Stargate SG-1
| Stargate SG-1 | |
|---|---|
 The original Stargate SG-1 characters. From left to right: Daniel Jackson, Samantha Carter, Teal'c, George Hammond and Jack O'Neill. | |
| Created by | Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright |
| Starring | Richard Dean Anderson Michael Shanks Amanda Tapping Christopher Judge Ben Browder Corin Nemec Don S. Davis Beau Bridges Claudia Black |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 205 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Showtime |
| Release | July 27, 1997 – Present |
Stargate SG-1 (alternately spelled STARGΛTE, and popularly abbreviated as SG-1) is a television series based upon the 1994 science fiction film Stargate. The premise of both is the existence of devices called Stargates, which allow travellers to cross the vast distances of space in an instant. The show focusses on a team called SG-1, who, in the top-secret U.S. military base called the SGC hidden underneath Cheyenne Mountain, use the Stargate found on Earth to explore other worlds and defend Earth against alien threat. Thus unlike many other science-fiction franchises with an interplanetary-exploration theme, SG-1 is set in the present day, is based on Earth, and primarily involves humans.
The series is produced by MGM and filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The first episode was broadcast on July 27, 1997 on Showtime, which aired the series' first five seasons. Since season six, the show is aired on the Sci Fi Channel. In July 2005, the Sci Fi Channel renewed SG-1 for a tenth season, making it the longest-running science fiction series on American television, surpassing The X Files's nine seasons and 202 episodes.
Developed for television by Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright, SG-1 originally starred Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge and Don S. Davis. The cast would change in later seasons. Actor Corin Nemec was a regular during the 6th Season, replacing Shanks. Davis left as a regular during the eighth season, and Anderson in the ninth; the latter season added new regulars Ben Browder and Beau Bridges. For Season 10, Claudia Black will be added as a new regular, reprising her recurring role as Vala Mal Doran.
A spin-off series, Stargate Atlantis, began airing in July 2004. The two shows now run in tandem, with plots that are occasionally interconnected.
Show summary
- See Stargate for a general summary of this universe, or List of Stargate SG-1 episodes for a detailed plot analysis.
The series follows the adventures of four explorers designated as SG-1, one team among at least twenty-two[1], who use an alien artifact called a 'Stargate' to travel the vast distances between planets, operating under the aegis of the United States Government's secret military base, Stargate Command (the SGC). The very existence of the SGC and all of its activities are covert and SCI-classified ("Sensitive Compartmented Information"). The official cover story is that the Cheyenne Mountain facility and its personnel are engaged in "analysis of deep-space radar telemetry," which provides the material for occasional jokes throughout the series – mostly regarding its implausibility, and in one instance regarding a decoration awarded to Captain Carter for ostensibly saving the world - for deep space radar cartography !
The primary goal of the SG teams is to travel to other worlds through the Stargate and procure alien technology to help defend Earth against the Goa'uld, a galactically dominant alien race who became aware of this planet's now relatively advanced civilization after the recovery of Earth's Stargate and the subsequent destruction of Ra, a powerful Goa'uld System Lord (the events depicted in the 1994 movie). The Stargate teams were frustrated in initial efforts to acquire advanced technology to fight the Goa'uld from more advanced species and offshoots of humanity. Three attempts were made to reverse-engineer alien technology and build starships, leading to the production of the F-302 and BC-303 models. In recent seasons, other alien threats such as the Replicators and the Ori have appeared.
The four original members of SG-1 were Colonel Jonathan "Jack" O'Neill, Captain Samantha "Sam" Carter, Dr. Daniel Jackson and Teal'c, an alien Jaffa. In Season 3, Carter was promoted to a Major. For Season 6, Jackson was replaced by Jonas Quinn, an alien human, but Jackson returned to the show for Season 7.
Originally led by Major General George Hammond, Stargate Command is based in the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado. The U.S. Air Force is in direct charge of the Stargate program, although from early on there was at least one SG team comprised of U.S. Marines. In later seasons, there was considerable participation in the Stargate program by civilians and non-Americans, including at least one Russian SG team.
