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{{Infobox Story SMW
{{Infobox Story
|image                = SmallWorlds1.jpg
|image                = SmallWorlds1.jpg
|series                = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''
|series                = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''
|season number        = Series 1 (Torchwood)
|season number        = Series 1 (Torchwood)
|series episode number = 5
|series episode number = 5
|scripturl      = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/torchwood-1-episode-5-small-worlds-yellow-revisions-02102006.pdf
|main character        = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]
|main character        = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]
|featuring            = [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]]
|featuring            = <nowiki>[[Rhys Williams|Rhys], </nowiki>[[Estelle Cole]]
|enemy                = [[Fairy|Fairies]]
|enemy                = [[Fairy|Fairies]]
|setting              = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]{{note|Episodes 1-10 of the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' are set anywhere from [[2006]]-[[2009]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes {{cs|Ghost Machine (TV story)}}, {{cs|Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)}}, {{cs|Random Shoes (TV story)}}, {{cs|To the Last Man (TV story)}}, {{cs|Reset (TV story)}}, {{cs|Adrift (TV story)}}, {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}, {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}, and {{cs|The New World (TV story)}}. As episode 10, {{cs|Out of Time (TV story)}}, is set at the end of [[December]], this means that episodes 11-13 are almost certainly set the year after episodes 1-10.}}
|setting              = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]<ref>Episodes 1-10 of the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' are set anywhere from [[2006]]-[[2009]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]'', ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'', ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]'', ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'', and ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]''. As episode 10, ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'', is set at the end of [[December]], this means that episodes 11-13 are almost certainly set the year after episodes 1-10.</ref>
|writer                = Peter J. Hammond
|writer                = [[Peter J. Hammond]]
|director              = [[Alice Troughton]]
|director              = [[Alice Troughton]]
|producer              = [[Richard Stokes]]
|producer              = [[Richard Stokes]]
|broadcast date        = 12 November 2006
|broadcast date        = [[12 November (releases)|12 November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|network              = BBC Three
|network              = [[BBC Three]]
|prev                  = Cyberwoman (TV story)
|prev                  = Cyberwoman (TV story)
|next                  = Countrycide (TV story)
|next                  = Countrycide (TV story)
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Later, a tense Goodson, still hearing the voices, stumbles through the [[Cardiff]] market, stalked by something unseen by the other shoppers. Something strikes at him and he starts to cough up rose petals. He gets himself arrested to seek the safety of a jail cell, where he admits to his paedophilia to the police officers at the station, hoping that the creatures will leave him alone. That night, however, he hears wings buzzing as he tries to sleep and, rolling over, screams as the same hostile creature from the woods lunges at him... He is found the next day, dead by [[asphyxiation]], but with no external evidence of strangulation and the CCTV shows only him in his death throes; no sign of the creature. The baffled police summon Torchwood, who find Goodson's mouth filled with [[blood]] soaked rose petals. Jack confirms that Goodson was killed by the fairies as part of their protection of a "[[Chosen One]]", a child who will soon become one of them if Torchwood cannot find her in time. Finding the Chosen One is the only advantage they have over the fairies, who cannot be fought in any other way. They cannot be trapped or killed, and have control over the elements themselves; but the Chosen Ones are important to them.
Later, a tense Goodson, still hearing the voices, stumbles through the [[Cardiff]] market, stalked by something unseen by the other shoppers. Something strikes at him and he starts to cough up rose petals. He gets himself arrested to seek the safety of a jail cell, where he admits to his paedophilia to the police officers at the station, hoping that the creatures will leave him alone. That night, however, he hears wings buzzing as he tries to sleep and, rolling over, screams as the same hostile creature from the woods lunges at him... He is found the next day, dead by [[asphyxiation]], but with no external evidence of strangulation and the CCTV shows only him in his death throes; no sign of the creature. The baffled police summon Torchwood, who find Goodson's mouth filled with [[blood]] soaked rose petals. Jack confirms that Goodson was killed by the fairies as part of their protection of a "[[Chosen One]]", a child who will soon become one of them if Torchwood cannot find her in time. Finding the Chosen One is the only advantage they have over the fairies, who cannot be fought in any other way. They cannot be trapped or killed, and have control over the elements themselves; but the Chosen Ones are important to them.


