Prehistoric Park

00:00:01 You are about to take a trip back in time

00:01:16 "that we've Iost over the billions of years since Iife began?"

00:02:20 (James) Einstein made a big deal about space and time and time-travel.

00:03:35 We needed the right mosaic of habitats with big cliffs surrounding the Park

00:04:47 No, with avuncular qualities

00:05:48 But what was Nigel going to rescue?

00:06:56 "This is brand-new to science. Let's see what they're Iike."

00:08:08 I think of these things as Palaeo-Polaroids

00:09:23 It's actually a time where you can throw in as many ideas as you want

00:10:34 Palaeontologists believe they are very close

00:11:47 Not only did they have to look good, they needed the right moves.

00:12:49 13 animatronics were used throughout the series

00:13:50 just to give Nigel an eye Iine.

00:15:01 It's a Triceratops! We've done it!

00:16:08 the animators take these virtual beings and breathe life into them.

00:17:08 The Parasaurolophus might have moved in a number of ways.

00:18:28 And for that interaction we actually had to pull him backwards through a hedge.

00:19:35 Oh! They're away!

00:20:31 You've got to have good teeth for this job and do other horrible dinosaurs.

00:21:40 when Matilda the T-Rex escapes

00:22:50 It shows you what goes into CG.

00:23:51 It would be easier if we had a 50-foot prehistoric crocodile to film for real!

00:25:17 but I think what we've made is really, really special.

00:26:23 the, er...Tyrannosaur...