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=== Matt Anderson ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Matthew Anderson
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep24|Episode 4.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
| portrayer = [[Ciarán McMenamin]]
| occupation = Team Leader
| gender = Male
| relatives = [[Gideon]] (father, deceased)
| nationality = [[Irish people|Irish]] (possible in the future)
}}
'''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 ''[[List of creatures in Primeval#Dracorex|Dracorex]]'' inside of [[#James Lester|James Lester]]'s ([[Ben Miller]]) office by luring it with a water dispenser, as the dinosaur was thirsty.
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=== Captain Becker ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Captain Hilary James Becker
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep14|Episode 3.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
| portrayer = [[Ben Mansfield]]
| occupation = Special Operations Captain
| gender = Male
}}
'''Captain Hilary James Becker''' is portrayed by [[Ben Mansfield]]. According to producer [[Tim Haines]], "he is going to be a new military guy who comes onto the team to watch their backs so that none of them gets eaten". Becker hails from a military family and background, and is moved from special operations to the Primeval team. Mansfield has stated that he will have "amiable friction" with [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) and he sees himself as the person who "looks after" the team.
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=== Claudia Brown ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Claudia Brown
| first = [[Episode 1 (Primeval)|Episode 1.1]]
| last = [[Episode 6 (Primeval)|Episode 1.6]]
| portrayer = [[Lucy Brown]]
| occupation = [[Home Office]] official
| gender = Female
}}
'''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]]).
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=== Philip Burton ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Philip Burton
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep24|Episode 4.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
| portrayer = [[Alexander Siddig]]
| occupation = CEO, scientist
| gender = Male
}}
'''Philip Burton''' is portrayed by [[Alexander Siddig]]. As a result of the last mission of the old ARC, he appears in a new public/private partnership with the government, making him [[#James Lester|James Lester]]'s ([[Ben Miller]]) boss after the minister. His company, Prospero Industries, is used as the new location for the new ARC. Philip is more interested by the Anomalies than the creatures. There is a secret project he is working on called New Dawn.
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=== The Cleaner ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Sciswell
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep7|Episode 2.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep15|Episode 3.3]]
| portrayer = Tim Faraday
| occupation = Undercover mercenary
| gender = Male
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}}
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=== Helen Cutter ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Helen Cutter
| first = [[Episode 1 (Primeval)|Episode 1.1]]
| last = [[Primeval (Episode 23)|Episode 3.10]]
| portrayer = [[Juliet Aubrey]]
| occupation = [[Professor]] of at Central Metropolitan University
| spouse = [[#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]] ([[wikt:estranged|estranged]] and deceased husband)
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| title = Professor
}}
'''Professor Helen Cutter''' is played by [[Juliet Aubrey]]. It is implied that she may be responsible for a string of [[Anomaly (Primeval)|anomalies in time and space]] through which [[List of creatures in Primeval|prehistoric and extinct animals]] are passing. At the very least, she clearly has an understanding of the phenomenon which exceeds that of any other character in the series and is able to use the anomalies for her own purposes, ranging from basic time travel and exploration to actively changing timelines and creating clones.
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=== Nick Cutter ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Nick Cutter
| first = [[Episode 1 (Primeval)|Episode 1.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep16|Episode 3.3]]
| portrayer = [[Douglas Henshall]]
| occupation = [[Professor]] of [[Palaeozoology]] at Central Metropolitan University<br />Anomaly team member
| spouse = [[#Helen Cutter|Helen Cutter]] ([[wikt:estranged|estranged]] and deceased wife)
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| title = Professor
}}
'''Professor Nick Cutter''' is played by [[Douglas Henshall]]. He is a Professor of [[Palaeozoology]] at the (fictional) Central Metropolitan University. He was one of a group of people who discover that [[List of creatures in Primeval|prehistoric and extinct animals]] are passing through [[Anomaly (Primeval)|anomalies in time and space]]. Due to his expertise in prehistoric creatures, he was assigned to tackling the problems these creatures cause for the present civilisation by the [[Home Office]], and was described as a "rank amateur who was amazingly good at what he did". Cutter is an expert in Palaeontology and the identification of extinct species. While little is known about his early life, the Official site states that he was born in [[Edinburgh]] and graduated from his year at [[University College London]] with First Class Honours. At some point he met and quickly married his wife [[#Helen Cutter|Helen Cutter]] ([[Juliet Aubrey]]). Their marriage proved to be a failure, however, as according to [http://www.douglashenshall.com/Primeval_introduction Douglas Henshall's web site], the relationship between them became ''as stormy as it was passionate''. They were estranged at the time of her disappearance, and this added to Cutter's sense of guilt when she vanished. When the series begins it is established that he had a wife, fellow palaeontologist Helen, who went missing eight years prior to his first encounter with a time anomaly. He tells the others that she went missing sometime after the two of them had a fight.
