F is for... Faeries

An ancient terrestrial race whose rarely glimpsed existence had fed into global myths of fairies, elves and sprites. A group of the creatures inhabited a piece of woodland in suburban Cardiff. An old friend of Captain Jack Harkness - Estelle - investigated the area in search of them. She believed them to be beautiful, peaceful creatures. Jack warned her that this was not the case, and that she should be careful. Unhappy at her intrusion into their world, the creatures attacked Estelle - luring her out into her garden one night where they killed her with a torrential downpour of rain, drowning her. Controlling the elements was just one of their powers. When a man attempted to abduct a young girl, he was attacked by a vicious wind. He then found himself followed by unseen beings. He started choking on rose petals which seemed to materialise in his throat. He sought out police custody for protection - admitting his paedophiliac tendencies to get himself arrested. The Faeries had formed a bond with the girl, Jasmine, and wanted her to join them. The man later choked to death on the petals whilst in a police cell. Jack told his colleague Gwen Cooper of an event from his past. Serving with the army in Lahore, India, in 1909, some of his men had knocked down and killed a child. Later, the entire company was killed whilst traveling on a train - choked by petals. The child who had been killed was one of the Faeries' Chosen Ones - selected to join them.
Torchwood were drawn to Jasmine after a freak gale had struck her school, summoned by the Faeries when a couple of other girls had tried to bully her. Later at her home, they attacked a birthday party for her stepfather, with whom she did not get on, killing him. Jasmine then ran into the woods to join the creatures. Powerless to stop them, Jack had to let her go.
Sometime later, Gwen was studying one of the famous Cottingley Fairy photographs, and discovered that one of the creatures had the face of Jasmine.

Appearances: TW 1.5 Small Worlds (2006).