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2024 American TV series or program
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 episodes13 (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 companiesAmblin Television
Chernin Entertainment
Kapital Entertainment
Siesta Productions
20th Century Fox Television
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, and concluded on December 19, 2011 with a two-hour, two-episode 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. On March 5, 2012, it was announced that Fox would not pick up the series for a second season.

Plot

The series is initially set in C.E. 2149, when overpopulation and declining air quality threatens all life on Earth. When scientists discover a temporal rift permitting human transmission they initiate a series of "pilgrimages" to a parallel "time stream" resembling Earth's Cretaceous Period. The series focuses primarily on policeman James 'Jim' Shannon, his wife Elisabeth, and their three children Josh, Maddy, and Zoë, as they join the colony there, named "Terra Nova" for "New Earth" or "New World" in Latin.

According to the story's premise, Elisabeth Shannon is chosen for her medical expertise, and her children with her. Her husband, imprisoned for violating population control by harbouring a third child and assaulting an official agent to protect his young daughter, stows away to join them, and eventually convinces the colony's leader, Commander Nathaniel Taylor, that his own police expertise is of use to the administration. The colony places nominal emphasis on environmental responsibility.

Opposing the colony and its leader Taylor, is a group of separatists known as the "Sixers", so called because they arrived in the "Sixth Pilgrimage", working in concert with corporate industrialists to strip the Cretaceous Earth of its resources and transmit them to 2149. It is later revealed that Commander Taylor's grown son, Lucas, is the master-mind of this operation. Toward the end of the series, Lucas perfects travel to and from the future; thus enabling the industrialists, with a private army called "The Phoenix Group", to invade Terra Nova. At the end of the series, Jim Shannon returns to 2149 to destroy the gateway permitting intercourse with the Cretaceous; whereupon the Phoenix Group retreat to the nearby "Badlands", leaving behind a wooden ship's figurehead apparently located there by another temporal rift.

Production

Alex Graves signed on to direct the pilot. Brannon Braga and René Echevarria serve as showrunners. Australia was chosen after producer Steven Spielberg vetoed Hawaii because he wanted a different filming location from his 1993 film Jurassic Park. The two-hour pilot was filmed over 26 days in late November to December 2010. It was shot in south-east Queensland, Australia, with locations in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and the Gold Coast Hinterland. 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. More than 250 sets were constructed. 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. The average episode budget was about US$4 million, not including Australian tax breaks, compared to an average of US$3 million for broadcast network dramas. Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly stated: "This thing is going to be huge. It's going to take an enormous production commitment."

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." With only 10% of Cretaceous-era dinosaurs recorded in the fossil record, the producers decided to supplement the series with plausible fictional species; palaeontologist Jack Horner was invited to create realistic creatures for the period and different from those of the Jurassic Park film franchise.

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

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. With a long production process on the series, it was announced in July 2011 that the first season would consist of thirteen episodes to finish airing in December 2011.

Many of the weapons used in the show were reworked and repainted Nerf blasters.

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. 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. Netflix debated picking up the series for some time, eventually opting not to pick up the series.

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.

Cast

Main

  • Jason O'Mara as James "Jim" Shannon, a former Chicago Police narcotics detective. 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 in the Terra Nova colony, where he worked on the gardening division. After saving Commander Taylor from an assassination attempt, he joined Terra Nova's security forces, eventually becoming third-in-command of the colony.
  • 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. In the series premiere, she was instrumental in Jim's escape from prison and arrival in Terra Nova.
  • Landon Liboiron as Josh Shannon, Jim and Elisabeth's 17-year-old son. Reluctant to leave his girlfriend behind in 2149, he initially resented his father; but in later episodes they repair their relationship.
  • Naomi Scott as Maddy Shannon, Jim and Elisabeth's 16-year-old daughter. Intelligent but socially-clumsy, and depicted principally either as her mother's student or the erotic interest of Mark Reynolds, a young soldier.
  • Alana Mansour as Zoë Shannon, the five-year-old daughter of Jim and Elisabeth Shannon. Early in her life, she was kept hidden by her family, having been a third child and thus contravened the population control laws of 2149. When she was discovered, Jim was sent to prison. With the aid of a friend, Zoe was smuggled into Terra Nova and permitted to remain 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 and to prepare for the Phoenix Group's invasion. Mira's daughter, Sienna, is still in 2149 and is 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.
  • Allison Miller as Skye Alexandria Tate, a veteran resident of Terra Nova from the Fifth Pilgrimage, and Josh's closest friend. Her parents reportedly died three years before the series begins, and she was subsequently adopted by Commander Taylor. She is later revealed to be a Sixer mole, being blackmailed by the Sixers who held her mother hostage and controlled the medicine which kept her alive.
  • 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, having earlier been sexually intimate with her and hopeful that she would leave her husband in prison in 2149.
  • Stephen Lang as Commander Nathaniel Taylor, Terra Nova's head of state. Himself the first colonist, Taylor survived 118 days alone, helped build a community as new settlers arrived, and has been the colony's leader for seven years. When Skye's parents died, he became her legal guardian and father figure. Taylor's relationship with his son, Lucas, has degraded severely since an incident in 2138 in which Taylor was forced to sacrifice his wife to enemy fire. Lucas arrived in Terra Nova on the Second Pilgrimage, but plotted against his father to destroy the colony, and has since re-appeared as antagonist.

