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Entry: 'Walking with Dinosaurs' - The Television Phenomenon - A87822750
Author: Bluebottle - U43530

An article on a children's science-fiction series, inspired by Create's 'Science Fact, Science Fiction' A87821292.

Is 'Walking with Dinosaurs' science fact, or science fiction? Let me know what you decide!

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well done!just had a quick skim, will read more thoroughly later in the week



GB

Incidentally, am I the only one really looking forward to 'Andy's Dinosaur Adventures', coming soon and starting on CBeebies Dinosaur Week, or have I been trapped inside the house watching children's telly for too long?

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I think this is a very good Entry. As far as I remember I've seen some episodes of some of these series on German TV, but I never watched them all. My mum watched Primeval.
There's not more I can say at the moment, unfortunately.

I wonder... does this Entry really need all the lists of dinosaurs? I'm sure it was work to assemble them but does anyone read it? I didn't. I skipt them to get to something more interesting.

We can see what other people think. If you were a big fan of a particular dinosaur, and wanted to know which episodes feature a Polacanthus or Tyrannosaurus rex, it's useful information to have.

If you find it a bit boring and skim on by, that's fine too.

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I enjoyed this - great humour

Having scared myself silly in Jurassic Park because my imagination of a scene was much worse than what was actually shown I mostly steered clear of Walking with Dinosaurs, as in places it was similarly red in tooth and claw...

I am a particular fan of Triceratops, though, so the tables were a bit interesting to me because of that.

What's paleoentoology?

Okay, I've added a footnote to explain that and corrected a typo!

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Haven't really got time to look through this. One thing jumps out at me: you've used both the American paleo- spelling and the British palaeo. You should keep them all to palaeo-.

Changed!
I think it goes without saying that this will benefit when table borders work in Pliny...

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Ah, I just lost my post...

I have a few more comments on this, but I'm tired, so I'll write them again tomorrow.

Right - sorry about that. Try again...

In the Walking with Dinosaurs: Specials (2002) section, how would a bullet-proof vest help against dinosaurs?

In the Sea Monsters (2003) section, was it explained in the next episodes how Nigel survived after being eaten, or was he just eaten for fun, as it were?

In the Walking with Monsters (2005) section, the sentence "This was the sixth series in the series" sounds odd.

Was Primeval made by the same team as the others or does something need adding to the intro to say that Walking with Dinosaurs also inspired other TV programmes?

In the Walking with Dinosaurs: Specials (2002) section, how would a bullet-proof vest help against dinosaurs?
Changed to ‘body armour’

In the Sea Monsters (2003) section, was it explained in the next episodes how Nigel survived after being eaten, or was he just eaten for fun, as it were?
I’ve added a comment to explain that episodes 2 and 3 begin with the cliffhanger ending resolved, although how the boat survived at the very end is never explained.

In the Walking with Monsters (2005) section, the sentence "This was the sixth series in the series" sounds odd.
Changed!

Was Primeval made by the same team as the others or does something need adding to the intro to say that Walking with Dinosaurs also inspired other TV programmes?
I’ve reworded to emphasise that it was also made by Tim Haines & Impossible Pictures.

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If the boat survived...

Good changes

Either way, I think they're gonna need a bigger boat...

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