‘All
these so-called faeries were children once. From different moments in time.
Going
back millennia. Part of the Lost Lands.’
Jack
Harkness
The Cottingley Fairies
aren’t a patch on these long legged, flying creatures that are currently
playing with Jasmine, a little girl who is at the centre of this story. They
can alter the weather and cause great destruction, to anyone who hurts or kills
a Chosen One. The Chosen One in this instance, is little Jasmine, who lives
with her Mum and stepdad Roy in a housing estate near a fabled forest, where in
Roman times, soldiers wouldn’t camp there due to evil spirits.
A local paedophile who
corners Jasmine on her walk home through the woods, suffers the consequences of
his actions, by a little payback from the faeries, and Jasmine skips home
blissfully unaware of the tragic outcome of this man’s actions.
Torchwood learn of the
faeries through Estelle Cole, an old flame of Jack’s, who has studied these
creatures all her life. But where she sees only the beauty of them, Jack sees a
whole different side, and after the Police call about the paedophile who was murdered
in his cell, Jack opens up about how dangerous they are, and of his past
dealings with them, back in Lahore, on a troop train.
When Jasmine’s stepdad
blocks the entrance from the garden to the woods, and an altercation leaves
Jasmine clutching her cheek, and Roy nursing a bitten arm, the faeries descend
at the barbecue, as Roy addresses his gathered friends in his back garden,
enjoying the free feed.
As all hell breaks loose,
Jasmine skips away from the party and to the woods, where the faeries have
cleared a gap in the fence for her. Torchwood arrive at the scene of chaos as
faeries plunge flower petals into poor old Roy, and attempt to do it to Jack.
Jasmine’s mum, distraught enough at the death of Roy, soon becomes consumed
with rage when Jack, following after Jasmine, lets her go with the faeries,
rather than see the world turned on its head by these nightmarish creatures.
Jack’s team leave quietly,
disgusted by their Captain, but deep down, knowing there was little else that
could have been done to save the day.
Back in the Hub, Gwen
zooms in on the little faerie at the bottom of the Cottingley Fairies photo, to
find Jasmine Pearce, as a faerie.
Cast
Eve Pearce
‘Estelle Cole’
‘I
suppose I'm one of the fortunate few who's been allowed to see our little
friends. And it's been no easy task. One needs to have the patience of a saint
and the blind faith of a prophet. But for me the long wait has been
worthwhile.’
Estelle Cole believed the
faeries to be mythical creatures often found around toadstools or stone circles
in woods and who were mischievous creatures but not in the same sense that Jack
saw them. She photographed them as often as she could, and that led to her
tragic death in her garden while her cat Moses, looked on, unable to prevent
the rain fall that drowned her.
Eve has worked as an actress
since 1954, but since Torchwood, Eve has worked in many television productions
from The Bill, Him & Her, Holby City, Getting On, Doctors and WPC 56. She
played Maggie in the Scottish gangster film The Wee Man in 2013, and played
Alice Drablow in The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death a year later. As well as
two film shorts, Hands and The Elder, Eve played Mother Kralefsky in The
Durrells series, episode #2.3.
As well as television
dramas and films, Eve has also appeared in a few adverts, including a road
safety film and an ad for a well-known online gambling site, involving a shop
worker living his life as a vampire.
Check out the wonderful interview
we had with Eve last year.
***
Lara Philipart
‘Jasmine Pearce’
‘Do
you know you're walking in a forest? Well, you are. It looks like a very old
forest, and it's magical. I want to stay in it.’
Jasmine was the little
girl who really was 'away with the faeries'. Jasmine, was one of the Chosen
Ones, protected through time, who would eventually join the faeries forever.
The faeries protected her from harm, punishing those who hurt her. Jack, had to
let her join them, otherwise the mara would cause untold damage to the world.
It was a decision that would divide the team, and devastate the mother.
Lara's career began in
2004, when she played Susan in Carrie's War, from there she played Megan Hendry
in Casualty episode The Lost Boys in 2006 before landing the role in Doctor
Who, as one of the lucky guests to view the Queen's Coronation around Magpie's
dodgy tellyboxes in The Idiot's Lantern. She looked a lot younger in that than
her role in Torchwood, even though it was the same year.
