Fairy

Fairies (as referred by the Human race) are a dangerous humanoid entities native to the Earth. Fairies are not alien life-forms, but have lived alongside humanity since the dawn of time. Their exact nature is unclear, although Jack Harkness describes them as part myth, part spirit world and part reality jumbled together, mixed with "old moments and emotions".

Powers and abilities
Fairies have a wide variety of advanced, seemingly magical abilities. They have control over the elements, and are able to control the weather to produce localized, but deadly, storms and gales. Not bound by normal physical laws, they can choose whether or not a camera can take their pictures. For example, they made themselves invisible to closed circuit television cameras on one occasion. On another, they enabled themselves to have their photographs taken. They can travel through time and have an apparent non-linear relationship to it. A common method of killing their victims is to "steal their breath", asphyxiating them by clogging their throats with rose petals.

Fairies are seen in two forms: a small, glowing humanoid form with butterfly-like wings and a Human-sized, more monstrous form. Both forms have wings and can fly with ease. At least in the larger form, Jack Harkness described them as only visible from the corner of one's eyes. (TW: Small Worlds)

Interactions with Humans
Jack said the Fairies came from the dawn of Time. Humans, over time, made the fairies into something harmless and cute, however those who had encountered them (like Jack) never doubted their powers.


 * Jack speculates that fairies may be "part Mara", though it is unknown if he is referring to the Mara of Snakedance and Kinda or the creature from Scandinavian folklore.

Apparently, Fairies were once Human children taken from various time periods stretching millennia into the past, each one of them a part of the "lost lands". They don't seem to reproduce normally and instead kidnap children and turn them into fairies. They pick out children to be their Chosen One and will protect them at all costs, killing anyone who attempts to harm them. These Chosen Ones always seem slightly odd and will try to spend as much time as possible with the fairies. They generally aren't involved with the affairs of Humans, but they will violently defend any infringements on their territory and kill anyone who they feel has acted against them. (TW: Small Worlds)

External link

 * In-universe Torchwood file on the Fairies