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Terra Nova
Terra Nova on either side of an earth logo, on a black screen.
GenreDrama
Science fiction
Action
Adventure fiction
Family saga
Created byKelly Marcel
Craig Silverstein
Developed byMitch Kramer
StarringJason O'Mara
Shelley Conn
Christine Adams
Allison Miller
Landon Liboiron
Naomi Scott
Rod Hallett
Alana Mansour
Stephen Lang
ComposerBrian Tyler
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11[1] (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersSteven Spielberg
Peter Chernin
René Echevarria
Brannon Braga
Jon Cassar
Aaron Kaplan
Katherine Pope
Darryl Frank
Justin Falvey
Alex Graves
Craig Silverstein
Kelly Marcel
ProducersMark H. Ovitz
Livia Hanich (co-prod.)
(consulting producers)
Chris Brancato
Michael Fazekas
Tara Butters
Production locationsQueensland, Australia
CinematographyNelson Cragg
EditorsJeff Betancourt
Caroline Ross
Henk Van Eeghen, ACE
Running time44 minutes
86 minutes (2 double episodes)
Production companies20th Century Fox Television
Amblin Television
Chernin Entertainment
Kapital Entertainment
Siesta Productions
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseSeptember 26 –
December 19, 2011 (2011-12-19)

Terra Nova is an American science fiction drama television series. It premiered on September 26, 2011 with a two-hour premiere,[2] and concluded on December 19, 2011 with a two-hour finale. The series follows the Shannon family as they travel 85 million years into the past to an Earth of a parallel universe. The series is based on an idea by British writer Kelly Marcel.[3] On March 5, 2012, it was announced that Fox would not pick up the series for a second season.[4]

Plot

The series is initially set in 2149, a time when overpopulation and declining air quality worldwide threatens all life on Earth. After scientists discover a rift in spacetime, they begin sending people in a series of "pilgrimages" 85 million years into Earth's Cretaceous past, to a different "time stream".[5][6][7] The series focuses primarily on the lives of the Shannon family (Jim, his wife Elisabeth, and their three children Josh, Maddy, and Zoe) as they join the Terra Nova colony in the prehistoric past.[8][9] The phrase "Terra Nova" means "New Earth" or "New World" in Latin.

Because not every human from the future can be brought to the new colony of the past, the process for selecting chosen individuals was highly competitive; based on status of ability. Elisabeth Shannon is chosen for her skills as a doctor, and her children brought along with her. Her husband, imprisoned for violating a sustainability law (breaking a regulation on population control by harbouring a third child) and assaulting an agent (trying to protect his young daughter), was not allowed to join his family, but stows away. He is caught, but eventually convinces Commander Taylor that his skills as a cop may be useful for the safety of the colony and as protection to the colony administration. The colony is said to be set up with the intention of "a new beginning" for humanity, with emphasis on being Earth-responsible.

Opposing the colony and its leader, Commander Nathaniel Taylor, is a group of separatists known as the "Sixers", so called because they arrived in the "Sixth Pilgrimage" who are working in concert with corporate industrialists in an effort to strip the distant past Earth of its resources and send them back to 2149. It is later revealed that Commander Taylor is hiding a controversy about the nature of the colony. This issue involves his son and wife (deceased), and would explain the Sixers' opposition. Though Taylor claims his son, Lucas, to have perished, he was revealed to be alive and also be a Sixer ally. Leaving clues and drawings behind in a way that mocks his father, the "Sixers" plan attacks on the Terra Nova colony and participate in an ongoing war between the two groups. This leads up to the point where Lucas perfects a device to travel to and from the future enabling the industrialists, along with a private army called "The Phoenix Group", to invade Terra Nova. At the end of the series, Jim Shannon travels back to 2149 to destroy the gateway that controls the portal, severing the link with the Cretaceous. The remainder of the Phoenix Group retreat to the nearby "Badlands", leaving behind a relic from human history they had found there: a wooden ship's figurehead.

Production

Alex Graves signed on to direct the pilot.[10] Brannon Braga and René Echevarria serve as showrunners.[11][12] Australia was chosen after producer Steven Spielberg vetoed Hawaii because he wanted a different filming location from his 1993 film Jurassic Park.[13] The two-hour pilot was filmed over 26 days in late November to December 2010.[3] It was shot in south-east Queensland, Australia, with locations in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and the Gold Coast Hinterland.[14][15] The shoot was plagued by torrential rain and additional material had to be shot in 2011, with a total estimated cost of US$14 million to be amortized over the season.[4][13][16] More than 250 sets were constructed.[17] An episode took from eight to nine days to shoot, like most television dramas, but six weeks in post-production, twice the television average at the time.[3] The average episode budget was about US$4 million, not including Australian tax breaks,[4][16] compared to an average of US$3 million for broadcast network dramas.[18] Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly stated: "This thing is going to be huge. It's going to take an enormous production commitment."[19]

In an unusual decision, Fox skipped ordering just a pilot, and instead immediately ordered thirteen episodes. This was partly due to financial reasons, as the large Australian sets are expensive to dismantle and rebuild. Despite this decision, the producers denied the production was over-budget, with Peter Rice explaining instead the show is "a very expensive ... very ambitious television show". Kevin Reilly continued: "We're not in completely uncharted territory here. The start-up cost for the series is definitely on the high end. But it's not some bank-breaking series."[20] With only 10% of Cretaceous-era dinosaurs recorded in the fossil record, the producers decided to supplement the series with ones which might have existed; palaeontologist Jack Horner was brought in to help create realistic creatures for the period and different from those of the Jurassic Park film franchise.[13]

