It seems the flavour of the month is the one and only Morena Baccarin who is going to be making a splash in upcoming episodes of Gotham as well as appearing in the recent Red Tent mini-series. The Mentalist has returned for it’s seventh and final season and in the episode “Orange Blossom Ice Cream” she reprises her role as Erica Flynn who uses the mutual attraction between her and Patrick to sweeten a deal with US authorities who are intent on capturing an arms smuggler. It was a fun episode, Morena wearing her hair slightly longer looked stunning and even the back lots of the studios looked a passable part of respectable Beirut.
Kate Hewlett
Kate played Jeannie Miller in four episodes of Stargate Atlantis and she has also appeared on Psych, Degrassi:TNG, The LA Complex and A Dog’s Breakfast with her brother David. IMDBTwitter David MacInnis
David played Talus on Stargate Atlantis The Return 1&2 and Agent Williams on Stargate SG1 Ex Deus Machina, he has also appeared on Dead Like Me, The 4400, Saving Hope and Smallville. IMDB Matthew Harrison
Matthew played Darien in the Stargate SG1 episode Double Jeopardy and a Scientist on the Atlantis episode Conversion. He has also appeared on Chaos, Reaper and Smallville. IMDB Ernie Hudson
Ernie was Pernaux in the Stargate SG1 episode Ethon but is best known for his role on Ghostbusters or maybe as Warden Glynn on Oz. He has also appeared on ER, Wild Palms, Bones, Desperate Housewives and Law & Order. IMDBOfficialTwitter Dan Pelchat
Dan has been a Stunt Performer and Actor on shows such as Stargate Universe, Intelligence, Arrow, Sanctuary, Andromeda and Tasmanian Devils. IMDB
Michael Shanks
Michael took on the television role of Daniel Jackson in the premiere of Stargate SG1 Children of the Gods and had an “almost” uninterrupted run right through to Stargate Universe. He’s currently starring in Saving Hope and has had notable guest roles on 24, Smallville and Burn Notice as well as starring in one or two scifi/creature features and other tv movies most notably Mr Hockey The Gordie Howe Story. OfficialIMDBTwitter
Martin Christopher
Martin has appeared in all three live action Stargate series as well as Ark Of Truth playing Kevin Marks who rose through the ranks during the run of the franchise. He has also appeared in Fringe, Supernatural, Eureka and Sanctuary. IMDB
Welcome to the first of the current batch of Gatecast seasonal bonus shows, this week Brad joins me to watch and comment on R.L. Stines The Haunting Hour season one episode Fear Never Knocks. The episodes stars Christopher Heyerdahl (Stargate SG1 & Atlantis), Matthew Walker (SG1 and Atlantis), Quinn Lord (SG1) and is directed by Peter DeLuise (SG1, Atlantis and Universe). While grandad is out the kids play with his mysterious recording device and unleash the worst terrors and then the original owner of the device comes to collect and well trust me this show would make sure any kid did not sleep soundly after watching it.
Many thanks to Brad for joining me for this bonus episode, Alan was having fun at his Discworld convention so he missed out on this bit of fun, somehow though I think he wouldn’t want to changes places. Next week we have another bonus show and we’ll be looking at an episode of Sanctuary called Bank Job which as as you would expect lots of Stargate connections. We got a voicemail for last weeks show and we’ll save that for when we return with the “proper” Stargate specific shows in the new year but feel free to send us any comments you have, we’d love to have a bumper crop of feedback over the holidays.
Sarah Douglas
Sarah played the Tok’ra Yosuuf / Garshaw of Belote in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (The Tok’ra Parts 1 and 2) but she is certainly better known for playing Ursa in the Superman movies. She was also the evil Pamela in the original V and starred in the US soap Falcon Crest and made a memorable appearance on Babylon 5. IMDBTwitterOfficial Jason McKinnon
Jason played Airman Walker in the SG1 episode The Scourge and has also appeared on Tru Calling, Smallville, Supernatural, Fringe and How to Be an Actor. IMDB
Ben Browder
Ben played Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell in the ninth and tenth seasons of Stargate SG1 & John Crichton in the scifi series Farscape. He has also guest starred on Doctor Who, Arrow, Dead Still, Chuck and CSI Miami. IMDBOfficial Peter Kelamis
Peter played Dr Adam Brody on Stargate Universe and has appeared on Fringe, Eureka, Smallville and Psych. He’s also a voice actor and performs stand up comedy. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice
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In memory of Katherine Lawrence / Kathy Selbert
(Dec 11 1954 – March 25 2004)
Katherine wrote for Stargate Infinity as well as a number of other animated productions such as The Secret of Mulan and also worked as an assistant on Muppet Babies. IMDB
David-Paul Grove
David played the motel manager in the excellent Stargate Atlantis episode Vegas and is currently playing “Doc” in Once Upon A Time. He has also guest starred on Andromeda, Supernatural, Down River, appeared in ELF and voiced Buck in Robocop AC. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice
Hell on Wheels like a few select shows is one I like to marathon to get the full narrative effect so with time off work I’m currently immersing myself in the fourth season and I was pleasantly surprised to see Colin Cunningham appear in the episode Chicken Hill playing the character simply known as the Gambler. There were definitely shades of his “Pope” character or maybe that character from Falling Skies has some roots in the slick wild west card shark with an edge.
