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=== Character Appearances ===
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| [[List of Primeval characters#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]] || [[Douglas Henshall]] || style= "text-align: center; top" |
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| [[List of Primeval characters#Stephen Hart|Stephen Hart]] || [[James Murray (English actor)|James Murray]] || style= "text-align: center; top" |
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| [[List of Primeval characters#Helen Cutter|Helen Cutter]] || [[Juliet Aubrey]] || style= "text-align: center; top" |
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| [[List of Primeval characters#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] || [[Andrew Lee Potts]] || style= "text-align: center; top" |
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| [[List of Primeval characters#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] || [[Hannah Spearritt]] || style= "text-align: center; top" |
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| [[List of Primeval characters#Claudia Brown|Claudia Brown]] || [[Lucy Brown]] || style= "text-align: center; top" |
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|[[#James Lester|James Lester]] || [[Ben Miller]] || style= "text-align: center; top" |
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| [[List of Primeval characters#Tom Ryan|Captain Tom Ryan]] || [[Mark Wakeling]] || style= "text-align: center; top" |
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| [[List of Primeval characters#Tom|Tom]] || Jake Curran || style= "text-align: center; top" | [[List of Primeval episodes#ep2|1.2]] || style= "text-align: center; top" | 1.4
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| [[List of Primeval characters#April Leonard|April Leonard]] || Janice Byrne || style= "text-align: center; top" | [[List of Primeval episodes#ep31|5.1]] || style= "text-align: center; top" | [[List of Primeval episodes#ep35|5.5]]
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'''Matthew "Matt" Anderson''' is portrayed by [[Ciarán McMenamin]]. He is a private man who guards the secrets of his past and the reason he has joined the ARC team. He is an ex-soldier and a zoologist, and can understand animal behaviour, demonstrating this ability in his first appearance by securing the escaped ''
He and [[#Captain Becker|Captain Becker]] ([[Ben Mansfield]]) get along well enough, but neither misses the opportunity to make remarks of the other. In episode 4.2, Matt is unsure of [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) and [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) when they first return, and follows Abby out of suspicion, but this brings him to save both of their lives from a ''
In episode 5.1, he is caught by Abby trying to hack into Connor's computer to find out what he and [[#Philip Burton|Philip Burton]] ([[Alexander Siddig]]) are up to. After showing his knowledge of the
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=== Captain Becker ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Captain Hilary
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep14|Episode 3.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
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| gender = Male
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'''Captain Hilary
[[#James Lester|James Lester]] ([[Ben Miller]]) assigned him to join the team in episode 3.1. Becker assisted the team in returning creatures, such as the ''
At the beginning of Series 4, Becker is still working for the ARC, despite wishing to resign before Lester convinced him to stay. It is shown in a [[List of Primeval episodes#epW1|prologue webisode]] that Becker went with Sarah to the future to try find Abby, Connor and Danny, during which Sarah was killed. This has left Becker shaken, feeling that Sarah's death was his fault. He did not get along with [[#Matt Anderson|Matt Anderson]] ([[Ciarán McMenamin]]) at first but slowly came to accept him. He is friendly with [[#Jess Parker|Jess Parker]] (Ruth Kearney), but is unaware she has feelings for him. After having one of Matt's EMD weapons used on him to test their capabilities, Becker agrees to use them. He is greatly relieved when Abby and Connor return, jokingly asking if they bought him a souvenir. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep26|episode 4.3]], he is adamant about enforcing the new policy to not allow any expeditions through the anomaly when Matt is missing and finally relents, but blames him when
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep31|episode 5.1]], it is shown that Becker did recover, and at one point was thrilled at the idea of being able to call in a tank if necessary. He allows Matt to go through an anomaly after accidentally sending a
Mansfield was spotted for the role when auditioning for the future [[BBC]] series ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', the casting director (who also works as the casting director for ''Primeval'') suggested that he come along to audition for Captain Becker.
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{{Infobox character
| name = Claudia Brown
| first =
| last =
| portrayer = [[Lucy Brown]]
| occupation = [[Home Office]] official
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'''Claudia Brown''' is played by [[Lucy Brown]]. According to the official ''Primeval'' website, Claudia Brown, (born in [[Oxford]]) joined the [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Civil Service]] after studying law at university. For two years, she was engaged to be married, but she broke it off a month before the wedding. She has had no significant relationships since. She later develops feelings for [[#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]] ([[Douglas Henshall]]).
Much like [[#James Lester|James Lester]] ([[Ben Miller]]), her official role at the [[Home Office]] is unclear. Since the discovery of the first anomaly, she has worked alongside Cutter and his team, acting as a liaison with the Home Office and occasionally defending Cutter's actions to Lester, and vice versa, but is often stressed out by Cutter's methods and secrets. She is not happy when she learns Cutter's missing wife [[#Helen Cutter|Helen]] ([[Juliet Aubrey]]) is alive and that he knew, since she could give them vital information. Claudia is in love with Cutter with whom she shares a passionate kiss during [[List of Primeval episodes#ep5|episode 1.5]]. In
When Cutter and Helen started to leave, she asked him not to go as she thought it was a mistake, but he assured her that it would be okay.
She and Cutter then exchanged another kiss in front of Helen and the rest of the team, and rebuffed Lester's note of it being unprofessional. When Cutter returns from the past via an anomaly, Claudia has vanished and none of his colleagues have any knowledge of who she is or was, leading Cutter to believe that something he has done in the past has changed the present, erasing Claudia's existence. The reason for her disappearance is not yet known, though probably due to the remaining
Cutter is devastated by this, describing Claudia to co-worker [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) as "important to him" and saying he cared about her. Her non-existence shakes his foundation to the core as she is the first woman he had loved in his life since the disappearance of his wife, Helen.
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Neither Lester, [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) or [[#Matt Anderson|Matt Anderson]] ([[Ciarán McMenamin]]) trust him, but [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) admits he is like a groupie to Philip. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep24|episode 4.1]], he debriefs Abby and Connor when they return and tells them they no longer have field positions, but in the next episode Lester rehires them despite his objections. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep26|episode 4.3]], he has Connor do minor work in the ARC to spite him after he was placed back on the team, but is thankful when Connor saves him from dying and sees his true potential. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep27|episode 4.4]], he attempts to have the creatures in the ARC killed because of their inconvenience, but Lester blackmails him in dropping the matter. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep28|episode 4.5]], he recruits Connor to head up his own team of anomaly researchers after they discover vital new data. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep30|episode 4.7]], [[#Danny Quinn|Danny Quinn]] ([[Jason Flemyng]]) confronts Philip about knowing [[#Helen Cutter|Helen Cutter]] ([[Juliet Aubrey]]) and doing research with her after finding his name on a document on her body, and despite denying this all he is clearly agitated. Connor later tells Philip about a potential disaster to be caused by the anomalies; Philip assures him they will solve the issue themselves and do not need to tell the others.
