I thought it got off to a shaky start, but it really developed into a fun adventure.
The basic premise is that strange portals to the past are appearing in England, and dinosaurs, and other now extinct creatures are coming through them. A team of scientists are put together to investigate these anomalies, as the portals are called by the team. As the episodes unfold, we learn that the long missing wife of the team's leader has been living the past and knows more about these anomalies than she will say.
The special effects are actually pretty good for the most part, but there are a few times you just need to look the other way and let things be. This IS British TV after all. The creatures are realized by some of the same people that worked on the Walking with Dinosaurs series'. So for the most part there are some very believable creatures lurking about.
The series really started getting good the last few episodes, and I was really disappointed and surprised when at the end of the fifth episode the preview for the next episode said it would be the series finale. Curse those short British series.
I just hope it did really well over there, and a second series will be coming soon. Because they of course ended the episode with a big cliff-hanger.
Also, I found it interesting that the series is out on DVD today in the UK. I know they tend to get things to DVD much sooner than we do, but this could be really good for the next series if a lot of people that missed the show on TV watch the DVDs.
Here's hoping they make more soon, and they make it to the US.
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