A happy birthday to Michael DeLuise who appeared in the Stargate SG1 fan favourite Wormhole X-Treme! He’s also been in NYPD Blue, Bunheads, Brooklyn South and The Gilmore Girls.
Many happy returns of the day to Martin Jarvis who was Davos in the Atlantis episode The Seer. Martin has appeared in Eastenders, Grim & Evil, Little Women and Doctor Who.
Birthday best wishes to Frank Vincent who pretty much played himself or a cameo of his Soprano’s character in the excellent Stargate Atlantis episode Vegas. He’s also been in NYPD Blue, Law & Order and Goodfellas.
A very happy birthday to David Lewis who has guest starred in two episodes of Stargate SG1. He played the scientist Cameron Balinsky in Moebius Part 1 and Heroes Part 1.
We also pay our ever lasting respect to the great Don S. Davis who was born this day back in 1942. He played General George Hammond in Stargate SG1, Atlantis and Continuum as well as roles in other genre favourites such as Twin Peaks and The X-Files.
I haven’t watched A Dog’s Breakfast recently and a post on the twitter feed tickled my fancy so I thought it was about time I watched David Hewlett, his sister Kate with pals Paul, Rachel and Christopher have fun in this low budget comedy. You’ll spot many familiar names in the credits as well but I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know, I doubt there are many Stargate fans that have not watched this movie.
The movie follows the slightly warped Patrick as he gets to grips with his sister (Marilyn) bringing home her fiancée (Ryan) a Scifi tv star. After over hearing a phone call which indicates Ryan is planning to kill Marilyn he then plans to kill Ryan, fun and games commence.
The very best of birthday wishes to Anne Marie DeLuise who appeared in two episodes of Stargate SG1.
She was in “Bounty” as Amy Vandenbery and a few years earlier before she married Peter she played Farrell in
The Other Side and was credited under her maiden name Loder.
Anne Marie has also guest starred on Psych, Smallville, Supernatural, Dead Like Me and The Collector.
As the fleet of Wraith Hive ships and cruisers close on the Atlantis star system Rodney and two others take a jumper out to the Ancient satellite with the intent to repair the weapon and then spring a surprise on the Wraith when they enter the system. Rodney draws the short straw and has to don the space suit and re-route some energy conduits but the attempt is a success and the satellite drawing power from a generator is armed and ready. Meanwhile back on Atlantis after failing to locate a suitable new Alpha site Bates is found seriously beaten, with their previous animosity Teyla is the prime suspect but after scanning the DNA remnants on the wounds Carson identifies that presence of a Wraith in the city and so the hunt begins. Bob the Wraith is captured and John interrogates him rather aggressively with no practical results as to why he sneaked into the city or his plans once the fleet arrives and arrive they do. Grodin is alone on the satellite and is successful in taking out the first hive ship but the fix fails and the weapon loses power leaving the other two hives to rip the satellite to pieces as Rodney and Miller watch on from the cloaked jumper.
The Siege is a trilogy of episodes bridging the first and second seasons of Stargate Atlantis.
This is a big story and you can understand why a couple of the previous episodes were bottle shows, the amount of money spent on the sets and CGI would have been significant and while Part 1 isn’t all action there is enough flash and bangs to make you happy with a good bit of drama with Teyla and Bates and then Grodin.
Knife through butter
In all honesty when you watch part 1 you always have to ask yourself why is everyone so confident, it’s not as if full coverage of the star system with multiple weapon satellites prevented the fall of the city ten thousands year previously and while I suppose you could say it’s pure hope and maybe desperation but you do see much in the way of believable worry or trauma. Ok we get a little shock when the satellite is taken out and they lost Peter but Weir as a commander should takes it in her stride and it was good to see Rodney willing to go into the line of fire to attempt a rescue of his colleague. It’s also worth mentioning the use of sort of red shirts and the introduction of a new character who you would assume would be the sacrificial goat of the story, a nice twist.
Ok, who hit Bates?
We got a nice discussion going over on the Facebook group for last weeks episode, plenty of back and forth on twitter and even a +1 and share over on G+ so that’s always rewarding but there can never be too much feedback and listener interaction so in that respect feel free to get in touch about our show or Stargate. We’ve put up the episode list for the next 10 months or so just to make it easier for anyone to find an episode they fancy joining us for and then it can be reserved and closer to the date a time can be arranged along with the bits and bobs required to make the recording possible:)
This weeks promo is from The Book Cave a resource dedicated to the more pulp side of literature, lots of author interviews, news and discussion so if like me you like that sorta thing pay them a visit.