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep31|episode 5.1]], he shows Connor his project "New Dawn", with which he plans to use the anomalies as an energy source to provide the whole world with free, clean energy. He also gives Connor a lab assistant, [[#April Leonard|April Leonard]] (Janice Byrne). He also told Connor about Danny's knowledge of him and Helen, though he convinced him that she only knew of Philip. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep34|episode 5.4]], he witnesses Connor's man-made anomaly and Prospero gains much information from it. He was prepared to sacrifice the lives of the team to keep "New Dawn" from being compromised by blowing up the ARC during a
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=== The Cleaner ===
{{Infobox character
| name =
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep7|Episode 2.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep15|Episode 3.3]]
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'''"The Cleaner
He is introduced in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep7|episode 2.1]], under-cover as a cleaner in a mall, who was sliced in the neck by a baby
However, at the end of [[List of Primeval episodes#ep13|episode 2.7]] many clones of him appear with Helen at [[#Stephen Hart|Stephen Hart]]'s ([[James Murray (English actor)|James Murray]]) grave. These clones would be revealed as the result of technology that Helen acquired from the future, though lack any real independent thought like the original and are programmed to obey her every command even if it meant killing themselves. The clones re-appear in Series 3 and make an appearance at the conclusion of [[List of Primeval episodes#ep14|episode 3.1]]. One clone is killed in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep15|episode 3.2]] while spying inside the ARC. Another dies when Helen orders him to jump off the roof of a tall building to test the clones' programmed loyalty, and many clones are killed when the ARC explodes.
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{{Infobox character
| name = Helen Cutter
| first =
| last = [[Primeval (Episode 23)|Episode 3.10]]
| portrayer = [[Juliet Aubrey]]
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| title = Professor
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'''Professor Helen Cutter''' is played by [[Juliet Aubrey]]. It is all but confirmed
Before her disappearance, Helen had an [[affair]] with her student, a young man named [[#Stephen Hart|Stephen Hart]] ([[James Murray (English actor)|James Murray]]), [[#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]]'s ([[Douglas Henshall]]) best friend and right-hand man. After being chased through an anomaly eight years before the main events of the series were put into motion, she used her disappearance to lead her estranged husband, Cutter to believe she was dead. She possesses knowledge of what lies on the other sides of each anomaly, but chooses not to divulge key information, however for some reason she chooses to save the life of Claudia Brown when her life is threatened by an attack by [[piranha]]-like ''
At the end of [[List of Primeval episodes#ep10|episode 2.4]], Helen is shown directing the team that is spying on the ARC members. During [[List of Primeval episodes#ep11|episode 2.5]], Helen visits Stephen again and imparts some information about the group spying on the ARC members, but states it in a way to make it sound like Cutter is involved and Lester is in charge. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep12|episode 2.6]] Helen starts showing her feelings about Stephen and they share a passionate kiss and is revealed to be working with [[#Oliver Leek|Oliver Leek]] ([[Karl Theobald]]) in attempting to experiment on the anomalies to see how they affect the future. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep13|episode 2.7]], she eavesdrops on a conversation in Cutter's cell to [[#Jenny Lewis|Jenny Lewis]] ([[Lucy Brown]]) about how Cutter still cared for Helen. Although this is later revealed to be a ploy on Cutter's part, Helen still believes that he does care for her. She was aware of Claudia in the time before the change and denies being behind it. Despite being shown as the brains of the operation, Leek begins to challenge Helen and when their creatures are released, she calls Stephen and lies to him saying that she was kidnapped by [[#James Lester|James Lester]] ([[Ben Miller]]) and that Cutter was killed. She asked Stephen to rescue her and not to trust Lester. When Stephen arrives, she attempts to convince him to leave into the Anomalies until it is safe but he is determined for revenge. He encounters Cutter and learns that Helen lied to him. Stephen, Helen and Cutter work to contain the predators contained in Leek's base by luring them into the centre where the cages are located by ringing the bell that they associated with feeding time, to trap the creatures together so they will kill each other but Stephen is killed. Helen appears at Stephen's gravesite shortly after his funeral and states that the timeline can change, at which point several clones of
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep14|episode 3.1]] she is seen in a future time period stealing an artefact from [[#Christine Johnson|Christine Johnson]]'s ([[Belinda Stewart-Wilson]]) military force and barely escapes with her life as predators are in the building. At the conclusion of the episode, Helen sets up an operational headquarters in the present day, assisted by the clones. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep16|episode 3.3]], after taking the ARC with her clones, she attempts to explain herself to Cutter that she can prevent future atrocities (such as the rise of the
Her presence is still felt strongly in the fourth series, as the ARC team speculate her fate; when Danny returns in the finale, he confirms that Helen is dead "as a dodo" to Lester, who responds happily: "Excellent". Danny also tells [[#Matt Anderson|Matt Anderson]] ([[Ciarán McMenamin]]) and [[#Emily Merchant|Emily Merchant]] ([[Ruth Bradley]]) that Helen and [[#Philip Burton|Philip Burton]] ([[Alexander Siddig]]) worked together studying the anomalies, and that Burton is not to be trusted. In the fifth series, [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) discovered an audio of Helen encouraging Philip to find a way to make the future better by using the anomalies. However, in the series finale Philip realised Helen had tricked him by stroking his ego, having intended for his attempt at making green energy with the anomalies to wipe out humans much like her later plan, likely done in case she failed in her attempt to wipe out early humans.
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{{Infobox character
| name = Nick Cutter
| first =
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep16|Episode 3.3]]
| portrayer = [[Douglas Henshall]]
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'''Professor Nick Cutter''' was played by [[Douglas Henshall]]. He was a Professor of [[Palaeozoology]] at the (fictional) Central Metropolitan University. He was one of a group of people who discover that
At first, his insistence that his wife Helen is alive in the first two and a half episodes is seen by some members of the time as initially somewhat foolish and unrealistic, most notably [[#Claudia Brown|Claudia Brown]] ([[Lucy Brown]]). He then keeps the details of her visitations to himself, out of hurt pride that his wife could have left him alone for so long.<ref name="epTwo">{{cite episode|title=Episode 2|
Cutter started out as a somewhat aloof individual; for example he initially rather briskly brushes off [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) who comes to him with suspicions of a prehistoric creature being loose in modern times, telling him to go and get a girlfriend instead. He also keeps his encounter with his long lost wife, Helen, to himself. He can be quite spiteful at times as his last words to [[#Stephen Hart|Stephen Hart]] ([[James Murray (English actor)|James Murray]]) before heading through the anomaly in
However, Cutter is not uncompassionate, and he has mellowed out over time. He's developed a grudging respect for Lester, despite his claims to the contrary, and his caring side is shown when he reassures Connor on several occasions, most notably when Connor's friend, [[#Tom|Tom]] (Jake Curran) is killed by a
Due to changes in the timeline, the cause of which is unknown, Cutter remains one of two of the only currently identified characters (The second being Helen) to remain unaffected for reasons that are unknown. Cutter himself is confused as to how this happened.<ref name="epSix">{{cite episode |title=Episode 6|
In Series 3, Cutter begins creating a matrix to predict anomalies with the help of [[#Sarah Page|Sarah Page]] ([[Laila Rouass]]) after learning mythical beasts may be linked to anomalies and successfully predicts one. He also saw [[#The Cleaner|"The Cleaner"]] (Tim Faraday) again despite witnessing his apparent death and realises Helen's back. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep16|episode 3.3]], he helps deliver a baby while trapped in a hospital room. When they return to the ARC he learns Helen created a clone in his image to take over the ARC. He learns of her intent to change the timeline by killing him after learning he ordered the cloning of Future Predators in the ARC sometime in the future, but only once he translates the strange artefact from the future she possesses. Cutter attempts to stall her until his friends neutralise the Cleaner clones, forcing Helen to order the Cutter Clone to detonate a bomb in spite of the original's attempt to talk him out of it. Cutter attempts to save Helen as the ARC goes up in flames, hiding the artefact from her, but she shoots him in the chest after saying the future was more important than he was and ran off. Connor then attempts to save Cutter, but when he arrives, he is told to sit down and wait. As they are talking, Cutter asks Connor to tell Jenny/Claudia something but, decides against it. Giving Connor the artefact, Cutter charges him, as his dying wish, to find out what the artefact is, before dying on Connor's shoulder.<ref name="epThree"/> Despite his death, the future did not change as Helen thought because he was not going to be the real reason the Future Predators appeared.
