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Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs Gallery Guide

About Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs

Three people stand in a dark room, looking at a large, immersive screen showing a dinosaur swimming underwater with fish, creating a lifelike, interactive environment.

Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs at Lightroom celebrates our natural world through captivating storytelling, breathtaking visuals, and groundbreaking technology, in collaboration with Apple TV+ and BBC Studios Natural History Unit.

In Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs, we’re exploring the profound idea that life is a continuous story—powerful, resilient, and ever-changing. By immersing audiences in the spectacular lives of dinosaurs, we remind ourselves that humans are not separate from nature, but part of its unbroken narrative, living on the very same planet that these magnificent creatures once inhabited. Through awe-inspiring scale, endless cycles of life and death, ingenious survival strategies, and intimate connections across deep time, we come to realise that Earth, our prehistoric planet, is a shared home—one that links us directly to the dinosaurs, bound together by the resilience, wonder and continuity of life itself.  

Through this epic journey, viewers step inside some of the most beloved scenes from seasons one and two of Apple TV+’s Emmy Award-nominated series Prehistoric Planet, and encounter a vast array of dinosaurs (from ammonites to mosasaurs, Adalatherium to the Tyrannosaurus Rex) at the most pivotal moments of their lives. As escapist as it is educational, the show includes never-before-seen material, including exclusive extended CGI scenes and bespoke illustrations. Lightroom’s state-of-the-art 360 projections allow viewers to see these majestic creatures at an awe-inspiring scale and travel alongside them through dangerous deserts, soaring skies, and the deep sea. 

Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs was directed and designed by 59 Studio in close collaboration with the makers of Prehistoric Planet, Apple TV+, and Executive Producer and BBC Studios Natural History Unit Creative Director Mike Gunton. The show also includes the original score by multiple Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman and Kara Talve for Bleeding Fingers Music.

Cast List

A close-up of a brown, furry rock hyrax standing on rocky terrain, looking directly at the camera with its round eyes and short ears visible.
Adalatherium
Several large, long-necked dinosaurs walk together on a sandy landscape with green shrubs and trees in the background under a clear blue sky.
Alamosaurus
A cormorant with outstretched wings perches on a pile of reeds in a calm body of water, with green trees and mountains visible in the background under a cloudy sky.
Alcione
A large sea turtle rests on a sandy beach near the shore, with two small creatures standing beside it. Sea waves and rocky formations are in the background, and leafy branches frame the image from above.
Archelon
A close-up of a feathered dinosaur with brown plumage, a beak-like snout, and dark eyes, set against a blurred, neutral background.
Atrociraptor
A large, long-necked dinosaur stands among tall green trees in a sunlit forest, its head and neck visible amid the foliage.
Austroposeidon
A close-up of a pterosaur model with a long, pointed beak and a reddish crest on its head, set against a softly blurred background.
Barbaridactylus
Close-up of a blue-feathered dinosaur with a prominent crest on its head, looking to the side. Another similar dinosaur is visible in the blurred background against a pale sky.
Corythoraptor
A large, feathered prehistoric bird with a long beak and blue facial markings stands in shallow water, surrounded by green reeds and vegetation under a bright sky.
Deinocheirus
A herd of long-necked dinosaurs, likely sauropods, move together through a dusty landscape. One dinosaur stands out in the foreground, raising its head above the others.
Dreadnoughtus
A realistic dinosaur with a long neck, ridged back, and textured greyish skin with brown markings stands in front of a snowy landscape with blurred trees in the background.
Edmontosaurus
A prehistoric-looking creature with a long beak, greyish skin, and a large, ridged crest on its head stands against a blurred background of tall trees and greenery.
Hatzegopteryx
A seabird swims underwater towards the camera with wings spread; behind it, a large, dense shoal of small fish forms a swirling mass in the blue ocean.
Hesperornis
A large, brown and grey dinosaur with spiky crests on its head lies on the ground, closely guarding a cluster of small eggs in a nest.
Isisaurus
Two small, brown, prehistoric creatures with long necks and beaks stand on the ground amidst green foliage and plants, with a blurred natural background.
Pterosaur
A seal emerges from icy water, with its head and upper body visible. Snow and ice float in the background under a cloudy blue sky, creating a cold, Arctic atmosphere.
Morturneria
A large marine reptile resembling a Mosasaurus swims underwater near a rocky, coral-covered ledge in the deep blue sea.
Mosasaurus
A group of large, duck-billed dinosaurs with spiked backs walk across a rocky valley with green, mossy hills in the background. The scene appears prehistoric and the dinosaurs are travelling in a herd.
Olorotitan
Close-up of a shoebill stork with grey feathers, a long, pointed beak, and striking red-orange markings around its eye, set against a blurred natural background.
Phosphatodraco
A spotted moray eel hides among rocks and coral underwater, blending in with its surroundings whilst peering out from a crevice.
Phosphorosaurus
A large pterosaur with a long neck and beak stands among lush, green foliage and tall trees in a dense prehistoric forest. Two eggs are visible on the ground nearby.
Quetzalcoatlus
A close-up of a large, scaly, reddish-brown dinosaur with textured skin, peeking out from behind a rocky formation in a rugged, mountainous landscape.
Rajasaurus
Three large, long-necked dinosaurs stand on dry, cracked ground with green foliage and tall palm trees in the background under a clear sky.
Rapetosaurus
A close-up side view of a realistic-looking Tyrannosaurus rex with scaly brown skin and sharp teeth, set against a blurred outdoor background with blue sky and foliage.
Tyrannosaurus rex
A large, realistic pterosaur with a long beak sits on a beach, surrounded by many other pterosaurs. The scene has a prehistoric, natural setting with cliffs and water in the background.
Tethydraco
A dinosaur with a feathered body, red and black colouring, and a dark, scaly face looks to the side against a cloudy sky background.
Therizinosaurus
A close-up of a realistic triceratops dinosaur with rough, textured skin and three large facial horns, standing in a forest with blurred green foliage in the background.
Triceratops
Two prehistoric marine reptiles with long necks and sharp teeth swim underwater in a blue ocean scene. The creatures resemble plesiosaurs, and their bodies are streamlined for aquatic life.
Tuarangisaurus
A feathered dinosaur resembling a raptor stands on a rock, displaying sharp claws, a long tail, and wings with dark feathers, against a blurred rocky background.
Velociraptor

