Primeval
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| Name: | Primeval |
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| Creator: | Tim Haines, Adrian Hodges |
| Date(s): | 2007 - 2011 |
| Medium: | Television |
| Country of Origin: | UK |
| External Links: | IMDB listing, Wikipedia entry |
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Primeval is a British science fiction drama television program that follows a team of scientists tasked with investigating the appearance of temporal anomalies that allows prehistoric and futuristic creatures enter the present.
A Canadian spin-off, titled Primeval: New World premiered October 29, 2012 starring Niall Matter and Sara Canning. It only lasted one season before being cancelled.
Canon Overview
Anomalies in spacetime allow dinosaurs and other creatures to end up in modern-day England. A team of various intelligent and pretty people has to put the creatures back through the anomalies before they can wreak too much havoc or change the timeline.
Main Characters
A quick overview of the main characters. For more information, see the List of Primeval Characters on Wikipedia.
- Professor Nick Cutter
- Connor Temple
- Stephen Hart
- Abby Maitland
- Claudia Brown/Jenny Lewis
- James Lester
- Helen Cutter
- Captain Becker
- Jess Parker
- Sarah Page
- Matt Anderson
- Danny Quinn
Fandom
Pairings
Popular pairings for this fandom are Abby/Connor and Nick/Claudia (which later became Nick/Jenny due to the past changing and altering the world slightly), a popular slash ship is Nick/Stephen. Other pairings are pretty common such as Stephen/Abby, Stephen/Helen, Becker/Jess, and Helen/Nick.
Meta
Notable Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
- Hold My Silence by Casy Dee. Abby has secrets in her past, but is it right to keep them there? Can Connor accept them? Set in the Cretaceous. Pairing: Abby/Connor Words: 56,271.
- Connor Temple, Sex God by alyse. There was no doubt about it. Connor was a sex god. Words: 13,943. Pairing: Abby/Connor, Connor/Stephen, Abby/Connor/Stephen. Sex pollen fic.
- Something Like Home by Zetaori. Without the Cutters, Stephen feels like he has no own life, and Connor’s got plenty to spare. Words: 1663. Connor/Stephen.
- Terror by alyse. Connor was still shaking when Stephen body-slammed him into the side of the barn. Words: 1399. Connor/Stephen
Archives & Communities
Livejournal Communities:
- Primeval Denial (A community where the season 2 plot-twist never happened. SPOILERS on the intro page)
- Anomaly news Primeval newsletter
- Primeval Fanfic community on LJ