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'''Ethan Dobrowski''' (formerly known as '''Patrick Quinn''') is the brother of Danny Quinn who is played by Jonathyn Byrne.
Patrick Quinn was fourteen years old when he and two of his friends broke into a house, however they were caught off guard by a
When Charlotte was sick, Ethan accompanied her and Emily to find an anomaly leading to a place with medicine, and arrived in the present, but she died. Angered over her death, Ethan blamed Emily as he believed her rules had caused them to be too late. He soon followed Emily and took up residence across from [[#Matt Anderson|Matt Anderson]]'s ([[Ciarán McMenamin]]) flat, and when he left Ethan kidnapped her. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep28|episode 4.5]], he had decided that as the only two to have known Charlotte, they were going to have their own funeral. He drove them to a cemetery where he told Emily he also blamed his family for what had happened to him and was going to make them suffer, and bound and gagged Emily inside a coffin before he fled from Matt. During [[List of Primeval episodes#ep29|episode 4.6]], and after laying a trap for anyone who might come looking for him in the flat, went to his old home to find that a neighbour recognised him and claimed to be someone else before leaving. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep30|episode 4.7]], while attempting to leave through another anomaly, he was caught after he encountered his brother Danny, revealing to everyone that he was Patrick. Captured and taken to the ARC, he told Danny what had happened to make him disappear, but said he was unhappy in the modern era, and escaped, taking the still-alive Emily as a hostage. Before he went through an anomaly to the [[Pliocene]] he ignored Emily's attempts to get him to stop, and left her at the mercy of a
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| gender = Male
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'''Duncan''' is a friend of [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) and [[#Tom|Tom]] (Jake Curran) and a fellow [[geek]]. He also seems to enjoy [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]. Despite this he does not believe Connor when he tries to tell him and Tom what he has been involved in without breaking the [[Official Secrets Act]],<ref name="epTwo"/> and he and Duncan devise their own conspiracy theories around the
Duncan returned in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep25|episode 4.2]], having gone into hiding for four years since Tom's death and finding proof of creature attacks for himself since no one believed him. He led Connor to the docks where homeless people had been going missing, and with [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) they discovered the ''
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'''Mick Harper''' is a [[journalist]] who is played by [[Ramon Tikaram]]. He first appears in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep12|episode 2.6]], trying to interview a survivor of a [[Columbian mammoth]]'s rampage on the [[M25 motorway|M25]]. Like everyone else he had been told it was an elephant, unaware that the creature was actually a mammoth. He was unable to complete the interview because [[#Jenny Lewis|Jenny Lewis]] ([[Lucy Brown]]) disrupted him. She used a sarcastic tone about it being a mammoth to throw him off, but Mick suspected there was more to the operation, and vowed to find out what was going on.
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep16|episode 3.3]], Mick convinced his boss, [[#Katherine Kavanagh|Katherine Kavanagh]] ([[Ruth Gemmell]]), to give him a chance to prove prehistoric creatures were alive in the present, and attempted to have Jenny tell him after tracking down her home, but she refused to comment. He followed the team to a hospital, and locked [[#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]] ([[Douglas Henshall]]), [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) and a pregnant woman in an operating theatre. He then found a ''
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{{Infobox character
| name = Stephen James Hart
| first =
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep13|Episode 2.7]]
| portrayer = [[James Murray (English actor)|James Murray]]
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'''Stephen James Hart''' is played by [[James Murray (English actor)|James Murray]]. He is part of a team of five people, who investigate a series of [[Anomaly (Primeval)|anomalies in space and time]] through which
According to the official site Stephen is [[environmentalism|passionately committed to wildlife conservation]] and firmly believes that humanity is destroying its own environment through unchecked industrialisation. On average, he runs about 30 miles a week.
He remains a cold and aloof individual, but one with surprisingly loyal and brave tendencies as he willingly braves the jaws of a ''
While he tries not to show any emotion and keep his personal life secret, he does ask Abby out for dinner<ref name="epTwo"/> and later admitted that he has a girlfriend although their relationship appears to have broken down<ref name="epThree"/> and the official site states that he "''had his heart broken when he fell in love as a student and never really got over it.''"
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In the first series, Stephen seemed to act as a punchbag for the monsters, often being badly injured or stranded on his own. He also seems to have a big brother relationship with [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) whom he constantly puts down and yet looks out for at the same time.<ref name="epThree"/> In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep13|episode 2.7]], Stephen is killed by a collection of animals that [[#Oliver Leek|Oliver Leek]] ([[Karl Theobald]]) had captured. He was killed preventing the animals from escape, and his funeral was the only one in the history of the show. It is revealed that his middle name is James.
According to the official site, Stephen was once a junior fencing champion and also a junior shooting Olympic prospect. He later gave up both to study natural history. He appears to have had a long relationship with Cutter going back at least eight years as he states that he knew Helen himself, in the last episode it is revealed that he had an affair with her.<ref name="epTwo"/> Whether or not she is the former girlfriend who broke his heart is unclear but it is shown in
When the series begins it is established that he is working alongside Cutter as a teacher and lab assistant. He later follows both Cutter and Connor and becomes ensnared with them in the sinister events unfolding in the [[Forest of Dean]].<ref name="epTwo"/> He then reveals that he has some training as a tracker and in stealth combat, as he vanishes under Connor's nose to begin the hunt for the ''Gorgonopsid'' personally. He later tracks it to a school and is wounded trying to lure it away from a teacher and her student.<ref name="epTwo"/> Of Cutter's team members, he is the most proficient with armed weapons and is usually the one armed with the tranquiliser rifle.
When brought into the anomaly team, he is then sent to the underground vaults and bunkers beneath Parsons Green Station. He is then attacked, poisoned and left for dead by an ''Arthropleura''
He once again proves his concern for her welfare when he runs to her rescue in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep4|episode 1.4]] when she is captured by Connor's parasite-ridden friend.<ref name="epFour"/> However [[#Claudia Brown|Claudia]] ([[Lucy Brown]])
Stephen appears to have undergone the least change of all the characters since the changes in the timeline, with most of his history remaining the same including his affair with Helen. Although the revelation of the affair causes more tension between them, they still remain loyal to each other as colleagues.