In June 2010, the first cast member was announced – Jason O'Mara as Jim Shannon.[21] In late August, Allison Miller joined the cast.[22] In September, Deadline Hollywood reported that Stephen Lang signed on to play the role of Commander Taylor.[23] An executive producer, David Fury, left the series as a result of creative differences.[24] In September, Shelley Conn landed the female lead role.[25] In October, Brian Tyler was chosen as the composer,[26] Mido Hamada was cast as a security head,[27] while Landon Liboiron, Naomi Scott and Alana Mansour were cast as the three children.[28] In November, Christine Adams was cast as Mira.[29] In May 2011, Rod Hallett joined the cast.[30]

The cast and crew returned to Queensland, Australia on May 20, 2011 to continue production on the first season. Filming commenced on May 25, 2011.[31] With a long production process on the series,[17] it was announced in July 2011 that the first season would consist of thirteen episodes to finish airing in December 2011.[32]

Many of the weapons used during the show were reworked and repainted Nerf blasters.[33]

Cancellation

Shortly after the airing of the season one finale in December 2011, Fox Broadcasting stated that no decision would be made until 2012 regarding the continuation of the series.[34] Fox announced the cancellation of Terra Nova on March 6, 2012. 20th Century Fox Television stated that it would try to sell the show to other networks.[35] Netflix was considering picking up the series but ultimately decided to pass on continuing the show.[36][37][38]

Motion comic continuation

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment set up a "video mashup" website where purchasers of the DVD can create a motion comic continuing the series.[39][40]

Cast

Main

  • Jason O'Mara as James "Jim" Shannon, a former Chicago Police narcotics detective and devoted father.[41] He is married to Elisabeth and is the father of their three children. After a lengthy imprisonment for breaking population-control laws in 2149, he escaped and rejoined his family as they emigrated to the Terra Nova colony where he worked on the gardening division. After gaining Commander Nathaniel Taylor's trust by saving him from an assassination attempt, he joined the Terra Nova security forces,[42] eventually earning the position of third-in-command of the colony.[43]
  • Shelley Conn as Dr. Elisabeth Shannon, a trauma surgeon and chief medical officer of Terra Nova. She is married to Jim and is the mother of their three children.[41] In the series premiere, she was instrumental in Jim's escape from prison and arrival in Terra Nova.[42]
  • Landon Liboiron as Josh Shannon, Jim and Elisabeth's 17-year-old son. Reluctant to leave his girlfriend behind in 2149,[41] he was initially resentful and rebellious towards his father.[42] In later episodes they have gradually repaired their relationship.
  • Naomi Scott as Maddy Shannon, Jim and Elisabeth's 16-year-old daughter.[44] An extremely intelligent but socially awkward teenager, she is developing a relationship with Mark Reynolds, a soldier on Terra Nova's security detail.
  • Alana Mansour as Zoe Shannon, the five-year-old daughter of Jim and Elisabeth Shannon.[41] Early in her life, she was kept hidden by her family as she was Jim and Elizabeth's third child and thus contravened the population control laws of 2149. When she was discovered, Jim was arrested and sent to prison. With the aid of a friend, Jim snuck Zoe into Terra Nova and she was allowed to live in the colony.
  • Christine Adams as Mira, the leader of the "Sixers", a rebel group that arrived with the Sixth Pilgrimage but who soon broke away to oppose Terra Nova[41] and to prepare the way for the Phoenix Group's invasion. Mira's daughter, Sienna, is still in 2149 and is being held by Mira's employers to ensure her cooperation. Mira's ambition is to return to 2149 and have a comfortable and peaceful life with her daughter.[45]
  • Allison Miller as Skye Alexandria Tate, a veteran resident of Terra Nova from the Fifth Pilgrimage and Josh's best friend. Her parents reportedly died three years before the Shannons arrived, and she was subsequently adopted by Commander Taylor. She is later revealed to be a Sixer mole, though she was acting in this capacity under threat from the Sixers, who held her mother hostage and controlled the medicine which kept her alive.[22]
  • Rod Hallett as Dr. Malcolm Wallace, the chief science officer for the Terra Nova colony. Early in the first season, it is revealed that he recruited Elisabeth for Terra Nova. The two were romantically involved before she met Jim, and Malcolm sought to bring her to Terra Nova when he believed she would leave her husband behind in prison in 2149.[30]
  • Stephen Lang as Commander Nathaniel Taylor, a pioneer and leader of Terra Nova.[41] The first person to arrive, Taylor survived 118 days on his own, helped build a community as new settlers came through, and has been the colony's leader for seven years. When Skye's parents died, he became her legal guardian and father figure.[46] Taylor's relationship with his son, Lucas, has degraded severely since an incident in 2138 in which Taylor was forced to decide between saving his wife or saving Lucas, and chose his son. Lucas later arrived in Terra Nova on the Second Pilgrimage but Taylor discovered that his son was working for the Phoenix Group. After shooting General Richard Philbrick (who Lucas brought through time to Terra Nova to relieve Taylor of his position) in self-defense, Taylor banished him from the colony, hiding his humiliation by claiming that Lucas had simply gone missing.