Late at night, Estelle hears the strange voices after attempting to communicate with the fairies using [[crystal]]s, and realises that bad fairies are present. She calls Jack to alert him. However, before Torchwood can arrive, she [[drown]]s in a [[rain]]storm although everything around her is completely dry, as she went outside to find her [[cat]] [[Moses]], who hid under the bushes as she drowned. Jack mourns her loss, and Gwen makes him admit that it was he who had a relationship with Estelle long ago. Jack explains that he has seen the rose petals before, on a train in [[Lahore]] in [[1909]]. Some of his troops had drunkenly run over a little girl. A week later, all of his men died, their mouths stuffed with petals, and he realised that the young girl had been a Chosen One. Gwen returns home to find her own [[flat]] in disarray and seriously vandalised, with [[leaves]] and [[rock]] patterns on the floor, the rocks resembling the stone circle in Roundstone Wood. The team understand that the fairies are becoming more protective and aggressive, using the stone circle as a warning to Torchwood not to interfere in their affairs.
Late at night, Estelle hears the strange voices after attempting to communicate with the fairies using [[crystal]]s, and realises that bad fairies are present. She calls Jack to alert him. However, before Torchwood can arrive, she [[drown]]s in a [[rain]]storm although everything around her is completely dry, as she went outside to find her [[cat]] [[Moses]], who hid under the bushes as she drowned. Jack mourns her loss, and Gwen makes him admit that it was he who had a relationship with Estelle long ago. Jack explains that he has seen the rose petals before, on a train in [[Lahore]] in [[1909]]. Some of his troops had drunkenly run over a little girl. A week later, all of his men died, their mouths stuffed with petals, and he realised that the young girl had been a Chosen One. Gwen returns home to find her own [[flat]] in disarray and seriously vandalised, with [[leaves]] and [[rock]] patterns on the floor. The team understand that the fairies are becoming more protective and aggressive, warning Torchwood not to interfere in their affairs.


At her [[Coed y Garreg Primary School|school]] the next day, Jasmine is bullied by [[Bullies (Small Worlds)|two girls]] and the fairies come to her defence, making a huge gale sweep up around the bullies and sending all the other children fleeing in terror, apart from Jasmine, who watches in glee. Her teacher [[Kate (Small Worlds)|Kate]] manages to push through the gale and grab the girls, making the fairies cease their assault. Torchwood arrives to find the school closing for the day and interrogate Jasmine's teacher. Kate says that no-one was harmed, but the only one not affected by the storm was Jasmine.
At her [[Coed y Garreg Primary School|school]] the next day, Jasmine is bullied by [[Bullies (Small Worlds)|two girls]] and the fairies come to her defence, making a huge gale sweep up around the bullies and sending all the other children fleeing in terror, apart from Jasmine, who watches in glee. Her teacher [[Kate (Small Worlds)|Kate]] manages to push through the gale and grab the girls, making the fairies cease their assault. Torchwood arrives to find the school closing for the day and interrogate Jasmine's teacher. Kate says that no-one was harmed, but the only one not affected by the storm was Jasmine.
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== Worldbuilding ==
== References ==
===  Foods and beverages ===
===  Foods and beverages ===
* Roy is drinking St Nicholas Welsh Lager [[beer]] during the party. 
* Roy is drinking St Nicholas Welsh Lager [[beer]] during the party. 
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=== Filming locations ===
=== Filming locations ===
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''to be added''
=== Broadcasts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Date
!Time
!Channel
!class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|[[Sunday]] [[12 November (releases)|12 November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|22:00
|[[BBC Three]]
|First broadcast.
|-
|[[Wednesday]] [[15 November (releases)|15 November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|21:00
|[[BBC Two England]]
|
|-
|[[Monday]] [[5 February (releases)|5 February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|01:55
|[[BBC Three]]
|
|-
|[[Friday]] [[12 October (releases)|12 October]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|21:00
|[[BBC Three]]
|
|-
|[[Saturday]] [[13 October (releases)|13 October]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|02:40
|[[BBC Three]]
|
|-
|[[Thursday]] [[20 May (releases)|20 May]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|22:40
|[[BBC HD]]
|
|}


=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Jack wonders if the fairies are part [[Mara]] which is shown in [[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]] and [[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]''
* Jack wonders if the fairies are part [[Mara]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]], [[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'')
* Jack's immortality enables him to survive the attack from the Fairies, an ability seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}}, and {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}}.
* Jack's immortality enables him to survive the attack from the Fairies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'')
* Gwen sees a picture of Jack in his Second World War attire. She initially thinks it is his grandfather, but later realises it was Jack himself when he served during the war as shown in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor Dances (TV story)}}.
* Gwen sees a picture of Jack in his Second World War attire. She initially thinks it is his grandfather, but later realises it was Jack himself when he served during the war. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'')


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
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=== DVD releases ===
=== DVD releases ===
* This episode, with four others, was first released on a DVD entitled ''Torchwood: Series 1, part 1'' on [[26 December (releases)|26 December]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]].
* This episode, with four others, was first released on a DVD entitled ''Torchwood: Series 1, part 1'' on [[26 December (releases)|26 December]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]].  
* It was later released in ''Torchwood: The Complete First Series'' on [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]].
* It was later released in ''Torchwood: The Complete First Series'' on [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]].
* It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011.)
* It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011.)
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
{{reflist}}
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