Star Trek DS9 Star Joins Primeval Cast

Alexander Siddig (Dr Julian Bashir) Joins the ARC Team for Series Four and Five

Alexander Siddig – best known to SF fans as Dr Julian Bashir in Deep Space Nine – will be joining the cast of Primeval for series four and five.

He is joined by other newcomers Ciaran McMenamin (Silent Witness, Jericho) and Ruth Kearney (Gracie) who all join the team at the ARC after the government loses faith in Lester’s (Ben Miller) ability to run such a dangerous and expensive operation on his own.  The anomaly operation is now a public/private partnership, part-owned by the government, and partly by charismatic scientist Philip Burton (Siddig).

McMenamin plays Matt, the new field leader, who is more than just an ex-soldier; he’s an zoologist, with an uncanny ability to understand animals. A private man, Matt carefully guards the secrets of his past – and the real reason he has joined the ARC team. Unconventional Jess (Ruth Kearney) now runs operations from the ARC Control Centre – highly efficient and organised, her work ethic is second to none, though she is human enough to nurse an unrequited crush on Captain Becker (Ben Mansfield).

Connor (Andrew-Lee Potts) and Abby (Hannah Spearitt) will also be returning, but the fate of Danny (Jason Flemyng) is apparently still up in the air.

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