In the final episode, he is called by Lester to handle the threat posed by a
Stephen arrived at Leek's base only to discover that Helen had lied to him and that Cutter was alive. Despite feeling betrayed by Helen, Stephen showed anger towards Cutter as well believing that he was wrong on how he dealt with the Anomaly crisis. Stephen, Helen and Cutter tried to deal with the freed creatures by luring them into the central chamber where they were all held, luring them by ringing the bell that the creatures associated with feeding time. While doing this, a
His funeral was held by the members of the ARC but after they left, Helen arrived to visit the grave and stated that there was nothing to worry as there were ways to return.
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'''Christine Johnson''' (played by [[Belinda Stewart-Wilson]], ex-wife of [[Ben Miller]]) is the military liaison to the ARC in series three. Ostensibly, her role is to provide the assistance of the armed forces to deal with the problems caused by the anomalies. However, it is apparent she has other objectives.
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep14|episode 3.1]], she revealed her new role to [[#James Lester|James Lester]] ([[Ben Miller]]), both equally despising the other, and sent several soldiers through an anomaly into the future to retrieve a mysterious artefact. The mission failed, with only one soldier returning alive, and the artefact ultimately being stolen by [[#Helen Cutter|Helen Cutter]] ([[Juliet Aubrey]]). In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep17|episode 3.4]], it is revealed that she has her own facility, which contains an anomaly and a
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep19|episode 3.6]], Christine's hidden cameras inside the ARC allowed her to learn they had the artefact, and had the Minister appoint to be in charge of the ARC, getting rid of Lester, but the team escaped with the artefact. She is forced to leave when [[#Captain Becker|Captain Becker]] ([[Ben Mansfield]]) betrays her by recording her abusing the Minister, and Lester sent it to the Minister. She did so vowing "It's not over", mirroring Lester from earlier. However she didn't give up trying to take control of the ARC, and in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep21|episode 3.8]] she sent Wilder though her anomaly and he returned with a woman from the future called Eve ([[Kate Magowan]]). In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep22|episode 3.9]] her attempts to get information from her were interrupted by Danny, who escaped with Eve. Christine had a warrant for Danny's arrest, the return of Eve and the custody of the artefact when she arrived at the ARC, however Eve was revealed to be Helen, who kidnapped Christine and stole the artefact. Helen revealed Christine was the cause of the destruction in the future because of her ambitions before kicking her through the anomaly in her HQ. She returns, blood-spattered and terrified, and the team attempt to save her, only for a Future Predator to stick its head through the anomaly and growl at them. This causes them to let go of Christine, and she is dragged screaming through the anomaly, which closes on her, and is presumably killed by the Future Predator.
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=== Katherine Kavanagh ===
'''Katherine Kavanagh''' appeared in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep16|episode 3.3]] and [[List of Primeval episodes#ep17|episode 3.4]] played by [[Ruth Gemmell]]. She is [[#Mick Harper|Mick Harper]]'s ([[Ramon Tikaram]]) boss from Evening News HQ. She only gave his assistant one chance to find a ''
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'''Oliver Leek''' was the main antagonist of the second series. He is played by [[Karl Theobald]].
Leek works for the ARC (Anomaly Research Centre) which investigates [[Anomaly (Primeval)|time anomalies]] and stops
When [[#Helen Cutter|Helen]] ([[Juliet Aubrey]]) and [[#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]] ([[Douglas Henshall]]) went to the [[Permian]] in
According to the official ''Primeval'' website, Leek is "slightly [[nerd]]y, intelligent and eager to please". He went as far as buying suits from exactly the same tailor as Lester, a feeble attempt to impress his boss. At school Leek was overlooked and the last picked at sports.{{Citation needed|date= March 2008}} As an adult, he goes to the same restaurant every morning and eats at the same table, while the waiter still fails to recognise him. Apparently he is 33 years old, 170 cm (5 ft, 8 in) tall, and was born in [[Birmingham]].
According to the website "There is more to Leek than meets the eye", pointing towards a sinister side of him.<ref>[http://www.douglashenshall.com/2Primevalquestionsandanswers.html Primeval 2:Primeval ITV Series 2: ITV Publicity Q & A<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> This sinister side is first shown in episodes [[List of Primeval episodes#ep9|2.3]] and [[List of Primeval episodes#ep10|2.4]], where he appears to be employing at least two individuals
Leek is highly adept at manipulating people, seeming very much in control in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep13|episode 2.7]], and is able to use this ability to engineer situations to his own advantage. In addition, although Cutter realises early in series two that there is a traitor within the ARC, Leek manages to avoid suspicion until he chooses to reveal himself in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep12|episode 2.6]], having set an elaborate trap for the team based on his knowledge of [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]]'s ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) working methods. He seems to dislike taking orders, and reminds Helen that he is in charge multiple times throughout [[List of Primeval episodes#ep13|episode 2.7]].
He seems to have a great disregard to other people's feelings and human lives – he finds the fight between [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) and Caroline entertaining, and does not seem to care when Cutter tells him that if a predator was to escape it could wipe out mankind. He further demonstrates his lack of appreciation for human life by releasing a
His plan of releasing creatures to take control of mankind fails when a virus sends Lester all the information required. If Cutter had escaped with the others, then Leek would have almost certainly been arrested, but because Cutter remains Leek still seems to think he is unstoppable. He threatens to kill Cutter using his army of
Although he is never seen at a computer terminal, it is apparent that Leek has considerable hacking skills, which he has used to install [[spyware]] on Connor's "anomaly detector", and to set a booby-trap which initiated the countdown on a bomb when Connor attempted to access Leek's personnel files.
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She was first seen in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep31|episode 5.1]] at the site of Philip's "New Dawn" facility, and Philip decided to have her assist Connor in helping work on "New Dawn" to create energy from the anomalies. She was later shown to be reporting to Philip on Connor's progress, as well as keeping an eye on anyone that [[#Danny Quinn|Danny Quinn]] ([[Jason Flemyng]]) might have told about his connection with [[#Helen Cutter|Helen Cutter]] ([[Juliet Aubrey]]). In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep33|episode 5.3]], she subtly forces Connor to continue working, and later gives [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) "friendly advice" about leaving Connor to finish his important work at the risk of losing him.
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep34|episode 5.4]], she assists Philip in watching their new data come in from Connor's anomaly, and convinced him to kill the people in the ARC by blowing it up during a
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{{Infobox character
| name = James Lester
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| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
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According to the official site he is without any real political allegiances although he believes that [[the ends justify the means]] and has no problems with torture. He is also hinted to be a British patriot with a distrust of the [[European Union|EU]].<ref name="epTwo"/> – "And I thought the Common Agricultural Policy was far-fetched."