Many thanks to Jeff for joining us for this episode and he’ll be back for part 2 next week. The following two weeks after that will be the domain of the two wrap up shows which include the results of the listener polls.
A very happy birthday to Kerry James who played Josh in the Stargate Universe episode Earth. He currently stars in Heartland playing Caleb Odell and has appeared in June and Aliens In America.
Birthday best wishes to Matthew Del Negro who was Mike Branton in Sunday the excellent Stargate Atlantis episode. Matthew has been in The West Wing, The Sopranos and is currently in Mistresses.
Many happy returns of the day to John MacDonald a stuntman and stunt double in Stargate Continuum and SG1. He’s also worked on The Dresden Files, Jumper, Nikita, Copper, Robocop and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Official Site
A very happy birthday to Jason Momoa who played Ronon Dex in Stargate Atlantis & Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones. He also starred in Conan the Barbarian, Bullet to the Head and appeared in Baywatch.
Happy birthday to Steve Schirripa who made a guest appearance in the Atlantis episode Vegas, he’s also been on Enterprise but is best known for his time on The Sopranos.
Many happy returns of the day to Tanya Reid who was Jolinar / Rosha in two episodes of SG1. She has also appeared in The Lone Gunmen, Bury The Lead and Welcome to Paradox.
Least we forget those who have passed on, the great Dom DeLuise ( Aug 1st 1933 – May 4th 2000 ) a husband, father and of course Urgo in Stargate SG1.
Birthday best wishes to Christina Cox who appeared in three episodes of Stargate.
She played Major Anne Teldy in SGA Whispers, Lt Kershaw in SG1 The Sentinel & T’akaya in SG1 Spirits.
Christina also starred in Blood Ties, F/X: The Series and Defying Gravity.
She is currently working on The N&N Files: Nikki and Nora.
Happy Birthday to Rudolf Martin who played Anateo in Stargate SG1 Company of Thieves. He’s also guest starred on Enterprise, NCIS, Dexter and All My Children.
Many happy returns of the day to Dillon Moen who was Charlie O’Neill in two episodes of Stargate SG1. He also appeared on Millennium, Beautiful Joe and in Turbulence II. Many happy returns to Doug Wert who played Major Hadden in the SG1 episode Arthur’s Mantle. He’s also been in three episodes of Star Trek TNG, L&O and 666 Park Avenue. Finally big birthday wishes to Mark Hoeppner who was the Barkeep in SGA Trinity and also works within the Transportation Department for shows and movies such as Bates Motel, TRON Legacy and MI:Ghost Protocol.
The Demented is out now on DVD and VOD/OnDemand etc. The movie features our own Michael Welch who played young Jack O’Neill in the Stargate SG1 episode “Fragile Balance” as well as Luke Girardi in Joan of Arcadia. The story involves a group of teenagers out for a good time and being center stage at a biological terrorist attack, the plot is generic but it makes a change from a psycho killer or bigfoot:)
The movie also stars Kayla Ewell (Vampire Diaries).
A Very Happy Birthday to William Atherton on the 30th of July, he played Emissary Varta in the Stargate SG1 episode Collateral Damage. William has had a recurring role on Life and Centennial, guest starred on Castle, Monk and Lost and had strong supporting roles in Ghostbusters and Die Hard. IMDB
Many happy returns of the day to Kevin Blatch who was Tobias in Stargate SG1 episode Ex Deus Machina. Kevin has guest starred on Psych, Millennium, The Net and Flash Gordon. IMDB
I’ve slowly been re-watching Deep Space Nine so it came as a pleasant surprise to see Galyn Görgwho was in The Visitor a fourth season episode of DS9 playing Korena the wife of Jake Sisco. Galyn appeared a few years later as Kendra in Thor’s Hammer a first season episode of Stargate SG1.
The Visitor tells the story of Jake Sisco after his father is “killed” on a routine mission on board the Defiant. Jake continues to see his father through out the years and finally realises Ben is trapped in a sub-space like limbo and tied to Jake’s life force. On this one stormy night a young woman visits Jake and he tells her the story and we see the events in flashback. The Visitor is an excellent episode of Deep Space Nine with Tony Todd putting in a great performance.