Recurring cast

  • Caroline Brazier as Deborah Tate. Under the cover story that she died in a fever epidemic, she was abducted by the Sixers and held as ransom to force her daughter Skye to feed them intelligence from the Terra Nova settlement. Later in the first season, she was extracted by Curran and returned to the colony.
  • Emelia Burns as Corporal Laura Reilly, a member of Terra Nova's security team. She is also an expert at defusing bombs as she had been through demolitions training.
  • Damien Garvey as Tom Boylan, a bartender and former soldier who occasionally trades with the Sixers. Often secretive and abrasive, he runs a wide variety of illegal schemes under his bar's cover but ultimately proves to be loyal to Terra Nova and its residents even when the Phoenix Group invades.
  • Dean Geyer as Private (later Corporal) Mark Reynolds, a soldier and Maddy's boyfriend. He is a competent soldier, and is quite formal and straightforward in his concepts of courtship. He and Maddy began dating early in the first season. Several episodes later, he informed Jim that he intends to marry Maddy when they are both older.
  • Simone Kessell as Lieutenant Alicia "Wash" Washington, the second-in-command to Nathaniel Taylor. She had served with Taylor for several years prior to her assignment to Terra Nova.[47] In the first season finale, the Phoenix Group invaded Terra Nova and she ended up surrendering where she was reduced to a commoner. She was later killed by Lucas Taylor after she covered the Shannon family's escape from the settlement.
  • Peter Lamb as Casey Durwin, a tradesman that works in Terra Nova's market place and was a former member of the US army. He is in a motorized wheelchair where he mentioned that he had lost his legs below the knees upon being attacked by a Carnotaurus.
  • Sam Parsonson as Hunter Boyce, a teenager that lives in Terra Nova and came on the 5th Pilgrimage. He was once injured by an Acceraptor. In "Nightfall," he was once infected with a 30 ft. parasite as a result from drinking unfermented Taroca root the other week.
  • Romy Poulier as Kara, Josh's girlfriend from 2149. She was unable to join the Shannons on the Tenth Pilgrimage in the series premiere and Josh cut a deal with the Sixers in order to bring her to Terra Nova. She eventually arrived with the Eleventh Pilgrimage, but she was killed shortly thereafter when the Phoenix Group sent an unwitting suicide bomber through the portal and initiated their invasion of the colony.
  • Rohan Nichol as Weaver, a senior associate of Lucas and the Phoenix Group. He commanded the mercenary forces that invaded Terra Nova in the first season finale. He returned to 2149 but he was ultimately slain by a juvenile Carnotaurus during a battle in Hope Plaza.
  • Jay Ryan as Tim Curran, a member of Terra Nova's security team. Banished from the colony for murdering a fellow soldier named Ken Foster (who owed some gambling debts to him) using a Nykoraptor and stole the gambling records from Tom Boylan's bar. Curran was later encountered by Taylor while wandering the local jungle. After saving Curran's life from an Ancestral Komodo Dragon, Taylor employed him to infiltrate the Sixers' camp where he proved instrumental in extracting Deborah Tate. In recognition of Curran's actions, he was readmitted to Terra Nova.
  • Matt Scully as Dunham, a member of Terra Nova's security team.
  • Damian Walshe-Howling as Carter, a member of the Sixers. He was once caught by Terra Nova's security team and ended up in the medical center. After escaping, he made an attempt on Nathaniel Taylor's life and was stopped by Jim Shannon. He was released during a trade with the Sixers.
  • Ashley Zukerman as Lucas Taylor,[48] the estranged and vengeful son of Nathaniel Taylor who is the principal antagonist of the series. A brilliant yet unstable physicist, he was hired by the Phoenix Group in order to find a means for the time fracture to be utilized for two-way travel. His employers intend to strip-mine the alternate, past Earth in order to gain wealth and power in 2149. It was through this action that caused Nathaniel to drive him into exile where Lucas allied with the Sixers. Lucas then perfected a device that will enable him to travel to and from the future which proved instrumental for the Phoenix Group's invasion. Though the attempted invasion in "Occupation" and "Resistance" ended in failure, Lucas escaped with his life even after he was shot by Skye.

Broadcast

North America

Terra Nova was expected to premiere in May 2011 with a two-hour preview, but due to the time involved for visual effects, its pilot was moved to autumn (late September) 2011 to air with the rest of season one.[49] In May 2011, Fox announced the series would air on Monday nights,[41] and released a full trailer.[50] Terra Nova premiered at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International on July 23, 2011.[51] The FOX premiere drew 9.22 million viewers and 3.1 in the 18–49 demo in live plus same day results, rising to 4.1 in Live+3, the best result by a new drama.[52][53] Terra Nova's high DVR gains were attributed to competition from Monday Night Football which, being a sports event, is less conducive to delayed viewing.[53] In its second week on FOX, the show retained 100% of its demo rating (3.1), the best retention by a new series.[54] FOX aired the entire first season consecutively on Monday nights, until its two-hour finale on December 19, 2011. In Canada, Citytv simulcast every first season episode; the Canadian premiere drew 1.4 million viewers, the largest audience for a drama in Citytv's history.[54]

International

In Australia, where the series was filmed, Network Ten began airing the series within days of its U.S. release.[55]

In the UK and Ireland, digital channel Sky 1 broadcast the show from October 3, 2011.[56] In France, Canal + broadcast the show on January 19, 2012.[57] In India, Star World broadcast the show late into the night (01:00 AM & 04:00 AM) in August 2012. In Mexico, Canal 5 aired the series from September 17 until October 8. The series was also in Czech tv called Prima Cool. In Brazil aired by Fox Brasil on primetime and by TV Globo as a late show.

