Edgar Rice Burroughs' At the Earth's Core

Edgar Rice Burroughs' At the Earth's Core is a 2014 British/American science fiction miniseries and based upon the novel At the Earth's Core by Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs. The 5 part miniseries first aired on April 4th 2014, the centenary of the original novels publication and concluded on May 2nd 2014. The shows visual effects were done by Framestore, who also did the visual effects for Walking with Dinosaurs and Primeval.

Plot
The series follows the adventure of David Innes, a 20 year old mining heir from Connecticut. He meets with Abner Perry, a good friend to his late father who shows him the plans for the Iron Mole, a drilling machine that

Cast and Characters

 * Nicholas Hoult as David Innes - The main protagonist who is a 20 year old mining heir from Connecticut.
 * Patrick Stewart as Abner Perry - An inventor who is an old friend to David's late father.
 * Lily James as Dian the Beautiful - A beautiful cave-woman from Pellucidar and the beloved of David.
 * Alfie Allen as Hooja the Sly One - A craven and treacherous caveman who desires Dian for himself.
 * Alan Rickman as Ghak the Hairy One - The chief of Sari who is the uncle of Dian and Dacor and the father of Tanar. He also becomes David's strongest ally in Pellucidar,
 * Henry Cavill as Tanar - Ghak's son and the cousin of Dian and Dacor.
 * TBA as Dacor the Strong One -
 * Nathalie Emmanuel as Canada the Graceful One -
 * TBA as Jubal the Ugly One -
 * Noel Clarke as Ja -
 * Jane Kaczmarek as Mahar Queen - The Queen of the Mahars and the main antagonist of the miniseries.
 * Andy Serkis as Borg - A Sagoth who is the chief of the Mahar's slaves.
 * TBA as Edgar Rice Burroughs -

Dinosaurs

 * Diplodocus (Lidi) - A huge 76 foot long sauropod dinosaur from the late Jurassic Morrison Formation 150 million years ago.
 * Iguanodon (Hyrth) - A giant herbivorous dinosaur from Early Cretaceous Europe, Asia and North America. A herd appear in the first episode where they pass the Sagoth slave convoy,
 * Stegosaurus (Dyrodor) - A plate backed and spiked tailed dinosaur from the late Jurassic Morrison Formation 150 million years ago.
 * Triceratops (Gyor) - A famous three horned herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Hells Creek Formation.
 * Tyrannosaurus Rex (Zarith) - A well known theropod from the Late Cretaceous, Hells Creek Formation. It is the top predator of Pellucidar, it appears several times during the miniseries. One appears in the second episode where its shown fighting and killing a Triceratops.

Prehistoric Reptiles

 * Archelon (Tola) -
 * Plesiosaurus (Tandoraz) -
 * Pteranodon (Thipdar) - A large fish-eating Pterosaur from Late Cretaceous North America. They are the most featured creature in the miniseries, appearing in every episode. They are used by the Mahars as both pets and as guard animals.

Prehistoric Mammals

 * Aurochs (Thag) -
 * Cave Bear (Ryth) -
 * Hyaenodon (Jalok) - A large carnivorous mammal from Eurasia and North America during the Eocene and Miocene. A pair appeared in the first episode, where David was forced to fight them, they were then scarred off when the Sagoth's arrived. An orphaned cub appeared in the third episode, he was adopted by David and named Raja.
 * Megatherium (Dyryth) - A giant ground sloth from South America during the Pleistocene. An aggressive individual appeared in the first episode as first creature seen by David and Abner when they enter Pellucidar, it chased David through a forest until he was grabbed by the Ape-Men.
 * Smilodon (Tarag) - A famous lion sized cat with two saber teeth from North and South America during the Pleistocene.
 * Woolly Mammoth (Tandor) - A famous hairy elephant like mammal from Pleistocene Eurasia and North America.
 * Woolly Rhinoceros (Salok) - A hairy rhinoceros from Pleistocene Eurasia.

Races of Pellucidar

 * Ape-Men - A race of black furred creatures with prehensile tails, receding foreheads, short legs and long arms who are arboreal in nature.
 * Gilaks - The human inhabitants of Pellucidar. They have an enhanced homing instinct, meaning they can find their way home, no matter where in Pellucidar they are.
 * Horibs - A race of ferocious lizardmen who serve the Mahars as hunters. They are one of two races, the other being the Sagoths, who serve the Mahars.
 * Mahars - The master race and rulers of Pellucidar who resemble humanoid Rhamphorhynchus.
 * Sagoths - A race of brown furred Gorilla-like beings who serve the Mahars as slavers. They are one of two races, the other being the Horibs, who serve the Mahars.

Locations

 * Connecticut -
 * Pellucidar - A vast underground world located 500 miles under the Earth's crust. It is inhabited by a variety of dinosaurs, extinct mammals and various stone age tribes, some human and others not human.
 * Amoz - The homeland of Dian the Beautiful and her brother Dacor the Strong.
 * Land of Awful Shadow (Mentioned Only) - A region that is avoided by the tribes of Pellucidar.
 * Phutra - The main city of the Mahars. It is located underground and mist marked by several granite pillars scattered over a plain.
 * Sari - The home of the most powerful tribe in Pellucidar, Ghak the Hairy One is its chief.
 * Sari - The home of the most powerful tribe in Pellucidar, Ghak the Hairy One is its chief.

Changes from the Novel
Despite being mostly faithful to the novel, several changes were made to the miniseries.


 * The miniseries is set in 1907, in the original novel it is set in 1904.
 * Abner Perry is portrayed as being a good friend to David's late father.
 * After being captured by the Ape-Men in the novel, David is stripped down to his underwear. In the miniseries, he is stripped completely naked and is later given a loincloth by the Sagoths.
 * In the miniseries, Abner Perry manages to keeps his clothes. In the novel, he is reduced to wearing a simple loincloth.
 * In the novel David was revealed to have been in Pellucidar for 10 years, in the miniseries he is in Pellucidar for only 3 years.
 * There is a Sagoth named Borg who becomes an ally to David during his revolution against the Mahars,
 * David's pet Hyaenodon Raja appears in the miniseries. He never appeared in the original novel, instead he appeared in its sequel, Pellucidar.
 * Ghak's son Tanar never appeared in the original novel, he appeared in the later novel, Tanar of Pellucidar.
 * In the novel, the Mahar Queen communicated through telepathically like the rest of her race. In the miniseries, she is the only one capable of speech.
 * In the original novel, the Mahars were never defeated. Instead they were defeated in its sequel novel, Pellucidar.
 * In the novel Dian was kidnapped by Hooja, who then placed a Mahar on the Iron Mole with David. In the miniseries both David and Dian return to the surface, where they marry and have a son.

Episode 1

 * David is captured and stripped naked by the Ape-Men, his buttocks is seen. He is later given a loincloth by the Sagoths.

Episode 3

 * In a large cavern

Episode 4

 * David and Dian confess their love for each other before stripping off their clothes. Both David and Dian's buttocks are seen, Dian's breasts are also seen. They then make love before going skinny dipping.

Episode 3

 * A woman has several body parts taken off and eaten by a Mahar.
 * A man is dissected alive.