Alessandro Juliani
Alessandro played Katep in the SG1 episode Moebius (1&2) and Eliam in the episode Scorched Earth. He also starred on Battlestar Galactica as Felix Gaeta and also appeared on Smallville,
Fringe, Cedar Cove, Almost Human and recently on The 100 as Sinclair. IMDBBehind The Voice Robin Mossley
Robin has been in two episodes of Stargate SG1 first as Malikai in Window of Opportunity and then as Dr. Reimer in the episode Morpheus. He has also guest starred on Andromeda,
Reaper, About A Girl, Psych, Hope Island and Sanctuary. IMDB Lawrence Dane
Lawrence appeared just the once on Stargate SG1 as Major General Bauer in the episode Chain Reaction. He has also appeared on Sofia, Absolution, Queer As Folk, The Hunger, Flashpoint, Airwolf and Street Legal. IMDB Martin Blaiz
Martin played a NID guard on the Stargate SG1 episode 48 Hours and also appeared on Seven Days, First Wave, The Outer Limits and Touched by a Killer. IMDB
The 17th episode of the final season of Stargate Atlantis is “Infection” and deals with some of the ramifications of the retrovirus in one of it’s many forms. A Hive ship is approaching Atlantis and a corrupted message is received from Todd, a jumper rendezvous with the Hive and they find all the Wraith in stasis but with no automate revival time set in the system. Rodney searches the ships database and discovers that the retrovirus/gene therapy had been given to the whole crew but after initial good results something went wrong, drastically wrong. Malfunctions are evident on the Hive and then a scream and a security guard is found dead, well half eaten it seems the Wraith can no longer feed by drawing life force but the infected have still got teeth.
They wake Todd who is not too happy given that they are no position to save his crew but as more of the infected get loose and the hive slowly loses integrity being affected by the virus itself they find themselves in a decaying orbit. Rodney is bullied by Todd to perform above and beyond and the Hive or what is left of it crash lands into the ocean where they few survivors are rescued. John who gave his work asks for permission to release Todd and he leaves hoping to find a cure for the virus in an old tradition of bonding with an Iratus Queen.
Infection is an episode that exists to tie together some plot points and to make the most of Todd (Christopher Heyerdahl) and to be fair it does a decent job with the atmospheric horror leaning story. The production side provides some great CGI visuals as the hive breaks apart and the standing set never looked better but money must have been tight when the crash was created, that looked bad. However you never get a bad episode when Todd is front and center and once again he shows why this character became a fan and production favourite.
We didn’t have a guest this week as it was a spur of the moment recording and well outside of the planned schedule but we had fun. This weeks promo is for Treks In Scifi and next week we are taking a look at the eighteenth episode of the final season “Identity” so hope you join us and let us know what you think.
Jaime Ray Newman
Jaime played Lt. Laura Cadman in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis ( Duet and Critical Mass ) and has also guest starred on Eureka, Grimm, Veronica Mars, Bosch, NCIS and starred on Eastwick, Drop Dead Diva, Bates Motel, Wicked City and Red Widow. IMDBTwitter Bob Frazer
Bob appeared just the once on Stargate SG1 playing an Airman in the episode Hathor. He has also been on Cold Squad, The X-Files, First Wave, Motive, Continuum, Falling Skies and Supernatural. IMDBTwitter
A welcome return to Supernatural for Holly Elissa (SG1 & SGA) in the episode “Safe House” where she played Mary Henderson a mother of a youngster who was the prey of a diabolical entity. This was a great episode of the show as it brought back Rufus and Bobby in a story that was very well written and constructed and made perfect sense in context, an instant classic.
