Birthday best wishes to Sage Brocklebank who played a tech in the SG1 episode Ethon but is better known for his role as Buzz on Psych. He has also appeared on Smallville, Supernatural, Fringe, Once Upon A Time and Arrow. IMDBTwitter
Birthday greetings to Kevin Durand who played the Goa’uld minion Zipacna in three Stargate SG1 episodes. He also had recurring roles on LOST, Dark Angel and Touching Evil. IMDB
Happy Birthday to Kristina Copeland who played “second” a human form replicator and then a waitress on Stargate SG1, she has also appeared on Andromeda, Cold Squad and The 4400. IMDB
The very best of Birthday wishes to the following all of who guest starred on Stargate SG1 or Atlantis. Jill Wagner
Jill played Larrin in two episodes of Atlantis as well as appearing as the lead actress in Blade The Series and a regular in the first season of Teen Wolf. She is currently hosting Total Wipeout USA. IMDBTwitter Link Baker
Link appeared twice on Stargate SG1, first as Lt Barber in the episode The Light and then as Artok in Allegiance. He has also appeared on Smallville, Special Unit 2 and Arrow. IMDB
Michael Robinson
Michael played a councilman in the SG1 episode Revisions and also appeared on Lost, Dead Like Me, Reaper and Endgame. IMDB William B. Davis
William made his name at least to my generation playing the cigarette smoking man in 37 episodes of The X-Files. He also played the Prior Damaris in two episodes of SG1 and guest starred on Smallville, Andromeda and Continuum. Official SiteIMDBTwitter
In the middle of nowhere during a cholera outbreak who should I see but Aleks Paunovic playing a disgruntled rail worker named Anton Hersch in the season 3 episode of Hell On Wheels “Cholera”. It wasn’t a large role but as Anton he certainly offered an imposing presence when facing down the shows lead character and anti-hero Cullen Bohannan.
Hell On Wheels has finished it’s third season on AMC in the US and is just beginning it’s UK run on TMC and has been renewed for a fourth season.
On this final bonus episode at least for now we are taking a look at an episode of the Canadian childrens series Goosebumps, you may ask why and the answer is simple as the episode “It Came From Beneath The Sink” features Amanda Tapping and Katharine Isabelle and was directed by David Winning. The series was based on the novels of R. L. Stine and offered four seasons of horror themed stories to add that little bit of spice to a young person’s television viewing, not intended for really young children but spooky and scary enough for those who recognised that television wasn’t real.
In “It Came From Beneath The Sink” a family move into a new home and the daughter discovers a strange sponge like creature resident in the house, it quickly proves itself to be anything but a playful pet and thanks to a little research by a young friend of the family and a disastrous attempt to rope in the schools science teacher the type of creature is discovered and a way to fight it is found which gives you a sort of happy ending. The show despite the spooky element has a lot of humour and this episode makes full use of the nerdy friend and lovable family pet “killer” who has more sense than any of the humans.
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Amanda Tapping plays the mother of the family and it’s a pretty small supporting role, a young Katharine Isabelle is the lead in the episode and plays her part well and the episode is directed by David Winning who also directed the Stargate Atlantis episode “Childhoods End”.
Many thanks to Brad who joined me for this episode as Alan was doing his Discworld convention thing and thanks to everyone who has supported us over the holiday season by listening to the bonus shows, next week we go back to our regular Stargate shows with the Atlantis episode “Conversion”. Thanks for the feedback especially Brad and Dan for the voicemails and we would love to hear from you about our show and more importantly Stargate in all it’s flavours. If you fancy helping the podcast then an itunes review and/or rating would be much appreciated, same goes for stitcher and a simple tweet or mention on an social media portal would be most welcome.
One final mention for Brad who recorded a review of the Big Finish Stargate Atlantis audio drama entitled “A Necessary Evil” which was for an intended review show which never came about, the review was added to this show and the Big Finish productions are well worth checking out.
Concessionaires Must Die have released a trailer and you’ll see Stargate’s own David Blue in a starring role playing Scott. The movie tells the story of a group of cinema employees who band together to fight the theatres closure, hilarity ensues:)
The very best birthday best wishes to Patrick Sabongui who played Kanaan in four episodes of Stargate Atlantis and a guard in the episode Phantoms. He has also appeared on Arrow, Arctic Air, Fringe, Nikita, Godzilla, Almost Human and Tron Legacy. IMDBTwitter
Alessandro Juliani guest starred on the latest episode of Almost Human playing Ramon in Simon Says. A pretty good episode of the show using a tried and trusted central plot element. At times the shows feels like a live action Futurama and now and again I hear Blade Runner musical themes:)
A very happy birthday to Steven Williams who played General Vidrine on three episodes of Stargate SG1 as well as Rufus Turner on Supernatural and Mr X on The X Files. He’s also appeared on Jake 2.0, Monk, Crimson Force and Veronica Mars. IMDB
I know I am a little behind after all the third season of Hell On Wheels finished a while ago but I’ve only just around to watching it, the upside is that I can marathon them and I honestly believe you get more out of a show without a weeks gap between episodes. Anyhow I just watched the first episode of season three entitled “Big Bad Wolf” and was pleased to see the name Tim Guinee appear in the credits, Tim is playing the slightly shady character of Collis Huntington a rival for our “hero” Cullen Bohannan.