Episodes

Main article: List of Terra Nova episodes

Terra Nova
Terra Nova on either side of an earth logo, on a black screen.
GenreDrama
Science fiction
Action
Adventure fiction
Family saga
Created byKelly Marcel
Craig Silverstein
Developed byMitch Kramer
StarringJason O'Mara
Shelley Conn
Christine Adams
Allison Miller
Landon Liboiron
Naomi Scott
Rod Hallett
Alana Mansour
Stephen Lang
ComposerBrian Tyler
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11[1] (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersSteven Spielberg
Peter Chernin
René Echevarria
Brannon Braga
Jon Cassar
Aaron Kaplan
Katherine Pope
Darryl Frank
Justin Falvey
Alex Graves
Craig Silverstein
Kelly Marcel
ProducersMark H. Ovitz
Livia Hanich (co-prod.)
(consulting producers)
Chris Brancato
Michael Fazekas
Tara Butters
Production locationsQueensland, Australia
CinematographyNelson Cragg
EditorsJeff Betancourt
Caroline Ross
Henk Van Eeghen, ACE
Running time44 minutes
86 minutes (2 double episodes)
Production companies20th Century Fox Television
Amblin Television
Chernin Entertainment
Kapital Entertainment
Siesta Productions
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseSeptember 26 –
December 19, 2011 (2011-12-19)

Terra Nova is an American science fiction drama television series. It premiered on September 26, 2011 with a two-hour premiere,[2] and concluded on December 19, 2011 with a two-hour finale. The series follows the Shannon family as they travel 85 million years into the past to an Earth of a parallel universe. The series is based on an idea by British writer Kelly Marcel.[3] On March 5, 2012, it was announced that Fox would not pick up the series for a second season.[4]

Plot

The series is initially set in 2149, a time when overpopulation and declining air quality worldwide threatens all life on Earth. After scientists discover a rift in spacetime, they begin sending people in a series of "pilgrimages" 85 million years into Earth's Cretaceous past, to a different "time stream".[58][59][7] The series focuses primarily on the lives of the Shannon family (Jim, his wife Elisabeth, and their three children Josh, Maddy, and Zoe) as they join the Terra Nova colony in the prehistoric past.[8][9] The phrase "Terra Nova" means "New Earth" or "New World" in Latin.

Because not every human from the future can be brought to the new colony of the past, the process for selecting chosen individuals was highly competitive; based on status of ability. Elisabeth Shannon is chosen for her skills as a doctor, and her children brought along with her. Her husband, imprisoned for violating a sustainability law (breaking a regulation on population control by harbouring a third child) and assaulting an agent (trying to protect his young daughter), was not allowed to join his family, but stows away. He is caught, but eventually convinces Commander Taylor that his skills as a cop may be useful for the safety of the colony and as protection to the colony administration. The colony is said to be set up with the intention of "a new beginning" for humanity, with emphasis on being Earth-responsible.

Opposing the colony and its leader, Commander Nathaniel Taylor, is a group of separatists known as the "Sixers", so called because they arrived in the "Sixth Pilgrimage" who are working in concert with corporate industrialists in an effort to strip the distant past Earth of its resources and send them back to 2149. It is later revealed that Commander Taylor is hiding a controversy about the nature of the colony. This issue involves his son and wife (deceased), and would explain the Sixers' opposition. Though Taylor claims his son, Lucas, to have perished, he was revealed to be alive and also be a Sixer ally. Leaving clues and drawings behind in a way that mocks his father, the "Sixers" plan attacks on the Terra Nova colony and participate in an ongoing war between the two groups. This leads up to the point where Lucas perfects a device to travel to and from the future enabling the industrialists, along with a private army called "The Phoenix Group", to invade Terra Nova. At the end of the series, Jim Shannon travels back to 2149 to destroy the gateway that controls the portal, severing the link with the Cretaceous. The remainder of the Phoenix Group retreat to the nearby "Badlands", leaving behind a relic from human history they had found there: a wooden ship's figurehead.

