Gatecast 348 SGU Epilogue

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Apr 012017
 

Epilogue

Miles joins us for Epilogue the second part of the two parter which expands upon the bread crumbs offered up from Twin Destinies. The Destiny has for now broke contact with the drones and has travelled to Novus in the hope of discovering why the settlement lost contact. Initial survey clearly shows a world in the middle of a “nuclear winter” as ash falls gently and global temperatures too low. Yaozu leads the group to the entrance to a huge bunker and they use the main gun to tear open the doors, venturing inside they find the complex has power and thirty levels down they access the planets database complete with all kino footage dating back to the founding of Novus.

Epilogue

The lives of well themselves play out and much is revealed of the first few years on Novus as people die, couples have children, the beginnings of the split in ideology and a society which is visually growing and developing. They also learn that a black hole is indeed responsible for the growing instability of the planet as the core gets more and more active and volcanic fissures continue to expand including one directly under this city. Near the end though the two nations on this world stepped back from the edge and as in the beginning joined forces and built a number of generation ships to allow much of the population to escape, they are sublight and aimed for the various settlements but the people of Novus and humanity has not died out in this galaxy. Time is critical and they begin to upload the huge database to Destiny, Rush discovers a solution to the ship’s air filtration systems and as the complex begins to collapse the fight for survival leading to Varro being critically injured whilst saving TJ.

Epilogue is a stunning episode and totally exploits the groundwork provided by Twin Destinies and Common Descent. The revelations of a life not led were moving and at times emotional from the loss of Dale through to the birth of his namesake, the many other births and of course the path that TJ will have to travel. Oh yes who could also forget Brody and those damn kids. As the season draws to a close we know there was never going to be any follow up given that the people from Novus were bound to this galaxy as Destiny travelled on but perhaps we would have found one or two characters were reintroduced if indeed we had gotten a third season.

Our continued thanks to Miles for guesting on the podcast, it was a good evening discussing two of the best episodes of Stargate Universe. Alan will be back next week along with Ian for our discussion on Blockade and as with Destiny our journey is coming to a close. Thanks to everyone that voted in the SGU favourite episode poll, results will be in the wrap up show we recorded a few days ago.

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Stargate Birthday – April 1st

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Apr 012017
 

Tobias Mehler
Tobias played Lt. Graham Simmons on five episodes of Stargate SG1 ( Message in a Bottle, The Fifth Race, A Matter of Time, Serpent’s Song and Redemption 1). He also played Zak Adama on the Battlestar Galactica reimagining and has also appeared on Jeremiah, Robson Arms, Briefcase, Walk The Dog, The Icarus II Project and Young Blades. IMDB
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Stargate Birthdays – March 31st

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Mar 312017
 

Adrian Holmes
Adrian appeared in two episodes of Stargate SG1, in Nightwalkers he was a Special Operations Sergeant Krieger and in Memento Mori he played Detective Ryan. He has also guest starred on Arrow, Continuum, Smallville, Cedar Cove, True Justice and stars in the crime drama 19-2. IMDB Twitter Official Behind The Voice

Kory Grim
Kory played a recruit on the Stargate Atlantis episode The Last Man and has also been on Arrow, iZombie, The Revenant, Legends of Tomorrow and Fringe. Kory is also a stunt performer having worked on Arrow, The Flash, Stargate, Continuum, The Tomorrow People, Timeless, Monster Trucks, Lucifer and Deadpool. IMDB
Ron Selmour
Ron appeared as Jannick in the Stargate Atlantis episode Identity, he has also been on 2012, Tron Legacy, Sanctuary, Smallville, Arrow, iZombie, Minority Report, Supernatural and Continuum. IMDB Twitter

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Stargate Birthdays – March 30th

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Mar 302017
 

Fraser Aitcheson
Fraser guest starred as a Jaffa commander in the Stargate SG1 episode Upgrades and appeared on The 4400, Smallville, Fringe and Arctic Air. He’s also a stunt performer with credits on Earthsea, Smallville, Arrow, Supergirl, Sanctuary and movies such as Power Rangers, Elysium, Robocop and Man Of Steel. IMDB Twitter
Mili Avital
Mila played Sha’uri in the original Stargate movie and went on to appear on Damages, 666 Park Avenue, L&O: SVU, Bad Seed and a number of productions in her native language. IMDB

Kenneth Welsh
Kenneth played Jamus in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Ark. He has also guest starred on Twin Peaks, Witchblade, Tilt, Timecop, Due South, A Nutcracker Christmas, ReGenesis, The Divide, narrated Perfect Storms: Disasters That Changed the World and performed on stage. IMDB