There is no further
information regarding Lara’s acting credits on the internet, and it could be,
that like many other child actors, that they’ve grown out of this role, and
focusing all their efforts on their school work, and stepping away from the
industry. A few photos on the internet with the Swansea Harriers in athletics,
which are easily accessible through Google Search, but otherwise, there are no
new photos.
***
Adrienne O'Sullivan
‘Lynn (Mother of Jasmine)’
Lynn:
‘You should have invited them to the party.’
Jasmine
Pearce: ‘They don’t like parties.’
Lynn:
‘I’m not surprised, if they live in trees.’
Lynn, mother to Jasmine,
was a happy woman, content with life with Roy, but concerned that her daughter
wasn't mixing well in school, and spent most of her time at home, down the
garden and in the woods. Lynn, was devastated when she lost not only her
partner Roy, at the barbecue, but also her daughter Jasmine, to those strange
creatures that came into the garden and terrorised her friends and family.
In one small role, a
prelude to the Doctor Who episode Doomsday, Adrienne played the Newsreader in
the 2006 Tardisodes episode. It was the same year as her role as Lynn in
Torchwood. In 2010 she played Jackie in the film Submarine, was Junior's mother
in Made in Wales series in the same year and Gillian Bradley in The Reckoning
in 2011. On a website that you have to join in order to find out further
information. Aside from some voice acting for animations and cartoons, there
are no further mentions of acting credits.
Check out our interview
with Adrienne that we had a few years ago, here.
***
William Travis
‘Roy’
‘Well,
when's the last time you saw her watching TV? Or reading a book? Or playing
with a doll? Or sitting down to have a chat with us? When's the last time you
heard her laugh?’
Roy was never going to be
Mr Popular with Jasmine - they were poles apart. He was outgoing, she was
quiet, and waved at what looked to be imaginary people. He wanted to do right
by Lynn but when Jasmine kicked off about the fence, Roy snapped and slapped
her, causing his tragic end during a barbecue at the family home.
You really don't want to
mess with those faeries, do you?
I remember William Travis
as Dick Lampard in Where the Heart Is which he played for a total of 71
episodes from 1997 - 2002. Since Torchwood, William Travis has been in one heck
of a lot of programmes, from Shameless, The Street, The Royal, This is England
'86 and '88, and '90, The Syndicate, Accused, Downton Abbey, The Mill,
Harriet's Army, I even saw him in the 4 O'clock Club on CBBC for 2 years from
2012 - 2014. He played four different characters in Casualty from 2001 - 2014,
was in 37 episodes of Corrie from 2008 - 2014, played Maurice Cranage in Father
Brown, and recently returned to Doctors to play a new character, Ray Wallis, in
the episode Intervention this year, having played four other characters since
2006. He's currently playing Simon Shorecross for Dark River.
****
Roger Barclay
‘Goodson’
‘It's
little girls. It's their little bodies. It's their little smiles. They're
bright as buttons. Look, er, I've been in trouble before, so just help me. Just
lock me up! Please.’
Goodson was known to the
Police as a paedophile. He was interested in Jasmine and followed her home in
his car. He tried to give her a lift but good little girl as she is, refused
and continued to skip home. He stopped her under a bridge and tried to drag her
into his car as a storm blew all around him, cracking his nose against his own
car. Spooked by what he saw, he was plagued by the faeries, throughout the
streets, market and eventually in his police cell, where he begged to be
placed, for his own safety.
Since Torchwood, Roger
Barclay has played many characters, including (and probably my favourite of all
his roles), a Burger joint Dad entertaining his kids. Possibly my least
favourite character role of his would be as Terence Cunningham in Holby City,
perhaps because he played a nasty piece of work, far worse, in my eyes, than
Goodson.
Since Small Worlds, Roger
has appeared in a lot of popular dramas including Hotel Babylon, Secret Diary
of a Call Girl, House of Anubis, Man Down, Legends, Cuffs and Inspector George
Gently. He's been the voice of Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments video
game in 2014, and was Agent Two in Johnny English Reborn film in 2011.
