Marshall Bell
Marshall guest starred in the Stargate Atlantis episode “Brain Storm” as Terence Kramer and has an extensive list of movie and television appearances which include Deadwood, Good vs Evil, Starship Troopers, Legends and CSI. IMDBOfficialTwitter Kirsten Prout
Kirsten was Nesa in the Stargate SG1 episode Birthright, she also starred in Kyle XY, The Lying Game and Elektra and has guest starred on Devious Maids, Psych, The Dead Zone and Cold Squad. IMDBOfficialTwitter Jon Kralt
Jon was a stunt performer on Stargate SG1, Atlantis and Universe. He has also worked on Arrow, The Flash, The Bourne Legacy, Halo 4, Total Recall, Reaper and Smallville. IMDBTwitterStunts Canada
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Cary played Kurghan in the Stargate SG1 episode Emancipation, he has also appeared on Revenge, Heroes, Elektra, Mortal Kombat: Legacy, 47 Ronin and Hawaii Five-0. IMDBTwitterOfficial David McNally
David was Avrid in the Atlantis episode Epiphany and appeared twice in Stargate SG1 as Simon (Demons) and Hanno (Cor-ai), he has also appeared on Blood Ties, Cold Squad, The Outer Limits and the upcoming A Louder Silence. IMDB Christopher Cousins
Christopher played Ambassador Joseph Faxon in two episodes of Stargate SG1 ( 2001 and 2010 ). He has also been in Terriers, Breaking Bad, Vanished, Nikita, Glee, Revolution, Matador and Longmire. IMDBTwitter Panou
Panou played Lt. Fisher on the Stargate SG1 episode The Fourth Horseman and Cetus on the Atlantis two parter The Return. He has also guest starred on Sanctuary, Smallville, Caprica and Once Upon A Time. IMDBTwitter
Sam, Jennifer and Rodney pay a visit to M5V-801 to confirm to the local population that the mining work the Genii forced upon them two decades previously was going to have grave consequences for their settlements. However on their way the grounds collapse and the three of them find themselves in an unknown abandoned mining complex with little to help them escape. They try to improvise a number of ways to reach the glimpse of sunlight far above their heads but the results are all negative and bring a fresh collection of injuries and the situation continues to get worse. The building they are in is on long stilts which are slowly giving way as the load increase thanks to soil pouring into it from above but maybe the way out is to be found by going deeper rather than higher.
Trio is very much a character piece, pretty much a one location show and allows the already established dynamic between Rodney and Sam to flourish making it very easy to ease Jennifer into the group and a by product is that it opens up the possibility of a relationship between Rodney and Jennifer especially after he made so much of a mess with Katie a few weeks before. The show was also intended to be a bottle episode, limited sets and guest stars but logistically it turned into a nightmare, very complex set pieces and a lot of CGI to removes wire work from the scenes where it was impossible to use doubles. Overall though while at times it can feel a little stretched the story is entertaining and offers up a lot to the regular viewer of Atlantis, maybe not so much to a first timer viewer.
Many thanks to Phil for joining me on this show, this was his first time on Gatecast but since it was recorded in January 2014 not the first time you’ve heard an episode he has been on. This weeks promo is for the Sci-Fi Movie Podcast and next week we are going to be joined by Brad for the excellent Midway, let us know what you think since it’s been gratifying to get some feedback these last couple of weeks:)
Robert Ackerman
Robert played Daniel’s companion in the Stargate movie and has also guest starred on Sisters, Highway To Heaven, MacGyver, LA Law and The Colbys. IMDB Corinne Clark
Corinne was the casting director on Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe as well as working at various levels of casting on shows such as Fear The Walking dead, The Whispers, Once Upon A Time, Intruders, Eureka, Red Widow and Fringe. IMDB
Erin Chambers
Erin played the Genii woman Sora in three episodes of Stargate Atlantis (The Eye, The Storm and Underground), she is perhaps better known for her 120 appearances in General Hospital as Siobhan and also appeared on Castle, Scandal and The Glades. IMDBTwitter John Sampson
John was a member of SG5 in the episode Lost City and a guard in the Atlantis episode The Kindred, he is also a stunt performer in movies and television. He has worked on Blade The Series, Paycheck, Scourge, Seven Days and The Sentinel. IMDB Lauro Chartrand
Lauro was a Genii soldier and stunt performer on Stargate Atlantis and has an extensive resume in media for both stunt work and co-ordination such as on The Incredible Hulk, War, Fallen and Battlestar Galactica. IMDBOfficialStunts Canada James Michalopolous
James played Leo on the Stargate SG1 episode Smoke & Mirrors as well as appearing on The 4400, Andromeda, Smallville, The Flash and Arrow. He has also done stunt work on 300, Earthsea, Spartacus, Robocop and Hercules. IMDBTwitter
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In Memory Of…
Peter Murton (Sep 24 1924 – Dec 2009) IMDB
Peter was the Art Director on Stargate the movie as well as Dr Strangelove, Thunderball, Goldfinger and Funeral In Berlin. He has also worked on The Eagle Has Landed, Superman II and III, Blind Fury and Death on the Nile as Production Designer.