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Stargate Birthday – March 29th

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Mar 292017
 

Marina Sirtis
Marina appeared on all seven seasons of Star Trek The Next Generation and the movies playing Councillor Deanna Troi and also guest starred on other Trek series. More importantly she appeared on Stargate SG1 in the episode Watergate as Dr. Svetlana Markov. She has also guest starred on NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy, Family Guy, A Dark Reflection, The Assassin’s Apprentice, Finders Keepers and Young Justice.
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Stargate Birthdays – March 28th

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Mar 282017
 

Darcy Laurie
Darcy played Airman Dunning in nine episodes of Stargate Universe and also appeared in two episodes of SG1 first as a Cave Dweller in The First Commandment and then as Tass’an in Babylon. He has also guest starred on Fear the Walking Dead, Fringe, Supernatural, The Man in the High Castle and Continuum. IMDB

Cam Cronin
Cam made his only appearance on Stargate as an Airman in the SG1 episode Window Of Opportunity. He’s also been in The X-Files, Fringe, Psych, The Good Mistress and Supernatural. IMDB Twitter
Brian McCaig
Brian played the Geiger Counter Tech guy Senior Airman O’Donnell on the Stargate Universe episode Alliances and has appeared on Moments, Sanctuary, Supernatural, Some Assembly Required and Motive as well as doing stunt work and working as a stand in. IMDB
Lisa Bunting
List guest starred as Claire Jackson on the Stargate SG1 episode The Gamekeeper, she has also been on The X-Files, Hope Island, Cold Squad, Alcatraz, Saving Hope, Wayward Pines and Continuum. IMDB

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Stargate Birthdays – March 27th

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Mar 272017
 

Richard de Klerk
Richard was in two episodes of Stargate SG1 as Dominic in Rite Of Passage & Joe in One False Step, he has also guest starred in Sanctuary, Andromeda and The 4400 and can be seen in the latest season of Motive, Reign, Strange Empire and Supernatural. IMDB Twitter Official

David Ingram
David played an Air Force Major on Stargate Continuum as well as Fringe, Hiccups, Alcatraz, Continuum, Cedar Cove, Reign and The Girlfriend Experience. IMDB Twitter
Hugo Steele
Hugo is an actor and stunt performer. He has appeared as a Jaffa on Stargate SG1 as well as Fringe, Elysium, TRON Legacy, iZombie and Arrow. He’s done stuntwork on Blade Trinity, Stargate SG1, Earthsea, Man Of Steel, Almost Human, Arrow, The 100 and Timeless. IMDB

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Stargate Birthday for March 26th

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Mar 262017
 

Angelique Naude
Angelique played an Atlantis expedition scientist who caught Shepherd’s eye in the episode “No Mans Land”. A former fashion model and actress who has also been on The 4400, Supernatural, Dream Gamblers, Blood Ties, Chaos and Scary Movie 4. IMDB

 

Gatecast 347 SGU Common Descent

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Mar 252017
 

Common Descent

The crew of the Destiny come across a group of humans descended from well the crew of the Destiny in the episode Common Descent. The air scrubbers that were retrofitted when the Icarus group first boarded the ship are failing and the search begins for more lime or similar material to help clean the air. They gate to a planet and meet two English speaking young people who recognise both Scott and Greer and reveal that they are the latest generation from the crew of Destiny who found themselves stranded 2000 years in the past after attempting the nice chevron dialing within the star as told in Twin Destinies.

Common Descent

The news of these spreads quickly with Eli, Chloe and Camille venturing to the planet where they greet one of the settlements elders named “Yaozu” who recites a verse very familiar to Camille and in its native language. The crew then learn about the lives of those who fled the Destiny never to return thanks to the extensive use of Kinos and the ability to maintain the integrity of the day to day records of their society. No doubt Eli with his long held belief that everything should be documented would aid this young society in the centuries to come allowing for more rapid development and no corruption of historical figures and events. This settlement has lost contact with their homeworld “Novus” which was experiencing geologic issues which they were beginning to believe were being caused by a small black hole passing by the solar system, with no gate access to resources the settlement is dying but Young refuses to take them back to Novus as Destiny itself even with limited repairs would be unable to handle the extra personnel, the the drones attack.

The Destiny is battling the drones and taking people off the planet as it too comes under fire but when the Stargate is damaged the Destiny jumps into hyperspace and abandons a number of her own crew along with the last of the Novus citizens. Eli manages to get a message to the Destiny using the gate control subsystems and the Destiny swings back and transports the people to Novus. Unfortunately the planet is wrapped in extensive cloud cover with low temperatures and particulates in the atmosphere. The cities are intact though but no life is found and it is believed a major volcanic eruption drove the planet into nuclear winter and decimated the population of Novus.