Season three premieres in the UK on TCM 12th January at 9pm.
Great to see Kavan Smith (SG1, SGA, Eureka) making a guest appearance as A.D.A. Ortega on “Blood Brothers” the fourth episode of Almost Human which aired in the US last month. Almost Human FOX
Many happy returns of the day to the following actors who have appeared on Stargate…
Joe Flanigan
Joe was John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis and SG1. He has also guest starred on Fringe, Major Crimes, CSI Miami, Warehouse 13 and Profiler. IMDBTwitter Paul McGillion
Paul was wonderful as Carson Beckett on Stargate Atlantis and also appeared on Fringe, Sanctuary, Cold Squad, Shattered, V and had a small role in Star Trek 2009. Official SiteIMDBTwitter Paul Jarrett
Paul played Captain Hendricks in the Stargate Atlantis episode Vegas and Special Agent Farrity in the SG1 episode Chimera. He has also been in The Dead Zone, The 4400, Dead Like Me, Supernatural and Fringe. IMDB Gregory Bennett
Gregory was Lt. Col. Harlan Beck in the SG1 episode Fragile Balance and guest starred on MacGyver, Supernatural, Scary Movie 4, Wiseguy and Letters from the Bigman. IMDB
In memory of Roger Til ( January 5th 1909 – June 28th 2002 ) who played the Professor in Stargate the movie. A long and distinguished career in the movie and tv business both in the US and his native land.
Once again we delved into the IMDB lists of our family of Stargate actors and came up with an episode of Andromeda which not only starred Lexa Doig but had Michael Shanks and Christopher Judge as guest stars. As pure icing JR Bourne was also featured in the episode and it was directed by Allan Eastman who directed the SG1 episode Fire and Water so by anyones criteria Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath was perfect for a bonus show. The episode is from the third season and while it’s not purely standalone it can be viewed as such although even with a syndicated show such as Andromeda you still will benefit from knowing the characters and some of the back story.
In Day of Judgement, Day of Wrath we see the AI of the Andromeda Ascendant taken over by the former AI of a ship they had dealt with in an earlier episode, the crew unaware of the switch have to deal with the confusion surrounding not only the impact on the Andromeda but also the new ship Resolution of Hector as it is stolen by the new AI. The Andromeda is then with the consent of it’s Captain (Kevin Sorbo) has it’s AI replaced with the entity that was going to be controlling the Hector and they then go in pursuit of the stolen ship. As the episode progresses we get drama and action on both ships which works on the character traits of the existing crew and for Stargate fans the chemistry between the two AI’s (Lexa and Michael) on the Hector is obvious and on board Andromeda it’s new AI (Christopher) works well opposite Hunt. We get some pretty good action both CGI and the often use tactical displays (cost saving) but the core of the story is about what it’s meant to be to be an AI and in control of a High Guard starship and the consequences of theirs actions. In many ways it’s very reminiscent of what Gene Roddenberry would have intended and in the third season of the show that’s quite surprising but then again you look at the writing and directing credits and there is some serious talent there. Andromeda may have been a syndicated and restricted budget production but in this case they produced a gem of an episode made more so by some excellent casting of the guest stars.
Thanks to everyone that’s been listening to these bonus shows, we have one more left which will be the Amanda Tapping episode of Goosebumps and then we’ll return to the regular Stargate shows so until then we hope the new year has started well and maybe this year we’ll see some movement on new Stargate even if it’s a theatrical remake/reboot.
Birthday best wishes to the one and only Gary Jones who was Walter in Stargate SG1 and made a brief appearance on Stargate Atlantis and Universe. He has also guest starred on Sanctuary, Supernatural, Psych and was in the movie The Santa Clause. Gary also performs on stage doing both stand up and improvisation. Official SiteTwitterIMDB
Happy Birthday to Julian Sands who played The Doci in Stargate SG1 and again in the tv movie The Ark of Truth. He also starred in the Warlock franchise and appeared on 24, Blood Ties, Ghost Whisperer, Lipstick Jungle and voiced Biker Mice from Mars. IMDB
Many happy returns of the day to Dave Foley who was Malcolm Tunney in Stargate Atlantis episode Brain Storm as well as appearing in 3 Men and a Baby, The Kids in the Hall, Sky High and Scrubs. IMDBTwitter
Birthday best wishes to Zak Santiago who played Rogelio Duran in the Stargate SG1 episodes Evolution 1 & 2 and also Corporal Rivers in Stargate Universe. He has also guest starred on Fringe, Continuum, Defying Gravity, Psych and Kingdom Hospital. IMDBTwitter
A very happy birthday to Alisen Down who played Dr Brightman in both Stargate SG1 and Stargate Universe. She has also been in Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural and Lost Girl. IMDBTwitter
A very happy birthday to Anna Cummer who played Petra in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Tower, she has also been in episodes of Eureka, Smallville and Reaper. Alongside her acting in front of the camera she has provided voices for shows such as Monster Buster Club, Care Bears and InuYasha. IMDBBehind The Voice
