Ivy Isenberg
Ivy was a casting associate on 116 episodes of Stargate SG1 and 58 episodes of Stargate Atlantis including taking the role of casting director for the premiere “Rising”. She has also worked on Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole, Titan Maximum, Robot Chicken, Bullet in the Face and Dead Like Me. IMDB Twitter
Primo Allon
Primo guest starred on six episodes of Stargate Universe as Koz. He has also appeared on Smallville, Fringe, Once Upon A Time, The 100, Arrow and Motive. IMDB
Brandy Ledford
Brandy made her name in the modelling and the glamour side of show business before going more mainstream with acting roles on Andromeda, Baywatch, NCIS: Los Angeles and Whistler. She guest starred as Norina in the Stargate Atlantis episode Inferno and Zaren in the Stargate SG1 episode Endgame. IMDB Official
John P Jumper
John is a former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as a General in the US Air Force played himself in the memorable Stargate SG1 episode Lost City. Wiki
Mitchell Kosterman
Mitchell played Colonel Tom Rundell in the Stargate SG1 episodes Heroes Part 1 and 2 and Special Agent James Hamner in the episode Seth. He has also guest starred on Smallville, John Doe, White Noise , MacGyver and Millennium. IMDB Twitter
Robert Weiss
Robert played a Scientist in the Stargate Atlantis episode “Home” and has appeared on Arrow, Motive, The X-Files and Hell On Wheels. IMDB
Get ready for young, sexy MacGyver
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Terry Chen
Terry played the Monk in the SG1 episode Maternal Instinct and has also appeared in The 4400, V, Riverworld, Combat Hospital, Continuum, Arrow, The Returned, The 100, Strange Empire and a number of features films such as Elysium and War. IMDB Twitter
Michele Greene
Michele played Laira in the Stargate SG1 episode A Hundred Days and also starred in the huge US hit LA Law. She has also appeared on The Unit, Big Love, CSI Miami, The Defenders, Captive and Brothers & Sisters. Michelle has also published a number of novels. Official IMDB
Barry Campbell
Barry was the commander of the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station in 2009 (APLIS 2009) and a huge fan of Stargate SG1, he was instrumental in the Stargate movie Continuum filming in the Arctic and had a small role in the movie as a crewman. IMDB Gateworld
Sean Millington
Sean was in the Stargate Atlantis episode This Mortal Coil as a Marine and also appeared on the SG1 episodes Affinity as a thug and Crossroads as Ronac. He’s been in Smallville, Hell On Wheels, Supernatural, iZombie, The 100 and The 4400 but is better known for his many years as a star fullback in the Canadian Football League. IMDB Twitter Official
J.B. Bivens
J.B. played a Guard on the Stargate SG1 pilot Children of the Gods and has appeared on The Santa Clause 2, Smallville, Monk, The Dead Zone and The X-Files. He has also worked extensively behind the scenes as a rigging and dolly grip. IMDB
The Queen is the focal point of a Wraith Hive, the grand alliance is still struggling to deal with the emergence of Atlantis but unlike before there are Wraith who deal directly with the humans who now control the great city. In this episode the team approach a hive on a diplomatic mission, they board and are greeted by Todd and around a table filled with food (Todd at the farmer earlier). They discuss the use of the latest version of the retrovirus which could eliminate the need for Wraith to feed on humans and take sustenance from ordinary food. Todd is sceptical but agrees that it could give his hive an advantage but without the consent of the Queen who dominates the alliance nothing can be done. The only way to approach the ruling Queen with the idea of the retrovirus would be through another Queen and as Teyla has Wraith DNA it is decided that she will undergo drastic procedures to turn her into a Wraith at least in the short term.
After much deliberation Teyla undergoes the surgery and is transformed into a Wraith Queen. Todd teaches her some of the basics she needs to know as well as making her understand that attitude and confidence is everything when dealing with Wraith let alone another Queen. They board the Queen’s hive which then jumps into hyperspace and after some uneasy introductions Teyla is invited to discuss her purpose for the visit but Todd seizes his chance and drives a knife into her throat and as the alarms sound he jams the knife into Teyla’s hand. As the Wraith and Drones rush in Teyla plays her part shouting down descent and proclaiming that any Queen who could die so easy was not worthy of leading the alliance and now she is the Queen of this ship. The Wraith commander is not happy but accepts the new dynamic but then messages arrives telling of an incursion of one of their feeding grounds by another hive, Teyla reluctantly agrees to leave their position (knowing John and Co will have more trouble finding them) but a Queen would not ignore this incursion. Upon arrival she immediately orders an attack against the trespasser and Todd is unable to stop the wholesale slaughter of Wraith pilots and crews but even as things turn bad she is saved when the puddle jumper arrives via the Stargate and puts six drones into the opposing hive. Alas they are then captured and Teyla tells them to bide their time but is overheard by the commander who attempts to kill her, she defends herself and Todd finishes him off. She now has total control of the hive which she leaves in the capable hands of Todd with the promise to the crew that she is still their Queen and will protect them, she takes her leave with a warning to Todd that if he does anything stupid she can return and take command once again.