At the end of Season 7, Hammond was promoted to Lieutenant General and reassigned to the "Office of Homeworld Security" in the Pentagon. Dr. Elizabeth Weir assumed temporary command of the SGC, after which she was reassigned to the Antarctic base and, subsequently, as leader of the "Atlantis" mission (depicted in Stargate Atlantis). O'Neill was promoted to Brigadier General and he in turn promoted Carter to Lieutenant Colonel and team leader of SG-1.
In Season 9, Major General Hank Landry replaced O'Neill as commander of the SGC, Dr. Carolyn Lam replaced Brightman and Frasier as Chief Medical Officer, and Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell became the new Commanding Officer of SG-1.
One of the most endearing qualities of Stargate SG-1 is that it takes place in the present day. Humans, as depicted in the series, are technologically behind some of the alien races the Stargate teams have met, but are rapidly gaining the ability to fight, defend, and benefit from the advances they have been exposed to in both significant and material ways.
The show remains popular despite entering its ninth season on the air. TV Guide recently proposed that its popularity may be exceeding that of the Star Trek franchise. Stargate SG-1 continues to break records in terms of Nielsen Ratings for the Sci-Fi channel, while the eighth season two-part episode "Reckoning" was widely regarded by fans as one of the five best in the show's history. Although Richard Dean Anderson departs the show as a regular in Season 9, he appears in the first and third episodes of that season and has left the door open for future appearances, and as such he will return in the Season 10 episode currently titled "200".
On October 24, 2005 Stargate SG-1 was renewed for an unprecedented tenth season. This will make Stargate the longest running science fiction television show in U.S. television history.
Plot summary
The original villain of Stargate SG-1, Apophis, was a powerful Goa'uld System Lord who caused the Stargate program to be brought back into action when he attacked Earth at the beginning of the series. He was, however, but one of many System Lords who battle for power of the galaxy. All Goa'uld are parasitic beings that take control of other bodies (usually humans, whom they transported across the galaxy in the distant past). System Lords usually have vast armies of footsoldiers, the bulk of these forces consisting of alien beings – modified humans known as Jaffa (although humans are sometimes used, despite their inferior size and strength).
SG-1 and the SGC make several alliances with other races in the galaxy, such as the Tok'ra. The Tok'ra are genetically identical to Goa'ulds, but they willingly share their bodies with their hosts and are opposed to the System Lords. Other races include the Tollan, the Nox and other advanced human civilizations. They also meet races that have been surviving in the galaxy for millennia, such as the Nox, the Asgard, and the remnants of an extinct race that come to be known as the Ancients. It is later discovered that the Ancients were the most advanced race ever, and were the builders of the Stargates.
In the background of the show, there is a constant attempt by forces on Earth to take over the Stargate Program. In particular, rogue NID agents, which eventually become the elite syndicate known as The Trust, are constantly trying to steal the Stargate or use alien technology for their own ends. The political powers on Earth are often at loggerheads over the Stargate, particularly after the program is revealed to ambassadors from the main powers on Earth (France, China, Russia and Great Britain).
Besides the Goa'uld, another threat arises in Season 3, namely a race of non-sentient machines called Replicators. These Replicators rarely posed a direct threat to the Milky Way Galaxy, but were on the verge of wiping out the Asgard. As a last desperate measure, the Asgard devised a plan in Season 6, using a command code from the deactivated Replicator creator Reese, to trap every Replicator in a Time Dilation field, effectively containing them for years. After the plan failed, the Asgard called on the help of SG-1. SG-1 landed on the planet and found that the Replicators had used the Time Dilation device to speed up their passage of time by hundreds, if not thousands, of years. The next step in the Replicator evolution was discovered in the form of human-form Replicators. They were found to be impervious to projectile weaponry which had worked so well against the earlier Replicator versions. After the threat was assessed by SG-1, they used the humanity of the human-form Replicator, Fifth, against him to successfully trap all the Replicators. They would eventually escape 2 years later and wreak havoc on the Milky Way Galaxy before ultimately being destroyed. During that 2 year span, however, SG-1 was able to refocus its efforts on combatting the Goa'uld.
