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What do I need to know before watching ''Primeval''?
molybecks
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Never watched the previous series but it does look good and I am intrigued to watch it, was there a big cliffhanger? 
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Basically, they just chase after dinosaurs for an hour. It's pretty much the same week in week out.
Anomalies are twinkly time portals that keep appearing in awkward spots like shopping centres.
Things come through them from the past or the future - as in beasties of all sorts.
Young good looking scientists with a couple of A levels between them round em up, send em back before the portal goes away, cover it up with the minimum number of people clawed to death or eaten before then.
Sometimes they go into the past (which looks like the Canary Islands) or the future (which looks like Milwall on Saturdays) and look around.
The portals are open for limited, varying periods and all go to different eras in the past or future fairly randomly.
Nobody seems to know why they are appearing (yet).
Oh, and the good looking wonderkids also fall in love with each other, shoot each other and have cute pet dinosaurs at home.
Thats about it.
And it IS very entertaining.
I wasn't expecting too much, this being on ITV and all, but I was pleasantly surprised and yes, its very entertaining.
Scottish team leader is apparently dead, as apparently his mental villain of an ex-wife who enjoys popping up occasionally to threaten to wipe out the human race. And there's some woman he likes who got turned into a different, but identical, woman that he likes after history changed, who left the team.
Regards
Mark
Though don't get your hopes up too high for any more of that.
Three
Daughter surprised me with the complete box set yesterday
:eek::D
I'm sure Ruth Kearney's clothing will suffer an accident at some point
its the !"fill in" bits from S3 to S4. it should help you somewhat at least
http://www.itv.com/drama/primeval/exclusiveepisodes/
Regards
Mark
I think I'd compare it more to Torchwood than Doctor Who, and it's much better than Torchwood (it isn't as good as DW though, but it's close).
Its weird with Torchwood though.... though I agree Primeval is quite similar to Torchwood 1&2, it is a farcry from Children of Earth which is brilliant. DW, Torchwood and Primeval are now 3 very different (but brilliant) shows
It's good fun, but it is a bit samey sometimes.
Methinks you won't need to study up on anything about the series cos you'll get enough of a recap during the opening mins of the ep1 to get you up to speed on the show.
But basically "Long extinct creatures are tearing through a series of rips in time, and the seemingly impossible becomes a terrifying reality."