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A fan of the show since it premiered on SKY1 in the UK so many years ago. Single and likely to remain so, I'm hard to live with:)

Jul 212013
 

Happy Birthday to Ray Galletti who played Major Peter DeLuise the Navigator on Prometheus in the Stargate SG1 episode Memento. He’s also guest starred on Andromeda, The Collector, Jake 2.0, Arrow and appeared in The Core.
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Ray Galletti Reel 2012 from Ray Galletti on Vimeo.

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Jul 202013
 

avatar The death of Catherine Langford provides Daniel with a treasure trove of Egyptian artefacts to examine, in one book he spots a representation of what could be nothing but a ZPM in the treasure room of Ra. Sam and Daniel offer up a plan to use the Ancient time machine to go back 5000 years to the time when Ra ruled over Egypt and steal the ZPM without affecting the timeline, Jack isn’t convinced but he is the best bet to fly the time jumper.
They successfully steal the ZPM but they remain 5000 years in the past when the Jumper is discovered, they decide to leave a video recording in a sealed jar in a known dig site with the knowledge it will be discovered by their future selves and then all will be right with the world.
Alas they have changed events and when the jar is discovered the video referencing the Stargate, SG1 and some of the major events are no longer relevant but General Hammond (1 Star stationed at NORAD) seeks out Sam and Daniel to shed some light on the video and some of the artefacts they do discover.

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Moebius was initially intended to be a series finale and even with seasons nine and ten to come the double episode really can be seen to book end what to many became the traditional Stargate SG1. That aside we are seeing a truly convoluted and magnificent time travel story which is one of the staples of scifi but is often forced to work or plot issues ignored. In this story we see the consequences when things go wrong and how far you may have to go to try to fix things and even then it might not be perfect. If modern theory about alternate timelines and branching realities are true then the odds of perfectly replicating the events to produce a desired result with 100% accuracy would be pretty long almost at infinity. It may the case that like the Moebius as a whole and the Simpsons episode referred to in the commentary for part 2 that close enough is the best you can hope for.

Michael and Amanda must have been having a blast playing the alter-egos being more timid and restrained versions of the characters we came to know and love. We can see Daniel has that desire and stubbornness still buried within him but Sam despite being a very intelligent woman seems to have had her confidence and edge ripped away, who knows how her family life in this reality affected her.
Jack we can see as being an extension of his existing character, he’s happy to have walked away and just do enough to get by and be happy on his boat but for some reason seems to have picked up a Canadian accent for some reason. It was also great to see General Hammond who was pretty much the same just a lower rank and of course we got to see Major Davis and Major Samuels who seemed to be very similar but then in the prime reality they like the General were military men to the core. McKay of course reverted to his early SG1 arrogant self maybe even with added jerkiness:)

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Wandering Hand Syndrome

Moebius Part 1 is an excellent episode and the first half of one of the best two parters that Stargate have produced made more so thanks to wrapping up so many threads in a very natural way, some of the best series finales leave you smiling and believing the characters will go on and in part 1 all the hallmarks of this style of story have been laid down and we have the promise of more of the same in part 2.

We had some issues with the audio (again) this week, I lost quite a few comments which simply were washed out so the show really doesn’t do justice to our two guests this week. Miles and Scott from the SciFi Diner podcast joined us from the states and they’ll also be on part 2 of this episode so if you really want to experience the quality they consistently produced check out their podcast which carries some excellent genre interviews gathered from dozen of conventions. Thanks to everyone that has posted on the various social media platforms and gold star to Brad for continuing his episode comments over on our Facebook group, all the feedback is valued and appreciated.
Next week we’ll be staying with Stargate SG1 with the second part of Moebius and then the following two weeks will be devoted to the final two episodes of the first season of Stargate Atlantis.

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Jul 202013
 

A very happy birthday to Adrian G. Griffiths who appeared in two episodes of Stargate SG1 as Lieutenant Baker (The First Commandment) and Paul (Affinity) also Stargate Continuum. He’s also done spots on Andromeda, Jeremiah, Battlestar Galactica and Smallville.
Many happy returns of the day to Reed Diamond who was Major Bryce Ferguson in the Stargate SG1 episode Stronghold.
He’s guest starred on Bones, Revolution, White Collar and starred in Journeyman, Dollhouse and is currently in Franklin & Bash.
Happy birthday to Benjamin Easterday the Jaffa Commander in the Stargate SG1 double episode Moebius.
He’s also appeared in Fast & Furious 5, Dragon Wasps, Flash Gordon and The Dead Zone.

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Adrian G. Griffiths – Reed Diamond – Benjamin Easterday

Jul 192013
 

Many happy returns of the day to George Dzundza who rocked Stargate SG1 as Jim in the eighth season episode Threads. He’s appeared in Hack, Greys Anatomy and the original Law & Order.
A happy birthday to Chiara Zanni who played Melena in the Stargate Atlantis episode Sateda. She’s been very popular for voice work on shows such as Kid v Kat, My Little Pony and Rated A for Awesome and has also appeared in Riverworld, Smallville and Good Luck Chuck.
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Happy birthday to Robert Bruce who appeared just the once on SG1 as a villager in the episode It’s Good To Be King. Robert has also appeared in Cold Squad, Just Cause, The Lone Gunmen and Alone in the Dark.

