Patrick Gilmore
Patrick was Dr Dale Volker on Stargate Universe, Bernie Ackerman in Stargate SG1 and a Genii soldier in the Atlantis episode Harmony, he also played Trennan on Riese and guest starred on The Killing, Continuum, Fringe, Fairly Legal, Gracepoint, Arrow and Shattered. IMDBTwitter Rene Auberjonois
Rene played Alar in the Stargate SG1 episode The Other Side and the mysterious Odo in seven seasons of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. He also played Clayton Endicott III in Benson and appeared on Boston Legal, Warehouse 13, The Librarians , NCIS as well as voicing characters on many other shows. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice Morris Chapdelaine
Morris played Tenat in three episodes of Stargate SG1 and an Ori Prior, he also played a Wraith in the Atlantis episode Spoils of War and appeared in Ark of Truth, Fringe and BSG. He is also a puppeteer and worked with the Asgard on SG1 and on fourteen episodes of Falling Skies. He is currently working on Van Helsing. IMDBTwitter Ian Butcher
Ian played an Ori Prior in the Atlantis episode Beachhead and Dannic on four episodes of Stargate Universe. He has also guest starred on Fringe, Continuum, Arrow, Motive and Arctic Air. IMDB
Damian Kindler
Damian wrote and produced for Stargate SG1 and wrote for Atlantis, he also wrote, directed and produced Sanctuary (which he created) and has also written and produced Sleepy Hollow. He is currently working on the new prequel series Krypton. IMDBTwitter Josh Byer
Josh played a Sergeant in the Stargate SG1 episode Rules Of Engagement and has appeared on Caprica, Psych, Bones, iZombie, Stonados and Night at the Museum 2. He is also an accomplished artist and has worked in the literary field via screen writing and copy writing. IMDBOfficialTwitter Amanda Alexander
Amanda was the script supervisor on 59 episodes of Stargate SG1, 10 episodes of Atlantis and 28 episodes of Universe. She has also worked on Kyle XY, Demontown, A Dog’s Breakfast, Motive and Cedar Cove. Her latest project is the upcoming Travelers. IMDBTwitter Mark Gash
Mark played a doctor on the Stargate Atlantis episode Miller’s Crossing and has also appeared on Human Target, Once Upon A Time, Fringe and Continuum. IMDBBehind The Voice
Colm Meaney
Colm played Cowen in three episodes of Stargate Atlantis (Underground, The Storm and Coup D’etat) but made his name as Miles O’Brien in Deep Space Nine (173 Eps) and Star Trek The Next Generation (52 Eps) in tandem with a very successful movie career. He stars as Durant in Hell On Wheels and starred in The Commitments and The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain also the syfy mini-series Childhood’s End. IMDB Michelle Brezinski
Michelle played a nurse on the Stargate Atlantis episode The Real World and has appeared on Fringe, Psych, Seven Days and Smallville. She has also written, directed and produced. IMDBTwitterOfficial Brandon Blue
Brandon played one of the human/wraith hybrids in the Atlantis episode The Prodigal and has appeared on Smallville, 10.5: Apocalypse , The Secret and The Reagans. IMDB
Welcome to our very first look at Stargate Universe and the first episode Air Part 1 which in this case is part of the extended release on the DVD/Blu-ray, for the purposes of the podcast we cut the double episode in half and will be looking at Air Part 2 next week.
