A very happy birthday to Torri Higginson who played Elizabeth Weir in Stargate Atlantis/SG1 and also starred in the TekWar series. She had guest roles on Chase, NCIS, The English Patient, Stonehenge Apocalypse and has done voice work with Big Finish. IMDBBig Finish
Also on the 6th it’s the birthday of Michael Jonsson who played a Jaffa, a Juna and a F302 pilot in Stargate SG1 as well guest spots on Battlestar, The 4400, Smallville and Psych. IMDB
Last but not least happy birthday to Vince Corazza, he played Worrel in the Stargate SG1 episode Off The Grid and has guest starred on Lie To Me and Common Law. IMDB
Happy Birthday to Tony Todd the very much larger than life actor who played Lord Haikon in three episodes of Stargate SG1 as well as appearing on Chuck and 24. It has to be said his portrayal of Candyman in the film of the same name made his mark in that genre but lets not forget his many appearances on Star Trek and of course way back on Macgyver. IMDB
A Very Happy Birthday to Rainbow Sun Francks who played Lt Aiden Ford in Stargate Atlantis and then went onto a lead role in the Canadian drama The Listener and guest spots on Lost Girl and The Bridge. IMDB
Last but not least a happy birthday to Steven Culp who is one of the busiest actors on television at the momebt, he played Henry Wallace in the Stargate Atlantis episode Millers Crossing as well as having amongst many others guest roles on 24, JAG, Longmire and Enterprise. IMDB
Many happy returns to Nick Wilder who had a small role in the original Stargate movie playing the foreman of the archaeological dig which discovered the gate. IMDB
Last and certainly not least a happy birthday to Keegan Connor Tracy who played Dr. Redden in “Uninvited” a Stargate SG1 episode, she is currently in Once Upon A Time and has appeared in Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural and Jake 2.0 IMDB
Happy Birthday to Alejandro Rae (Alex Rae) who played Alebran in the Stargate SG1 episode Metamorphosis as well as guest spots on Smallville and Hell On Wheels. IMDB
A little bird says Meghan Black was born on the 2nd of December, early health issues were resolved and she is now married and thriving, Meghan appeared in the Atlantis episode “Hide and Seek” IMDB
Many happy returns to Colleen Rennison who played Cassandra & Ally in episodes of Stargate SG1 and is also known for her singing and songwriting with the band No Sinner. IMDBNo Sinner
A game of hide and seek by a couple of the youngsters in the city leads to the release of an energy based entity which feeds on the power sources of the city and even the energy generated by living beings. McKay as he is finds a new toy which leads to all sorts of bother as he once again leaps before looking but long term it pays off via an unexpected show of courage on his part.
Hide And Seek is an interesting episode to have after the uber feature premiere, it perhaps reflects the average budget of an episode of Atlantis as well as providing both the story and the viewers with an idea of how truly vast the city is and how long it will take to explore let alone understand everything that the Ancients left behind. We get some great moments between Sheppard and McKay as well as discovering the fact that having a large civilian population isn’t really going to work both for the city and the series itself.
He’s a good boy really.
To be honest there isn’t a lot to say about this episode, it’s a typical scifi season 1 effort neither good nor really bad just there but they have already got the humour down pat which will pay off through out the five years of the show.
Spooky!
We’ve had our itunes competition draw and the winner was Dan LaRock, he’ll be receiving his Ronon figure courtesy of the US postal service. We have a bit of feedback in this weeks episode as well upcoming birthdays and a little news, we can never get too much feedback that’s a fact:)
This weeks promo is from our friend Nuchtchas and her podcast Nutty Bites and next week we are back at the SGC with the SG1 episode “Zero Hour”, join us and let us know what you think.
I can’t for the life of me remember this episode and as fan of the series that’s not good unless it’s a shot from the episode were RDA guest starred, I’ll have to see if this is from one of the seasons I own on disk.