I think you may glean that I quite liked The Queen, it’s an excellent story giving the Wraith a lot more depth and opens up their society a little more. It also makes good use of the long term narrative of some Athosians being “tainted” by Wraith DNA and even offers the possibility that the Wraith and the humans are not as different as was indicated from the pilot of Atlantis and subsequent Wraith specific episodes. The makeup and prosthetics were stellar, the transformation of Teyla was spectacular and Rachel’s performance as she wrapped the cloak of her Wraith Queen persona around her was a sight to behold. Christopher was as ever wonderful as the uber intelligent and manipulative Todd and lets not forget Kenny either 🙂
Many thanks to Ian for joining us on the sunday afternoon to record this episode, he will return later in the season and thanks for the feedback over on google+ as well as continued support on Twitter and Facebook. This weeks promo is for the SciFi Diner podcast and next week we are taking a look at Tracker.
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Judy Norton
Judy played Talia in the Stargate SG1 episode In The Line of Duty and has also appeared in Millennium, Ed, Bluff and The Waltons. She’s also a writer and director. IMDB Twitter Official
Bobbie Phillips
Bobbie was the guest star in the SG1 episode Brief Candle playing Kynthia, she has also starred on The Cape and appeared on Murder One, The Watcher, Seven Days, Doomsday, Amazon, Dharma & Greg and The Good Sister. IMDB
In memory of Brad Sihvon (Jan 29 1971 – Apr 7 2010)
Joe in Stargate SG1 Affinity plus roles on Huff, Dead Like Me, Taken, SU2 and White Noise.
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Ty Olsson
Ty played Col. Barnes on the Stargate SG1 episode The Fourth Horseman: Part 1 and a Jaffa on the episode Point of View. He has also guest starred on Supernatural, Kingdom Hospital, Battlestar Galactica, Defying Gravity and The 100. IMDB Official Twitter
Harley Jane Kozak
Harley Jane appeared just once on Stargate in the SG1 episode Cold Lazarus playing Sara O’Neill. She has also appeared on The Outer Limits, You Wish and is a published author. IMDB Official Twitter
Calum Worthy
Calum played one of the young people in the Stargate Atlantis episode Childood’s End and has also starred in Stormworld and Austin & Ally. He has guest starred in episodes of Kyle XY, Longmire, The Coppertop Flop Show, Motive and Caprica. IMDB Twitter
Tamlyn Tomita
Tamlyn played Shen Xiaoyi on two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Crusade & The Scourge) and in two episodes of Atlantis (Remnants & No Man’s Land). She has also appeared on Teen Wolf, Monk, The Mentalist, Eureka, Babylon 5 and Heroes. IMDB
Chris Gauthier
Chris appeared on Stargate in the Atlantis episode Trinity as Mattas and then as Hertis in tv movie The Ark of Truth. He’s better known for his role as Vincent on Eureka and has had guest spots on Smallville, Continuum, Sanctuary, iZombie and Once Upon A Time. IMDB Twitter
Hrothgar Mathews
Hrothgar was Dr. Hamilton in the Stargate SG1 episode Prodigy and has also guest starred on Seven Days, Caprica, Arctic Air, Psych and Fringe. IMDB
Allison Hossack
Allison was Zeena Valk in the Stargate SG1 episode The Cure and Perna in the Stargate Atlantis episode Poisoning The Well. She’s also appeared in Fringe, The Killing, Reaper, Sanctuary, The Philadelphia Experiment, Saving Hope and Christmas Miracle. IMDB
Jacob Blair
Jacob played Corporal Baras in two episodes of Stargate Universe (Deliverance and Resurgence) as well as guest spots on Fringe, V, BSG Razor, The Grey, The A Team and The Pinkertons. IMDB Twitter Official
Jeff Judge
Jeff played the Aron a Jaffa in five episodes of Stargate SG1 (The Fourth Horseman Part 1 & 2, Reckoning Part 1 & 2 and Sacrifices). He is the younger brother of Christopher Judge and brother in law to Erica Durance. IMDB
Cameron Bright
Cameron was Orlin in two episodes of SG1 (Fourth Horsemen) and has a recurring role on the Canadian crime drama Motive as well as appearing in the Twilight series, The 4400, X-Men: The Last Stand, Ultraviolet and Earths Final Hours. IMDB Twitter
Kurt Evans
Kurt played Colonel Johnson in the Stargate SG1 episodes The Fourth Horseman 1 & 2 and has also appeared on Arrow, Fringe, Supernatural, iZombie, Battlestar Galactica, Cedar Cove and Watchmen. IMDB
Samantha Kaine
Samantha played the Gou’ald Selkhet in the Stargate SG1 episode Reckoning Part 1 and also appeared on Smallville, Flash Gordon, Battlestar Galactica, Saving Hope and King. IMDB Twitter
Caroline Cave
Caroline played Dr Cole on the Stargate Atlantis episode Sunday and Dana on the Stargate Universe episode Intervention. She has also appeared on Haven, Supernatural and ReGenesis. IMDB Twitter
Peter Woodward
Peter played Otho in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Tower. He also starred as Galen on the scifi series Crusade and appeared on B5, Charmed and Fringe as well as having an extensive career on stage. IMDB
Mark Hildreth
Mark voiced RJ Harrison in the animated series Stargate Infinity. He has also been on Andromeda, Taken, The Tudors, V and plays Pastor Tom on Resurrection and has a large resume of voice work. Behind The Voice Official Twitter IMDB
David Quinlan
David was an Ancient on two episodes of Stargate Atlantis (Echoes and The Return Part 1), he has also guest starred on Arrow, Fringe, Once Upon A Time and Supernatural. IMDB Twitter