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 hostage to force her daughter Skye to spy on Taylor and the colonists. Later in the first season, she was rescued by the soldier Curran and returned to the colony.
  • Emelia Burns as Lieutenant Laura Reilly, a member of Terra Nova's security forces and an expert at defusing bombs.
  • Damien Garvey as Tom Boylan, a bartender and former soldier who occasionally trades with the Sixers. Often secretive and abrasive, he operates minor crime but proves loyal to Terra Nova when the Phoenix Group invades.
  • Dean Geyer as Private (later Corporal) Mark Reynolds, a soldier under Taylor's command and eventually the suitor of Maddy Shannon. He is a competent soldier and able survivalist, but often uncertain of his own position, and therefore formal, when treating with Maddy and her father Jim.
  • 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. In the season finale, she was reduced by the Phoenix Group to menial status, and later killed by Lucas Taylor for abetting the Shannon family's escape from the settlement.
  • Peter Lamb as Casey Durwin, a tradesman that works in Terra Nova's market and a former member of the U.S. army. He operates a motorized wheelchair, allegedly having lost his legs to a Carnotaurus.
  • Sam Parsonson as Hunter Boyce, a teenager that lives in Terra Nova and came on the 5th Pilgrimage. He is once injured by an Acceraptor (a fictional species of dromeosaur), and once contracts a 30-ft., tapeworm-like parasite, of which he is relieved by Elisabeth and Skye.
  • Romy Poulier as Kara, Josh's girlfriend from 2149. She was unable to join the Shannons on the Tenth Pilgrimage in the series premiere, whereafter Josh cut a deal with the Sixers to bring her to Terra Nova. She eventually arrived with the Eleventh Pilgrimage, but was killed shortly thereafter by the Phoenix Group.
  • Rohan Nichol as Weaver, a senior associate of Lucas and the Phoenix Group. He commanded the mercenary forces that invaded Terra Nova in the season finale. Thereafter he returned to 2149, but was slain by a juvenile Carnotaurus brought to the future by Jim.
  • 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, Curran was later encountered by Taylor in the local jungle, who Curran from an 'Ancestral Komodo'. Thereafter Taylor employed him to infiltrate the Sixers' camp, whence he removed 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, once injured and captured at Terra Nova. After escaping, he made an attempt on Nathaniel Taylor's life and was stopped by Jim Shannon, and released during a trade with the Sixers.
  • Ashley Zukerman as Lucas Taylor, the estranged, deceptive, and vengeful son of Nathaniel Taylor, and the principal antagonist of the series. A brilliant yet unstable physicist hired by the Phoenix Group to assist their invasion of the alternate, past Earth, for which he remained there at some length, periodically revealing the results of his calculations. During the finale, his plans were counteracted by Jim Shannon, and Lucas himself wounded by Skye and not seen again.

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. In May 2011, Fox announced the series would air on Monday nights, and released a full trailer. Terra Nova premiered at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International on July 23, 2011. 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. 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. In its second week on FOX, the show retained 100% of its demo rating (3.1), the best retention by a new series. 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.

International

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

In the UK and Ireland, digital channel Sky 1 broadcast the show from October 3, 2011. In France, Canal + broadcast the show on January 19, 2012. 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. And in Portugal aired by TVI.