The story of Stargate Universe begins with the view of the Destiny (as we come to learn) and onboard the activation of a Stargate, by mixing up the timelines we learn that the SGC has an off world base codenamed Icarus which is using the geo-thermal properties of an alien world to power its Stargate and access the ninth chevron. The complexities of energy manipulation has prevented a successful activation until the puzzle is sent out into the real world by means of a computer game. This game is solved by Eli Wallace (played by David Blue) who is then shanghaied by General O’Neill and brought to Icarus to work with Dr Nicholas Rush (Robert Carlyle) and along for the ride comes the Senator who was instrumental in securing the funding for the base and his daughter who came up with the idea to exploit gamers. During the visit the base comes under attack from the Lucian Alliance and Eli has a flash of inspiration, the symbols required are not just an address but also incorporate a code, the Earth symbol should not work but when used the wormhole is opened and with no other option the survivors of Icarus flee through the gate. They arrive on board Destiny with many injuries including Colonel Young (Louis Ferreira) and begin to explore not realising at first they are onboard a starship billions of light years away from the Milky Way and Earth…
Well there you go the first look at Stargate Universe and it was far better than I remembered infact all three parts of Air were a very rewarding viewing experience. The main cast is incredible and as you would expect the Stargate producers have made full use of continuity and the acting pool of Stargate veterans to populate the screen, it paid off big time for those of us who are familiar with the franchise. The production quality right from the start was incredible for television and felt very different to what SG1 and Atlantis has offered in the years before, as it turned out that may have played a part in the show only getting two seasons but those two seasons are an adventure to say the least:)
We’ve got to thank Jeff for returning to the podcast (sucker for punishment) and our first timer Steve who is a veteran podcaster in his own right. Together with myself and Alan I think we did one of our better episode commentaries/discussions, the fourth voice I think added that extra something and for once Skype was well behaved. So next week we are back with the same line up and taking a look at Air Part 2, we hope you join us and we want your feedback on the podcast and Stargate Universe, if nothing else SGU generated discussion in the Stargate fan community:)
Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis guest starred in five episodes of Stargate SG1 as the Jaffa Gerak, it seemed like many more as his screen presence was a great boon to the show. He more recently had a recurring role on Boardwalk Empire and has a long list of shows over the last few decades including The Powers of Matthew Star, Backstairs at the White House, Roots, An Officer And A Gentleman, Enemy Mine and of course Iron Eagle. IMDBOfficialTwitter
Ivan Cermak
Ivan appeared in two episodes of Stargate SG1, first as Captain Hagman in Redemption Part 1 and then Major Altman in Prototype. He has has also guest starred on Human Target, Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville and Fringe and now works in finance. IMDBTwitter Tyler McClendon
Tyler played Kenny the wraith on Stargate Atlantis and eventually appeared on six episodes of the series and also played Lt. Banks in the Stargate SG1 episode Avalon Part 1. He has guest starred on Fringe, Eureka, Dead Like Me, Battlestar and Underworld: Awakening. IMDB Cydney McCurdy
Cydney was a casting assistant on the Stargate theatrical feature film, she has also worked on Clockers, Kingdom Come, The Big Leaf, Ray and MacArthur Park. IMDB
Musetta Vander
Musetta guest starred in two episodes of Stargate SG1, Shan’auc the Jaffa priestess in Crossroads and then as her alternate safe Shauna in The Changling. She has also guest starred on episodes of Star Trek Voyager, Babylon 5, Highlander, Buffy, Xena, NCIS, Transylmania and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. IMDBTwitterOfficial
Brandy Kopp
Brandy played a Marine in the Stargate Atlantis episode “Sunday” and she’s also been in Wolf Lake, Smallville, The 4400, Special Unit 2, Supernatural and Bitter Bartender. She has also provides the voices for animated shows and video games. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice Michael Benyaer
Michael is a well respected voice actor as well having a good resume in front of camera, he voiced a number of uncredited roles on Stargate Infinity as well as providing voices on shows such as Robot Chicken, Reboot and GI Joe. He has also guest starred on Intelligence, Motive, Sanctuary, Olympus and will be on the new Prison Break. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice Barry Levy
Barry played Major Hawkins on the Stargate SG1 episode The First Ones and has also appeared on The Outer Limits, Millennium, Scandal, Revenge, Aquarius and Perception. He is also a writer/director and producer. IMDBTwitter
Ron Blecker
Ron is former member of the US Army and was a technical/military advisor on Stargate and appeared in three episodes of the series as a guard or marine (Lost City Part 1, Miller’s Crossing and The Siege Part 3). He has also worked on dozens of tv show and movies including Battlestar Galactica, Traffic, Harsh Realm, The Net, Taken, Shooter, I, Robot and Sucker Punch and operates a business which serves the movie and tv industry. IMDB
Geoff Redknap
Geoff has pretty much done everything within television from acting on both Stargate SG1 (Oranian Officer, Jup and Alien) and Atlantis (Old Sheppard & Old Sumner) as well as being a puppeteer on Stargate SG1, Falling Skies, The Haunting Hour and Dreamcatcher. He has also written, directed and edited his own work and worked in the make up departments of Fringe, Supernatural, The Flash, Deadpool and The X-Files. IMDBTwitter
Claude Knowlton
Claude guest starred as a doctor in the Stargate SG1 episode Avalon Part 1 and also made appearances on shows such as New Girl, iZombie, Just Cause, The Net, First Wave, Seven Days, Arrow and Rizzoli & Isles. IMDBOfficialTwitter Kevin Minato
Kevin played a boy in the Stargate Atlantis episode Letters from Pegasus and has also worked on media projects as a grip, camera operator and cinematographer. IMDBYoutube
Well here we are with something a little different, an interview with the author Keith R. A. DeCandido.