Production

Alex Graves signed on to direct the pilot.[10] Brannon Braga and René Echevarria serve as showrunners.[11][12] Australia was chosen after producer Steven Spielberg vetoed Hawaii because he wanted a different filming location from his 1993 film Jurassic Park.[13] The two-hour pilot was filmed over 26 days in late November to December 2010.[3] It was shot in south-east Queensland, Australia, with locations in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and the Gold Coast Hinterland.[14][15] The shoot was plagued by torrential rain and additional material had to be shot in 2011, with a total estimated cost of US$14 million to be amortized over the season.[4][13][16] More than 250 sets were constructed.[17] An episode took from eight to nine days to shoot, like most television dramas, but six weeks in post-production, twice the television average at the time.[3] The average episode budget was about US$4 million, not including Australian tax breaks,[4][16] compared to an average of US$3 million for broadcast network dramas.[18] Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly stated: "This thing is going to be huge. It's going to take an enormous production commitment."[19]

In an unusual decision, Fox skipped ordering just a pilot, and instead immediately ordered thirteen episodes. This was partly due to financial reasons, as the large Australian sets are expensive to dismantle and rebuild. Despite this decision, the producers denied the production was over-budget, with Peter Rice explaining instead the show is "a very expensive ... very ambitious television show". Kevin Reilly continued: "We're not in completely uncharted territory here. The start-up cost for the series is definitely on the high end. But it's not some bank-breaking series."[20] With only 10% of Cretaceous-era dinosaurs recorded in the fossil record, the producers decided to supplement the series with ones which might have existed; palaeontologist Jack Horner was brought in to help create realistic creatures for the period and different from those of the Jurassic Park film franchise.[13]

In June 2010, the first cast member was announced – Jason O'Mara as Jim Shannon.[21] In late August, Allison Miller joined the cast.[22] In September, Deadline Hollywood reported that Stephen Lang signed on to play the role of Commander Taylor.[23] An executive producer, David Fury, left the series as a result of creative differences.[24] In September, Shelley Conn landed the female lead role.[25] In October, Brian Tyler was chosen as the composer,[26] Mido Hamada was cast as a security head,[27] while Landon Liboiron, Naomi Scott and Alana Mansour were cast as the three children.[28] In November, Christine Adams was cast as Mira.[29] In May 2011, Rod Hallett joined the cast.[30]

The cast and crew returned to Queensland, Australia on May 20, 2011 to continue production on the first season. Filming commenced on May 25, 2011.[31] With a long production process on the series,[17] it was announced in July 2011 that the first season would consist of thirteen episodes to finish airing in December 2011.[32]

Many of the weapons used during the show were reworked and repainted Nerf blasters.[60]

Cancellation

Shortly after the airing of the season one finale in December 2011, Fox Broadcasting stated that no decision would be made until 2012 regarding the continuation of the series.[61] Fox announced the cancellation of Terra Nova on March 6, 2012. 20th Century Fox Television stated that it would try to sell the show to other networks.[62] Netflix was considering picking up the series but ultimately decided to pass on continuing the show.[63][37][64]

Motion comic continuation

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment set up a "video mashup" website where purchasers of the DVD can create a motion comic continuing the series.[65][66]

Cast

Main

  • Jason O'Mara as James "Jim" Shannon, a former Chicago Police narcotics detective and devoted father.[41] He is married to Elisabeth and is the father of their three children. After a lengthy imprisonment for breaking population-control laws in 2149, he escaped and rejoined his family as they emigrated to the Terra Nova colony where he worked on the gardening division. After gaining Commander Nathaniel Taylor's trust by saving him from an assassination attempt, he joined the Terra Nova security forces,[42] eventually earning the position of third-in-command of the colony.[67]
  • Shelley Conn as Dr. Elisabeth Shannon, a trauma surgeon and chief medical officer of Terra Nova. She is married to Jim and is the mother of their three children.[41] In the series premiere, she was instrumental in Jim's escape from prison and arrival in Terra Nova.[42]
  • Landon Liboiron as Josh Shannon, Jim and Elisabeth's 17-year-old son. Reluctant to leave his girlfriend behind in 2149,[41] he was initially resentful and rebellious towards his father.[42] In later episodes they have gradually repaired their relationship.
  • Naomi Scott as Maddy Shannon, Jim and Elisabeth's 16-year-old daughter.[68] An extremely intelligent but socially awkward teenager, she is developing a relationship with Mark Reynolds, a soldier on Terra Nova's security detail.
  • Alana Mansour as Zoe Shannon, the five-year-old daughter of Jim and Elisabeth Shannon.[41] Early in her life, she was kept hidden by her family as she was Jim and Elizabeth's third child and thus contravened the population control laws of 2149. When she was discovered, Jim was arrested and sent to prison. With the aid of a friend, Jim snuck Zoe into Terra Nova and she was allowed to live in the colony.
  • Christine Adams as Mira, the leader of the "Sixers", a rebel group that arrived with the Sixth Pilgrimage but who soon broke away to oppose Terra Nova[41] and to prepare the way for the Phoenix Group's invasion. Mira's daughter, Sienna, is still in 2149 and is being held by Mira's employers to ensure her cooperation. Mira's ambition is to return to 2149 and have a comfortable and peaceful life with her daughter.[45]
  • Allison Miller as Skye Alexandria Tate, a veteran resident of Terra Nova from the Fifth Pilgrimage and Josh's best friend. Her parents reportedly died three years before the Shannons arrived, and she was subsequently adopted by Commander Taylor. She is later revealed to be a Sixer mole, though she was acting in this capacity under threat from the Sixers, who held her mother hostage and controlled the medicine which kept her alive.[22]
  • Rod Hallett as Dr. Malcolm Wallace, the chief science officer for the Terra Nova colony. Early in the first season, it is revealed that he recruited Elisabeth for Terra Nova. The two were romantically involved before she met Jim, and Malcolm sought to bring her to Terra Nova when he believed she would leave her husband behind in prison in 2149.[30]
  • Stephen Lang as Commander Nathaniel Taylor, a pioneer and leader of Terra Nova.[41] The first person to arrive, Taylor survived 118 days on his own, helped build a community as new settlers came through, and has been the colony's leader for seven years. When Skye's parents died, he became her legal guardian and father figure.[46] Taylor's relationship with his son, Lucas, has degraded severely since an incident in 2138 in which Taylor was forced to decide between saving his wife or saving Lucas, and chose his son. Lucas later arrived in Terra Nova on the Second Pilgrimage but Taylor discovered that his son was working for the Phoenix Group. After shooting General Richard Philbrick (who Lucas brought through time to Terra Nova to relieve Taylor of his position) in self-defense, Taylor banished him from the colony, hiding his humiliation by claiming that Lucas had simply gone missing.