Episodes

Main article: List of Terra Nova episodes

2024 American TV series or program
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 episodes13 (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 companiesAmblin Television
Chernin Entertainment
Kapital Entertainment
Siesta Productions
20th Century Fox Television
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, and concluded on December 19, 2011 with a two-hour, two-episode 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. On March 5, 2012, it was announced that Fox would not pick up the series for a second season.

Plot

The series is initially set in C.E. 2149, when overpopulation and declining air quality threatens all life on Earth. When scientists discover a temporal rift permitting human transmission they initiate a series of "pilgrimages" to a parallel "time stream" resembling Earth's Cretaceous Period. The series focuses primarily on policeman James 'Jim' Shannon, his wife Elisabeth, and their three children Josh, Maddy, and Zoë, as they join the colony there, named "Terra Nova" for "New Earth" or "New World" in Latin.

According to the story's premise, Elisabeth Shannon is chosen for her medical expertise, and her children with her. Her husband, imprisoned for violating population control by harbouring a third child and assaulting an official agent to protect his young daughter, stows away to join them, and eventually convinces the colony's leader, Commander Nathaniel Taylor, that his own police expertise is of use to the administration. The colony places nominal emphasis on environmental responsibility.

Opposing the colony and its leader Taylor, is a group of separatists known as the "Sixers", so called because they arrived in the "Sixth Pilgrimage", working in concert with corporate industrialists to strip the Cretaceous Earth of its resources and transmit them to 2149. It is later revealed that Commander Taylor's grown son, Lucas, is the master-mind of this operation. Toward the end of the series, Lucas perfects travel to and from the future; thus enabling the industrialists, with a private army called "The Phoenix Group", to invade Terra Nova. At the end of the series, Jim Shannon returns to 2149 to destroy the gateway permitting intercourse with the Cretaceous; whereupon the Phoenix Group retreat to the nearby "Badlands", leaving behind a wooden ship's figurehead apparently located there by another temporal rift.

Production

Alex Graves signed on to direct the pilot. Brannon Braga and René Echevarria serve as showrunners. Australia was chosen after producer Steven Spielberg vetoed Hawaii because he wanted a different filming location from his 1993 film Jurassic Park. The two-hour pilot was filmed over 26 days in late November to December 2010. It was shot in south-east Queensland, Australia, with locations in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and the Gold Coast Hinterland. 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. More than 250 sets were constructed. 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. The average episode budget was about US$4 million, not including Australian tax breaks, compared to an average of US$3 million for broadcast network dramas. Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly stated: "This thing is going to be huge. It's going to take an enormous production commitment."

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." With only 10% of Cretaceous-era dinosaurs recorded in the fossil record, the producers decided to supplement the series with plausible fictional species; palaeontologist Jack Horner was invited to create realistic creatures for the period and different from those of the Jurassic Park film franchise.

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

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. With a long production process on the series, it was announced in July 2011 that the first season would consist of thirteen episodes to finish airing in December 2011.

Many of the weapons used in the show were reworked and repainted Nerf blasters.

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. 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. Netflix debated picking up the series for some time, eventually opting not to pick up the series.

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.

Cast

Main

  • Jason O'Mara as James "Jim" Shannon, a former Chicago Police narcotics detective. 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 in the Terra Nova colony, where he worked on the gardening division. After saving Commander Taylor from an assassination attempt, he joined Terra Nova's security forces, eventually becoming third-in-command of the colony.
  • 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. In the series premiere, she was instrumental in Jim's escape from prison and arrival in Terra Nova.
  • Landon Liboiron as Josh Shannon, Jim and Elisabeth's 17-year-old son. Reluctant to leave his girlfriend behind in 2149, he initially resented his father; but in later episodes they repair their relationship.
  • Naomi Scott as Maddy Shannon, Jim and Elisabeth's 16-year-old daughter. Intelligent but socially-clumsy, and depicted principally either as her mother's student or the erotic interest of Mark Reynolds, a young soldier.
  • Alana Mansour as Zoë Shannon, the five-year-old daughter of Jim and Elisabeth Shannon. Early in her life, she was kept hidden by her family, having been a third child and thus contravened the population control laws of 2149. When she was discovered, Jim was sent to prison. With the aid of a friend, Zoe was smuggled into Terra Nova and permitted to remain 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 and to prepare for the Phoenix Group's invasion. Mira's daughter, Sienna, is still in 2149 and is 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.
  • Allison Miller as Skye Alexandria Tate, a veteran resident of Terra Nova from the Fifth Pilgrimage, and Josh's closest friend. Her parents reportedly died three years before the series begins, and she was subsequently adopted by Commander Taylor. She is later revealed to be a Sixer mole, being blackmailed by the Sixers who held her mother hostage and controlled the medicine which kept her alive.
  • 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, having earlier been sexually intimate with her and hopeful that she would leave her husband in prison in 2149.
  • Stephen Lang as Commander Nathaniel Taylor, Terra Nova's head of state. Himself the first colonist, Taylor survived 118 days alone, helped build a community as new settlers arrived, and has been the colony's leader for seven years. When Skye's parents died, he became her legal guardian and father figure. Taylor's relationship with his son, Lucas, has degraded severely since an incident in 2138 in which Taylor was forced to sacrifice his wife to enemy fire. Lucas arrived in Terra Nova on the Second Pilgrimage, but plotted against his father to destroy the colony, and has since re-appeared as antagonist.

