Benz Antoine
Benz played one of the drivers in the Stargate SG1 episode In the Line of Duty and went onto to guest star on The Outer Limits, Shattered, Rookie Blue and to star on Blue Murder and the current Canadian crime show 19-2 as Tyler Joseph. IMDBOfficialTwitter Sarah Edmondson
Sarah played Natania in the Stargate SG1 episode Prophecy, she has also appeared on Andromeda, Continuum, Edgemont, Fringe, Psych and has voiced animated shows such as Max Steel and Inhumans. IMDBOfficialTwitter Charles Zuckermann
Charles was a rebel soldier on the Stargate SG1 episode Icon and has also been in Special Unit 2, Fringe, Jeremiah, Arrow and Supernatural. IMDBTwitterOfficial
Erica Durance
Erica guest starred in a single episode of Stargate SG1 as Krista James in Affinity and appeared as Lois Lane in 141 episodes of Smallville, she is currently starring as Dr Alex Reid in Saving Hope which is filming it’s fourth season. Erica has also appeared on The Collector, Andromeda, Harry’s Law and Tru Calling. IMDBTwitter
Atlantis continues to drift aimlessly through space after damage from the Asuran energy weapon ruptured her primary power conduits however a wild and crazy idea was dreamt up to raid the Asuran homeworld for a ZPM which would allow the city to engage it’s hyperspace engines and make it to it’s new home. Elizabeth along with Rodney, John and Ronon use the enhanced jumper and infiltrate the Asuran city and remarkably steal a ZPM but instead of getting out clean they discover a way to turn on the core component of the replicator code which was designed to provoke them to attack the Wraith. As the infiltrate the core of the city they are discovered and Elizabeth enters into the fray and she attacks Oberoth directly, her nanites against his and the dance begins.
Lifeline was a fitting conclusion to Elizabeth’s time on Atlantis, there was never a doubt she would sacrifice herself for her people and here she demonstrates it and it wasn’t by accident, she knew this was always going to be a possibility and she bought the lives of her people with her own. Jack would have been proud and maybe that was the only story/character element I would have liked to have seen explored in what was an epic three part story. We had a little bit of Dr Lee who as always was a laugh and of course we see the Apollo in action without Asgard beam weapons, maybe it’s awaiting retrofitting and has to make do with missiles and railguns but it put up a good display against the unknown spec of the Asuran warship which looked like a jumper on steroids (at least to me). Of course you had to laugh when the writes made sure the hyperspace capable jumper was not going to be monkey on their back when writing new episodes, they learnt their lesson from the beaming technology.
A big thankyou to Ian for joining me for this show, this was his first time on the podcast although he interacts a lot via twitter and is patiently going through our entire back catalogue which is an impressive task in itself, I know I’ve done the same for other podcasts which I’ve started listening to after they have been around a while. This weeks promo is for Under The Dome Radio which covers the tv series Under The Dome which returns to US screens on the 25th of June and next week we are taking a look at the third episode in this season of Atlantis “Reunion”.
Bonnie Bartlett
Bonnie played Linea in the Stargate SG1 episode Prisoners and Patience in Firefly, she has also appeared on Midnight Caller, V, Kojak, Parks and Recreation, Little House on the Prairie and North & South Book 2. IMDB Aidan Drummond
Aidan played the youngster Renord in the Stargate Atlantis episode Trio, he has also appeared on The Collector as Gabriel Slate, The Colt, Last Night in Suburbia and voiced characters on Edison & Leo and InuYasha The Final Act. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice
Chelah Horsdal
Chelah has appeared in all three live action Stargate series, she was Lt. Womack in five episodes of Stargate SG1, Erran in the Atlantis episode Tracker and on Universe she was Inman in the webisode Variety. She has also guest starred on Supernatural, Arctic Air, Motive, Hell On Wheels, UnReal, The Returned and played Kate Spencer in five episodes of Arrow. IMDBOfficialTwitter Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Karl was the cinematographer on the original 1994 theatrical feature, he also worked on Independence Day, Rob Roy, The Jackal , Guess Who and Universal Soldier. IMDBOfficial Chris Bradford
Chris played a Medical Technician in the Stargate SG1 episode Morpheus and has had guest spots on Highlander, Millennium, Fringe, Supernatural and Battlestar Galactica Razor. IMDB
Amanda Burke
Amanda played an Ancient scientist on the Stargate Atlantis episode Echoes and has appeared on Da Vinci’s Inquest, The Call, The Anachronism and Nomansland. IMDBOfficialTwitter
Enid-Raye Adams
Enid played Jones in the Stargate SG1 episode Prometheus and has guest starred on a number of shows which include Cold Squad, Jeremiah, Psych, Endgame, BackStorm, Supernatural, Fringe, iZombie and Arctic Air. IMDBTwitterVimeo Joseph May
Joseph played Sgt. Markham in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis (The Defiant One & Thirty Eight Minutes). He has also guest starred on the British series Casualty, Bugs, Holby City and Episodes. IMDB Ian Buchanan
Ian appeared just once on Stargate SG1 as First the human form replicator in the episode Unnatural Selection. He’s made his name starring in a number of very high profile US soaps such as General Hospital, Days of Our Lives and The Bold and The Beautiful as well as spots on Nip/Tuck, Alias and NYPD Blue. IMDBTwitter
The 2015 Leo Award ceremonies took place over the weekend and the one previously with a number of winners who in years gone by performed in front or behind the camera on Stargate.
