The latest episode of The Scifi Diner podcast (150th) includes an interview with Jonathon Young who played Dr Parrish in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis but is perhaps more familiar to fans of Sanctuary where he played the wonderfully over the top Nikola Tesla in Sanctuary.
We have three actors who celebrate their births today and who have featured in the Stargate franchise..
First up we have Elizabeth Weinstein who played Emta in Birthright (S7E10). She has also recently been seen in Fringe, Fairly Legal and Smallville. IMDB
Also on the 13th we have Jonathan Walker, he played Ta’Seem in the Stargate episode “Dominion” (S10E19). He was a star of the Flash Gordon tv series as well as roles on Continuum, V, Fringe and Smallville. IMDB
Finally the favourite Stargate actress of Vladimir (Atlantis-tv) Louise Lombard will be celebrating her birth. Louise played Gloria Rush in four episodes of Stargate Universe, a role opposite Robert Carlyle’s Rush so a challenge. IMDB
A brand new Stargate Atlantis musical montage for the episode “The Long Goodbye” created by Allison and posted today (Sept 11th).
An early production from Allison, pure Stargate comedy:)
A Very Happy Birthday to Andrew Jackson (September 11th) who played Supreme High Councillor Per’sus in the Stargate SG1 episode Divide & Conquer (Season4 Episode5).
He has also appeared in episodes of Copper, Lost Girl, Smallville and Warehouse13 as well as lending his voice to numerous animated shows.
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We have three birthdays today (September 10th) of actors who have performed in the franchise, in this case on SG1 and SGU, lets begin and in no particular order…
Happy Birthday to Canadian actress Elyse Levesque who played Chloe Armstrong in Stargate Universe, she had previously had roles on Smallville and Flash Gordon.
The British actor Biski Gugushe who made four guest spots on Stargate SG1 as well as roles on Fringe and Battlestar Galactica celebrates today.
Last but not least we have Lindsay Maxwell, she guest starred in the Stargate SG1 episode Space Race as La’el Montrose. She has also appeared in episodes of Blood Ties, Seven Days and Special Unit 2.
A whole bushel of birthdays for actors who have appeared on the various Stargate shows this day, in no particular order of relevance and many thanks to atlantis-tv.ru IMDB and other resources for keeping us informed:)
Susie Wickstead
Colin Murdock
Brent Stait
Stargate Birthdays – September 9th
Through an executive order from the oval office the Airforce have been forced to open up the doors of the SGC to a film crew who will document the day to day operations and provide a third party overview of the project for use as and when the Stargate programme becomes public knowledge. The General knowing this is just as much about the current President trying to tag his name to and ultimately share the limelight when the secret is revealed is playing along but only to the written wording of his orders. The result is that some of the SGC personnel are willing to talk candidly while others stonewall the film make Emmett Bregman and his airforce assigned film crew but events conspire to give him a glimpse of the true reality of day to say operations at the edge of the known and unknown universe.
Trust me I am a journalist..
Heroes was originally intended to be a single bottle show episode but the addition of some high value location scenes and a monumental battle sequence gave us this two parter considered by many to be a flagship production both infront and behind the camera. Saul Rubinek really gets a work out bringing his character to life playing against existing characters we know and love with at Amanda, Janet and Michael getting the most out of the interaction which when you think about it are the three characters most open while Don gets to play the General to the max dancing around his orders. RDA and Christopher are it seems both having fun taking their roles up a notch as Teal’c is stoic as ever and Jack showing his displeasure and irritation with the film crew and those that tag along like Senator Kinsey.
Obsessive Finger Pointing Disorder
We have a guest host this week, Helen a friend of Alan’s who has only recently joined the Stargate family thanks to her fella. We also had some audio feedback from Dan which is fantastic and I’ve included a small review of the Big Finish SG1 audio drama “Gift of the Gods”. The promo this week is from the Scaper Chronicles and it’s no surprise that next week we’ll be covering Heroes Part 2 the conclusion to this story so be prepared with the tissues:)
The Gatecast website and RSS feed are stable and again submission to itunes is being held unto Alan is back from his holiday in the states, the season 7 poll is still active and ticking along nicely but if you haven’t voted then please do us, results are for the wrap up show.
