A very happy birthday to Kurt Evans who played Colonel Johnson in the SG1 episodes The Fourth Horseman 1 & 2 and also appeared on Arrow, Fringe, Battlestar and Watchman. IMDB
Many happy returns of the day to Samantha Kaine who was the Goa’uld Selkhet in the SG1 episode Reckoning Part 1 and also had parts on Smallville, Flash Gordon, Battlestar and King. IMDB Twitter Official Site
Every home should have a Stargate and thanks to Liz M who tweeted the image:)
A very happy birthday to Peter Woodward who played Otho in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Tower. He also starred in the scifi series Crusade and appeared on Charmed, B5 and Fringe. IMDB
Many happy returns of the day to Mark Hildreth who voiced RJ Harrison in the animated series Stargate Infinity. He has also been on Andromeda, Taken, The Tudors and played Joshua on V.
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A very happy birthday to David Quinlan who was an Ancient on two episodes of Stargate Atlantis, he has also guest starred on Arrow, Fringe, Once Upon A Time and Supernatural. IMDB
Well it’s the big one, a very happy birthday to the man himself Mr Richard Dean Anderson and I really don’t need to go into his resume, if you are reading this then you know his work be it the uber success of MacGyver and Stargate to the recent guest spots on Fairly Legal and not forgetting his charity work.
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A very happy birthday indeed to Claire Rankin who played Dr. Kate Heightmeyer in Stargate Atlantis ( 5 episodes ) as well as appearing on episodes of Voyager, House, Charmed, Monk and Nikita. IMDB
Many happy returns of the day to Michael Kopsa who played General Kerrigan in the SG1 episodes Proving Ground and Prodigy and a news anchor in the episode There But for the Grace of God. He also played Windmark in Fringe and has guest starred on Arrow, The Dead Zone, Falcon Beach and Supernatural.
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Birthday best wishes to Jennifer Spence who was Dr Lisa Park on Stargate Universe and currently plays Betty Robertson on Continuum. She has also guest starred on Eureka, The 4400 and Supernatural.
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A happy birthday to Paul Anthony who played Jace in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Lost Boys and a slave in the SG1 episodes Last Stand and Summit. He has also appeared on Dead Like Me, Dark Angel, Psych and Fairly Legal.
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Many happy returns of the day to Crystal Lowe who played Mardola in the Atlantis episode Harmony and Nya in the SG1 episode Emancipation. Crystal has also appeared on Psych, Smallville, Almost Human and Primeval New World. IMDB Twitter
Birthday best wishes to Rukiya Bernard who was Airman Richmond in the Stargate Universe episode Space. She has also appeared on Fairly Legal, Sanctuary, Primeval New World and theatrical features such as The Cabin in the Woods and Tooth Fairy. IMDB Official Site Twitter
Happy Birthday to Daniel Cudmore who played a Jaffa in the SG1 episode Homecoming, he’s also appeared in Alone in the Dark, New Moon, X-Men 2, Last Stand and Days of Future Past. IMDB Twitter
So two familiar faces appeared on my television while I was playing catch up with the recently broadcast episodes of Supernatural and Psych. The first was Dan Payne a stalwart of the Stargate franchise albeit usually not playing an out and out human which strangely enough was the case in the Supernatural episode “Road Trip” and he defied my recent view that facial hair equates to evil:)
The second was Patrick Gilmore playing a character named Patrick who has a run in with Shawn and Gus early on in the Psych episode S.E.I.Z.E. The Day. Always a delight to see anyone from Stargate both from in front of the camera and behind practicing their craft.
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Birthday best wishes to Rachel Luttrell who played Teyla Emmagan in 99 episodes of Stargate Atlantis, she also starred in Street Legal and guest starred on Charmed, NCIS and Sleepwalkers. Wife and mother of two children and can belt out a tune. Twitter IMDB
Happy Birthday to Benjamin Ayres who played Muirios in the Stargate SG1 episode Space Race and is currently playing Dr. Zachary Miller in Saving Hope. He has also appeared in Bitten, Lost Girl and Less Than Kind.
