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himself arrested to seek the safety of a jail cell. However, he is found the next day dead by asphyxiation. Torchwood arrive and find Goodson's mouth filled with rose petals. Jack confirms that fairies, which he encountered before, murdered Goodson as part of their protection of a "Chosen One", a child that will soon become the fairies' if Torchwood cannot find her in time. Late at night, the fairies kill Estelle by drowning her with a localised rainstorm. Torchwood understand that the fairies are becoming more protective and aggressive.
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boyfriend Roy are holding a party in their garden. When Jasmine goes outside she finds that Roy fenced off the garden to prevent her from going to the woods. Jasmine bites Roy, and Roy slaps her. The fairies appear and kill Roy. Jasmine and the fairies race off to the woods. Jack tries to convince the fairies not to take her away. They refuse, stating that she is their Chosen One and if she is prevented from going many more people will die. Admitting he has no other choice, and assured Jasmine will not be harmed, Jack lets Jasmine go.
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The fairies cause a large gale to sweep over Jasmine's school the next day, traumatising two girls that were bullying Jasmine. Torchwood find out from Jasmine's teacher that the only one not affected by the storm was Jasmine, confirming she is the Chosen One. Meanwhile, Jasmine's mother Lynn and her
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Meanwhile, a paedophile called Mark Goodson tries to abduct a young girl called Jasmine while she is walking home. He retreats after a strong wind appears and he hears ethereal voices. Still hearing the voices, Goodson stumbles through the Cardiff market, and starts to cough up rose petals. He gets
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photographs, then compares them to photographs she had taken a couple of nights before. Jack and Estelle later discuss the photographs and the nature of fairies at her home. On the way back to the
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Jack compares the fairies to the Mara. His noting of "Mara" as the origin of the word "nightmare" and their ability to steal the breath from their victims suggests that he is referring to the
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Hub, Jack explains to Gwen that the fairies are creatures from the dawn of time and are not bound by linear time. He says that the fairies can be very dangerous. Jack instructs
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The primary school is called "Coed y Garreg", which translates as "The Stone Woods", a possible reference to the Roundstone Woods seen at the beginning of the episode.
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investigating a group of deadly fairies who intend to turn the Cardiff child Jasmine Pierce (Lara Phillipart) into a fairy.
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This is the first episode that explores Jack's past. At one point, he was in charge of a troop of 15 men in 1909
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Lara Phillipart, who plays Jasmine in this episode, appears as a member of Tommy's family in the
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is invited to a presentation on fairies held by his former lover Estelle, and brings
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to watch for strange weather patterns in the area in order to locate the fairies.
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Burn Gorman
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Naoko Mori
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Eve Pearce
Alice Troughton
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Brian Minchin
Richard Stokes
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