Recurring cast

  • Caroline Brazier as Deborah Tate. Under the cover story that she died in a fever epidemic, she was abducted by the Sixers and held as ransom to force her daughter Skye to feed them intelligence from the Terra Nova settlement. Later in the first season, she was extracted by Curran and returned to the colony.
  • Emelia Burns as Corporal Laura Reilly, a member of Terra Nova's security team. She is also an expert at defusing bombs as she had been through demolitions training.
  • Damien Garvey as Tom Boylan, a bartender and former soldier who occasionally trades with the Sixers. Often secretive and abrasive, he runs a wide variety of illegal schemes under his bar's cover but ultimately proves to be loyal to Terra Nova and its residents even when the Phoenix Group invades.
  • Dean Geyer as Private (later Corporal) Mark Reynolds, a soldier and Maddy's boyfriend. He is a competent soldier, and is quite formal and straightforward in his concepts of courtship. He and Maddy began dating early in the first season. Several episodes later, he informed Jim that he intends to marry Maddy when they are both older.
  • Simone Kessell as Lieutenant Alicia "Wash" Washington, the second-in-command to Nathaniel Taylor. She had served with Taylor for several years prior to her assignment to Terra Nova.[47] In the first season finale, the Phoenix Group invaded Terra Nova and she ended up surrendering where she was reduced to a commoner. She was later killed by Lucas Taylor after she covered the Shannon family's escape from the settlement.
  • Peter Lamb as Casey Durwin, a tradesman that works in Terra Nova's market place and was a former member of the US army. He is in a motorized wheelchair where he mentioned that he had lost his legs below the knees upon being attacked by a Carnotaurus.
  • Sam Parsonson as Hunter Boyce, a teenager that lives in Terra Nova and came on the 5th Pilgrimage. He was once injured by an Acceraptor. In "Nightfall," he was once infected with a 30 ft. parasite as a result from drinking unfermented Taroca root the other week.
  • Romy Poulier as Kara, Josh's girlfriend from 2149. She was unable to join the Shannons on the Tenth Pilgrimage in the series premiere and Josh cut a deal with the Sixers in order to bring her to Terra Nova. She eventually arrived with the Eleventh Pilgrimage, but she was killed shortly thereafter when the Phoenix Group sent an unwitting suicide bomber through the portal and initiated their invasion of the colony.
  • Rohan Nichol as Weaver, a senior associate of Lucas and the Phoenix Group. He commanded the mercenary forces that invaded Terra Nova in the first season finale. He returned to 2149 but he was ultimately slain by a juvenile Carnotaurus during a battle in Hope Plaza.
  • Jay Ryan as Tim Curran, a member of Terra Nova's security team. Banished from the colony for murdering a fellow soldier named Ken Foster (who owed some gambling debts to him) using a Nykoraptor and stole the gambling records from Tom Boylan's bar. Curran was later encountered by Taylor while wandering the local jungle. After saving Curran's life from an Ancestral Komodo Dragon, Taylor employed him to infiltrate the Sixers' camp where he proved instrumental in extracting Deborah Tate. In recognition of Curran's actions, he was readmitted to Terra Nova.
  • Matt Scully as Dunham, a member of Terra Nova's security team.
  • Damian Walshe-Howling as Carter, a member of the Sixers. He was once caught by Terra Nova's security team and ended up in the medical center. After escaping, he made an attempt on Nathaniel Taylor's life and was stopped by Jim Shannon. He was released during a trade with the Sixers.
  • Ashley Zukerman as Lucas Taylor,[48] the estranged and vengeful son of Nathaniel Taylor who is the principal antagonist of the series. A brilliant yet unstable physicist, he was hired by the Phoenix Group in order to find a means for the time fracture to be utilized for two-way travel. His employers intend to strip-mine the alternate, past Earth in order to gain wealth and power in 2149. It was through this action that caused Nathaniel to drive him into exile where Lucas allied with the Sixers. Lucas then perfected a device that will enable him to travel to and from the future which proved instrumental for the Phoenix Group's invasion. Though the attempted invasion in "Occupation" and "Resistance" ended in failure, Lucas escaped with his life even after he was shot by Skye.

