Primeval Series 2 Episode 6

It’s the moment Doctor Who fans were wetting their pants for! Acclaimed Doctor Who writer, Paul Cornell’s episode was aired!

With me being the typically outgoing guy that I am, I have stayed wired to Internet for weeks to read some Doctor Who fans views of Primeval. It isn’t that great. They seem to think it’s a ploy by ITV to steal the BBC’s thunder, which is strange, because I swear that there is almost two months between Primeval ending and Doctor Who starting! The more old school fans seem into it but the rest just label it a ‘pathetic children’s show, with crap special effects.’ Remind me again what Doctor Who was (and still, in many respects, is) like during its original 1963-89 run?

Anyway back to the episode, which I quite liked actually! The plot has started to come into focus, but there are still questions to be answered. It’s like watching an episode of Lost! When a Mammoth run's amok on the motorway, Cutter, Abby and Connor arrive on the scene to help. Meanwhile Stephen isn’t, he’s too busy ‘chatting’ to Helen, who we know is the main conspirator.

Despite wrecking countless cars, Connor manages to lock the beast (that’s the mammoth btw!) in a truck – eh? The team get back to the ARC, where Cutter finds out about Stephen and hits him, after giving him his P45 of course! Cutter and Connor then set up a false alarm on the anomaly detector but someone knows and sends Jenny out to meet the waiting Cutter, Connor and Abby. That someone is Leek, who plays a fine villain, to be fair.

While the remaining team are playing silly beggars in, an obligatory Paul Cornell script location, a church, Leek sets a ‘Future Predator’ on Lester. (who picks up a pre-loaded machine gun from the stocks, again – eh?). With my likeness growing for Lester, it seems he’s going to be a victim of the FP but the mammoth saves him! Hurrah!

The action doesn’t end there, as the team track down Leek, they think they have him but they don’t! Leek then pops up and takes the team prisoner, along with Helen of course and we now know what’s been happening – Leek has been capturing the creatures, which came out of the various anomalies.

Next week, the last episode, is already looking exciting. Will we find out that Helen did change history? Will we find out what happened to Claudia? Will the bloke who plays Stephen, get some acting lessons? And will Abby and Connor finally ‘get it together’ - and buy a lovely coat for Rex? We shall see!

9/10

Next Week: If a TARDIS pops up, I will quite literally, freeze!