Michelle Addison
Michelle played Dr. Johnson on the Stargate Atlantis episode Hotzone, she has also appeared on Fringe, Monk and King & Maxwell. She was the wardrobe consultant on The Real Housewives of Vancouver and is now a personal stylist. IMDBTwitterOfficial
Jay Williams
Jay played Ra on the Stargate SG1 episode Moebius Part 1 and again on the tv movie Continuum, he also appeared on the Stargate Atlantis episode First Strike as Adams. Feature wise Jay has also been on 2012, Percy Jackson and Paradox. IMDB Daniella Alonso
Daniella played Katana Labrea in the Atlantis episode The Lost Tribe and also appeared on My generation, Friday Night Lights, Covert Affairs, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 and Revolution. IMDBTwitter Jim Byrnes
Jim was the documentary narrator in the second part of the Stargate SG1 episode Heroes Part 2 as well as providing voices for Stargate Infinity. He also starred in Highlander playing the watcher Joe Dawson, Andromeda, Sanctuary and is a musician in his own right. IMDBBehind The VoiceOfficial
Mark Holden
Mark played Korra in the Stargate SG1 episode Deadman Switch and has also been in episodes of Millennium, Hustle, Casualty, Cold Squad and the recent World War Z, 24 Live Another Day and Captain Phillips. IMDBOfficialTwitter Simon Bradbury
Simon played an Alteran on Stargate The Ark of Truth and also appeared on Fringe, Arrow, Fairly Legal and Counterstrike. IMDB Eric Breker
Eric appeared on sixteen episodes of Stargate SG1 playing first Major then Colonel Reynolds. He has also been on The 4400, The L Word, The X-Files, Fools For Hire and Godzilla. IMDB Chad Morgan
Chad played Teer on the Stargate Atlantis episode Epiphany and also guest starred on Taken, The District, The Guardian, House and voiced many characters on Robot Chicken. IMDBBehind The Voice
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In Memory Of… Henry Gibson (21/9/1935 – 14/9/2009)
Henry played Marul in the Stargate SG episode The Sentinel and in his very long career he starred in Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In, The Blues Brothers,Boston Legal, DS9 and Love American Style.
Elliot Mandelcorn
Elliot Mandelcorn acted under the name Bryan Elliot and played Colonel Raimi in the Stargate SG1 episode Babylon. He has also appeared on Fairly Legal, Fringe and Shattered and is now in the Vancouver real estate business. IMDBTwitterOfficial Daniella Evangelista
Daniella played Denya in the Stargate SG1 episode Crusade, she has also guest starred on Blood Ties, Warehouse 13, Special Unit 2, Endgame, Pacific Rim, Hybrids, Supernatural and The 4400. IMDBTwitterOfficial
He can build an aeroplane from duct tape and defuse a bomb with a paperclip, but when it comes to defusing female fans, that’s a whole different challenge.
John receives some bad news and returns to Earth for his father’s funeral, Ronon accompanies him. At the funeral/wake they are approached by a young woman named Ava Dixon who reveals that she and her boss Dr. Richard Poole have been working with illicit materials and knowledge to produce a human form replicator which has now got loose and has a very definite military component. They arrest Poole and threaten him with the arrest and prosecution of Ava and he agrees to help, they track the replicator to a industrial facility where things don’t quite go according to plan when Poole pulls a fast one and reveals to the replicator how they tracked him, he dies for his troubles and again the replicator escapes. John talks to his ex-wife who is now working for homeland security, he asks for information on the secret project which is behind the replicators creation and along with insights gleaned from pouring over records they figure out the replicator has gone after a source of Neutronium. However in the records they also discover that Ava Dixon died a year before, the Ava they now know is also a replicator but programmed more inline with a “normal” human being, she escapes which works out ok in the end. The trap is set for the replicator and well the humans even Ronon get slapped silly but Ava turns up and the two artificial beings got hand to hand dishing out some brutal punishment, John gets an opening and jabs a device into the replicator, he is immediately beamed into low earth orbit and reenters the atmosphere burning up in the process. Ava having proven herself still can not be fully trusted so maybe or maybe not with her knowledge they incorporate her core programme into the Ancient artificial world as seen on the starship Aurora and her body is destroyed. John builds bridges with his brother and Dr Lee can go back to sunning himself on the beach.
Outcast gives us quite a bit of back story for John, it seems he comes from money and had issues with the path that was being laid out for him by his father, he rebelled by joining the military whereas his brother seems to have embraced the corporate calling and looks down on John as kind of the black sheep. We also meet John’s former wife Nancy played by Kari Wuhrer and well it looks like it wasn’t a bad break up and we learn his commitment to his career may have played a significant part in their breakup. I’m not quite sure if we really needed another replicator episode but this was had merit because of all the character back story and of course we got some excellent stunt work and set pieces as well as a couple of new shots of a 304 in orbit.
Many thanks for the support via twitter, facebook and google+ and especially to Mack who posted some comments on recent episodes. This weeks promo is for The Rusted Robot an always entertaining look at geeky and nerdy pursuits with a sprinkling of all things robot. Next week we are going to be taking a good look at Trio and this episode was recorded many moons ago and it was the first Phil (who I used to work with) joined me on the podcast, hope you join us for that and please feel free to let us know what you think and a review/rating over on itunes or stitcher would be most welcome:)