While remaining, for the most part, stubborn, [[paranoia|paranoid]], slow to face facts and wilfully ignorant, he has also displayed surprising bursts of astonishing foresight and knowledge as he guesses correctly that his assistant, [[#Claudia Brown|Claudia Brown]] ([[Lucy Brown]]) has personal reasons for wanting Cutter to remain close by, and that Cutter was hiding something from them.<ref name="epTwo"/> He also guesses that [[#Helen Cutter|Helen Cutter]] ([[Juliet Aubrey]]) was lying in order to escape, "I think I'd trust her just about as far as I can throw a ''
However, he has also shown a softer side when he promises to have the charges against a young girl dropped, when Claudia brings the matter to his attention, even though he can simply do nothing.<ref name="epThree"/> In Series 3, he allowed [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) to stay with him when [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) asked him to move out of her flat when her brother [[#Jack Maitland|Jack]] (Robert Lowe) needed somewhere to stay, despite showing previous dislike towards him. Like Cutter, Lester has slowly mellowed out over the course of the series and become far more active and reasonable when dealing with the team.<ref name="epSix"/>
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For most episodes he remains a sedentary leader and problem-solver; everyone has to go to him at Whitehall, and he operates through agents like Claudia and [[#Tom Ryan|Captain Tom Ryan]] ([[Mark Wakeling]]). However this is apparently not due to any lack courage in the face of danger, he has no fear going out in the field and once met up with the team<ref name="epThree"/> in order to confront Cutter personally and ensure the capture of Helen. During her later interrogation he is quite happy to use torture to gain information.
While having an intense dislike of Cutter, and believing his team members (Connor in particular) to be annoying,<ref name="epThree"/> he remains professional except for regular sarcastic comments. Later in the series his relationship with Cutter did reach a breaking point; he questions Cutter's role in his wife's escape and the reason for his pursuit<ref name="epFour"/> and claims he causes more problems than he solves, which is, as usual, an accurate assessment. By the end of the first series, however, he was prepared to forgive and forget and put his neck on the line for the Professor and, when push came to shove, was prepared to actively join in the effort to find a
Lester's middle name is Peregrine, which he keeps a closely guarded secret.
Due to changes in the timeline, the cause of which is unknown, Lester is now the agent in charge of the A.R.C. He now also has a personal assistant, [[#Oliver Leek|Oliver Leek]] ([[Karl Theobald]]), who is apparently working with Helen. Connor later discovered that his new girlfriend, [[#Caroline Steel|Caroline Steel]] ([[Naomi Bentley]]), is really working with Leek and Helen.<ref name=s2qna>[http://www.douglashenshall.com/2Primevalquestionsandanswers.html Primeval 2:Primeval ITV Series 2: ITV Publicity Q & A]</ref> In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep12|episode 2.6]], Lester is trapped alone inside the ARC by Oliver Leek, who attempts to kill him using a Future Predator controlled by "neural clamp" (some kind of external control) on its spinal column. Lester foils the attempt by releasing a
In Series 3, Lester's fight become more personal when he discovers [[#Christine Johnson|Christine Johnson]] ([[Belinda Stewart-Wilson]]) working against him, who he has connections to. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep16|episode 3.3]] he is rounded up and imprisoned with the rest of the ARC by Helen and her clones, and shows little surprise at Cutter's apparent betrayal "So, Cutter's finally gone native". When Cutter lies dying after the ARC explosion, Lester yells desperately for an ambulance for him. In the following episode he makes [[#Jenny Lewis|Jenny Lewis]] ([[Lucy Brown]]) team leader, and then assigns [[#Danny Quinn|Danny Quinn]] ([[Jason Flemyng]]) to the same role the episode after. When he discovers Connor living in the ARC with the two ''
In Series 4, Lester is a subordinate to [[#Philip Burton|Philip Burton]] ([[Alexander Siddig]]), whom he dislikes greatly, after the government makes a deal for Burton's company to subsidise the ARC and anomaly research. He is somewhat pleased by Abby and Connor's return, though he has to follow orders and have them fired due to new policies, but later finds a loophole to get them back on the team. He defies Burton's plan to kill the creatures in the ARC's menagerie, by blackmailing him with the fact that when the anomalies inevitably go public he will expose Burton as "the dinosaur killer" in sympathy for an upset Abby. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep28|episode 4.5]] he helps [[#Matt Anderson|Matt Anderson]] ([[Ciarán McMenamin]]) locate Victorian-era woman [[#Emily Merchant|Emily Merchant]] ([[Ruth Bradley]]), and in the next episode is informed of the [[#Ethan Dobrowski|Ethan Dobrowski]] (Jonathan Byrne) situation before he marries Jenny and her fiancé with special power from the Prime Minister. In the series finale he couldn't
Although he has previously been occasionally referred to in the credits as "Sir" James Lester, it is made clear in the first episode of Series 5 (when he thinks he is in line for one) that he does not actually have a knighthood. He was excited and thought that his interview would secure the knighthood, only to learn that it was for Philip and he had set aside any doubts. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep32|episode 5.2]], Lester is shown to have a large dislike of the Navy, especially when an admiral attempts to nuke the anomaly after the team's submarine had been pulled through, and is pleased when the admiral is berated by the Minister. When he returns in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep35|episode 5.5]], he learns Matt is from the future and Philip is responsible for the end of the world, and when several anomalies begin opening he encourages [[#Jess Parker|Jess Parker]] (Ruth Kearney) to continue working, using polite words. When an anomaly opens in the ARC's carpark he goes to defend his new Jaguar from a
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In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep16|episode 3.3]], Jenny confessed to [[#Sarah Page|Sarah Page]] ([[Laila Rouass]]) that she has fallen in love with Cutter. When Cutter was preparing to go back inside the burning ARC to look for Helen in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep16|episode 3.3]], Jenny asked him not to go and thought it was a mistake, which is reference to what Claudia Brown said the last time Cutter saw her before going through the [[Permian]] Anomaly. Later, as Cutter was dying in [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]]'s ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) arms, he started to ask Connor to tell Claudia something, but then changed his mind and said nothing. When Cutter dies as the ARC explodes, Jenny bursts into tears along with [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) and Connor, while Sarah watches on silently. Jenny said there was something she wanted to tell Cutter and that was that she loved him. Jenny is promoted by Lester temporarily to team leader in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep17|episode 3.4]], though has difficulty dealing with Cutter's death. In the following episode, Jenny discovers a photograph of Claudia Brown amongst Cutter's possessions, realising that she had in fact lived another life. At the end of the episode, after dying within the ARC and then being resuscitated by the team, she makes the decision to leave her position for the Anomaly Research Centre.
Later though in Series 4 of ''Primeval'' an anomaly opens in a mansion where Jenny and her fiancé are to be wed. Although she did not want to bump into them she invites them to the wedding. Connor then reopens the anomaly after locking it and releases two prehistoric carnivorous mammals, ''
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{{Infobox character
| name = Abby Maitland
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| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
| portrayer = [[Hannah Spearritt]]
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ITV's official site says that while Abby has [[arachnophobia]] she developed a love of reptiles when her parents took her on holiday to the [[Galapagos Islands]] as a child and has had a love affair with lizards ever since. Although she started university she later left after only one term when she became a zookeeper. Always fit and athletic, her hobbies include gymnastics, [[Raja Yoga|Ashtanga]] yoga, karate, kick boxing, swimming and diving. She keeps gym equipment in her flat. Actress [[Hannah Spearritt]] also stated that Abby was [[child abuse|abused as a child]]. In Series 1 she seemed to be attracted to [[#Stephen Hart|Stephen Hart]] ([[James Murray (English actor)|James Murray]]), but in the second season she seems to be falling in love with [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]).
