Oct 3, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 11 segments
Now here’s one for the British 2000s kids. First broadcast in 2002, this CBBC adaptation of Stig of the Dump had some surprisingly big shoes to fill, being based on a classic children’s novel about a…
But for now, I think the first question to ask is, why did this story get overlooked by paleo fiction fans, even though it does feature a prehistoric being, shall we call him?
Well, it's not obvious from the title or the blurb that the book actually features a paleo species, so unless you kind of already knew that, there was nothing signposting paleo fans towards it in any real capacity.
I've already said some would question whether to count it or whether not to count it as paleo fiction based on technicalities it is, but it may not be one that people want within their own personal sphere of recollections of paleo shows.
Fair warning to all of you who clicked on this expecting another dinosaur show, you will sadly be disappointed, so feel free to check back in next episode if that's what you're here for.
You do kind of get the impression from both the show and the book that it's not completely interested in the prehistoric side of things.
What's worse is they also kind of torture paleo fans by dropping in references to prehistoric creatures you wish were in the story, knowing full well it'll never feature them.
There's one chapter in the book, for instance, where Barney and his sister try to convince their gran to let them go to a traveling show called Bottoms Mammoth Circus, which, A, they don't go to, and B, you already know by then it's gonna have nothing to do with actual mammoths.
We see the main character doing research and surfing a website about dinosaurs, even though he's not looking for dinosaurs.
And then there are, shall we say, subtle things put in here and there, like an excavator making dinosaur roaring noises when it didn't really need to.
In fact, a lot of this show made me wish I was watching Primeval, and especially Primal, too.
There was definitely scope in here for them to play with the prehistoric components more.
But for now, I think the first question to ask is, why did this story get overlooked by paleo fiction fans, even though it does feature a prehistoric being, shall we call him?
Well, it's not obvious from the title or the blurb that the book actually features a paleo species, so unless you kind of already knew that, there was nothing signposting paleo fans towards it in any real capacity.
I've already said some would question whether to count it or whether not to count it as paleo fiction based on technicalities it is, but it may not be one that people want within their own personal sphere of recollections of paleo shows.
Fair warning to all of you who clicked on this expecting another dinosaur show, you will sadly be disappointed, so feel free to check back in next episode if that's what you're here for.
You do kind of get the impression from both the show and the book that it's not completely interested in the prehistoric side of things.
What's worse is they also kind of torture paleo fans by dropping in references to prehistoric creatures you wish were in the story, knowing full well it'll never feature them.
There's one chapter in the book, for instance, where Barney and his sister try to convince their gran to let them go to a traveling show called Bottoms Mammoth Circus, which, A, they don't go to, and B, you already know by then it's gonna have nothing to do with actual mammoths.
We see the main character doing research and surfing a website about dinosaurs, even though he's not looking for dinosaurs.
And then there are, shall we say, subtle things put in here and there, like an excavator making dinosaur roaring noises when it didn't really need to.
In fact, a lot of this show made me wish I was watching Primeval, and especially Primal, too.
There was definitely scope in here for them to play with the prehistoric components more.
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