Primeval, Series 1

Nick:
[throws a stack of paper on his desk into the garbage]

Connor:
Oh... actually, that's my dissertation. Yeah.

Nick:
[retrieves the stack of papers from the garbage and begins paging through it]

Connor:
See, I argued that all life on Earth derived from organisms carried here by alien spacecraft. It's pretty sexy stuff.

Nick:
[throws stack of papers back in the garbage]

Connor:
...it's a work in progress, really...