Connor Temple
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| Connor Temple | |
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| First appearance | Episode One |
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| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Student of Palaeontology at Central Metropolitan University |
| Episode count | 6 |
| Portrayed by | Andrew-Lee Potts |
Connor Temple is a fictional character in the ITV science fiction television series Primeval. He is played by Andrew-Lee Potts. 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 prehistoric and extinct animals are passing through anomalies in time and space. When the Home Office assigns his professor Nick Cutter to tackling the problems these creatures cause, Connor tags along and is accepted as an aid to the rest of the team.
[edit] Characterization
Connor is seen as a geek, he enjoys science fiction television and films such as Blake's 7, and Star Wars. 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 theories and cryptozoology. It is this interest in these that piques his interest in a reported monster sighting (of a Gorgonopsid near the Forest of Dean), which he takes to Nick Cutter and eventually leads him and the others into discovering a time anomaly over the course of "Episode One".
While Connor finds the idea of the time anomalies exciting, he questions his own usefulness after he leads Abby Maitland on a wild goose chase in "Episode Two", 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 parasite from the past in "Episode Four", but is persuaded to stay by Cutter. He has a well known crush on Abby, who he is currently staying with, and dislikes, at least to some extent, Stephen Hart who is the object of Abby's affections.
| Primeval |
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| Primeval main pages |
| Impossible Pictures Productions | Time anomaly |
| Main characters |
| Nick Cutter (Douglas Henshall) | Connor Temple (Andrew-Lee Potts) | Abby Maitland (Hannah Spearritt) Stephen Hart (James Murray) | Claudia Brown (Lucy Brown) | James Lester (Ben Miller) | Tom Ryan (Mark Wakeling) |
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| Episodes | Creatures | Minor characters |
