Tom Ryan (Primeval)

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Tom Ryan
First appearance	Episode One
Information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Occupation	Special forces
Title	Captain
Episode count	6
Portrayed by	Mark Wakeling

Captain Tom Ryan is a fictional character in the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval. He is the leader of the special forces unit that often aids Nick Cutter and his team. He is played by Mark Wakeling.

[edit] Character history

In the first episode he first appears towards the end as they are about to perform an expidition into the anomaly. It is said he has seen action in the first gulf war and has had experience in desert combat. When Cutter refuses to leave towards the end of the expedition he knocks Cutter out with the handle of his pistol. When Cutter comes round he hits him but Ryan hits him back harder and tells him not to do that, he says he will stay with Cutter if he refuses to leave but both decide to leave. In episode 2 he leads the special forces unit into the London underground where they come into contact with ""Prehistoric"" spiders the team can't fire in enclosed spaces and try to fight them off with their fists but are forced back because of the shear number of them. In episode 3 he leads the special forces to capture Helen Cutter and forcibly bring her back. In episode 4 his team accompany Helen Cutter to a anomoly where a pack of sabour tooth tigers are supposed to be, when she escapes he pursues her but escapes through a series of anomalies on the other side. In episode 5 his team accompany Cutter to a golf course where a flying creature is killing people, when ordered to shoot it he obeys but Cutter pushes him making his shot miss. He looks at Cutter resentfully. At the end when the creature flys back into the void while everyone else in Cutters team are cheering he simply lowers his gun and appears happy. In the episode six when pursuing the futuristic creature he says to Cutter he is happy that the team is allowed to kill this one as he was starting to feel like a bloody socialworker. He is mortally wounded by the futuristic predator, and correctly predicts himself to be the skeleton they found in episode one.

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