3D visuals come into their own in the movie version of the BBC’s award-winning dinosaur doc, which opens at Burnham’s Ritz Cinema on Friday.

Walking With Dinosaurs – The 3D Movie, follows the journey of a runt of the litter, told in entertaining, educational style.

Shot in Alaska, stunning visuals here are combined with educational aspects like freeze-framing the action to provide the genus, English translation, and feeding classification of each dinosaur.

Bulldust, the leader of a herd of herbivorous Pachyrhinosaurus, must impose his authority on his younger rivals while keeping an eye on his newly hatched brood, including Scowler (voiced by Skyler Stone) and his weakling brother Patchi (Justin Long).

As the siblings grow up, Patchi learns to compensate for his small stature, in order to overcome the obstacles that life throws at him, and to woo Juniper, his sweetheart (Tiya Sircar).

Wise-cracking best friend Alex (John Leguizamo) keeps a close eye on Patchi and together they face the merciless Gorgosaurus, the high-flying Pterosaurs and the chicken-like Hesperonychus, which Patchi authoritively refers to as “skinny-necked pecky things”.