History NightmareFuel / Torchwood

** Even worse, the fate of Lizzie Lewis.

** In the end, Gwen demands that the village ringleader tell her why he helped murder and cannibalize hundreds of people. His response? "[[ForTheEvulz Cos it makes...me...]]''[[ForTheEvulz happy]].''"

* "[[{Recap/TorchwoodS5E10Tagged Tagged]]":

* "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS5E2AliensSexChipsGravy}} Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy]]"

* "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS5E3Orr}} Orr]]":

* "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS5E5LoveRat}} Love Rat]]"

* "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS5E6AKillToAView}} A Kill To A View]]"

* "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS5E8TheEmptyHand}} The Empty Hand]]"

* "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS5E9PokerFace}} Poker Face]]":

* "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS5E10Tagged}} Tagged]]":

* [[{{Recap/TorchwoodS5E11EscapeRoom}} Escape Room]]":

* [[{{Recap/TorchwoodS5E12HeraldOfTheDawn}} Herald Of The Dawn]]":

* "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS6E1FuturePain}} Future Pain]]":

* "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS6E2TheManWhoDestroyedTorchwood}} The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood]]":

* "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS6E3SeeNoEvil}} See No Evil]]":

* [[{{Recap/TorchwoodS6E2TheManWhoDestroyedTorchwood}} The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood]]":

* [[{{Recap/TorchwoodS6E3SeeNoEvil}} See No Evil]]":

* [[{{Recap/TorchwoodS6E1FuturePain}} Future Pain]]":

* "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS5E5LoveRat}} Love Rat]]

* "[[Recap/TorchwoodS5E1ChangesEverything Changes Everything]]

* Lisa from [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E4Cyberwoman Cyberwoman]] gruesomely kills two innocent people in her efforts to 'upgrade'; she ''grafts part of a Cyber helmet to Dr. Tanizaki's head,'' and transfers her brain into the unfortunate pizza delivery girl.

* Lisa from [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E4Cyberwoman Cyberwoman]] grusomely kills two innocent people in her efforts to 'upgrade'; she ''shoves a hunk of metal through Dr. Tanizaki's head,'' and transfers her brain into the unfortunate pizza girl.

As a moments subpage, spoilers for all stories, including the Big Finish audio dramas, are mostly not marked. Proceed with caution.

* "[[Recap/TorchwoodS1E1EverythingChanges Everything Changes]]":
** Owen uses an alien form of Rohypnol -- which he easily pocketed at work -- on a woman who turns him down at a bar. When her boyfriend arrives and threatens to punch Owen, he sprays the boyfriend...who immediately calls a cab for all three of them. The FridgeHorror in that scene is off the charts -- and has ''a lot'' to do with why many viewers hated Owen's character in Season 1.
** The Weevil chomping down on the security guard's neck (complete with blood spray). And he walks ''right up to the thing'', because he mistakes it for a human wearing a mask.

* "[[Recap/TorchwoodS1E6Countrycide Countrycide]]". Not only are the monsters particularly demonic and frightening...[[spoiler: they're ''[[HumansAreTheRealMonsters human]].'']] Enough said.

** In the end, Gwen demands that the village ringleader tell her why he [[spoiler: helped murder and cannibalize hundreds of people.]] His response? [[spoiler: "[[ForTheEvulz Cos it makes...me...]]''[[ForTheEvulz happy]].''"]]

* "[[Recap/TorchwoodS2E5Adam Adam]]" had a '''TON''' of NightmareFuel. Just something about [[spoiler: Ianto]] shrieking and weeping because [[spoiler: Adam]] [[MindRape brutally mind raped]] him into thinking [[spoiler: he's a psychopathic killer]] is chilling.
** "''And I liked it...''" '''OH GOD.'''
** The very idea that [[spoiler: a stranger could re-write your ''entire personality'' just by altering a few select memories.]] It's MindRape in the most literal sense of the term. [[ParanoiaFuel And you'd never even know anything was amiss until it was too late.]]

* [[Radio/TorchwoodTheLostFiles ''What were you hoping for? That I'd say a few nice words...That I'd be grateful...'']] Oh yeah, and this line is said in a creepy low voice. '''BY [[spoiler: IANTO!]]'''

* "[[Recap/TorchwoodS2E13ExitWounds Exit Wounds]]" has [[spoiler: Jack being BuriedAlive in the earth. Because he can't die permanently, he's locked in a constant cycle of death and reviving, awakening only long enough to choke and suffocate under the weight of six feet of earth crushing his entire body. [[AndIMustScream For almost 2000 years.]]]] How he manages to remain sane after this ordeal is never explained.
** Owen's final "death" in that episode. [[spoiler: He's sealed in a room that slowly floods with nuclear radiation, which dissolves his flesh on contact -- and because he's undead, [[AndIMustScream he's forced to remain conscious the entire time, watching as his body disintegrates]].]]
** The sheer amount of FridgeHorror attached to his permanent and CruelAndUnusualDeath. The fact that he doesn't feel pain is inconsequential.

** Yvonne Hartman, previously just another Tennant era extra, [[spoiler: takes over the entirety of Torchwood in under six hours]]. She does most of it without leaving her cell, cementing herself as a Seventh Doctor-level Mastermind.

** Out of nowhere, Colchester '''kills Rhys.''' [[spoiler: It's an illusion, but still!]]
** Ng is willing to kill everyone, Rhys, Colin, Colchester, any of them, if it gives her a chance to escape. She pulls a lever that she is told would do so, and without any hesitation whatsoever. [[spoiler: It's obviously a fakeout, but it's a damn scary one.]]

** Colchester [[spoiler: dies. In the back of his van. Calling for help, bleeding out. None of Torchwood can save him.]]

** Colchester, one of the few people that's been capable of helping Torchwood keep running, is [[spoiler: dead. Although he'll be back in a while.]] The point is - how the heck are Torchwood going to keep functioning now??