Theory:Torchwood television discontinuity and plot holes/Countrycide

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• Toshiko says she's never met a cell she couldn't break out of - this doesn't appear to be the case in Fragments.

It is possible that, as this is series one and Fragments was in series two, the writer of the episode did not yet know of this fact. The cast themselves knew nothing about the characters' pasts until they received the script for Fragments, Or Toshiko may have been going from the time she began working for Torchwood.

It's fairly common for people to over-state or approximate their abilities. Speaking from an in-universe perspective, Tosh was presumably disregarding or forgetting the time she was held by UNIT.

Maybe she's become much more skilled at breaking out in the 4 years since her UNIT imprisonment. More importantly, in a world with the likes of Retcon and Adam Smith, who's to know what her memories are at this point. Not to mention the possibility she's simply trying to motivate Ianto.

• During the team's game of "who did you snog last" Ianto says that the last person he kissed was Lisa but in actuality, it was Jack.

Ianto may have not wanted to admit that, or was simply too dazed over his injury to realise that Jack had kissed him.

• I got this theory how the people of Brynblaidd became cannibalistic. Something to do with one of the wars; World War 1, World War 2, or the Cold War. And I got this theory Torchwood got helped start the wars each by helping to slay the archduke Fernidand to gain something from some rogues, and by killing beings which mighta prevent the wars. Wars be responsible for cannibalism. And the monstrous fact be cannibalism is very addictive. When you start, you zero want to stop. How'd you think Gwen Cooper react if she found out Torchwood start their cannibalism? And how'd you think the Doctor and companions react to this as well? And how'd you think Queen Victoria react to finding out her Torchwood start wars and made some humans cannibals?