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=== Ethan Dobrowski<!-- Leave as just "Ethan Dobrowski", which was the name used throughout the series. His real name is OK for inclusion in the infobox and prose. --> ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Ethan Dobrowski<br />(Patrick Quinn)
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep26|Episode 4.3]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep30|Episode 4.7]]
| portrayer = Jonathan Byrne
| gender = Male
| relatives = [[#Danny Quinn|Danny Quinn]] (brother)
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}}
'''Ethan Dobrowski''' (formerly known as '''Patrick Quinn''') is the brother of Danny Quinn who is played by Jonathyn Byrne.
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=== Duncan ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Duncan
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep2|Episode 1.2]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep25|Episode 4.2]]
| portrayer = [[James Bradshaw (actor)|James Bradshaw]]
| gender = Male
}}
'''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">{{cite episode|title=Episode 2|episodelink=List of Primeval episodes#ep2|series=Primeval|network=[[ITV Network|ITV]]|airdate=17 February 2007|seriesno=1|number=2|minutes= }}</ref> and he and Duncan devise their own conspiracy theories around the [[List of creatures in Primeval#Dodo|dodo]] (which he names Dodie) that they capture.<ref name="epFour"/> Duncan seems to be the more mellow of Connor's friends and is quite willing to follow the more [[proactive]] Tom.
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=== Gideon ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Gideon
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep24|Episode 4.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep29|Episode 4.6]]
| portrayer = [[Anton Lesser]]
| gender = Male
| children = [[#Matt Anderson|Matt Anderson]]
}}
'''Gideon''' is portrayed by [[Anton Lesser]].
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=== Mick Harper ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Mick Harper
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep12|Episode 2.6]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep17|Episode 3.4]]
| portrayer = [[Ramon Tikaram]]
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| gender = Male
}}
'''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.
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=== Stephen Hart ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Stephen James Hart
| first = [[Episode 1 (Primeval)|Episode 1.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep13|Episode 2.7]]
| portrayer = [[James Murray (English actor)|James Murray]]
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| gender = Male
| children = none
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| nationality = [[English people|English]]
}}
'''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 [[List of creatures in Primeval|prehistoric and extinct creatures]] are travelling. Stephen is [[#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]]'s ([[Douglas Henshall]]) lab technician and "right hand man". During the first series he was the object of fellow team member [[#Abby Maitland|Abby Maitland]]'s ([[Hannah Spearritt]]) affections. He did not return her affections.
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=== Christine Johnson ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Christine Johnson
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep14|Episode 3.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep22|Episode 3.9]]
| portrayer = [[Belinda Stewart-Wilson]]
| occupation = Civil servant. Head of ARC for one episode [3.6]
| gender = Female
}}
'''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.
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=== Oliver Leek ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Oliver Leek
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep7|Episode 2.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep13|Episode 2.7]]
| portrayer = [[Karl Theobald]]
| occupation = Assistant to [[#James Lester|James Lester]] (Claudia Brown's replacement)
| gender = Male
}}
'''Oliver Leek''' was the main antagonist of the second series. He is played by [[Karl Theobald]].
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=== April Leonard ===
{{Infobox character
| name = April Leonard
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep31|Episode 5.1]]
| last
| portrayer = Janice Byrne
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| gender = Female
}}
'''April Leonard''' is played by Janice Byrne, and is [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]]'s ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]) assistant following her appointment by [[#Philip Burton|Philip Burton]] ([[Alexander Siddig]]). When around Connor and the rest of the ARC team she wears glasses, though she does not need them.
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=== James Lester ===
{{Infobox character
| name = James Lester
| first = [[Episode 1 (Primeval)|Episode 1.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
| portrayer = [[Ben Miller]]
| occupation = Senior [[UK government]] official
| spouse = 1 (unnamed)
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| nationality = [[English people|English]]
}}
'''James Peregrine Lester''' is played by [[Ben Miller]].
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=== Jenny Lewis ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Jennifer Lewis
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep7|Episode 2.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep18|Episode 4.6]]
| portrayer = [[Lucy Brown]]
| occupation = [[Public relations|PR]] official
| gender = Female
| children = 0
| nationality = [[English people|English]]
}}
'''Jennifer "Jenny" Lewis''' is played by [[Lucy Brown]] and replaced a physically identical but temperamentally different character, [[#Claudia Brown|Claudia Brown]], played by the same actress. She is 28 years old. At the end of the first series, Claudia disappeared off the timeline, much to the horror of [[#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]] ([[Douglas Henshall]]), who found it difficult to adjust when Jenny appeared, looking exactly like Claudia.
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=== Abby Maitland ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Abby Sarah Maitland
| first = [[Episode 1 (Primeval)|Episode 1.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
| portrayer = [[Hannah Spearritt]]
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| family = [[#Jack Maitland|Jack Maitland]] (brother)
}}
'''Abigail Sarah "Abby" Maitland''' is played by [[Hannah Spearritt]].
