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|name = Fairy
|name = Sidhe
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|type= [[Humanoid]]
|type = Supernatural [[humanoid]]
|affiliation=
|affiliation = [[Chosen One]]s
|appearances  = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]''
|origin = [[Earth]]
|mentions =[[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]''<br />[[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History]]''
|only = Small Worlds
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The '''Sidhe''' were a species native to [[Earth]].
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'''Fairies''', as the [[human]] race called them, were dangerous [[humanoid]] entities native to the [[Earth]]. Fairies were not [[alien]] life-forms, but had lived alongside humanity since the [[Dawn of Time]]. Their exact nature was unclear, although [[Jack Harkness]] described them as part myth, part spirit world and part reality jumbled together, mixed with "old moments and memories".


== Biology ==
== Biology ==
Fairies had a wide variety of advanced, seemingly magical abilities. They had control over the elements and could produce localised, deadly storms and gales. Not bound by normal physical laws, they could choose whether a camera could take their pictures. They made themselves invisible to closed circuit television cameras on one occasion. On another, they let their photographs be taken. They could [[time travel|travel through time]] and had an apparently non-linear relationship to it; a picture of [[Jasmine Pierce]], who became a Fairy in [[2007]], was seen in her fairy form in [[1917]]. They could kill their victims by "stealing their breath", asphyxiating them by clogging their throats with rose petals.


Fairies could be seen in two forms: a small, glowing [[humanoid]] form with butterfly-like wings; and a human-sized, more monstrous form. Both forms had wings and could fly with ease. At least in the larger form, Jack Harkness described them as only visible from the corner of one's eyes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Small Worlds]]'')
Although the Sidhe were native to Earth, they lived out of phase with [[human]] perception. The Sidhe existed in, and were able to perceive, all eleven dimensions. They could appear humanoid to human perceptions, with vaguely cat-like features with wide cheekbones, a pointed chin, pointed ears, and a flattened skull.


== History ==
The Sidhe could make humans vanish into their realm. They are essentially immortal and could move through time. They were vulnerable to iron, due to their electromagnetism-based lifestyle. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]'')
Jack Harkness told [[Gwen Cooper]] that Fairies came from the Dawn of Time. Humans, over time, made Fairies into something harmless and beautiful, but those who had encountered them, like Jack, never doubted their powers.
:''Jack speculates that fairies may be "part [[Mara]]."''


According to Jack, Fairies were once human children, taken from various times stretching millennia into the past. These children were called the [[Chosen One]]s, whom the Fairies protected and avenged if harm came to them. Eventually, the Fairies would claim these children and take them to their "[[Lost Lands]]". Once there, the children would become Fairies themselves. The Fairies required these children to continue their race, despite being immortal (or near-immortal). These "Chosen Ones" always seemed slightly odd and would try to spend as much time as possible with the Fairies.
== Culture ==
They Sidhe had various tribes and clans, including the Leannain Sidhe. The Leannain Sidhe called the Doctor the "Evergreen Man". They pay homage to the forces of order and chaos, with their queen [[Titania]], personifying order and [[Oberon (Autumn Mist)|Oberon]] personifying chaos. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]'')


The Fairies were not generally involved with the affairs of other humans, but they violently defended any infringements on their territory and killed anyone they felt had acted against them.
== History ==
 
The Sidhe inspired the [[Leshy]] of [[Polish]] folklore, the [[Kachinas]] of [[Hopi]] mythology, [[Elf|Elves]] and [[Fairy|fairies]] among other mythical beings. The Sidhe formed a truce with mankind long ago, after Sidhe and humans fought a war against each other. The Sidhe were aware of the [[Celestis]].
They could also distinguish between those who harmed the Chosen child and who didn't. When Jack was on a train with a group of soldiers who had run over a Chosen One, the fairies attacked the men, but left Jack unharmed in a car full of dead bodies. The Fairies also appeared to have limitless powers over the elements. [[Jasmine Pierce]], a Chosen One, told the team, when they tried to stop her being taken, that they would "turn the world to ice". When Jack said that would mean no more Chosen Ones, Jasmine said the Fairies would simply keep to the past. ([[TV]]: ''[[Small Worlds]]'')
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/fairies/ In-universe Torchwood file on the Fairies]
 
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A dimensional tear caused by [[Nazi]] experiments threatened the Sidhe's realm, causing them to fight back. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]'')
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Revision as of 18:12, 8 January 2013

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The Sidhe were a species native to Earth.

Biology

Although the Sidhe were native to Earth, they lived out of phase with human perception. The Sidhe existed in, and were able to perceive, all eleven dimensions. They could appear humanoid to human perceptions, with vaguely cat-like features with wide cheekbones, a pointed chin, pointed ears, and a flattened skull.

The Sidhe could make humans vanish into their realm. They are essentially immortal and could move through time. They were vulnerable to iron, due to their electromagnetism-based lifestyle. (PROSE: Autumn Mist)

Culture

They Sidhe had various tribes and clans, including the Leannain Sidhe. The Leannain Sidhe called the Doctor the "Evergreen Man". They pay homage to the forces of order and chaos, with their queen Titania, personifying order and Oberon personifying chaos. (PROSE: Autumn Mist)

History

The Sidhe inspired the Leshy of Polish folklore, the Kachinas of Hopi mythology, Elves and fairies among other mythical beings. The Sidhe formed a truce with mankind long ago, after Sidhe and humans fought a war against each other. The Sidhe were aware of the Celestis.

A dimensional tear caused by Nazi experiments threatened the Sidhe's realm, causing them to fight back. (PROSE: Autumn Mist)

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