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We have a very special Stargate related Birthday today (7th September) as Cliff Simon the one and only Ba’al celebrates his birth, the South African born actor played the System Lord in fifteen episodes of SG1 as well as being the central villain of the Stargate movie Continuum. He’s had guest spots on 24, Undercovers and NCIS:LA as well as being active in the convention circuit and social media portals.
A very happy birthday (September 6th) to Canadian actress Sarah Strange who played Ganos Lal aka Morgan le Fay in Stargate Atlantis, she also went on to reprise the role in The Ark Of Truth movie. She went onto star in ReGenesis a most excellent science based drama and had roles in Sanctuary, The Killing and Poltergeist:The Legacy. IMDB
Many Happy returns to Peter Wingfield who chewed up the scenery playing Tanith who ended up being a personal adversary of Teal’c and all round nasty piece of work:) Peter has a recurring role in the Highlander series as well as spots on 24, Sanctuary, Holby City and Caprica.
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Horror Talk TV episode 3 chats with Christopher Judge and Ben Browder at LFCC 2012.
Colin Cunningham aka Major Davis (SG1) and Pope (Falling Skies) interviewed on the Down The Road Show…
Behind the times for their original US screenings but still to come for most other TV markets so here is Ronny Cox guest starring in Leverage S5E6 “The D.B. Cooper Job” and then Colin Cunningham looking more like our Major Davis than Pope in the pilot of Perception.
Jacob and Samantha are at the Beta site finishing off the research on a Kull Warrior weapon based on the Ancient device recovered from the ruins of the former System Lord Telchaks palace. The SGC lose contact with the base and SG1 find the whole region devastated perhaps by the bases self destruct device, the few survivors inform then that they were attacked by a full compliment of Jaffa and Super Soldiers who knew exactly where to go leading to the suspicion that the location and secret project had been leaked to Anubis by a rebel Jaffa or Tok’ra.
The search for survivors and more importantly to SG1 both Sam and Jacob finally pays off when Jacob is recovered and has the new weapon but it’s only loaded with a partially effective power source, Sam who is now on the run from a tracking Super Soldier has the new power pack but she is seriously injured and still carrying the after effects of her wound recieved while onboard the Prometheus. Meanwhile back in the SGC the investigation into the leaking of the location of the base continues with both Tok’ra and Jaffa having been in a position to have inadvertently released the information when under control by Anubis. It soon becomes apparant that the breaking point has been reached, the Tok’ra can no longer operate in the open with dwindling numbers while the Jaffa now free resent being under the thumb of the Earth.
I’m a lumberjack and I’m ok…
Death Knell is a Sam centric episode even though she only appears in about half of the scenes, this was down to Amanda’s hectic shooting schedule which had her working on three episodes at the same time. That aside this is a big episode, the recently felled forest and gravel pits make a fantastic high production value location for a decimated complex, this fact was one reason behind the creation of the episode as well as providing the pivotal story to fracture the alliance leaving the Earth open to any assaut from Anubis which is long over due. Amanda acts her socks off especially given all the location work with Peter DeLuise demanding more dirt on her body and face as well as a truly bloody and gory wound. We even had a Willy E Coyote moment as she builds a trap for the Super Soldier which is really impractical yet works and then follow that up with a touching moment between Jack and Sam which speaks volumes for their underlying relationship.
That’s how you get wounded in the ass, go ask McKay.
This weeks promo is from our friend Nuchtchas and her Nutty Bites podcast and next week we’ll be discussing S7E17 “Heroes Part I” with a guest host.
The Season 7 Favourite episode poll is now open so when you have a second or two please pay it a visit and place your vote, there are a few standout episodes this year including a few that we’ll be talking about in the next few weeks. The poll will remain open until we are ready to record the Season 7 wrap up show and the results can then be announced.
We’ve also included a short review of a piece of SG1 fan fiction from Helen ( @madders_ahatter ) who wrote a 20,000 word novella “The Long Haul” whose events are set during the second season of the show.
As always many thanks for the feed back this week, lots on Facebook but it’s mostly covering the issues with itunes, the website and the RSS feed and if you are reading this then I think you have it all sorted:)
Itunes Store listing is delayed until Alan returns from his US vacation, he is currently having a great time at Dragon Con.
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Happy Stargate Birthday (September 1st) to Michael Adamthwaite who played Her’ak the first prime of Anubis for five episodes of Stargate SG1 during it’s sixth and seventh seasons. Michael has done the usual rounds of Canadian genre television but has really left his mark doing voice work on Anime productions released for the western markets.
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