After Apophis is conquered in Season 5, another Goa'uld System Lord takes his place as the show's main villain, Anubis. Anubis is considerably more evil than Apophis, and has much of the knowledge of the Ancients. The theme of Ascension is introduced, explaining that the Ancients survived extinction by ascending to a higher plane of being. Anubis tried to do this as well, to harvest the vast knowledge and power in that plane, but was cast down again, leaving him in a dangerous half-Ascended state. Anubis gains great power by using Ancient technology and stealing Asgard technology.
Near the end of Season 5, Daniel Jackson is killed, but Ascends with help from Oma Desala. In Season 6, his position is filled by Jonas Quinn; he is now engaged in cosmic affairs on a higher plane. Occasionally, he appears to his friends to help them out, but is only visible to them alone, often causing them to think that they are hallucinating. However, in the Season 6 finale, Anubis threatens to destroy Abydos, the planet most dear to Daniel, save Earth. Daniel promises to stop Anubis.
However, Daniel is ultimately unable to stop Anubis in destroying Abydos as the other Ascended beings have a rule that interference in mortal affairs is prohibited. His transgression causes him to be cast down by the Ancients to the human plane of existence allowing him to re-join SG-1 again. Throughout Season 7, Anubis consolidates his power by wiping out other System Lords, whilst Daniel and the SGC search for the Lost City of the Ancients, where powerful technology will be found that can defeat Anubis. In the Season 7 finale, an Ancient Outpost is located in Antarctica, and Jack O'Neill is able to use the weapon there to utterly defeat Anubis's entire fleet.
In Season 8, the System Lord Ba'al subsumes much of Anubis's power, but Anubis is discovered not to be dead due to his half-Ascended state. He eventually comes to rule secretly over Ba'al as well. Alongside this, the Replicators escape and begin to conquer even the System Lords. A human-form Replicator ("RepliCarter") is created in the image of Samantha Carter, who becomes the most powerful force in the galaxy.
Towards the end of Season 8, Anubis seeks to destroy all life in the galaxy so he can remake it as he sees fit, and he seeks to do this using the Dakara Superweapon, the most powerful piece of Ancient technology known. SG-1 and the Jaffa Rebellion get to it first and through SG-1's effort try to alter it to destroy Replicators instead. Meanwhile, RepliCarter captures Daniel Jackson, and whilst she probes his mind for Ascended knowledge, Daniel takes control of her mind, and manages to halt all the Replicators in the galaxy long enough for the Superweapon to be realigned and fired. Daniel is killed, but finds himself in the Ascended plane again (again Oma has helped him), where Anubis is finally stopped in his plans by Oma. It is also revealed that Daniel was not stopped by the other ascended beings rather by Oma herself to protect him from the wrath of the others. Daniel Jackson then is de-Ascended once more and arrives at the SGC. Ba'al has to flee under the total success of the Jaffa Rebellion.
In Season 9, Jack O'Neill leaves the SGC and SG-1 is filled in by Cameron Mitchell, with Hank Landry taking control of the SGC itself. It is discovered that Ba'al fled to Earth and is rebuilding his power from there, whilst many Goa'uld have infected The Trust. Furthermore, factions of Ascended beings form and certain rebels begin to take a more active role in human affairs.
One group of Ascended beings, the Ori, influence the mortal world through commanding mortals that they evolve and enhance. These mortals are called Priors, and uphold a religion that worships the Ori, called Origin. The Ori and The Ancients evolved from the same original race, and long ago once lived together in the same galaxy. However, as they reached the peak of their enlightenment, the two groups began to differ in their moral beliefs and goals. Due to an accidental visit by Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran to the Ori's home galaxy, they draw the attention of the Ori to the Milky Way. The Ori begin to make incursions into the Milky Way, with the ultimate goal of converting all humans to worshippers and wiping out the Ancients.