Many congratulations to everyone that won a Leo this year and especially to these who helped make Stargate what it was:)
June B. Wilde
June played a maid in the Stargate SG1 episode Absolute Power, she has also appeared on The Butterfly Effect, Seven Days, The Santa Clause 2, Preggoland, Continuum and Fatal Friends. IMDBOfficialTwitter Natasha Tony
Natasha worked in the casting department for two episodes of Stargate SG1 (The Light and Absolute Power) as well as Intelligence, The L Word, Endgame, Marmaduke and Psych. IMDB
Pascale Hutton
Pascale made her single guest appearance on Stargate Atlantis in the episode Aurora playing the role of First Officer Trebal of the starship of the same name. She has also starred in Arctic Air, Traveller, Intelligence and Sanctuary and guest starred on Fringe, Continuum and Reaper. IMDBTwitterOfficial David Kopp
David played Lt. Carl Grogan in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Proving Ground and The Sentinel), he has also appeared on Da Vinci’s Inquest, Romeo Must Die, Night Visions, Psych and jPod. IMDB
Well SF Debris delivered again with two excellent reviews for the Stargate Atlantis two parter (actually season finale and premiere) The Storm and The Eye.
The fourth season of Stargate Atlantis sees the city adrift in normal space after her hyperdrive engine cut out, it turns out the Asuran energy beam caused significant damage to the primary power conduits of the city and there was simply not enough energy getting to the engines to keep the city in hyperspace. As the fly through local space with no way to call for help they discover that while the damage can be routed around after a lot of hard physical work the clock is ticking as the city is pumping energy from the ZPM to maintain life support and other functions. The city reduces shield coverage which causes the death of three technicians working on one of the piers but an approaching asteroid field has all the jumpers launching and trying to clear a path, the desperate attempt is partially successful but the unprotected parts of the city suffer considerable damage and yep one of the towers houses a control unit that has to be bypassed. Zelenka and John go for a space walk and while they achieve their goals it’s not without injury. Oh, did I forget that Elizabeth is all but dead and Dr Keller encourages Rodney to reactive the nanites in her system despite John’s vehement refusal as he sites the risk but it’s done and Elizabeth awakes fully healed, she is not entirely happy looking at the big picture but it seems the nanites can not communicate with the Asurans and maybe there is hope for everyone. The hyperdrive capable jumper which Rodney tried to develop when under the influence of the Ascension device has limited functions and the Asuran homeworld full of ZPM modules is within range.
Guy with the brush, sweep harder!
Adrift is great start to the fourth season, while the CGI is a little hit and miss when it’s hits it hits big time and combined with the drama of their escape from the Asurans and the deaths and consequences the episode is packed and I really can fault the overall production. It was great to see John and Rodney facing eachother down, maybe the first time they have had a serious disagreement and imagine it over Elizabeth being saved or allowed to die and a nice touch to have Ronon give the emotional side, that was very satisfying but watching him walk around aimlessly in the background of so many shots was just too funny for words. The asteroid field was an idea that for me didn’t really work but it was an action sequence in an episode that was a lot of talking heads but the simpler tower leap by Zelenka and John was far more impressive, it says a lot that the Stargate inhouse and third party CG designers have set the bar so high. I was amazed John did not recognise the address for the Asuran homeworld and on the surface a covert strike to steal a ZPM sounds like suicide but what options do they have and they do have the ace in the hole if they can trust her.
Thanks everyone for listening to our take on Adrift, we would love to hear what you thought about this episode of Atlantis and our own take on it and if you want to join us then feel free to get in touch. Many thanks to Brad for joining me on the show as Alan has returned home to the Republic for a short visit with family, this weeks promo was for the Saturday B Movie Reel and next week I am joined by a new guest Ian for the Atlantis episode Lifeline, hope you join us.