She openly admits to falling in love with the wrong type of men – moody and dangerous. She also appears to have her feelings hurt easily but struggles to remain upbeat and positive.<ref name="epTwo"/> She can also be remarkably deceitful in order to get her own way as she lies to the government and to her teammates about her experiences with spiders so they will take her with them. She would not tell anyone that
She is a zookeeper who first appears in the series when a small boy called Ben who alerts the zoo she works at about an escaped lizard he misidentifies as a modern-day lizard named [[Draco volans]].<ref name="epTwo" /> She later angers Cutter when she and Connor go off to find an anomaly by themselves but is allowed to stay because he admits he needs her skills. She later allows Connor to move into her flat on a purely platonic basis. She remains as the team lab assistant and sidekick up until [[List of Primeval episodes#ep4|episode 1.4]] when she is almost contaminated by a deadly parasite by a student friend of work/flatmate Connor Temple.<ref name="epFour"/>
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Her love/hate relationship with Connor reaches a peak in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep5|episode 1.5]]<ref name="epFive" /> when she is enraged that he let everyone know that she's been keeping Rex in secret but later says that if he makes her breakfast on the weekends and does the washing up for a month then he can stay. She admits that this compromise is really because she actually likes having him around. Connor hugs her, prompting Abby to say she likes having him around as a friend, hinting that she is beginning to fall in love with him. How Abby has been changed by the changes in the timeline is unknown. Connor now has a girlfriend, [[#Caroline Steel|Caroline Steel]] ([[Naomi Bentley]]), in this new timeline but how this affects their relationship is unknown. Connor's girlfriend, much to Abby's horror, hates lizards, and the two do not get along.<ref name=s2qna /> Also, her crush on Stephen, and their closeness because of it, seems to have completely disappeared in the second season.
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep7|episode 2.1]], Abby and Connor seem to have a much closer relationship than they did previously. This comes to the extent that Abby pays for Connor's slushie and lets Connor use her gun, even though there is a pack of
In the Series 2 finale, Abby is captured with the rest of the team and held captive. When Caroline is thrown into the cell with Connor and Abby, the two girls fight, punching and kicking each other. Eventually, Abby slams Caroline against a wall, but Caroline uses her superior strength to pin Abby down. Abby bites her and she lets go, and the two continue to grapple briefly, much to Connor's shock and [[#Oliver Leek|Oliver Leek]]'s ([[Karl Theobald]]) amusement. Connor succeeds in breaking up the fight but when Caroline thanks him, he says "I didn't do it for you" and seems to remain close to Abby throughout the episode. Surprisingly, she later forgives Caroline and even saves her life when they are kept in a room with a ''
In Series 3, she and Connor continued to grow closer, though they were reluctant to do anything about their attraction. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep17|episode 3.4]], she is revealed to have a brother, [[#Jack Maitland|Jack]] (Robert Lowe), who stays with her and forces Connor to move out temporarily. During [[List of Primeval episodes#ep21|episode 3.8]], Abby desperately went through an anomaly to rescue Jack after he went through accidentally, risking her own life and the others because she didn't want to lose him. At the end of the episode she and Connor kissed after Jack admitted to her that Connor had helped him get Rex back and losing him in a poker game, thankful that he hadn't made Jack look bad. At the start of [[List of Primeval episodes#ep21|episode 3.9]], Abby visits Connor and explains that she does not want things to be 'weird' between them, making their relationship indefinite. However, when the pair are trapped in the [[Cretaceous]] while chasing [[#Helen Cutter|Helen Cutter]] ([[Juliet Aubrey]]) with new team leader [[#Danny Quinn|Danny Quinn]] ([[Jason Flemyng]]), she helps him to relax, and agrees to let him move back into her flat once they return home.
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In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep24|episode 4.1]], Connor and Abby have been living in the Cretaceous period for a year and by this time, Abby had lost all faith in getting back to the present. However, after finding an anomaly device they do manage to get back to the present, and both are told by the ARC that they are fired, due to new regulations stating that employees must be from a military/police background; although [[#James Lester|James Lester]] ([[Ben Miller]]) later reinstates them in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep25|episode 4.2]]. The opening episodes also show that Connor and Abby are a couple, this is shown by the two kissing at the end of 4.1, and Abby telling [[#Duncan|Duncan]] ([[James Bradshaw (actor)|James Bradshaw]]) that she is Connor's girlfriend. However their relationship becomes strained as they readjust to their jobs, particularly when Connor doesn't stay to support her as she tries to stop [[#Philip Burton|Philip Burton]] ([[Alexander Siddig]]) from killing the Rex and the other creatures in the ARC in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep27|episode 4.4]], and when he blurts out about the possibility of getting married in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep29|episode 4.6]].
In the fifth series she learned of Matt's mission and lent her help, though her relationship with Connor became strained as she couldn't tell him why she was trying to stop his obsessive work for Philip. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep33|episode 5.3]], she wasn't happy when Connor's new assistant [[#April Leonard|April Leonard]] (Janice Byrne) suggested that she was nothing but a distraction for him, and this emboldened her to copy Connor's hard drive, despite refusing [[#Matt Anderson|Matt Anderson]] ([[Ciarán McMenamin]]) earlier requests. When he caught her near his lab she tried to appeal to him by revealing Helen and Philip's association, though his apparent knowledge made him adamant she only wanted him away from Philip, creating further tension between them. She was furious at him when he opened his own anomaly in the ARC in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep34|episode 5.4]], and set out to find Rex when he was loose in the ARC with an imminent gamma ray to kill a swarm of
In the first-season finale of ''Primeval: New World'', Connor mentions that he has a wife, meaning that he and Abby have since gotten married following Series 5.
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'''Jack Maitland''' is the brother of [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]), played by Robert Lowe. He first appears in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep17|episode 3.4]], when [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) mistakenly believes that Jack is Abby's boyfriend after he answers Abby's phone while she's out of the room. At the end of the episode Abby explains that Jack is her brother but asks Connor to move out for a couple of days so that Jack can stay with her. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep19|episode 3.6]], he invited his friends for a game of poker and used
In the first-season finale of ''Primeval: New World'', Connor mentions that he has a wife, meaning that he and Abby have since gotten married following Series 5; this also means that Jack is Connor's brother-in-law.
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'''Lady Emily Merchant''' is a 28-year-old English woman<ref>[http://www.itv.com/drama/primeval/theteam/emilymerchant/ Primeval – The Team] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.
