History Series / TheLostWorld2001

* AnachronismStew: The plateau is home to Jurassic and Cretaceous dinosaurs, as well as at least two species of otherwise-extinct mammal (the ape-men, and some kind of entelodont) and an entire tribe of human beings. One scene has Challenger marveling at the "unique balance" that allows all of these species - which must have arrived on the plateau millennia apart - to coexist.

** There's also a fairly explicit rebuke of the novel's ending with the ''Pteranodon'' the party take back to London with them, which then escapes and tries to fly home. In the book, Roxton cheerfully suggests that, [[DumbDinos unsuited as it is to long-distance flight]], it will probably die before it gets as far as Dover (and [[PrehistoricMonster rightfully so!]]). The series' final scene shows it flying all the way back to the plateau (which is TruthInTelevision in that most pterosaurs were powerful fliers, with sea-faring ones like ''Pteranodon'' being capable of long-distance flight like albatrosses).

** There's also a fairly explicit rebuke of the novel's ending with the ''Pteranodon'' the party take back to London with them, which then escapes and tries to fly home. In the book, Roxton cheerfully suggests that, [[DumbDinos unsuited as it is to long-distance flight]], it will probably die before it gets as far as Dover (and [[PrehistoricMonster rightfully so!]]). The series' final scene shows it flying all the way back to the plateau.

** TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Of course, the Plateau ''does'' exist. Challenger is also occasionally shown to be more in line with modern values than most of the rest of the cast: see InsufferableGenius, ItWillNeverCatchOn, and StayInTheKitchen below.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Prof. Summerlee's first name, Leo, is not found in the book.

* NubileSavage: Maree, TheChiefsDaughter, is very pretty and has a romantic subplot with Lord Roxton.
** HandsomeHeroicCaveman: Her brother, Achille. Though he's a bit of a {{foil}} to the heroes and is the most outwardly suspicious of them throughout the story, he's still clearly a good guy.

* PteroSoarer: The first - and last - extinct animal we see is a ''Pteranodon''. A colony of them attack our heroes in one scene, although they seem mostly to be concerned about protecting their eggs.

* AnachronismStew: The plateau is home to Jurassic and Cretaceous dinosaurs, as well as at least two species of otherwise-extinct mammal (the ape-men, and some kind of ''Entelodont'') and an entire tribe of human beings. One scene has Challenger marveling at the "unique balance" that allows all of these species - which must have arrived on the plateau millennia apart - to coexist.

* TheCameo: In a way, the Diplodocus and Entelodont, as their CGI models seem to be re-used from ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' and ''Series/WalkingWithBeasts'' respectively.

* FrazettaMan: The ape-men, which Challenger speculates to be some manner of ''dryopithecus'' or ''pithecanthropus''. These are in contrast with the fully-human natives of the Plateau.

* GentleGiantSauropod: The diplodocus on the plateau seem pretty chill, and Challenger is able to get very close to one of them in one scene.

* PteroSoarer: The first - and last - extinct animal we see is a pteranodon. A colony of them attack our heroes in one scene, although they seem mostly to be concerned about protecting their eggs.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: [[spoiler:Challenger successfully convinces the press that the prehistoric plateau is real before changing his mind when he realises how much damage mankind could do to it. He, Summerlee, and Malone are then able to convince the public that this was all a publicity stunt to promote their much more boring discoveries.]]
** There's also a fairly explicit rebuke of the novel's ending with the pteranodon the party take back to London with them, which then escapes and tries to fly home. In the book, Roxton cheerfully suggests that, [[DumbDinos unsuited as it is to long-distance flight]], it will probably die before it gets as far as Dover (and [[PrehistoricMonster rightfully so!]]). The series' final scene shows it flying all the way back to the plateau.

* SocialOrnithopod: The first dinosaur the group see is an Iguanodon, who is portrayed as a very amiable GentleGiant (we see a full herd of them later on). In the very next scene, a curious Hypsolophodon befriends Malone.

* UrineTrouble: To get back at him for an insensitive comment he had made earlier, Agnes tricks Edward into thinking that he can repel the biting insects of the jungle by rubbing his skin with his own urine. It doesn't go well for him. Later, he gets smeared with ape-man poo, which ''does'' repel an allosaurus.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A borderline example. It's never officially confirmed what was in Edward's bag that attracted the snakes, but on a rewatch, you'll figure out that [[spoiler: Reverend Kerr had the opportunity and the motive to slip something in there.]]
** The Hypsolophodon that Malone befriends is a straighter example. He even gives it a name ("Figaro"), but it never appears or is mentioned again after that scene.

''The Lost World'' is a 2001 TV miniseries based on the novel ''Literature/{{The Lost World|1912}}'' by Creator/ArthurConanDoyle, and co-produced by Creator/{{AandE}} and [[Creator/{{BBC}} the BBC]]. It stars Creator/BobHoskins as Literature/ProfessorChallenger, Creator/MatthewRhys as Edward Malone, and a variety of prehistoric creatures created by the team behind ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''.

''The Lost World'' is a 2001 TV miniseries based on the novel ''Literature/{{The Lost World|1912}}'' by Creator/ArthurConanDoyle, and co-produced by Creator/A&E and [[Creator/{{BBC}} the BBC]]. It stars Creator/BobHoskins as Literature/ProfessorChallenger, Creator/MatthewRhys as Edward Malone, and a variety of prehistoric creatures created by the team behind ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''.

''The Lost World'' is a 2001 TV miniseries based on the novel ''Literature/{{The Lost World|1912}}'' by Creator/ArthurConanDoyle, and co-produced by Creator/{{A&E}} and [[Creator/{{BBC}} the BBC]]. It stars Creator/BobHoskins as Literature/ProfessorChallenger, Creator/MatthewRhys as Edward Malone, and a variety of prehistoric creatures created by the team behind ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''.

''The Lost World'' is a 2001 TV miniseries based on the novel ''Literature/{{The Lost World|1912}}'' by Creator/ArthurConanDoyle, and co-produced by A&E and the BBC. It stars Creator/BobHoskins as Literature/ProfessorChallenger, Creator/MatthewRhys as Edward Malone, and a variety of prehistoric creatures created by the team behind ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''.

** Edward initially sees Agnes as a form of this, since she grew up in the sheltered mission in South America instead of in the bustling cities of Britain. When he notices Lord Roxton flirting with Agnes, he tries to dissuade him, feeling that any such relationship would be an UnevenPairing since "socially, she's a bit, well, backward". Agnes, who overhears the conversation, is deeply offended.