Primeval (TV Series)

Breakfast Club (2011)

Alexander Siddig: Philip Burton

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• Philip Burton : [Speaking to Abby about the animals in the menagerie]  I think we seriously have to consider putting them down. It's the only humane solution. It's the safest, the kindest course of action.

• Philip Burton : You haven't co-signed this executive order yet.

  James Lester : Ah, yes, and I don't intend to.

  Philip Burton : You do realise I don't actually need your signature? Scientific policy is directly under my control.

  James Lester : That's perfectly true, so go ahead. Don't let me hold you up. Of course, what posterity will make of all this is anyone's guess.

  Philip Burton : What's posterity got to do with anything?

  James Lester : Well, I dare say we can't keep the anomalies secret forever. One day it will all come out, whether we like it or not. After all you've achieved, to be remembered simply as "Burton the dinosaur killer" does seem rather a cruel fate. Not quite the legacy you had in mind, I'd imagine.

  Philip Burton : Are you threatening to leak this?

  James Lester : Certainly not. No, I'm simply saying that if this should somehow ever become public knowledge, the world outside these walls is going to come looking for a scapegoat. I assure you, it won't be me.