he knew about her full identity , when the other inhabitants didn ' t . ( AUDIO : " The Kraken ' s Lament " ) He appeared to Benny whilst she was hungover and told her it was a nice day to go and dig some trenches . ( AUDIO : " The Temple of Questions " ) When a 27th century building appeared in Atlantis , he called her on a phone there and told her that he knew of the Epoch and that he remembered Zordin . He got annoyed that Benny could never remember him . ( AUDIO : " Private Enemy No . 1 " ) In a Victorian London created by the Epoch , he visited Benny and Ruth and enjoyed being a bit exceptional . His species had a little bit of venom in each kiss that anaesthetised the person he kissed , though this meant he couldn ' t eat doughnuts . He could jump 365 feet in the air . He was on a ship passing Zordin when the Epoch started to rewrite the world , and got caught in the field of reconstruction . ( AUDIO : " Judgement Day " ) When Benny arrived on Legion and went to the White Rabbit , she found him working behind the bar . ( AUDIO : " Paradise Frost " ) . He later knew exactly how Ruth took her coffee , and also reminded Benny of drunken stories she said about Peter Summerfield . He knew of Peter ' s temper and stopped him from destroying the bar . He later helped Peter to blow up the " Vesuvius " . ( AUDIO : " Vesuvius Falling " ) . He accompanied Benny and Ruth to Triptic House . He suggested a seance when they found a living painting there . He later took longer to come out of the trance , but Dorian Gray helped him out of it . ( AUDIO : " Shades of Gray " ) He questioned Peter about Antonio Tulloch , and to talk about the slave pit on Bastion . He also helped Irving to buy some artefacts for a collection , to be hold at their new house . ( AUDIO : " Everybody Loves Irving " ) In a simulation from Benny ' s mind , they were in a poker tournament and he told her in a drugged state about how he lost his best friend . His friend , Lara , went for a poker contest , he was deliberately trying to lose so that he could win some money , but she died . This was to get Benny to cry so that the cheater could be found . This simulation helped Benny when enemies from her memory tried to attack her . ( AUDIO : " Many Happy Returns " ) He prepared for Advent by decorating the White Rabbit with traditional decorations such as a lobster ball and a yellow kettle . He was sent with Benny and Ruth on The Irverfield to the deliver a message to a scientist . On the way back he disembarked with them to Nemeqit to discover the meaning behind an SOS call . He was told to guard the ship , but he got bored and left it however , her got lost . He explored dome that Bel and Lud inhabited and couldn ' t find a generator or a toilet , suggesting that Nemeqit was supplying the power . ( AUDIO : " A Handful of Dust " ) He went with Peter to Mortis Dock , on the day before advent , to find out why ships were disappearing . As soon as he got there , he wanted to leave . He told Peter that he was the only person that could see Antonio . He found it hilarious that Benny ' s middle name was Surprise . He explored the HMS " Surprise " where they discovered that there was zombies on the ship . He was later possessed by the ship . He was disorientated when he stopped being possessed . ( AUDIO : " HMS Surprise " ) He lugged many boxes from the White Rabbit cellar in order to take to Benny ' s crater . He became agitated when he saw Antonio Tulloch . When Avril Fenman turned up , he was creeped out . He realised that he had met Avril on the shuttle to Zordin , and she had give him a job to spy on Benny . When Avril told him that she was going to take his youth when she was going to take his body , he wished he went back to Kadept . After Fenman was killed , he helped Ruth to understand that no matter what her old self did she can do what she truly wanted to do . ( AUDIO : " The Curse of Fenman " ) He assisted Bernice Summerfield when she was on Big Dig . Shepton Rothwell asked to bring him coffee , which he didn ' t know how to make without a machine . He found it hilarious that Ruth became a tea lady . He was disgusted by Shepton ' s suggestion to Ruth that Benny and himself in a relationship . He became paranoid and thought that Benny want to kill him . He left Benny when The Epoch arrived , she couldn ' t remember him . ( AUDIO : " Big Dig " ) He was taken by The Epoch as they thought he was what was causing the temporal instabilities around Benny , and took him to their domain . He was then brainwashed to thing he was an actor , called David Ames , playing himself and a character called Troy . Benny managed to undo the brainwashing to defeat them . He then used the Epoch ' s technology to find home . ( AUDIO : " In Living Memory " ) Jack later became engaged to Ruth . He accompanied Benny , Peter and Ruth to Sydney in 2015 to investigate a pyramid that landed in the harbour . ( PROSE : " Big Bang Generation " ) Personality . Witty and flamboyant , Jack remained a mysterious character in Benny ' s life . ( AUDIO : " The Kraken ' s Lament " ) His species ' ability to charm without intention made the Twelfth Doctor smile . ( PROSE : " Big Bang Generation " )