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=== Jack Maitland ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Jack Maitland
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep17|Episode 3.4]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep21|Episode 3.8]]
| portrayer = Robert Lowe
| gender = Male
| family = [[Abby Maitland]] (sister)<br />[[Connor Temple]] (brother-in-law)
}}
'''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 [[List of creatures in Primeval#Coelurosauravus|Rex]]. He gambled Rex and put him up for auction and neither Connor or Abby were happy with him. Connor felt he could've made Jack feel bad after he got Rex back from his friend, Tony, but he did not. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep21|episode 3.8]], he stole Abby's anomaly detector and found out she worked in a dangerous place and while playing around in a sports car, he went through the anomaly. He fell in a trap underground and broke his arm. He shouted "Help!" and Abby heard him. They got him safe and they all shouted at him for nearly killing [[#Captain Becker|Captain Becker]] ([[Ben Mansfield]]) (and almost himself). Jack moved out at the end of series three, and it was implied that Connor then moved back in with Abby. It is unknown if he knew of Abby's year-long disappearance.
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=== Emily Merchant ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Emily Merchant
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep26|Episode 4.3]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
| portrayer = [[Ruth Bradley]]
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| nationality = English
}}
'''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.is/20130126162221/http://www.itv.com/drama/primeval/theteam/emilymerchant/ |date=26 January 2013 }}</ref> who appeared in a theatre via an anomaly in [[List of Primeval episodes#ep26|episode 4.3]]. Born in London in 1840, she is familiar with travelling in time and was previously living with a group in the [[Cretaceous]]. She carries a [[stiletto]] and is capable of holding her own in a fight with humans or creatures.
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=== Sarah Page ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Sarah Page
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep14|Episode 3.1]]
| last = [[Primeval (Episode 23)|Episode 3.10]]
| portrayer = [[Laila Rouass]]
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| gender = Female
}}
'''Sarah Page''' studies [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptology]] before joining the ARC team in Series 3. She joins after witnessing a ''[[List of creatures in Primeval#Pristichampsus|Pristichampsus]]'' attack the British History Museum in the first episode. [[#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]] ([[Douglas Henshall]]) is impressed with her skills and asks her to join the team, which she accepts. after she makes a remark, Cutter sets her the task of finding out if the old myths and legends of the past could have a link with the anomalies. Sarah is shown to have a brother and sister type relationship with [[#Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] ([[Andrew-Lee Potts]]).
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=== Jess Parker ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Jess Parker
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep24|Episode 4.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
| portrayer = Ruth Kearney
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| gender = Female
}}
'''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]]).
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=== Danny Quinn ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Danny Quinn
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep15|Episode 3.2]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep30|Episode 4.7]]
| portrayer = [[Jason Flemyng]]
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Team Leader
| gender = Male
| relatives = [[#Ethan Dobrowski|Patrick Quinn (Ethan Dobrowski)]] (brother)
| nationality = [[English people|English]]
}}
'''Danny Quinn''' is a former police officer and team leader, and is played by [[Jason Flemyng]].
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=== Tom Ryan ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Tom Ryan
| first = [[Episode 1 (Primeval)|Episode 1.1]]
| last = [[Episode 6 (Primeval)|Episode 1.6]]
| portrayer = [[Mark Wakeling]]
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| gender = Male
| title = Captain
}}
'''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 [[List of creatures in Primeval#Future Predator|Future Predator]] at the end of Series 1 and died shortly afterwards.<ref name=tomryan>[http://www.douglashenshall.com/Primeval_facts_Tom_Ryan.html Primeval ITV:Tom Ryan Factfile<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was replaced in Series 3, by [[#Captain Becker|Captain Becker]] ([[Ben Mansfield]]).
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=== Caroline Steel ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Caroline Steel
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep8|Episode 2.2]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep13|Episode 2.7]]
| portrayer = [[Naomi Bentley]]
| gender = Female
}}
'''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|episodelink=List of Primeval episodes#ep7|series=Primeval|network=[[ITV Network|ITV]]|airdate=10 February 2008|seriesno=2|number=1|minutes= }}</ref>
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=== Connor Temple ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Connor Temple
| first = [[Episode 1 (Primeval)|Episode 1.1]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep36|Episode 5.6]]
| portrayer = [[Andrew-Lee Potts]]
| gender = Male
| nationality = [[English people|English]]
}}
'''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 [[List of creatures in Primeval|prehistoric and extinct animals]] are passing through [[Anomaly (Primeval)|anomalies in time and space]]. When the [[Home Office]] assigns his professor [[#Nick Cutter|Nick Cutter]] ([[Douglas Henshall]]) to tackling the problems these creatures cause, Connor tags along and is accepted as an aid to the rest of the team.
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=== Captain Wilder ===
{{Infobox character
| name = Captain Wilder
| first = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep17|Episode 3.4]]
| last = [[List of Primeval episodes#ep22|Episode 3.9]]
| portrayer = [[Alex McSweeney]]
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| gender = Male
}}
'''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]]) - actually the disguised [[#Helen Cutter|Helen Cutter]] ([[Juliet Aubrey]]) - from the future. In [[List of Primeval episodes#ep22|episode 3.9]] he points his gun at Helen who threatens to kill Christine if the artefact is not given to her.
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