Thanks to Peter DeLuise himself for going on a Stargate picture tweetathon the other day:)
A very happy birthday on the 29th to Janina Gavankar who appeared just the once on Stargate as Sgt “Dusty” Mehra in the Atlantis episode Whispers, she’s also had recurring roles in True Blood, The L Word, The League and The Gates.
A Very Happy Birthday on the 28th to Martin Cummins who played Aden Corso in the Stargate SG1 episode “Forsaken” as well as appearing in DarkAngel, Smallville and Shattered. IMDB
Also today many happy returns to Penelope Corrin who was Dr Lindsay in both Stargate SG1 and Atlantis. IMDB
A Very Happy Birthday to Bill Nye aka “The Science Guy” for the 27th, he graced the fans of Stargate with a cameo on the Atlantis episode “Brain Storm” as well appearances in Numb3rs, Back To The Future (TV) and 100 Greatest Discoveries.
A couple of very welcome Stargate Birthdays today (24th November).
Happy Birthday to Dwight Schultz who played Murdock in The A-Team, Barclay on Star Trek The Next Generation and The Keeper in the Stargate SG1 episode Gamekeeper. IMDB
Many happy returns on the 24th to Danielle Nicolet who was Reese in the excellent Stargate SG1 episode Menace as well as having recurring roles on the hit comedy 3rd Rock from the Sun, Heartland and the upcoming ABC sitcom Family Tools. IMDB
In orbit the wreckage of the alien invasion fleet threatens the International Space Station but some nifty work by the resident cosmonaut saves the day but then the SGC loses contact with the station. Later a Russian Colonel is assigned to the SGC under the agreements with the various nations that have been let into the secret and he requests SG1 but General O’Neill rather abruptly smacks him down. The Russian later collapses and a chain events begin leading to a Lockdown/Foothold situation as the humans attempt to hold out while searching for the entity which can possess the bodies of humans.
Lockdown is a decent attempt to continue the Anubis storyline even allowing for the destruction of his fleet but as we know he is only partially corporeal so becoming some sort of energy based life form makes a lot of sense. The bottle show nature of this episode also works well, being located in the standing SGC sets will save money but also works to give us the feeling of confinement something the personnel of the base are having to deal with.
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We have some good banter between the main characters and the introduction of a new doctor which was essential, the loss of Janet left quite a big gap in the running of the facility and well all scifi shows need a good doctor it’s kinda written in stone. There is also a familiar face as Aaron Pearl returns to the show playing a Major after playing the young Lt Hammond in the episode 1969.
There were some technical issues this week, we lost the first recording of SG1 Lockdown so had to do a rerun which is never quite the same, alas we lost part of the second recording of Lockdown as well before finally getting it in the can. I had to role back a release of the recording program and all has been well since then but then when do you update to the latest release, the trust has gone. Some creative cutting and pasting has given us an episode that is in sync despite some gaps in our coverage which have filled so enjoy and as always let us know what you think.
This weeks promo was from the Flash Pulp podcast, a creative outlet for thrice weekly pulpy type audio fiction/drama, very entertaining and a good community. Next week we are going back to Atlantis and covering the episode “Hide and Seek” so comments will be well received for inclusion in it’s feedback segment so keep posting on the various portals it really makes everything worthwhile.
Many congratulations to Leonor Varela and her fella Lucas on the birth of their first child, Matteo was born on Tuesday November 20th. Leonor guest starred in the Stargate Atlantis episode “Sanctuary” as Chaya Sar and was in the recent Dallas remake and Human Target. Celebrity Babies
The biggest birthday hugs on the 23rd November to the gorgeous Salli Richardson-Whitfield who played Allison Blake through the entire run of Eureka but for our needs she was Mrs Teal’c aka Drey’auc in the Stargate SG1 episode “Bloodlines”. She has had a starring role in Family Law and Mercy Point as well as guest spots on CSI Miama, Bones and The Pretender plus voice work on Gargoyles. IMDB
I get so easily distracted when editing the podcast I ended up putting together this little montage of screencaps for one of the better SG1 centric scenes in the SG1 episode “Lockdown” as Daniel looks to solve the mystery, the episode is due for release this Saturday (24th).