Broadcast

North America

Terra Nova was expected to premiere in May 2011 with a two-hour preview, but due to the time involved for visual effects, its pilot was moved to autumn (late September) 2011 to air with the rest of season one.[49] In May 2011, Fox announced the series would air on Monday nights,[41] and released a full trailer.[50] Terra Nova premiered at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International on July 23, 2011.[51] The FOX premiere drew 9.22 million viewers and 3.1 in the 18–49 demo in live plus same day results, rising to 4.1 in Live+3, the best result by a new drama.[52][53] Terra Nova's high DVR gains were attributed to competition from Monday Night Football which, being a sports event, is less conducive to delayed viewing.[53] In its second week on FOX, the show retained 100% of its demo rating (3.1), the best retention by a new series.[54] FOX aired the entire first season consecutively on Monday nights, until its two-hour finale on December 19, 2011. In Canada, Citytv simulcast every first season episode; the Canadian premiere drew 1.4 million viewers, the largest audience for a drama in Citytv's history.[54]

International

In Australia, where the series was filmed, Network Ten began airing the series within days of its U.S. release.[55]

In the UK and Ireland, digital channel Sky 1 broadcast the show from October 3, 2011.[56] In France, Canal + broadcast the show on January 19, 2012.[69] In India, Star World broadcast the show late into the night (01:00 AM & 04:00 AM) in August 2012. In Mexico, Canal 5 aired the series from September 17 until October 8. The series was also in Czech tv called Prima Cool. In Brazil aired by Fox Brasil on primetime and by TV Globo as a late show.

Episodes

Main article: List of Terra Nova episodes

Template loop detected: List of Terra Nova episodes Note: As first and last episodes are two hours, some senders cut them up to air as 13 episodes.

Reception

Critical reception

Early reviews indicated much promise in the series. In June 2011, Terra Nova was one of eight honorees in the Most Exciting New Series category at the Critics' Choice Television Awards, voted by journalists who had seen the pilots.[70] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette compared it to Outcasts.[71] The Los Angeles Times wrote: "Easily the most exciting show of the fall season, Fox's Terra Nova has such obvious, instant and demographically diverse appeal."[72] The New York Post called it "Good family fun",[73] while USA Today wrote, "What matters are the dinosaurs, who – particularly in the first hour – are as convincing and startling as TV has ever offered, roaming a gorgeous, CGI-enhanced terrain."[74] The Wall Street Journal wrote: "Terra Nova leaves ye olde cheap-set series in the dust with production values that make each episode look cinematic."[75] The Washington Post wrote, "Literally the biggest thing on TV this fall, Terra Nova has it all: time travel, misguided utopianism, "Swiss Family Robinson"-style cohesion and lots of hungry dinosaurs. It's all pretty dazzling."[76]

However, mid-season reviews were highly critical. The show was called "Stargate Universe by Dr. Seuss" by Mark A. Perigard of the Boston Herald.[77] Sam Wollaston of The Guardian observed that there was only one interesting character and that "A lot of the fault lies with what they have to say to each other. The script is as corny and cheesy as a family-sized portion of cheesy corn nachos."[78] New York magazine reviewer Chadwick Matlin vowed never to watch the show again, saying "Sure, the premise had promise, but even masochists like us can only take so much."[79] But by the finale in December things had turned around again where critics were mostly pleased and enthusiastic.[80][81][82] Entertainment Weekly called the season finale "exciting".[80] The series' first season received an aggregated score of 64% across 28 reviews from Metacritic.[83]

US ratings

The first season averaged 7.52 million American viewers and a 2.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic.[84] The show was ranked the #2 new drama among adults 18–49, the #1 new show among men 18–49, 18–34, and 25–54 and was one of the top 20 regular programs among teens, as of January 1, 2012.[85]

Season Episodes Timeslot (ET/PT) Premiered Ended TV season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
Date Premiere
viewers
(in millions) 		Date Finale
viewers
(in millions)
1 11 Monday 8:00 PM September 26, 2011 9.22[86] December 19, 2011 7.24[87] 2011–12 #43 10.08[88]

Series DVD release

The series was released on a 4-disc DVD set on September 11, 2012. The set contains deleted scenes; bloopers; and featurettes including "Director's Diaries – Making the Pilot", an extended "Occupation/Resistance" episode with audio commentary from Stephen Lang, Brannon Braga and Rene Echevarria, "Mysteries Explored", and "Cretaceous Life: The Dinosaurs of Terra Nova".[89]

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  64. ^ Netflix Passes on Terra Nova
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  72. ^ McNamara, Mary (September 26, 2011). "Television review: 'Terra Nova'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  73. ^ Stasi, Linda (September 26, 2011). "Head start on human race". New York Post. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  74. ^ Bianco, Robert (September 26, 2011). "'Terra Nova' dinosaurs chew up the scenery". USA Today.
  75. ^ Dewolf Smith, Nancy (September 23, 2011). "Slashers, Clippers and a Ghost". The Wall Street Journal.
  76. ^ "2011 TV season: Few smooth takeoffs, many bumpy arrivals". Washington Post.
  77. ^ Perigard, Mark A. (September 26, 2011). "Dinos rule 'Terra Nova,' but how long will they last?". Boston Herald.
  78. ^ Wollaston, Sam (October 3, 2011). "TV review: Terra Nova". London: The Guardian.
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Note: As first and last episodes are two hours, some senders cut them up to air as 13 episodes.

