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** Whenever humans enter an anomaly to a time period with a vastly different atmosphere, they rarely suffer any ill-effects from the different oxygen levels or climates, and vice-versa for the creatures that leave them. They occasionally pay lip service, such as mentioning that the Silurian desert feels like being up high where there's less oxygen, but it doesn't ''actually'' inhibit the characters or creatures in any way.
** While some episodes subvert it, most carnivores are depicted as incredibly aggressive SuperPersistentPredator hunters who can track the smell of blood, and [[PredatorsAreMean are almost always the main threat of an episode]]; even when it turns out that particular creature is innocent of any killing, it's usually because a ''different'' predator was the one actually responsible. Likewise, HerbivoresAreFriendly almost all of the time, with small ones like Rex even being curious and playful critters despite living in an environment where such behaviour would be TooDumbToLive while larger ones are peaceful beasts who only cause harm when threatened, which is framed sympathetically while the predators who are doing the same are treated as much more dangerous. [[TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs In reality]] predators rarely prey on animals that aren't part of their normal diet unless they're desperate for a number of factors (familiarity, taste, having the right nutrient and fat/meat content for their needs, and simply knowing they ''can'' hunt those reliably vs an unfamiliar animal that may be more dangerous), while in contrast, herbivores are typically very aggressive to unfamiliar creatures in case its a predator.
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** Despite being a British show, firearms are much more casually used in the show than they are in the real UK due to the tighter gun laws and a culture with much more uncomfortable attitude towards firearms. Stephen and Abby frequently run around with tranq guns while the military support for the ARC team are able to stroll around in broad daylight holding firearms, yet the only time the public are shown panicking is when they see a creature (except the time Connor ran through a theme park with a sniper rifle) and otherwise treat the weapons as an UnusuallyUninterestingSight.
** Similarly, Danny Quinn, a detective constable, is introduced acting more like an American CowboyCop than a realistic British Copper, most notably by using a firearm, which he uses to threaten a man he suspects of murdering his younger brother. British police officers, even high ranking ones, are not issued with firearms, instead these are limited special firearm response units in cases where they are deemed necessary. How Danny even ''has'' a firearm isn't addressed, but his use of one would have gotten him sacked and possibly arrested himself. Elsewhere, he arrests Connor for tresspassing on an abandoned property then keeps personal guard of his cell, while denying Connor's request for a phone call and taunting him about his lack of knowledge of his own rights,, and doesn't appear to have actually issued any paperwork for the arrest, or give him access to a lawyer; Connor even outright calls out how Danny's treatment is like something out of a police state, rather than proper UK police procedure in 2009.
** While some episodes subvert it, most carnivores are depicted as incredibly aggressive SuperPersistentPredator hunters who can track the smell of blood, and [[PredatorsAreMean are almost always the main threat of an episode]]; even when it turns out that particular creature is innocent of any killing, it's usually because a ''different'' predator was the one actually responsible. Likewise, HerbivoresAreFriendly almost all of the time, with small ones like Rex even being curious and playful critters despite living in an environment where such behaviour would be TooDumbToLive while larger ones are peaceful beasts who only cause harm when threatened, which is framed sympathetically while the predators who are doing the same are treated as much more dangerous. [[TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs In reality]] predators rarely prey on animals that aren't part of their normal diet unless they're desperate for a number of factors (familiarity, taste, having the right nutrient and fat/meat content for their needs, and simply knowing they ''can'' hunt those reliably vs an unfamiliar animal that may be more dangerous), while in contrast, herbivores are typically very aggressive to unfamiliar creatures in case its a predator.
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** Despite being a British show, firearms are much more casually used in the show than they are in the real UK due to the tighter gun laws and a culture with much more uncomfortable attitude towards firearms. Stephen and Abby frequently run around with tranq guns while the military support for the ARC team are able to stroll around in broad daylight holding firearms, yet the only time the public are shown panicking is when they see a creature (except the time Connor ran through a theme park with a sniper rifle) and otherwise treat the weapons as an UnusuallyUninterestingSight.
** Similarly, Danny Quinn, a detective constable, is introduced acting more like an American CowboyCop than a realistic British Copper, most notably by using a firearm, which he uses to threaten a man he suspects of murdering his younger brother. British police officers, even high ranking ones, are not issued with firearms, instead these are limited special firearm response units in cases where they are deemed necessary. How Danny even ''has'' a firearm isn't addressed, but his use of one would have gotten him sacked and possibly arrested himself. Elsewhere, he arrests Connor for tresspassing on an abandoned property then keeps personal guard of his cell, while denying Connor's request for a phone call and taunting him about his lack of knowledge of his own rights,, and doesn't appear to have actually issued any paperwork for the arrest, or give him access to a lawyer; Connor even outright calls out how Danny's treatment is like something out of a police state, rather than proper UK police procedure in 2009.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Abby might strongly dislike Caroline out of both jealousy of her relationship with Connor and her apparent attempted murder of Rex, but even she takes offense to Connor trying to dump the woman ''by text'', arguing even she doesn't deserve that. Given Connor is ostensibly dumping Caroline ''for'' Abby, it makes sense she wouldn't like a potential suitor to be so callous with how they break up with people.
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** Most of Abby's regular outfits qualify though, and her kickboxing practice affords many more opportunities.
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** Most of Abby's regular outfits qualify though, though (though from the second season onward, her tank-tops are far less revealing), and her kickboxing practice affords many more opportunities.
