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Life, Refracted

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Series begun:: 2009-12-12
Series updated:: 2010-02-27
Works included:: 3
Complete:: No
Word count:: 80,368
Author:: twistedchick
Description:: Suppose that when Helen is traveling through various time periods, she discovers that she can also travel to alternate Britains, in alternate universes, with different (or no) versions of everyone she knows? This is the premise behind Life, Refracted, a series of stories told by a variety of characters in (and from) more than one universe within Primeval.
The primary universes here are birth-world (the universe of Season One), and ARC-universe (the universe of Season Two and Three). There are others, as well. There may be more than one person moving between them.
When time travel can alter lives, when movement from one place to another can change history, life is refracted. Who knows where it will end up?
Notes:: This series of stories is dedicated to the actors who have created such remarkable characters in this show:
Douglas Henshall,
Juliet Aubrey,
James Murray,
Andrew-Lee Potts,
Hannah Spearitt,
Ben Miller,
Lucy Brown,
Ben Mansfield,
Laila Rouass and
Jason Flemyng.
Thank you.

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I. The Cuckoo's Child by twistedchick

Primeval
12 Dec 2009
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Helen finds more than one new world on the other side of the anomaly.

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- Part 1 of Life, Refracted
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II. The Selkie's Lover by twistedchick

Primeval
26 Jan 2010
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Stephen's world is changed, three times over ten years, by luck, love and loss -- and every time, Helen and Nick are in the midst of it with him.

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- Part 2 of Life, Refracted
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III. Documentary Evidence: Pages from The Falcon's Notebook by twistedchick

Primeval
27 Feb 2010
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A few entries from Sir James Lester's private journals that were previously omitted from publication, ranging from his Oxford days until he took control of the ARC. As part III of Life, Refracted, this is a companion piece to The Selkie's Lover, and may not make much sense without it.

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- Part 3 of Life, Refracted
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