When Vala shows up in Daniel Jackson's body in the SGC, she tells SG-1 and General Landry information about ships being built and ready to invade the Milky Way Galaxy, through another super-gate (The first was destroyed in the episode Beachhead.), which they have yet to discover. She only gives a small bit of information before she is stopped. SG-1 then goes to a gate address where Merlin, an Ancient who had been working on a weapon to destroy the Ori -mainly they said "ascended beings- , had believed to have left it there. They show up on the planet where they find a village with a sword in a stone - Camelot. They proceed on taking out the "magic" knight -Daniel Jackson shoots the console on the Ancient device- and eventually find out the weapon -believed to have been a pendent of Merlin's- was not even there. Arthur and his Knights had left many years ago to find it. The team gets to the second supergate. At the site of the second supergate there are several Ha'taks (from both the Tok'ra and Free Jaffa Nation), two Tau'ri Daedalus warships, and one Asgard ship. The plan was to dial out, thus blocking any incoming wormhole. However, the plan failed when the Ori were able to dial in and send 4 massive warships. In the ensuing battle, most if not all the Ha'tak warships were destroyed along with one of the Tau'ri warships (at this time the identity of the ship is unknown). Vala, who looks about to go into labour, is left looking on from within an Ori ship.
The SG-1 fictional universe
Alien races
While many of the planets in the Stargate universe house transplanted human populations, several alien races are also featured, and a few of them have important roles in the story.
The chief alien race of SG-1 is the Goa'uld, an evil parasitic race that take humans and some other species for hosts. The parasites take over the minds of their hosts and use their bodies, often providing the bodies with exceptional strength, healing ability, and longevity. These aliens often pose as gods to enslave people. Other alien races encountered are the benevolent Asgard, and the incredibly advanced Ancients, who appear mostly in their Ascended forms.
Starting in season 9, the Ori have replaced the now almost-extinct Goa'uld as the show's main antagonist.
Human civilizations on other planets
In the Stargate universe, the explanation for human presence on other planets is that the Goa'uld used Stargates to transport large numbers of humans to other planets for use as slaves. Most Goa'uld-controlled worlds remain at a lower level of technology than Earth because interference has prevented them from progressing. Their inhabitants are often quite similar to the societies that were imported from Earth, culturally as well as technologically, with some adaptations based on their experiences with the Goa'uld.
A few of the groups so far encountered were abandoned (usually due to a decline of easily mined naqahdah deposits) and have developed on their own to a level of technology far greater than that of contemporary Earth. The premise is that if Earth had not experienced the Dark Ages, it would also have developed to such advanced levels.
One of these advanced human races we see repeatedly are the highly advanced Tollan; SG-1 saved some of their highest-ranking officials at the time of first contact, and then saved the entire Tollan people from destruction a few years later. The Tollan hold a strict policy of not allowing other less advanced races to access their technology for fear the race will destroy themselves with it.
Humans from Earth are known in the formerly Goa'uld-controlled parts of the galaxy as the Tau'ri.
Technology
There exist a number of more technologically advanced races and societies on the show who have produced a variety of highly advanced weapons, tools, and spacecraft.
Chiefly, the Goa'uld possess massive motherships and Death Gliders, and use Ring Transporters for small-distance movement, as well as Zat guns and staff weapons for attack. However, it should be noted that they did not develop this technology. As a parasitic race, they have stolen effectively all of their technology from conquered races. Some aliens possess devices that can probe memories, detect lies, hold bodies in stasis, create holograms that can act as perfect avatars for the subject, and teleportation devices that can transport things from place to place without the device itself being nearby.
Planets
A number of different planets are seen throughout the series. Some of the more important planets are:
- Chulak: a Jaffa homeworld, formerly controlled by Apophis. Teal'c's homeworld.
- Dakara: Home of an Ancient superweapon. It is also holy to the Jaffa, who have made it the capital of the new Free Jaffa Nation.
- Abydos: the planet visited in the original Stargate film, as well as several times during the series. Homeworld of Sha're and Skaara. Destroyed by Anubis in Full Circle.
- Tollana: the second homeworld of the technologically advanced Tollan until their destruction.
- Langara: homeworld of Jonas Quinn.
- Orilla: The current Asgard homeworld.