Keith is a New Yorker born and bred who took to literature at a very early age encouraged by his parents with an interesting choice of authors. You may want to think back to what you were reading as a youngster then compare it to Keith’s reading list, for me a world of difference:) Keith is also a professional editor and has written his own original novels as well as making full use of licensed content and novelisations. His media and online endeavours populate an extensive list of accomplishments, check the links you will be amazed. Join Alan and Mike on this podcast as we chat with Keith about his work in the media and more specifically the appeal of Stargate and the result of said interest with his new novel “Kali’s Wrath” which was released on May 19th as an ebook and the paperback is out soon.
We want to thank Keith for giving us his time and since the interview was recorded a few days before the book was released and this podcast is being released a few days after I have tagged on a small review of the novel at the end of the interview, spoiler free. Next week we are going to be kicking off our Stargate Universe adventure starting with Air Part 1, Steve and Jeff joined us for that so gear up it turned out rather well:)
I watched the season 13 finale of NCIS the other day and it marked the return to the series for Marina Sirtis reprising her role as the Mossad leader Orli Elbaz in an episode named Family First. It was not only the conclusion to the season but also the mini-arc comprising four episodes.
NCIS returns for a fourteenth season later in the year.
John Billingsley
John played the adorable Dr Simon Coombs in the Stargate SG1 episode The Other Guys and was fantastic as Dr Phlox on Enterprise. He recently starred on Intelligence and has guest starred on shows such as Masters of Sex, Bones, True Blood, 24, Prison Break, Scrubs and The Nine. IMDB Tahmoh Penikett
Tahmoh appeared once on Stargate SG1 playing Third a human form replicator on the episode Unnatural Selection but he is in great demand on the genre market and can be seen recently on Continuum, Strange Empire and Supernatural. He made his name as Karl Agathon aka Helo on Battlestar Galactica and has also appeared on Arrow, Dollhouse, Riverworld, Smallville and Castle. IMDBTwitter Leela Savasta
Leela played Captain Alicia Vega in the Atlantis episodes Whispers and Search & Rescue and Dr. Rafaela Esposito in the episode Tao of Rodney. She has also appeared on Smallville, Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, Cra$h & Burn, Psych and Santa’s Little Helper. IMDBTwitterOfficial Brian Ho
Brian is an actor and stunt performer who has been on Stargate Atlantis, Arrow, The 100, Marco Polo, Transformers: Age Of Extinction, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Pacific Rim, Man Of Steel and Total Recall. IMDBOfficial J.C. Vaughn
Contributing author to Stepping Through the Stargate: Science, Archaeology and the Military in Stargate SG-1 and co-writer of the Stargate Atlantis season comic books. He has also written stories/comics/novels for 24, The Three Stooges, Zombie Proof and Aztec Journal. TwitterOfficial
Jason Gray-Stanford
Jason guest starred on the Stargate SG1 episode Past and Present as Orner, he also starred as Lt. Disher on Monk and guest starred on Taken, The Outer Limits, Republic of Doyle, Mistresses, Millennium and supplied the voices for dozens of characters in many animated shows and features. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice