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 hostage to force her daughter Skye to spy on Taylor and the colonists. Later in the first season, she was rescued by the soldier Curran and returned to the colony.
  • Emelia Burns as Lieutenant Laura Reilly, a member of Terra Nova's security forces and an expert at defusing bombs.
  • Damien Garvey as Tom Boylan, a bartender and former soldier who occasionally trades with the Sixers. Often secretive and abrasive, he operates minor crime but proves loyal to Terra Nova when the Phoenix Group invades.
  • Dean Geyer as Private (later Corporal) Mark Reynolds, a soldier under Taylor's command and eventually the suitor of Maddy Shannon. He is a competent soldier and able survivalist, but often uncertain of his own position, and therefore formal, when treating with Maddy and her father Jim.
  • 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. In the season finale, she was reduced by the Phoenix Group to menial status, and later killed by Lucas Taylor for abetting the Shannon family's escape from the settlement.
  • Peter Lamb as Casey Durwin, a tradesman that works in Terra Nova's market and a former member of the U.S. army. He operates a motorized wheelchair, allegedly having lost his legs to a Carnotaurus.
  • Sam Parsonson as Hunter Boyce, a teenager that lives in Terra Nova and came on the 5th Pilgrimage. He is once injured by an Acceraptor (a fictional species of dromeosaur), and once contracts a 30-ft., tapeworm-like parasite, of which he is relieved by Elisabeth and Skye.
  • Romy Poulier as Kara, Josh's girlfriend from 2149. She was unable to join the Shannons on the Tenth Pilgrimage in the series premiere, whereafter Josh cut a deal with the Sixers to bring her to Terra Nova. She eventually arrived with the Eleventh Pilgrimage, but was killed shortly thereafter by the Phoenix Group.
  • Rohan Nichol as Weaver, a senior associate of Lucas and the Phoenix Group. He commanded the mercenary forces that invaded Terra Nova in the season finale. Thereafter he returned to 2149, but was slain by a juvenile Carnotaurus brought to the future by Jim.
  • 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, Curran was later encountered by Taylor in the local jungle, who Curran from an 'Ancestral Komodo'. Thereafter Taylor employed him to infiltrate the Sixers' camp, whence he removed 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, once injured and captured at Terra Nova. After escaping, he made an attempt on Nathaniel Taylor's life and was stopped by Jim Shannon, and released during a trade with the Sixers.
  • Ashley Zukerman as Lucas Taylor, the estranged, deceptive, and vengeful son of Nathaniel Taylor, and the principal antagonist of the series. A brilliant yet unstable physicist hired by the Phoenix Group to assist their invasion of the alternate, past Earth, for which he remained there at some length, periodically revealing the results of his calculations. During the finale, his plans were counteracted by Jim Shannon, and Lucas himself wounded by Skye and not seen again.

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. In May 2011, Fox announced the series would air on Monday nights, and released a full trailer. Terra Nova premiered at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International on July 23, 2011. 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. 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. In its second week on FOX, the show retained 100% of its demo rating (3.1), the best retention by a new series. 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.

International

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

In the UK and Ireland, digital channel Sky 1 broadcast the show from October 3, 2011. In France, Canal + broadcast the show on January 19, 2012. 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. And in Portugal aired by TVI.