She and [[#Ethan Dobrowski|Ethan Dobrowski]] (Jonathan Byrne) brought a sick woman, their friend Charlotte Cameron, to modern London in the hope of finding medical treatment. After Charlotte died she returned to the Cretaceous, but [[#Matt Anderson|Matt Anderson]] ([[Ciarán McMenamin]]) brought her back thinking she was from the present and been attacked by a
She features in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep33|episode 5.3]], where she has been trying to find a
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'''Sarah Page''' studies [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptology]] before joining the ARC team in Series 3. She joins after witnessing a ''
When the ARC is attacked by [[#Helen Cutter|Helen Cutter]]'s ([[Juliet Aubrey]]) [[#The Cleaner|Cleaner Clones]] (Tim Faraday) in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep16|episode 3.3]], she is captured along with [[#Jenny Lewis|Jenny Lewis]] ([[Lucy Brown]]) and [[#James Lester|James Lester]] ([[Ben Miller]]). She is the one who makes the audio tape that eventually stops Helen's clones. Sarah makes it out of the fire raging inside the ARC and watches on in shock while Cutter is lying dead on the floor after Connor has brought him from the exploding building.
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In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep19|episode 3.6]], she is forced to go into hiding with [[#Danny Quinn|Danny Quinn]] ([[Jason Flemyng]]), [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) and Connor after [[#Christine Johnson|Christine Johnson]] ([[Belinda Stewart-Wilson]]) takes over the ARC, she and the rest of the team are forced to take refuge in an old abandoned cabin. When Lester is reinstated to the ARC thanks to [[#Captain Becker|Captain Becker]] ([[Ben Mansfield]]), Sarah kisses Becker on the cheek as a reward. After [[List of Primeval episodes#ep19|episode 3.6]], she takes a more hands on approach and goes out with the team to the anomaly sites, she goes back in time to find out information about the knight who came through an anomaly. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep22|episode 3.9]], she finds out that the woman who Danny is with is actually Helen Cutter in disguise, but she is too late to stop her from taking Christine hostage. In [[Primeval (Episode 23)|episode 3.10]], she and Becker are the only two members of the team to be in the present day, with Connor, Abby and Danny stuck on the other sides of different anomalies. She ends by saying she has an idea although it is unexplained what this is.
Sarah did not return in Series 4. Her death was implied through Becker's flashback in a [[List of Primeval episodes#epW1|Series 4 webisode]]. Becker and Sarah are known to have led rescue missions to try to find the others by going through the future anomaly. During their last attempt, Sarah was killed by an unknown creature, though it is implied to be a
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'''Jessica "Jess" Parker''' is the team's field coordinator, using her skills to help the team and direct their movements, all from her control station at the ARC. Although only 19,<ref>[http://www.itv.com/drama/primeval/theteam/jessparker/ Primeval – The Team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222011435/http://www.itv.com/drama/primeval/theteam/jessparker/ |date=22 December 2010 }}</ref> Jess displays an outstanding level of organisation and efficiency, providing a stable environment for the team during their missions, and also has a crush on [[#Captain Becker|Captain Becker]] ([[Ben Mansfield]]).
Jess accidentally released the ''
She is allergic to insect bites and keeps an epi pen, as shown in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep34|episode 5.4]] when she is bitten by a
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'''Danny Quinn''' is a former police officer and team leader, and is played by [[Jason Flemyng]].
He was investigating the death of two teenagers (one being his brother, Patrick) in a house believed to be haunted. He suspected Ryan Mason as the murderer, as he was the third teenager in the house, who escaped. Danny frequently went to the house to arrest trespassers, and at first thought the team were breaking in. He then arrests [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) and discovers a futuristic [[#List of creatures in Primeval|Camouflage beast]], as well as the anomalies. He discovers that the creature was the one that murdered his brother. He shoots the Camouflage beast back through the anomaly. He returns, following the team on his motorbike when they arrive in an airport and pilots a helicopter through the anomaly so the ''
While checking security in the ARC he breaks through the ventilation shafts and then battles the
Danny returned in the [[List of Primeval episodes#ep30|episode 4.7]], having survived his time in the [[Pliocene]]. However, as he came through the anomaly he was shot by [[#Matt Anderson|Matt Anderson]] ([[Ciarán McMenamin]]) with an EMD. He woke up sometime later, relieved to be back. While the team were also dealing with a man named [[#Ethan Dobrowski|Ethan Dobrowski]] (Jonathan Byrne), Danny helped Abby and Connor in sending a Terror Bird through a satellite anomaly. When Ethan held Danny at gunpoint, he recognised him as his brother Patrick, who had survived his encounter with the camouflage beast and had been driven mad while going through the anomalies. He reported Helen's death to a pleased Lester, and was suspicious of [[#Philip Burton|Philip Burton]] ([[Alexander Siddig]]) when they met, having found a document on Helen's body with Philip's name on it. While speaking with Patrick he pleaded to be allowed to go through the anomaly, only to be knocked out. He and Matt went after Patrick, who escaped into the Pliocene. Danny decided to follow him, unwilling to risk Patrick making it to another human inhabited era. Before he departed he left a warning to Matt that Philip couldn't be trusted, asking him to warn the others.
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| name = Tom Ryan
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| last =
| portrayer = [[Mark Wakeling]]
| occupation = Special Operations Captain
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'''Captain Tom Ryan''' is played by [[Mark Wakeling]]. He was the leader of the [[special forces]] unit that supported [[#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]] ([[Douglas Henshall]]) and his team. Ryan was said to have joined the army at 17, saw active service in both Gulf wars, joined the SAS, then transferred to a special elite unit engaged in top secret operations. He had led an army walking team to the South Pole and back in record time and commented that it was chilly on his return. He was attacked by a
Ryan was a background character who was in charge of the military support, but generally followed Cutter's orders, whilst deferring to the government officials. When told to shoot the flying creature on the golf course he does so despite Cutter's protests, and in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep3|episode 1.3]] he is willing to capture [[#Helen Cutter|Helen Cutter]] ([[Juliet Aubrey]]) when ordered to, despite Cutter's disapproval. In general, he does not appear to have a close relationship with the rest of the team.
In his final scene, he attempts to save Cutter by opening fire on the Future Predator, knowing full well it will give his position away and he is mortally wounded. Cutter rushes to him after the Future Predator is killed by a ''
about their first trip through the anomaly.<ref name=tomryan/> It soon becomes clear that Ryan's role in the series is as a catalyst for the change in the timeline that occurs at the end of Series 1.
In
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep4|episode 1.4]], his team accompany Helen to an anomaly where a pack of sabre-toothed cats are supposed to be, and when she escapes he pursues her but she escapes through a series of anomalies on the other side. Then a flock of
The BBC America website revealed that initially Captain Ryan was going to be killed off in the first episode, but Mark Wakeling acted so well that they commissioned him for the entire series. Henshall also stated that he would have wanted Ryan to be like the character of [[Kenny McCormick]] in [[South Park]], being killed and resurrected throughout the different series.