- The Alpha Site: a designation for an uninhabited world with a gate address unknown to the Goa'uld, set up in case Earth (or any other human-controlled world) has to be evacuated. In the alternate timeline where it is first introduced, it is called the "Beta Site."
- The Atlantis planet: Situated in the Pegasus Galaxy and location of the Atlantis Expedition. The actual name of the planet (given by the Ancients) is unknown and the human expedition team is yet to name the planet (although Lt. Ford offered the name "Atlantica" only to be rejected by Major Sheppard ("Suspicion")).
Cast
Regular characters
| Character | Actor | Length of time |
|---|---|---|
| Maj. Gen. Jack O'Neill | Richard Dean Anderson | 1997 – 2005 |
| Dr. Daniel Jackson | Michael Shanks | 1997 – 2002, 2003 – Present |
| Lt. Col. Samantha Carter | Amanda Tapping | 1997 – Present |
| Teal'c | Christopher Judge | 1997 – Present |
| Lt. Gen. George Hammond | Don S. Davis | 1997 – 2004 |
| Jonas Quinn | Corin Nemec | 2002 – 2003 |
| Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell | Ben Browder | 2005 – Present |
| Maj. Gen. Hank Landry | Beau Bridges | 2005 – Present |
| Vala Mal Doran | Claudia Black | 2006 – Present |
Other characters
For complete character lists, including dead characters, see:
- SGC personnel in Stargate SG-1
- List of Goa'uld characters in Stargate SG-1
- Tok'ra characters in Stargate SG-1
- List of known Jaffa
- List of known Asgard
Episodes
As of 2006, SG-1 has recently finished its ninth season with a record-breaking tenth season in production. A premiere date is set for July 2006. The show currently has 205 confirmed or aired episodes. For an overview, see List of Stargate SG-1 episodes. Alternatively, to study the plot in detail, begin with the first episode "Children of the Gods" and progress from there.
Broadcasters
- Australia: Seven Network, TV1
- Austria: ATV+
- Belgium: Kanaal 2 (Dutch Belgium), RTBF (French Belgium)
- Brazil: Fox Channel
- Bulgaria: Nova TV (season 1)
- Canada: Space: The Imagination Station, Citytv (and starting with Season 9 in HDTV on CITY-TV, Atlantic Satellite Network, Movie Central (English); Z Télé, TQS (French Canada)
- Czech Republic: (Nova) (until season 6) (Prima TV) (until season 6)
- France: M6
- Germany: RTL II
- Hungary: Tv2
- Ireland: Sky One, RTÉ Two
- Netherlands: Veronica
- Poland: HBO and HBO 2
- Portugal: Sic /Sic Radical
- Slovenia: Kanal A
- Slovakia: (JOJ TV, Markiza TV)(until season 6)
- South Africa: M-Net Series (DStv)
- Spain: AXN (cable/satellite), TV3 (Catalonia), Canal 9 (Valencian Community), ETB2 (Basque Country)
- United Kingdom: Sky One, Channel 4
- United States: Showtime (until season 5), Sci Fi Channel (since season 6)
Spin-offs
The Stargate SG-1 story and surrounding mythos has spawned many subsidiary productions which are often considered canon with the occassional obvious exceptions.
Television Shows
- Stargate Infinity (animated; not considered canon)
- Stargate Atlantis (originally intended to succeed SG-1)
Video games
- Stargate SG-1 Roleplaying Game
- Stargate Adventure (video game)
- Stargate SG-1: The Alliance (video game) - cancelled
- Stargate Worlds (video game (MMORPG))
Literature
Since 1999, several novels have been released based on the Stargate SG-1 series. These books were written by Ashley McConnell and published by ROC.
- Stargate SG-1 (novelization of the series' pilot, "Children of the Gods")
- In the book, McConnell describes Teal'c as "African-American." While an amusing bit of political correctness, it is inaccurate as Teal'c was in no way African. Jaffa-American might be a more apt description; however, some Jaffa in the series are white, so the reference to Teal'c's skin color would remain unknown.