Episodes

Main article: List of Terra Nova episodes

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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. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette compared it to Outcasts. 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." The New York Post called it "Good family fun", 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." 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." 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."

Mid-season reviews were highly critical. The show was called "Stargate Universe by Dr. Seuss" by Mark A. Perigard of the Boston Herald. 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." 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." But by the finale in December things had turned around again where critics were mostly pleased and enthusiastic. Entertainment Weekly called the season finale "exciting". The series' first season received an aggregated score of 64% across 28 reviews from Metacritic.

US ratings

The first season averaged 7.52 million American viewers and a 2.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic. 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.

Season Episodes Timeslot (ET/PT) Premiered Ended TV season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
Date Premiere
viewers
(in millions)
Date Finale
viewers
(in millions)
1 13 Monday 8:00 PM September 26, 2011 9.22 December 19, 2011 7.24 2011–12 #43 10.08

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".

Soundtrack

The series's original music was composed by Brian Tyler. La-La Land Records released a soundtrack album on October 9, 2012.


Disc 1:

  1. Terra Nova 2:55
  2. Cycles of Time 4:38
  3. One Last Hope for Humanity 3:20
  4. Banishment 2:19
  5. This Valley 2:38
  6. The Moon 1:28
  7. You Let Her Leave With Him 2:37
  8. Sky's Mother 1:28
  9. The Portal 3:43
  10. Someone Wants to Talk With You 2:31
  11. More Than a Memory 4:53
  12. Patrols 1:57
  13. The Plan 5:19
  14. Flying Over Terra Nova 2:02
  15. I'm Heading Outside the Gates 4:02
  16. What Were You Really Doing? 5:33
  17. All I Needed to Know 6:25
  18. The Investigation of Outpost 9 5:04
  19. There Are Millions of Them 3:23
  20. Last Known Location 3:54
  21. You're My Son 1:37
  22. We Brought Back Two 1:55
  23. Promises 2:24

Disc 2:

  1. Magical Journey 3:02
  2. Entering the Vortex 2:50
  3. Memorial Field 2:02
  4. Base Camp 2:58
  5. Rebirth 3:05
  6. Remember That Handle 6:09
  7. New Earth 1:11
  8. Sixers Intel 2:39
  9. Take the Shot 2:00
  10. Memory's Echo 2:48
  11. Into the Beyond 2:13
  12. Save Your Spot 3:10
  13. Figuring Out What Happened 1:12
  14. Take a Look Around 2:11
  15. I Want to Declare My Intentions 3:44
  16. There She Goes 1:36
  17. I Sure Hope You Are Right 2:29
  18. Preparing for Battle 2:59
  19. This Is Lea Marcos 1:46
  20. They're In Charge 1:23
  21. Opportunity 1:34
  22. Prehistory 3:39
  23. Shooting Stars :49

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  47. ^ "The Runaway". Terra Nova. Season 1. Episode 4. October 17, 2011. Fox. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help)
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  50. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (August 4, 2011). "'Terra Nova': 'The Pacific's' Ashley Zuckerman Books Recurring Role (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  51. ^ Hibberd, James (March 11, 2011). "Fox pushes back 'Terra Nova' to fall". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
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  54. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 3, 2011). "'Terra Nova' Climbs To Top Ratings Spot Among New Drama Series In Live+3". Deadline.com. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
  55. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (October 18, 2011). "DVR views boost 'Terra Nova'". Variety (magazine). Retrieved October 18, 2011.
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  57. ^ Simmons, Lisa (September 5, 2011). "Trailer released for Terra Nova". GoldCoast.com.au. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
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  63. "Nerf Mods & Reviews: Terra Nova Update".
  64. "TERRA NOVA: Season 2 Decision Delayed Until 2012". Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  65. "Spielberg drama Terra Nova is cancelled by Fox".
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  67. "Netflix Eyes Cancelled Drama 'Terra Nova'".
  68. As Netflix Talks End, Terra Nova Looks Officially Over
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  72. "Instinct". Terra Nova. Season 1. Episode 2. October 3, 2011. 12:55 minutes in. Fox. You're only 16. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help)
  73. Meunier, Audrey (January 20, 2012). "Record d'audience historique pour Terra Nova sur Canal +" (in French). {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  74. Andreeva, Nellie (June 9, 2011). "Critics' Choice Awards Honors 8 New Shows". Deadline.com. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  75. Owen, Rob (September 25, 2011). "Tuned In: 'Terra Nova': Where the dinosaurs roam". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  76. McNamara, Mary (September 26, 2011). "Television review: 'Terra Nova'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  77. Stasi, Linda (September 26, 2011). "Head start on human race". New York Post. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  78. Bianco, Robert (September 26, 2011). "'Terra Nova' dinosaurs chew up the scenery". USA Today.
  79. Dewolf Smith, Nancy (September 23, 2011). "Slashers, Clippers and a Ghost". The Wall Street Journal.
  80. "2011 TV season: Few smooth takeoffs, many bumpy arrivals". Washington Post.
  81. Perigard, Mark A. (September 26, 2011). "Dinos rule 'Terra Nova,' but how long will they last?". Boston Herald.
  82. Wollaston, Sam (October 3, 2011). "TV review: Terra Nova". London: The Guardian.
  83. Matlin, Chadwick (November 1, 2011). "Our Final Terra Nova Recap: 25 Reasons We're Quitting This Show". New York.
  84. ^ "'Terra Nova' season finale recap: Back to the Future". Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  85. "Terra Nova: "Occupation/Resistance"". Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  86. "Terra Nova Watch: Season Finale – Occupation, Resistance". Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  87. "Terra Nova: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
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  94. "TERRA NOVA: LIMITED EDITION (2-CD SET)". Retrieved March 6, 2013.