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A very happy birthday to Benita Ha who was Brooks in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Affinity and Endgame) and has appeared on Smallville, Psych, V, Reaper, Paycheck and White Noise. IMDB
Suanne Braun (Hathor) provides the vocals for the song All Night from the album Caught in the Loop by the South African group Goldfish. Official Site
Infected after his encounter with the young wraith Ellia, John is slowly but surely losing his humanity as his DNA is rewritten to suit the needs of an Iratus hybrid. As his body changes so does his mind and despite himself he becomes a danger to his friends and the city itself and even with Carson and his team dreaming up wild solutions it doesn’t look good for him. Ultimately it’s his new form which allows Carson to gain the genetic material he needs to formulate a cure but it’s costs lives something John will have to come to terms with as will Lorne who commanded the mission and did what was required.
Conversion is a fairly strong episode in the second season and a good companion to the previous episode Instinct but it isn’t great mostly because the story demands a complete solution which is almost a reset at the end of the episode and Stargate stories always work better with consequences always being taken into account. That said we get some good interaction between John and Teyla and even better when he has to deal with Weir, there was always a possibility the writers would have paired either of these two strong women with John and in two different ways we see the potential. It was also fun to see Weir taking on Caldwell but you can’t really criticise him because he was right, maybe not tactful and considerate but that’s the military aspect I guess.
Now now, be gentle John
Perhaps one of the unintended highlights of the episode was John doing a passable imitation of Spiderman and then the intended light hearted view of Ronon being very cold and calculating when tracking down John which really showed us the differences between a Runner and the human contingent in the city.
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Conversion is worth watching when combined with Instinct, it has issues but we did have fun watching the episode and I think that always makes up for a lot of other issues. This episode of the podcast always includes a short review of the Stargate Atlantis novel “Brimstone” written by David Niall Wilson and Patricia Lee Macomber as well as some upcoming Stargate related birthdates.
Thank you to Brad for joining us on the show and as always a big thank you to everyone who has talked with us or contributed to any of our social media portals, we’re all part of the Stargate family. This weeks promo is for the new Star Trek Original Series podcast “Two To Beam Up” and next week we are back with the Stargate SG1 episode “Prototype” so we hope you can join us for that. Feedback would be greatly appreciated as would an itunes and/or stitcher rating/review, barring that enjoy the show and enjoy Stargate:)
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Birthday greetings to Herbert Duncanson who appeared on four episodes of Stargate SG1 (and a fifth in archive footage) as well as working as a stand in on Stargate Continuum and The Ark of Truth.
He has also guest starred on The Collector, Human Target, Jake 2.0 and Kingdom Hospital. IMDB
A very happy birthday to all these performers who have graced Stargate with their work.
James Earl Jones
James provided the voice for the first Unas we ever met in the series in the SG1 episode Thor’s Hammer, nothing could have made that character any better than having the voice of Darth Vadar on Stargate. IMDB
David Blue
David made his name on mainstream television as a recurring character on Ugly Betty before taking the leading role of Eli Wallace in Stargate Universe, he has also appeared on Moonlight, Scrubs and now has his own podcast. IMDB Official Site Twitter
Joshua Malina
Joshua starred in The West Wing and was a regular on Sports Night, Scandal and In Plain Sight. He played Cicero in the Stargate SG1 episode Bad Guys. IMDB Twitter
Neil Maffin
Neil played Merell in the Stargate Atlantis episode Poisoning The Well. He has also appeared on Andromeda, Dead Like Me, The Collector and on Law & Order (original and Special Victims). IMDB
Daren A. Herbert
Daren played a Captain on the Stargate Universe episode Seizure as well as appearing on Fringe, Smallville, Human Target plus theatrical features This Means War and 2012. IMDB
We’ve had Stargate references in The Simpsons before namely in the episode that starred Richard Dean Anderson but we got a quick nod to the scifi geek/nerd culture as comic book man donned a Stargate cosplay outfit in the episode “Married to the Blob”.
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