- The Price You Pay
- The First Amendment
- The Morpheus Factor
A series of books from Fandemonium Press is also available in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. They are not sold in bookstores in the United States due to licensing issues; however, they can be ordered from stores in the UK.
- Stargate SG-1: Trial By Fire by Sabine C. Bauer
- Stargate SG-1: Sacrifice Moon by Julie Fortune
- Stargate SG-1: A Matter Of Honour (1 of 2) by Sally Malcolm
- Stargate SG-1: City Of The Gods by Sonny Whitelaw
- Stargate SG-1: The Cost Of Honour (2 of 2) by Sally Malcolm
- Stargate SG-1: Siren Song by Jaimie Duncan and Holly Scott (upcoming)
- Stargate SG-1: Survival of the Fittest by Sabine C Bauer (upcoming)
A series of Atlantis books is also forthcoming from Fandemonium Press. See the Stargate Atlantis article for more information.
The Official Stargate Magazine produced by Titan Publishing has also published a series of short stories based on the series. The magazine is available in the UK.
- Archeology 101 by Martha Wells (January/February 2006, Stargate Magazine #8)
The magazine also features stories based on the Stargate Atlantis series. See the Stargate Atlantis article for more information.
A series of comics has also been published by Avatar Press. See Stargate SG-1 Comics for more information.
Trivia
Film/series Continuity
The original film did not develop as much of the setting's depth as would be needed in a television series. MGM, which owned the rights, took Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin's product and handed the reins to a new team of creators (Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner). This new team introduced many new concepts to make the Stargate universe into a workable weekly science fiction show. Also, certain details were changed.
For example, in the film:
- Ra's species was not named (not strictly a contradiction, but a difference), and Ra was presented as using a sort of incorporeal "possession" of a human host instead of direct biological parasitism.
- Ra was the last of a dying race rather than just one of many Goa'uld. However, this may not be an actual contradiction since it would be rather easy for the Goa'uld to have repopulated in the 10,000 years since Ra discovered humanity. It could also be said that given the relatively low number of Goa'uld that they are a dying species. Jacob Carter claimed there were only a few thousand. Given Lord Yu's condition it's obvious even with their technology they have a limit to their lifespan.
- Abydos was located in the Kaliem galaxy, "on the far side of the known universe," rather than one of the closest Stargates to Earth.
- The Air Force base was under Creek Mountain, rather than Cheyenne Mountain.
- A few names were spelled differently or changed, which has been a source of in-jokes and pedanticism ever since:
- Colonel Jack O'Neill's name was spelled O'Neil.
- Colonel Jack O'Neill's wife/ex-wife was named Sarah rather than Sara.
- Colonel Jack O'Neill's son was named Tyler rather than Charlie.
- Dr. Jackson's wife's name was Sha'uri, rather than Sha're.
- The first time Daniel Jackson sees the Stargate is after he figures out the seven-coordinate address system, but in the TV episode "Lost City", he tells Elizabeth Weir that "I remember when we were first trying to get the Stargate to work, I would just come here, and stare at it for hours." However, it is entirely possible that he's referring to the cover-stones that the seven-symbols were printed upon, which he did stare at for hours on end, and that this is not, in fact, a contradiction; Daniel merely misspoke.
- In the episode "The Torment of Tantalus", it was clearly stated Catherine Langford was twenty-one in 1945, which would make her about four years old in 1928. However, she is much older in the opening sequence of the film, which is set in that year.
- In the episode "Children of the Gods", O'Neill told General Hammond that their "first clue" Ra was an alien was the fact that his eyes glowed. In the film, O'Neill didn't encouter Ra until after Daniel Jackson had discovered he was an alien. It is possible, however, that O'Neill was simply being sarcastic, referring to one of the more alien "tells" that Ra posessed as their very first hint.
Several of these differences were simply ignored by the TV series, but others have been addressed in various episodes of Stargate SG-1. For example, it was sarcastically mentioned at one point that there is another Colonel named Jack O'Neil whose name is often mixed up with Jack O'Neill's (and who "has no sense of humor"). Other changes have been explained as advances in technology, such as more precise "aiming" by Earth's dialling computer (to compensate for the drift of the planets in 10,000 years) that prevents the frost effect. Others are most likely just oversights.