Tobias Mehler
Tobias played Lt. Graham Simmons on five episodes of Stargate SG1 ( Message in a Bottle, The Fifth Race, A Matter of Time, Serpent’s Song and Redemption 1). He also played Zak Adama on the recent Battlestar Galactica and appeared on Jeremiah, Robson Arms, The Icarus II Project and Young Blades. IMDB
Adrian Holmes
Adrian appeared in two episodes of Stargate SG1, in Nightwalkers he was a Special Operations Sergeant and in Memento Mori he played Detective Ryan. He has also guest starred on Arrow, Continuum, Smallville, Cedar Cove, True Justice and stars in the crime drama 19-2. IMDBTwitterOfficial Kory Grim
Kory played a recruit on the Stargate Atlantis episode The Last Man and has also been on Arrow, iZombie, The Revenant, Legends of Tomorrow and Fringe. Kory is also a stunt performer having worked on Arrow, The Flash, Stargate, Continuum, The Tomorrow People, Lucifer and Deadpool. IMDB Ron Selmour
Ron appeared as Jannick in the Stargate Atlantis episode Identity, he has also been on 2012, Tron Legacy, Sanctuary, Smallville, Arrow, Supernatural and Continuum. IMDB
Mili Avital
Mili played Sha’uri in the original Stargate movie and went on to appear on Damages, 666 Park Avenue, L&O: SVU, Bad Seed and a number of productions in her native language. IMDB Kenneth Welsh
Kenneth played Jamus in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Ark. He has also guest starred on Twin Peaks, Witchblade, Tilt, Timecop, Due South, ReGenesis, The Divide, narrated Perfect Storms: Disasters That Changed the World and performed on stage. IMDB Fraser Aitcheson
Fraser guest starred as a Jaffa commander in the Stargate SG1 episode Upgrades and appeared on The 4400, Smallville, Fringe and Arctic Air. He’s also a stunt performer with credits on Earthsea, Smallville, Arrow, Sanctuary and movies such as Elysium, Robocop and Man Of Steel. IMDBTwitter
Marina Sirtis
Marina appeared on all seven seasons of Star Trek The Next Generation and the movies playing Councillor Deanna Troi and also guest starred on other Trek series. More importantly she appeared on Stargate SG1 in the episode Watergate as Dr. Svetlana Markov. She has also guest starred on NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy, Family Guy, A Dark Reflection, Finders Keepers and Young Justice. IMDBTwitterOfficial
Darcy Laurie
Darcy played Airman Dunning in nine episodes of Stargate Universe and also appeared in two episodes of SG1 first as a Cave Dweller in The First Commandment and then as Tass’an in Babylon. He has also guest starred on Fear the Walking Dead, Fringe, Supernatural, The Man in the High Castle and Continuum. IMDB Cam Cronin
Cam made his only appearance on Stargate as an Airman in the SG1 episode Window Of Opportunity. He’s also been in The X-Files, Fringe, Psych, The Good Mistress and Supernatural. IMDBTwitter Brian McCaig
Brian played as tech in the Stargate Universe episode Alliances and has appeared on Moments, Sanctuary, Supernatural, Some Assembly Required and Motive as well as doing stunt work and working as a stand in. IMDBTwitter Lisa Bunting
List guest starred as Claire Jackson on the Stargate SG1 episode The Gamekeeper, she has also been on The X-Files, Hope Island, Cold Squad, Alcatraz and Continuum. IMDB
Richard de Klerk
Richard was in two episodes of Stargate SG1 as Dominic in Rite Of Passage & Joe in One False Step, he has also guest starred in Sanctuary, Andromeda and The 4400 and can be seen in the latest seasons of Motive, Reign. Strange Empire and Supernatural. IMDBTwitterOfficial
In Brain Storm Rodney is invited to a presentation by a former colleague, he asks Jennifer to accompany him and perhaps a little to his surprise she is quite pleased to do so. The presentation takes place in a facility in the middle of nowhere with tight security where Dr. Malcolm Tunney reveals his matter bridge a device intended to funnel heat from the Earth to another universe/reality thus reducing global warming. Rodney recognizes the device as being the same technology he used to access the alternate realm which brought his other self to Atlantis but when he speaks he is ridiculed as it seems Rodney has a bit of a reputation amongst his peers. However as Rodney suspected once the device is activated and working it can not be turned off as it’s providing it’s own energy and as more heat is drawn from the facility the colder it gets resulting in a new phenomenon imaginatively called “freeze lightning”. Jennifer attempts to contact the SGC after they find a weak area in the containment field but she is then trapped in a corridor flooded with water, Rodney desperate to get to her pulls the proverbial rabbit out of the hat and leaves the control room to save her. Tunney using Rodney’s code shuts down the matter bridge and in the nick of time Rodney is able to revive Jennifer, not a bad official first date it would seem based on the events that occurred on the plane flying them home.
Brain Storm is a very very good episode, we finally get to see Rodney asking Jennifer out and as we knew she had serious feelings for him it’s no surprise that she says yes, Rodney was surprised which made the whole scene just that more enjoyable. We also learn that Rodney really did make himself a bit of a loner within his peer group, his reputation is not good and that fact working with the SGC and IOA means no published papers just underlines the disdain many feel for him. Of course the fact that Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson are two of his peers kinda raises the whole episode to a whole new level and huge thanks must go to the two men who were more than willing to poke fun at themselves.
As always we want to thank our guest Andrew for joining us over Skype from the states, he always delivers and I think it’s evident having three voices in the mix keeps things fresh especially when a guest has a particular affinity for the episode in question. This weeks podcast promo was for The Rusted Robot and next week we are going to be taking a look at the Atlantis episode “Infection” so let us know what you think and don’t forget to vote in our Season 5 favourite episode poll:)
Angelique Naude
Angelique played a young scientist who caught Sheppard’s eye in “No Mans Land”. She’s also been on The 4400, Supernatural, Dream Gamblers, Blood Ties, Chaos and Scary Movie 4. IMDB
James McDaniel
James played General Francis Maynard in two episodes of Stargate SG1 ( Lost City Part 2 & Inauguration ). He has also appeared on Taken, Life As We Know It, The Division, Detroit 1-8-7, The Following, Forever, Orange Is the New Black, Limitless, Sleepy Hollow and back in the day starred on NYPD Blue as Lt. Arthur Fancy. IMDB
Fifty years have passed since the Cheyenne Mountain Complex went fully operational. Now, the US Air Force has given us a chance to look inside the legendary military installation made famous by the Terminator series [update: and by Stargate SG-1!].
