Claudia Brown

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Claudia Brown

Claudia
First appearance Episode 1
Last appearance Episode 6
Portrayed by Lucy Brown
Episode count 6
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Gender Female
Occupation Home Office official
Spouse(s) Nick Cutter (Boyfriend)

Claudia Brown is a fictional character fom the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval. She is played by Lucy Brown.

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[edit] Characterisation

According to the official Primeval website, Claudia Brown joined the Civil Service after studying law at university. For two years, she was engaged to be married, but she broke it off a month before the wedding. She has had no significant relationships since.

Much like Lester, her official role at the Home Office is unclear. Since the discovery of the first anomaly, she has worked alongside Nick Cutter and his team, acting as a liaison with the Home Office and occasionally defending Cutter's actions to Lester, and vice versa.

During Episode 6 she began hallucinating, seeing anomalies and Gorgonopsids throughout the Home Office.

At the end episode, Claudia disapears from existence, when Nick Cutter steps into the anomaly. The reasons, as of yet, unknown, although Helen Cutter is likely to be involved. It has been confirmed that the character of Claudia will not be returning in Series 3. [1]

[edit] Character history

[edit] Pre-Crisis

Claudia has a crush on Nick Cutter with whom she shares a passionate kiss during Episode 5. In Episode 6, Claudia jokingly accuses Cutter of sexual harassment, noting that it is a serious offence in the civil service. The pair exchange another kiss just before Cutter enters an anomaly in time with his former wife.

At the end of the same episode, when Cutter returns from the past via an anomaly, Claudia has vanished and none of his colleagues have any knowledge of who she is or was, leading Cutter to believe that something he has done in the past has altered the present, eliminating Claudia's existence. Cutter is cut up by this, describing Claudia to co-worker Abby as "important to him" and saying he cared about her. Her non-existence shakes his foundation to the core as she is the first woman he had loved in his life since the disappearance of his wife, Helen.

[edit] Post-Crisis

Claudia remained out of existence for the second series, although another woman who appears to be physically identical, Jenny Lewis, first appears in Episode 7. At the end of Episode 8, Cutter explains to Jenny as best he can about what could have happened to change the past. Claudia's job as Lester's assistant was changed to a man named Oliver Leek, who was revealed to be working for Helen Cutter. At the end of the finale, Cutter shreds Claudia's picture because he believes there is nothing that can bring her back. This may also be because of the sadness he had after losing his best friend Stephen Hart.

It was implied that Helen was responsible for Claudia being replaced by Jenny, however this was proven not to be the case when Helen explains that the first change was an accident.

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Primeval team members
Series Series 1 Series 2 Series 3
Episodes 1 6 7 13 14 23
Team members Nick Cutter
Stephen Hart Sarah Page
Abby Maitland
Connor Temple
James Lester
Claudia Brown Jenny Lewis
Captain Tom Ryan Oliver Leek Captain Becker
Danny Quinn