Because of these differences, some fans of the film consider the television series as its own separate entity, rather than a proper sequel to the film. Using some of Emmerich's notes, Bill McCay wrote a series of five novels continuing the story the original creators had envisioned.
Series trivia
- The show is filmed in and around Vancouver. Many of the minor characters (and the extras) are Vancouverites. Numerous references to Vancouver culture (eg. place names) have been made throughout the series.
- There are only three episodes of the series in which Teal'c (Christopher Judge) refers to Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) as "Daniel" as opposed to "Daniel Jackson": "The Broca Divide", "The First Commandment", and "Forever in a Day". All other instances he refers to Daniel Jackson by his full name or, occasionally, as "Dr. Jackson".
- The USAF cooperates closely with the makers of the program. Two successive Chiefs of Staff of the USAF, Generals Michael E. Ryan and John P. Jumper, have appeared in the show, playing themselves. Ryan appeared in the episode "Prodigy" because of his fascination with science fiction, especially space exploration. Jumper made a cameo appearance in "Lost City", the episode that was originally slated to be the show's last. The Air Force Association recognized Richard Dean Anderson at its 57th annual dinner on September 14, 2004, for his work as actor and executive producer of the show and "for the show's continuous positive depiction of the Air Force." [1]
- The series often follows a direct formula of which where major events (namely the introduction of a villain) is the fault of human curiosity. Including:
- After ignoring it for almost five thousand years, the Goa'uld come to realize that Earth is a threat to them after humanity activates the Stargate and defeats the System Lord, Ra.
- The Replicators are a product of a humanoid android who was created by a human scientist.
- The Ori became aware of the Milky Way galaxy after Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran activate an Ancient communication device that sends their consciousnesses to the Ori galaxy.
- See also Stargate Atlantis.
- Throughout the show, there are many references to The Wizard of Oz, mainly stated by Col. O'Neill.
- The scene where Daniel Jackson prevents a naquadria explosion with the use of his hands is possibly an allusion to an actual, similar accident involving Louis Slotin in the Manhattan Project.
- Many of the extras portraying US Air Force personnel are in fact real US Air Force personnel. [2]
- There are many references to The Simpsons, as Jack O'Neill's favorite television series, it is in fact Richard Dean Anderson's as well. In episode "Citizen Joe", Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson made a guest appearance as Joe Spencer. In turn, Richard Dean Anderson later made a guest appearance on The Simpsons.
- See List of Stargate SG-1 cast for trivia related to casting.
DVD Release Dates
| DVD Name | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stargate SG-1 Season 1 | May 22 2001 | October 21 2002 | March 1 2004 |
| Stargate SG-1 Season 2 | September 3 2002 | January 27 2003 | February 18 2004 |
| Stargate SG-1 Season 3 | June 17 2003 | February 24 2003 | May 12 2004 |
| Stargate SG-1 Season 4 | September 2 2003 | March 31 2003 | August 18 2004 |
| Stargate SG-1 Season 5 | January 20 2004 | April 28 2003 | November 17 2004 |
| Stargate SG-1 Season 6 | March 2 2004 | February 2 2004 | January 19 2005 |
| Stargate SG-1 Season 7 | October 19 2004 | February 28 2005 | March 16 2005 |
| Stargate SG-1 Season 8 | October 4 2005 | February 27 2006 | August 17 2005 |
References
- ^ "Babylon". Stargate SG-1. Season 9. Episode 8. 2005-09-09.
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External links
- MGM: Stargate SG-1.
- SCIFI.COM|Stargate SG-1 hosted by the SciFi Channel.
- Gateworld.net: Stargate SG-1.
- Stargate fan site including episode guides, actor bios, and a Stargate Wikipedia.
- Stargate SG-1 at the TV IV.
- Pegasus Galaxy: Stargate SG-1.
- Stargate SG-1 Solutions Wiki (StargateWiki).
- Stargate Technology Center.
- Abydos Gate.
- The Scifi World.