 

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Jul 172013
 

The Stargate SG1 novel “Ouroboros” written by Melissa Scott is now available in paperback from Stargate Novels and joins it’s ebook brethren in the impressive lineup up of Stargate books offered by Stargate Novels & Fandemonium.
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Jul 172013
 

Many happy returns of the day to Jessica Amlee.
Jessica played Cleo the young girl who along with her friend gave us the highlight of the Stargate Atlantis episode Childhood’s End through their interaction with Rodney. Jessica also appeared in Andromeda, Jeremiah, Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone, Absolute Zero and Heartland
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Jul 162013
 

A very happy birthday and best wishes to Michelle Morgan who appeared in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis as Weir and FRAN. She’s also been in Fire Serpent, Bunny Hug, The L Word and the hist series Heartland.

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Jul 152013
 

So around 92 seconds into the video you may notice a familiar face in this LFCC 2013 compilation:)

Thanks to Michael Clark for tweeting the link.

Jul 152013
 

Birthday best wishes to Galyn Görg who played the former Gou’ald Kendra in the Stargate SG1 first season episode Thor’s Hammer.
Galyn has also guest starred on Lost, Voyager, Twin Peaks, Point Break and CSI Miami.

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Jul 142013
 

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I watched the six episodes from the live action series Metal Hurlant Chronicles adapted from the comic book and was pleasantly surprised to see our own Joe Flanigan in the final episode “Master of Destiny” playing Hondo. He co-stars with the ever gorgeous Kelly Brook and together they do kinda spread chaos throughout the galaxy in an impressive montage. As with all the Metal Hurlant stories there is a twist and even when you can see it coming the stories are still entertaining and short enough to simply watch whenever you have a half hour to kill.

The Blu-ray and DVD of the first season can be bought from Amazon France.

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Jul 132013
 

avatar Teyla is having some troubling nightmares involving the Wraith, it may be a little anxiety due to the approaching hive ships or something a lot deeper. She shows an obvious lack of focus when sparring with John and he makes sure she has her first contact with the expeditions psychologist Dr Heightmeyer and after being told to rest and not gate to the Alpha site she eventually has a face to face with the psychologist and reveals that some of her people used to hear voices and so a visit to Carson is on the cards. He flies Teyla to the mainland where she meets Charin an elder who lets Teyla into her own secrets that she is a descendant of one the people returned to their world by the Wraith and it was these returnees who had the “gift” to hear the Wraith’s voices.
Upon returning to Atlantis and armed with this knowledge they attempt through hypnosis to engage her gift and she is successful in accessing Wraith onboard the approaching hive ships but in a twist a Wraith gets access to her but one thought remains, they want the Earth. The Alpha site is then compromised and Bates who is sure it was Teyla sees his paranoia about her people raise a notch. The rewards of knowing what the Wraith are upto swings Weir into deciding to attempt the contact again and Teyla gets possesed and pretty much kicks ass until Bates stuns her with a Wraith rifle but what now, can Teyla with her Wraith DNA ever be trusted?

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Victim… I mean patient secure

The Gift is an episode which allows Rachel to exercise her skills as well as giving the prosthetics a good work out, we also get some valuable information on her people and background but make no mistake this also paves the way for the bigger budgets required for the season finale.
The episode doesn’t get any rave reviews but I personally think it’s required to add depth to Teyla and her people but also allows for an extra bit of impetus and potential conflict for The Siege and well it gives Bates something to do. We’ve seen in Stargate SG1 that the Gou’ald have at times experimented on humans to achieve some payoff so it’s no surprise the writers of Atlantis chose to use that plot element once more, I’m not sure it really paid off in the grand scheme of things but it’s perfectly fine for this episode. Teyla has some good character pieces with Dr Heightmeyer played by Claire Rankin and yes we have a psychologist/therapist on a scifi show that actually does her job.

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I’m a doctor not a…..

We had a bumper crop of feedback for Threads on our facebook group and a few other things so that was obviously a popular episode, I wonder how it’s doing in the poll, when not check it out. The promo this week is Pulp Audio Weekly which is just geeky fun so why not click on the link and have a listen, you may just enjoy their show.
Many thanks to Brad for joining us this week and next week we discuss part 1 of the Stargate SG1 Season 8 finale “Moebius”.

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Jul 132013
 

A very happy birthday to Neil Denis who played Rya’c in six episodes of Stargate SG1. He’s also done some voice work on X-Men: Evolution and RoboCop: Alpha Commando as well as appearing in Romeo!, The Dead Zone, Beyond Loch Ness and Alice, I Think.

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Jul 132013
 

Stargate Special Offer – News – Big Finish

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Ordered a bunch of CD’s and I did like the postage contribution tag which I guess makes up for the pricing being the same for the physical media and the download.

This special offer ends Wednesday 17th.

Jul 122013
 

A very happy birthday on the to Mel Harris who graced Stargate SG1 in three episodes paying the Ascended being Oma Desala.
Mel is perhaps better known for her time on the hit show Thirty Something and more recently Saints and Sinners and she has guest starred on JAG, House, Cold Case and The West Wing.

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Jul 092013
 

Happy Birthday to Jerry Penacoli who played a Genii soldier in the Stargate Atlantis episode Harmony. He’s also appeared in JAG, Wings, Galaxy Quest and has hosted Daytime.

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It also happens to be the birthdays of two people who follow us on twitter so many happy returns of the day to Jerry Stoller and to an occasional guest and friend of the show Jeff Woosley.