Reception

Critical reception

Early reviews indicated much promise in the series. In June 2011, Terra Nova was one of eight honorees in the Most Exciting New Series category at the Critics' Choice Television Awards, voted by journalists who had seen the pilots.[1] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette compared it to Outcasts.[2] The Los Angeles Times wrote: "Easily the most exciting show of the fall season, Fox's Terra Nova has such obvious, instant and demographically diverse appeal."[3] The New York Post called it "Good family fun",[4] while USA Today wrote, "What matters are the dinosaurs, who – particularly in the first hour – are as convincing and startling as TV has ever offered, roaming a gorgeous, CGI-enhanced terrain."[5] The Wall Street Journal wrote: "Terra Nova leaves ye olde cheap-set series in the dust with production values that make each episode look cinematic."[6] The Washington Post wrote, "Literally the biggest thing on TV this fall, Terra Nova has it all: time travel, misguided utopianism, "Swiss Family Robinson"-style cohesion and lots of hungry dinosaurs. It's all pretty dazzling."[7]

However, mid-season reviews were highly critical. The show was called "Stargate Universe by Dr. Seuss" by Mark A. Perigard of the Boston Herald.[8] Sam Wollaston of The Guardian observed that there was only one interesting character and that "A lot of the fault lies with what they have to say to each other. The script is as corny and cheesy as a family-sized portion of cheesy corn nachos."[9] New York magazine reviewer Chadwick Matlin vowed never to watch the show again, saying "Sure, the premise had promise, but even masochists like us can only take so much."[10] But by the finale in December things had turned around again where critics were mostly pleased and enthusiastic.[11][12][13] Entertainment Weekly called the season finale "exciting".[11] The series' first season received an aggregated score of 64% across 28 reviews from Metacritic.[14]

US ratings

The first season averaged 7.52 million American viewers and a 2.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic.[15] The show was ranked the #2 new drama among adults 18–49, the #1 new show among men 18–49, 18–34, and 25–54 and was one of the top 20 regular programs among teens, as of January 1, 2012.[16]

Season Episodes Timeslot (ET/PT) Premiered Ended TV season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
Date Premiere
viewers
(in millions) 		Date Finale
viewers
(in millions)
1 11 Monday 8:00 PM September 26, 2011 9.22[17] December 19, 2011 7.24[18] 2011–12 #43 10.08[19]

Series DVD release

The series was released on a 4-disc DVD set on September 11, 2012. The set contains deleted scenes; bloopers; and featurettes including "Director's Diaries – Making the Pilot", an extended "Occupation/Resistance" episode with audio commentary from Stephen Lang, Brannon Braga and Rene Echevarria, "Mysteries Explored", and "Cretaceous Life: The Dinosaurs of Terra Nova".[20]

References

  1. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 9, 2011). "Critics' Choice Awards Honors 8 New Shows". Deadline.com. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Owen, Rob (September 25, 2011). "Tuned In: 'Terra Nova': Where the dinosaurs roam". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  3. ^ McNamara, Mary (September 26, 2011). "Television review: 'Terra Nova'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  4. ^ Stasi, Linda (September 26, 2011). "Head start on human race". New York Post. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  5. ^ Bianco, Robert (September 26, 2011). "'Terra Nova' dinosaurs chew up the scenery". USA Today.
  6. ^ Dewolf Smith, Nancy (September 23, 2011). "Slashers, Clippers and a Ghost". The Wall Street Journal.
  7. ^ "2011 TV season: Few smooth takeoffs, many bumpy arrivals". Washington Post.
  8. ^ Perigard, Mark A. (September 26, 2011). "Dinos rule 'Terra Nova,' but how long will they last?". Boston Herald.
  9. ^ Wollaston, Sam (October 3, 2011). "TV review: Terra Nova". London: The Guardian.
  10. ^ Matlin, Chadwick (November 1, 2011). "Our Final Terra Nova Recap: 25 Reasons We're Quitting This Show". New York.
  11. ^ a b "'Terra Nova' season finale recap: Back to the Future". Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  12. ^ "Terra Nova: "Occupation/Resistance"". Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  13. ^ "Terra Nova Watch: Season Finale – Occupation, Resistance". Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  14. ^ "Terra Nova: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  15. ^ "Terra Nova ratings". TV Series Finale. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  16. ^ Gorman, Bill (January 8, 2012). "FOX 2011/12 Season Ratings Performance Highlights". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  17. ^ "Monday Broadcast Final Ratings: 'Terra Nova,' '2.5 Men,' 'Castle,' HIMYM, 'Broke Girls' Adjusted Up; 'Gossip Girl,' 'Mike & Molly' Adjusted Down – Ratings | TVbytheNumbers". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. September 27, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  18. ^ Gorman, Bill (December 20, 2011). "Monday Final Ratings: 'Fear Factor' Adjusted Up; 'You Deserve It,' 'A Chipmunk Christmas' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  19. ^ Gormam, Bill (May 25, 2012). "Complete List Of 2011–12 Season TV Show Viewership: 'Sunday Night Football' Tops, Followed By 'American Idol,' 'NCIS' & 'Dancing With The Stars'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  20. ^ Lambert, David (June 27, 2012). "Terra Nova – Street Date, Bonus Material Revealed for 'The Complete Series' DVD". TVShowsOnDVD. Retrieved June 27, 2012.

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