Back with dinosaurs
New series incorporates scientific findings of past two decades to give BBC's iconic TV show a fresh look, Xu Fan reports.
Thomas Scott, head of development at BBC Studios Science Unit, recalls watching the 1999 program when he was a 14-year-old junior high school student, with the show becoming one of the key reasons he fell in love with these mysterious prehistoric creatures.
"It's such an iconic series in the UK and around the world. There have been so many new discoveries, and CGI (computer-generated imagery) has advanced so much that you can now bring these dinosaurs to life in new and exciting ways," Scott shared with China Daily during a recent interview in Beijing.
In an attempt to balance scientific authenticity and artistic appeal, the new series adopts a more relatable approach to unfolding each episode — featuring a team of paleontologists excavating fossils of the protagonist dinosaurs in the locations where the remains are discovered.
For instance, the baby Triceratops' fossils were unearthed in Montana in the US, the remains of a Gastonia that lived 130 million years ago were discovered in the desert of Utah, and a young Albertosaurus was found in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation in Alberta, Canada.