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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. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette compared it to Outcasts. 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." The New York Post called it "Good family fun", 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." 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." 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."

Mid-season reviews were highly critical. The show was called "Stargate Universe by Dr. Seuss" by Mark A. Perigard of the Boston Herald. 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." 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." But by the finale in December things had turned around again where critics were mostly pleased and enthusiastic. Entertainment Weekly called the season finale "exciting". The series' first season received an aggregated score of 64% across 28 reviews from Metacritic.

US ratings

The first season averaged 7.52 million American viewers and a 2.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic. 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.

Season Episodes Timeslot (ET/PT) Premiered Ended TV season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
Date Premiere
viewers
(in millions)
Date Finale
viewers
(in millions)
1 13 Monday 8:00 PM September 26, 2011 9.22 December 19, 2011 7.24 2011–12 #43 10.08

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".

Soundtrack

The series's original music was composed by Brian Tyler. La-La Land Records released a soundtrack album on October 9, 2012.


Disc 1:

  1. Terra Nova 2:55
  2. Cycles of Time 4:38
  3. One Last Hope for Humanity 3:20
  4. Banishment 2:19
  5. This Valley 2:38
  6. The Moon 1:28
  7. You Let Her Leave With Him 2:37
  8. Sky's Mother 1:28
  9. The Portal 3:43
  10. Someone Wants to Talk With You 2:31
  11. More Than a Memory 4:53
  12. Patrols 1:57
  13. The Plan 5:19
  14. Flying Over Terra Nova 2:02
  15. I'm Heading Outside the Gates 4:02
  16. What Were You Really Doing? 5:33
  17. All I Needed to Know 6:25
  18. The Investigation of Outpost 9 5:04
  19. There Are Millions of Them 3:23
  20. Last Known Location 3:54
  21. You're My Son 1:37
  22. We Brought Back Two 1:55
  23. Promises 2:24

Disc 2:

  1. Magical Journey 3:02
  2. Entering the Vortex 2:50
  3. Memorial Field 2:02
  4. Base Camp 2:58
  5. Rebirth 3:05
  6. Remember That Handle 6:09
  7. New Earth 1:11
  8. Sixers Intel 2:39
  9. Take the Shot 2:00
  10. Memory's Echo 2:48
  11. Into the Beyond 2:13
  12. Save Your Spot 3:10
  13. Figuring Out What Happened 1:12
  14. Take a Look Around 2:11
  15. I Want to Declare My Intentions 3:44
  16. There She Goes 1:36
  17. I Sure Hope You Are Right 2:29
  18. Preparing for Battle 2:59
  19. This Is Lea Marcos 1:46
  20. They're In Charge 1:23
  21. Opportunity 1:34
  22. Prehistory 3:39
  23. Shooting Stars :49

References

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  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. ^ "'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.
  21. "TERRA NOVA: LIMITED EDITION (2-CD SET)". Retrieved March 6, 2013.

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