Common Descent is a very entertaining episode which really makes the most of Twin Destinies at a time when there was no indication those eighty or so people who were lost in a wormhole would ever be heard of again. The producers and writers however have created a master stroke in exploiting a time travel narrative in a less than usual way with very positive results and far more to come in the second part of this story Epilogue.

Our thanks to Miles for joining us this week, he’ll return for Epilogue and continued thanks to Brad for the feedback for The Hunt. This weeks promo is for Flash Pulp and next week we are as mentioned going to be watching Epilogue, we hope you can join us for that.

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Denis McGrath RIP

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Mar 252017
 

Denis McGrath

September 21st 1972 – March 23rd 2017

Our condolences to the friends and family of Denis who unfortunately passed away on March 23rd at the young age of 48.

The New York City-born screenwriter was a fearless champion of Canadian TV as a blogger and member of the Writers Guild of Canada.

Source: Denis McGrath Dead: Writer on Syfy’s ‘Continuum,’ ‘Aftermath’ Dies at 48 | Hollywood Reporter

Stargate Birthdays – March 25th

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Mar 252017
 

James McDaniel
James played General Francis Maynard in two episodes of Stargate SG1 ( Lost City Part 2 & Inauguration ). He has also appeared on Taken, Life As We Know It, The Division, Detroit 1-8-7, The Following, Forever, Orange Is the New Black, Limitless, The Blacklist Redemption, Sleepy Hollow and back in the day he starred on NYPD Blue as Lt. Arthur Fancy. IMDB

Peter Shinkoda
Peter played a Caledonian Aide on the Stargate SG1 episode Ethon and has also appeared on The L Word, Sanctuary, Kingdom Hospital, Supernatural and had recurring roles on Daredevil playing Nobu and on Falling Skies as Dai. IMDB Twitter

 

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Brick Pic of the Day: Stargate portal | Brick Fanatics

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Mar 252017
 

Stargate Bricks

Stargate Bricks

Image: legojeff This photo is just so cool. I love how the water effect has been created to give the illusion of an inter-dimensional space portal. Are you a great LEGO photographer? Have you built…

Source: Brick Pic of the Day: Stargate portal | Brick Fanatics

Stargate Birthdays – March 24th

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Mar 242017
 

Michelle Harrison
Michelle played the Assistant in the SG1 episode Absolute Power and then returned as Rachel in the Stargate Universe episode Visitation. She has also appeared on Continuum, Arctic Air, Emily Owens MD, Endgame, The Magicians and Nora Allen on The Flash. IMDB Twitter

Haley Beauchamp
Haley played an Airman in the Stargate Universe episode Pathogen and was Sylvana in the SG1 episode Bad Guys. She has also been on Whistler as Feeney, The Collector, Smallville, The Flash and The Dead Zone. IMDB

Gord Hillier
Gord was a Re-recording mixer for Stargate SG1 seasons eight, nine and ten as the first three season of Atlantis. He has also worked in various roles on Travelers, Intelligence, Endgame, Arctic Air, Motive, The Romeo Section and A Dog’s Breakfast. IMDB

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Stargate Birthdays – March 23rd

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Mar 232017
 

Jason Schombing
Jason was Dr. Robert Rothman in three episodes of Stargate SG1 (The First Ones, Crystal Skull and Forever in a Day) and appeared on Tin Man, Intelligence, Smallville, Alice, Just Cause, The A-Team, Arrow, Chesapeake Shores and Sanctuary. IMDB Twitter

Warren Kimmel
Warren appeared as Dr. Marell on the Stargate SG1 episode Collateral Damage and has been on Supernatural, Package Deal, The Collector and Masters of Horror. IMDB Official
Rob Hayter
Rob is an actor and stuntman, he has played a soldier in the Stargate Universe episode Intervention and been in five episodes of SG1 (Bounty, Memento Mori, Endgame, Affinity and Lifeboat). He has also acted or performed stunts on shows such as Arrow, iZombie, Fringe, Smallville, Lucifer, Blood Ties, The 100, Deadpool, Lucifer, When Calls The Heart and Mistresses. IMDB Twitter

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Kate and David Hewlett

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Mar 232017
 

The Stanley Dynamic
Kate and David Hewlett

“You might remember Canadian actor David Hewlett from hit sci-fi series Stargate: SG1 (2001-2007) and Stargate: Atlantis (2004-2009), or…”

Source: Kate and David Hewlett, sister and brother team, reunite on ‘The Stanley Dynamic’ – National | Globalnews.ca

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