The members of SG1 are stuck 5000 years in the past but in this alternate timeline dorky Daniel and Sam after helping to discover the location of the second gate are put onto the expedition thanks to Jack returning to the military which in turn is thanks to Major Kawalsky his long time friend and compatriot. The use the jumper to travel to Chulak in search of Tealc who they believe will be open to helping them but on arrival they are captured by the Jaffa of Apophis and Daniel is take for interrogation and then when they escape he reveals that his no longer the Daniel we knew for such a short space of time. In a clever tactic they take the jumper 5000 years into the past of Chulak and use the gate to travel to Earth and they appear shortly after the original SG1 arrived but find that well they did not fare very well. Only Daniel survived which means once again we have a full compliment of SG1 to rally the natives to rebel and over throw Ra but this time to use the Jumper and it’s cloak to secure the gate and make sure it will be discovered under the cover stones 5 millennia later. A blink of an eye later here is a SG1 watching the video of themselves recovered from a dig site and well everything seems to have worked out so lets all go fishing and they do including Sam but there shouldn’t be any fish in this pond…
Close enough?
Moebius Part 2 is a fantastic season finale and watch together the two parter is brilliant time travel science fiction. It was great to see “evil” Teal’c once again as the First Prime to a snazzy looking Apophis played by Peter Williams who refused to cut his hair hence the use of the fancy hat. We lost Daniel and gained Daniel and lost Teal’c, Sam and Jack but hey we are back to a full compliment of SG1, come on don’t you love time travel tales:)
Who is Missing?
The episode has for the most part stunning levels of location shots, composite scenes and set pieces although one or two shots were a little sub-standard as Peter commented on in the episode commentary, budget and practical limits played a part but next season a full size location jumper will solve many of these mainly for Atlantis.
As a season finale the episode was awesome and a lot of the credit goes to the final fishing scene and slow pull back across the pond and we’ve seen that shot before but it doesn’t matter it works so well. If this had been the series finale it would have worked just as well, the story and conclusion providing a fitting end to SG1 and passing the torch full time to Atlantis.
As it should be
Once again we have to thank Scott and Miles for joining us in the recording of this show, they were excellent and with fewer audio issues the final result was more to my liking. We may have to try to convince them to make another appearance some time in the future:)
Next week we take a leap at the Stargate Atlantis season 1 finale “The Siege Part 1” with Jeff from the states joining us for that recording, hope you can join us and maybe leave a comment, review or any sort of feedback I can’t tell you how much it means to us. Thanks to Brad for posting his mini-feature on Gatecast 106 “Menace” over on the Facebook Group and thanks to everyone that we interact with us on twitter and Stephen for the email:)
A very happy birthday to Alex Dafoe who played Halstrom in the Stargate SG1 episode Crusade.
He’s also guest starred in Fringe, Alcatraz, Supernatural and Arrow.
Birthday best wishes to Ben Cotton the one and only Dr Kavannagh from Stargate Atlantis. Ben’s had recurring roles on The Killing, Hellcats, Harpers Island and the web series Riese and has appeared on Bates Motel, Arctic Air, Shattered and Caprica.
I personally enjoyed his starring role in BSG: Blood & Chrome.
A Very Happy Birthday to Noel Callahan who played the Boy in the Stargate SG1 episode Beast of Burden.
He’s also guest starred on Romeo!, Dark Angel and Just Cause.
Birthday best wishes to Michael Welch, he played the young Jack O’Neill on Fragile Balance an excellent episode of Stargate SG1. He also played Luke Girardi in Joan Of Arcadia and appeared in Birds Of Prey, The Riches and Twilight. IMDB Thirst Project
Happy Birthday to Christopher Attadia, Eric the youngster in Stargate SG1 Affinity. He’s also appeared on Saved, Dark Angel, The Dead Zone and Life Unexpected.
Birthday greetings to August Schellenberg, Yaozu in two episodes of Stargate Universe, Saving Grace, Grey’s Anatomy, Eight Below and Due South.
Many happy returns of the day to Ronny Cox who was Senator/Vice President Robert Kinsey in eleven episodes of Stargate SG1. He also starred in Robocop, Total Recall playing wonderful bad guys and was in The Agency, St Elsewhere, Leverage, TNG and Beverley Hills Cop I and II. Official Site IMDB
A very happy birthday to David Kaufman who played Mark Gilmour in the Stargate SG1 episode Zero Hour. He’s also appeared in ER, Wings, Fantasy Island, Remington Steele and hs done voice work on Halo 4, Superman and Stuart Little. Official Site IMDB
A very happy birthday on July the 22nd to Ian Robison who played Frank Mitchell in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Bounty & Collateral Damage) and a Security Officer also on SG1 in the episode “In The Line Of Duty”. He has also guest starred on Fringe, Smallville, Cult, Psych, The 4400, Millennium, The X-Files and Belly of the Beast.