****
Heledd Baskerville
‘Kate’
‘And
there was little Jasmine in amongst it all. She hadn't been touched. The sun
was shining down on her. It was, it was like an aura, like something protecting
her.’
Kate was the schoolteacher
caught up in the strong gale force winds threatening to hurt two bullies who
pushed Jasmine to the floor of a playground.
Heledd began her career in
2002 as Katy Morgan in Yr Heliwr: Pechod, since then she's appeared in A Mind
to Kill, Casualty, Doctors and Emyn Roc a Rol. Since Torchwood, Heledd has
appeared in Y Pris and in 2013 as Lowri Rees in Hinterland series.
***
Ffion Wilkins
WPC
‘He
said there were flowers in his mouth.’
Outside the market,
Goodson accosts the WPC, desperate to be taken into custody after coughing up
several rose petals after an attack by the faeries. She looked the kind of
police officer that suffered fools lightly.
Ffion played Hannah Bain
in A Mind to Kill from 1994 - 2002 (I knew I'd seen her before somewhere).
Since Torchwood however, her acting career seems to have stopped, however,
Ffion is the lead singer of the band, Tuxedo.
Nathan Sussex
‘Desk Sergeant’
'I
thought I'd seen everything until now. I mean, we had him locked up, for
Christ's sake, on his own. He was shouting the odds when he was brought in.
Said things were following him.'
When Goodson is initially
brought in and confesses he’s known to the police, the desk sergeant books him
in. When the paedo is murdered in his cell, it’s the desk sergeant who calls in
Torchwood, because, the CCTV gives him little to go on.
One of the biggest if not
dramatic changes I've seen in an actor is with Nathan Sussex. From desk
sergeant to this rippled muscle, slim, fit, gorgeous man - how are these two
even related, they look so different, but I can assure you, they are, one and
the very same lovely man.
Check out the interview we
had with Nathan some time ago.
Since Torchwood, Nathan
has appeared and reappeared in television soaps and dramas since 2006. Do look
out for his role in The Lighthouse alongside Mark Lewis Jones.
Since 2006, Nathan has
appeared in Corrie, Judge John Deed, Summer Scars as Peter’s Hand, Young
Dracula, Baker Boys, Gwaith/Cartref, A Viking Saga, The Indian Doctor, Da
Vinci's Demons, and Bang. In Emmerdale he reprised his role as PC Brown, and
has since returned to Emmerdale this year, in October, as a police officer.
Also, this year (2017), Nathan played Mark Illingworth for BBC daytime medical
drama, Doctors.
Paul Jones
‘Man In Street who Goodson bumped into’
‘Watch
where you’re going!’
With Goodson fearful of
whatever creature was after him, he was oblivious to the real people around
him, and bumped into Paul Jones' character, receiving a tirade of abuse as he
continued towards the market.
Apart from his brief
appearance in Torchwood Small Worlds episode in 2006 and providing the voice of
The Doctor in the Ian Levine: Shada video in 2013, Paul Jones has worked as a
standby carpenter and carpenter for television and film since 2000. Dramas such
as Johnny and the Bomb, Skellig, Big Nothing, Sarah Jane Adventures, 36
episodes of Torchwood including Miracle Day, BBC Sherlock, Upstairs Downstairs,
Being Human, Broadchurch, Wizards vs Aliens, and Doctor Who for 56 episodes.
Sophie Davies
‘Bully #1’
&
Victoria Gourlay
‘Bully #2’
BULLY
#1: ‘Hey, you, did you tell on us?’
JASMINE:
‘No.’
BULLY
#2: ‘Yes, you did.’
BULLY
#1: ‘Yeah. Well, maybe you need a good kicking.
Get
those teeth of yours kicked in.’
There is absolutely
nothing written about these two girls since their appearance in this episode,
which is why I'm putting them both together in this segment.
Their characters showed a
high level of animosity towards Jasmine Pearce for reasons unknown, in the
playground, and so naturally, the faeries paid them back with their own
feelings of rage. Fortunately, we never saw them come to any further harm, and
thankfully, no rose petals.
If you are, or you know of
both child actors, and what or where they may be acting or whatever they’re
doing now – do please email us, so we can update this portion.