Raising the Young

People sit and walk in a dark room with a large immersive display showing dinosaurs walking in front of an erupting volcano, creating a dramatic prehistoric scene.

This chapter explores how prehistoric creatures cared for their offspring, from nurturing behaviors to survival strategies. In this chapter you see Isisaurus mothers lay their eggs in the Deccan Trap Volcanoes, followed by their young hatchlings taking a perilous route to safety,  under the threat of a Rajasaur. Next, a group of Turangisaurus protect a birthing mother from a giant underwater predator, Kaikaifilu. 

Tree of Life

A group of people stands in silhouette, facing a vivid projection of two dinosaurs in a lush green jungle, creating an immersive, lifelike prehistoric scene.

Tree of Life examines the evolutionary connections between species, showing how life diversified and adapted over millions of years, that all birds descended from dinosaurs, and that all life is connected. Diving into the world of the T-rex, we follow a male post-kill, navigating an encounter with a female T-rex who becomes a mate.

 

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The Age of Giants

People sit on benches in a dark room surrounded by large, immersive screens displaying life-sized dinosaurs walking in a prehistoric landscape. The scene creates an interactive and engaging visual experience.

This chapter delves into a time when the largest animals ever to walk the Earth ruled the land. It explores how evolution responded to escalating predator size, resulting in creatures like the colossal Dreadnoughtus. A dramatic battle scene brings these giants to life, and a life-sized dinosaur display lets visitors measure themselves against them at 1:1 scale.

Monsters in the Mind

People sit and stand in a dark room with immersive blue forest projections on the walls and floor, featuring two large dinosaurs walking among trees under a spotlight.

Monsters in the Mind investigates how myths, legends, and our imagination have been shaped by fossil discoveries and prehistoric creatures. It features a thrilling nighttime scene as two T-rex meticulously hunt a group of Edmontosaurs.

 

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Unearthing the Past 

People sit on benches in a dark room, watching a large immersive screen displaying layers of earth with a fossil skeleton and a timeline showing millions of years, with a mountain and sky in the background.

This chapter reveals how scientists investigate the prehistoric world through fossils. We follow the journey from the death of an Alamosaurus on a beach, through the fossilisation process, to its eventual discovery and interpretation—demonstrating how palaeontologists piece together the story of life long gone.

 

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Patterns in Evolution 

A dark room features large, immersive projection screens displaying abstract maps and a detailed rocky landscape. Several black seats are arranged throughout the space, and map-like lines are projected on the floors and walls.

Here we explore recurring themes in evolution, such as convergent evolution, environmental adaptation, and survival strategies—with a special focus on the evolution of flight, illustrating how different species evolved similar solutions to shared challenges. In an iconic scene from the TV series, we see Pterosaurs and Velociraptors engage in a tense cliffside hunt.

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