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** There were also other things that changed, or may have, that were never mentioned. Abby has a different apartment, no longer walks around in her underwear, and seemed to have no romantic feelings for Stephen. Connor seems a bit more shy: compared to him asking Abby for a kiss is Series 1: and his friends are never mentioned, which could imply he never had them [[spoiler:One of them (ie, the surviving one) pops up in 4.2]]. His taste in clothing also changes as instead of button downs and sweaters/sweater vests, he wears mostly tee shirts, hoodies, and button vests. Also, instead of being a dinosaur expert, he instead becomes a computer genius. Lester's suits are a lot less tacky, and he's no longer a knight (check the credits) or an asshole. There are other things as well (the gorgonopsid never died, the scutosarus never returned to its time, etc.).
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** There were also other things that changed, or may have, that were never mentioned. Abby has a different apartment, no longer walks around in her underwear, and seemed to have no romantic feelings for Stephen. Connor seems a bit more shy: compared to him asking Abby for have had a kiss is Series 1: and change in his friends are never mentioned, which could imply he never had them [[spoiler:One of them (ie, the surviving one) pops up in 4.2]]. His taste in clothing also changes as instead of button downs and sweaters/sweater vests, he wears mostly tee shirts, hoodies, and button vests. Also, vests with more of a skater/alternative flair, and instead of being a dinosaur expert, he instead becomes a computer genius. Lester's suits are a lot less tacky, and he's no longer a knight (check the credits) or an asshole.credits). There are other things as well (the gorgonopsid never died, the scutosarus never returned to its time, etc.).
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* MenAreTheExpendableGender: An JustForFun/{{egregious}} user of this trope, especially early on. All deaths in the first series (whether special forces or civilian bystanders) are male and it takes until the third episode of the second series for a female one-shot character to die. [[spoiler:And even though she's a ''[[WellIntentionedExtremist villain]]'' responsible for several deaths, her own death is apparently so much more tragic than the two men that die in the same episode that Cutter goes into HeroicBSOD.]] A few episodes later, a giant scorpion attacks a beach. Despite the ''dozens'' of women around, the only visible victims it eats are men. The show's been getting better about this: one episode of series 4 has the heroes fail to save a girl while managing to save two boys, although the heroes are upset about their failure, they don't dwell on it ''too'' much.
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* MenAreTheExpendableGender: An JustForFun/{{egregious}} user of this trope, especially early on. All deaths in the first series (whether special forces or civilian bystanders) are male and it takes until the third episode of the second series for a female one-shot character to die. [[spoiler:And even though she's a ''[[WellIntentionedExtremist villain]]'' responsible for several deaths, her own death is apparently so much more tragic than the two men that die in the same episode that Cutter goes into HeroicBSOD.HeroicBSOD (though, this is likely because they'd spent the episode generally having positive interactions with her and it was pretty clear she didn't want to hurt anyone, ultimately being a victim of TheMasquerade in a similar manner to the equally HeroicBSOD-inducing death of Tom).]] A few episodes later, a giant scorpion attacks a beach. Despite the ''dozens'' of women around, the only visible victims it eats are men. The show's been getting better about this: one episode of series 4 has the heroes fail to save a girl while managing to save two boys, although the heroes are upset about their failure, they don't dwell on it ''too'' much.
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** The Silurian Scorpions' desert home seems like a case of this. There are only two lifeforms in this desert[[note]]Somewhat TruthInTelevision, as the Silurian was a time when land-based organisms were still mostly shore-based, and the desert appears to be inland[[/note]]: the scorpions (predators) and smaller giant millipedes (implied to be the scorpions' prey). We only ever see ''one'' swarm of millipedes in the desert the entire time that the cast are there, but the sand-dwelling scorpions are never far away during the cast's trek across the desert, and at one point it looks like there's close to a dozen of there under the sand in one area.
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** The Silurian Scorpions' desert home seems like a case of this. There are only two lifeforms in this desert[[note]]Somewhat TruthInTelevision, as the Silurian was a time when land-based organisms were still mostly shore-based, and the desert appears to be inland[[/note]]: the scorpions (predators) and smaller giant millipedes (implied to be the scorpions' prey). We only ever see ''one'' swarm of millipedes in the desert the entire time that the cast are there, but the sand-dwelling scorpions are never far away during the cast's trek across the desert, and at one point it looks like there's close to a dozen of there under the sand in one area. Somewhat played realistically, however, as the scarce food source makes the scorpions break into a fight over who can eat Stephen, Cutter, and the lost girl they're trying to save, which helps them all escape.
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* OnceAnEpisode: The [[StockScream Wilhelm scream]], at least in the early seasons. This is actually slightly ''more'' than once an episode, as it actually appears twice in a few episodes. While it mostly appears whenever a random RedShirt or civilian is attacked by a creature, it was also used for Connor when knocked back by the Mer creature despite it blatantly sounding nothing like his voice, and once used for people riding a ''rollercoaster''. Given this, it actually appears to be intentionally overused by the sound editors as some sort of in-joke.
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* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Though Abby's frequent underwear scenes in the first season are mostly for fanservice, they did get a decent amount of comedy out of her forgetting she's pantsless while interacting with Connor and Stephen at her flat, only to remember and be immediately embarrassed, leading to this trope too.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Both season 2 and 5 end with the team setting off to deal with another anomaly, the latter resulting in the disappearance of a train, whilst the next season is set up elsewhere. Sadly, the latter was not followed up.
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* BritishBrevity: Every series is six or seven episodes long, except series three which went for ten.
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* BuffySpeak: The season 5 finale has the "apocalyptic end-of-the-world-type thing" as Connor puts it.
* BuffySpeak: The season 5 finale has the "apocalyptic end-of-the-world-type thing" as Connor puts it.
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* CloseEnoughTimeline: [[spoiler:Season 2 ends with Cutter deciding that the new timeline created at the end of season 1 is this, content that Claudia Brown still exists in the form of Jenny Lewis. It also helps that the ARC is more equipped to protect people from creatures than the Home Office was.]]