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'''Caroline Steel''' is a supporting villain played by [[Naomi Bentley]]. Steel meets [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep8|episode 2.2]] in a local DVD store where Connor was looking for science fiction DVDs.<ref name="epSeven">{{cite episode|title=Episode 1|
She loves cats and dogs, but is scared of lizards (possibly all reptiles) much to the shock of [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]). It is eventually revealed that Caroline is working for [[#Oliver Leek|Oliver Leek]] ([[Karl Theobald]])
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep11|episode 2.5]], furious about being dumped by Connor, Caroline attacks
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep13|episode 2.7]], Caroline arrives to look at what Leek is actually doing with Rex. She is immediately repulsed, and keeps asking Leek why she cannot go home. Leek takes her and the rest of the team hostage. In their cell, she is threatened by Abby, and the two of them fight, punching and kicking each other. Connor splits them up, and Caroline thanks him. Connor replies "I didn't do it for you". She explains that she was money
Later on, Caroline is seen briefly at [[#Stephen Hart|Stephen Hart]]'s ([[James Murray (English actor)|James Murray]]) funeral, despite the two characters never meeting on screen, and tries to remind Connor that he still has her mobile number.<ref name="epThirteen"/> She then leaves and does not return to the series.
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| name = Connor Temple
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| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
| portrayer = [[Andrew-Lee Potts]]
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'''Connor Temple''' is played by [[Andrew-Lee Potts]], who relates strongly to his character.<ref>[http://www.radiotimes.com/content/show-features/primeval/andrew-lee-potts-on-primeval Radio Times interview with Andrew-Lee Potts]</ref> He is one of the main characters, a student of [[Palaeontology]] at the (fictional) Central Metropolitan University. He is one of a group of people who discover that
Connor is seen as a [[geek]], he enjoys [[science fiction on television|science fiction television]] and [[science fiction film|film]]s such as ''[[Blake's 7]]'', ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Star Wars]]''.<ref>[http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/leisure/theatre/theatrefeatures/display.var.1167309.0.primetime_andrew.php Telegraph and Argus interview with Andrew-Lee Potts]</ref> He has an enormous interest in dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, and has created a database of prehistoric creatures. He is also interested in [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] and [[cryptozoology]]. It is this interest in these that piques his interest in a reported monster sighting (of a ''
While Connor finds the idea of the time anomalies exciting, he questions his own usefulness after he leads [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]] ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) on a wild goose chase in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep2|episode 1.2]], especially after being reprimanded for it. He is also admittedly unsettled and afraid of some of the more dangerous creatures. Later, he almost leaves the team after one of his friends is killed by a
Connor still lives in Abby's flat in Series 2, and the pair still have a close bond. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep7|episode 2.1]] Abby and Connor seem to spend a lot more time together than they did in the previous series. Connor is also irritated by the fact that the rest of the team do not trust him with firearms. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep7|episode 2.1]] he accidentally shoots Abby with a tranquilliser dart intended for a baby
In the second series, Connor also gets a new girlfriend called Caroline. Caroline and Connor meet in a DVD store and he invites her back to Abby's flat with him. After Connor nearly gets eaten by a
In the third season his and Abby's relationship continues to grow stronger, though neither continue to do anything about it. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep16|episode 3.3]], he adopts a pair of ''
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep24|episode 4.1]], it is highlighted that Connor and Abby have been living in the Cretaceous period for a year. After a raptor steals Abby's blanket, Connor goes to retrieve it from the raptor's nest and finds Helen's anomaly device that she dropped in the series 3 finale. After using it to get back to the present, both are told by the ARC that they are fired, due to new regulations stating that employees must be from a military/police background (which neither are). Connor and Abby are a couple at this point, shown by the two kissing at the end of episode 4.1, and Abby saying that she is "his" (Connor's) girlfriend to [[#Duncan|Duncan]] ([[James Bradshaw (actor)|James Bradshaw]]) in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep25|episode 4.2]]. In the same episode Connor decided to track down his old friend after not being reinstated like Abby, and came to learn of a ''
In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep31|episode 5.1]], Philip shows him his machine called "New Dawn", from which he hopes to take energy from anomalies and turn it into green energy, and assigned Connor an assistant named [[#April Leonard|April Leonard]] (Janice Byrne) when he agreed to help. He was later taken by a burrowing creature from the future, but survived, and came up with a plan to blow up the rest of the creatures in a warehouse. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep33|episode 5.3]], Connor was kept busy by April, and when he caught Abby near his lab she tried to appeal to him by revealing Helen and Philip's association, though Philip had told him this already (having made him believe Helen had only known of Philip), and was adamant Abby only wanted him away from Philip, creating further tension between them. At the end of the episode he created his own anomaly in the ARC, and in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep34|episode 5.4]] told Abby he only wanted to do what he thought what would make Cutter proud, and his anomaly caused a swarm of
Connor appears in two episodes of the spin-off series, ''[[Primeval: New World]]''. He first appears in episode 1, ''The New World''. He arrives in Vancouver to locate a handheld Anomaly Detector in Evan Cross's possession. He first spots Evan and Tony Drake using his own version of a detector to try to locate an anomaly in Stanley Park. After breaking into the Tank, smooth-talking his way past Angelicka Finch, Connor finds the detector hidden in the frame of Evan's deceased wife. He later appears at the scene of Drake's death after a creature attack, and confronts Evan about the detector. He warns Evan of the dangers of tampering with the anomalies, and suggests that he leave the whole situation alone. However suspecting that Evan won't listens, he advises Evan to make sure that everything goes back to where it belongs before he leaves. He returns in the finale ''The Sound of Thunder, Part 2'', chasing an ''
In the season finale of ''New World'', Connor mentions that he has a wife, meaning that he and Abby may have since gotten married following series 5 as he does not mention her name.
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=== Tom ===
'''Tom''', played by Jake Curran, should not be confused with [[#Tom Ryan|Tom Ryan]] ([[Mark Wakeling]]), an SAS soldier. He is a friend of [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) and [[#Duncan|Duncan]] ([[James Bradshaw (actor)|James Bradshaw]]) and a fellow [[geek]]. He appears to be the bossier "leader" of Connor's friends and is the one that seems to come up with the "plans" whereas Duncan is quite happy to follow, he also seems to be slightly more aggressive than Duncan, both with and without the
He also seems to enjoy conspiracy theories. Despite this he does not believe Connor when he tries to tell he and Duncan what he has been involved in without breaking the [[Official Secrets Act]],<ref name="epTwo"/> and he and Duncan devise their own conspiracy theories around the dodo that they capture (none of which are particularly rational).<ref name="epFour"/>
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'''Captain Wilder''', played by [[Alex McSweeney]], is [[#Christine Johnson|Christine Johnson]]'s ([[Belinda Stewart-Wilson]]) head of security in Series 3. He takes an active role in several episodes and is Christine's choice to succeed [[#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]] ([[Douglas Henshall]]) as leader of the anomaly response team, as part of her plot to seize control of the ARC from [[#James Lester|James Lester]] ([[Ben Miller]]). This fails, and Lester appoints [[#Danny Quinn|Danny Quinn]] ([[Jason Flemyng]]) instead. It is also revealed that [[#Captain Becker|Captain Becker]] ([[Ben Mansfield]]) from the ARC knew Wilder at [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]]. Later Wilder is recognised by Danny at a distance, leading to the discovery that Wilder and Christine have captured Eve ([[Kate Magowan]])
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