Colin is a firm favourite within the Stargate community, his portrayal of Major Paul Davis in Stargate SG1, Atlantis and the Continuum movie was excellent.
Beau Bridges
Beau played General Hank Landry in the ninth and tenth seasons of Stargate SG1 as well as appearing on Stargate Atlantis. He has also had recurring roles on My Name is Earl, Franklin & Bash, The Agency and is currently in The Millers and Masters of Sex. IMDBTwitter George Touliatos
George had two guest spots on Stargate SG1 as Pyrus in Need and Shamda in Fallen as well as appearing in the movie This Means War and guest starring on Supernatural,
John Doe and The Sentinel. IMDBBehind The Voice Sebastian Spence
Sebastian appeared just once on Stargate as the Tok’ra Delek in the SG1 episode Death Knell but was the star of First Wave and had a recurring role on Battlestar Galactica and had guest spots on Smallville and Endgame and is currently playing Cliff Harting in Cedar Cove. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice Reiko Aylesworth
Reiko played Sharon Walker in three episodes of Stargate Universe (Life, Pathogen & Sabotage) and before that she starred on 24 appearing in 64 episodes as Michelle Dessler and has had recurring guest roles on Hawaii Five-0, ER, Damages, Revolution and Lost. IMDB
Kevin McNulty
Kevin played both Chancellor Lycus in Stargate Atlantis Inferno and Dr Warner on four episodes of Stargate SG1, he starred in Arctic Air as Mel Ivarson and has also appeared on Robson Arms, Supernatural and Battlestar Galactica. IMDBTwitter Doron Bell
Doron played Sgt Fuller in the Stargate Atlantis episode Millers Crossing as well as having guest spots on Fringe, Psych, 2012 and voice work on Voltron Force, Cosmic Quantum Ray and Toddworld. IMDBBehind The VoiceTwitterOfficial Jarvis W. George
Jarvis was Volnek in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Babylon & Arthur’s Mantle) and he has had guest roles on NCIS, The Shield, The Wire and Heroes. IMDBTwitter
Always a joy to see Ellie Harvie on television and not actually playing a role that employs her comedic talents, in that latest episode of Supernatural “Hibbing 911” she plays Dr. Shelly Pierson and deadpans along with the best of them:)
Yes I know spotting former Stargate actors on Arctic Air is not that difficult but it was great to see Bill Dow back on my television in albeit a small role as Boomer Platt in the seventh episode of the third season of the show entitled Flying Solo. I’ve finally gotten around to watching the final season of the show, pity the powers that be decided not to go ahead with a fourth season but for a time this tale of adventures in the cold wilderness and the communities that kept the lights bright was entertaining to watch. Bill of course played Dr Lee on all three live action Stargate series, one of the many characters with smaller roles but became true fan favourites.
Jennifer Calvert
Jennifer played Ren’al in three episodes of Stargate SG1 (Enemies, Summit and Last Stand), she’s appeared on shows such as Brookside, Spatz and The Knock and has also appeared on Earthsea, Holby City, Merlin’s Apprentice, Red Dwarf and Mysterious Ways. IMDB
The dragon roars and SG1 along with Baal and Adria run away, very quickly but what do you know the dragon bursts forth from the lonely mountain and strafes them with fire before they gain cover in the tree line then it’s time for Cameron to try the man of action approach even though Teal’c is the one that goes on a suicide run but it’s up to Daniel to solve the final puzzle even if again someone else takes the first risk, this time Vala. I think there is a general sacrificial element to some of these characters in this story. The Sangraal is recovered and SG1 along with Ba’al are transported to another location and they find Merlin embedded in a stasis chamber, he’s released but is near death and when the situation is explained to him he reveals his part in the early battle against the potential Ori threat and provides Daniel with the knowledge to build a new weapon but before it can be completed Adria discovers their location within the Stargate / Transporter closed loop and her men launch an attack. Daniel saves the day but is then too weak to protect himself from Adria and is taken aboard an ORI starship, a new pet for the Orici.
The Quest Part 2 is a pretty epic conclusion to this two part story and kicks off the second half of the final season with revelations, action, some humour and a surprising turn of events as SG1 are forced to flee while Daniel uses the inherent ability given to him by the Ancient memory device, alas he is not strong enough or experienced enough to hold Adria for more than a few seconds and well what is she planning on doing with him, we’ll find out next year when the Gatecast has finished with it’s seasonal bonus shows. I’ve got to admit that once again Ba’al played by Cliff Simon is an excellent character to stir things up as even when faced with Adria and her army on their tale he still can not seem to lose the arrogance and joy he taked from needling humans this time Sam who it has to be said responds wonderfully. Of course he then steals the scene once again when he “goes for help” and gets himself killed (again) so no doubt not the original Ba’al who has a little more sense of self preservation it’s been proven time and time again.
A big thank you to Thomas for sticking with us for the whole evening (midday for him) when we recording both parts of The Quest and Thomas will return as a guest in the new year for an Atlantis episode. This weeks promo was for the The Rusted Robot podcast and next week we’ll be beginning the seasonal bonus shows starting with an episode of RL Stines The Haunting Hour called “Fear Never Knocks” and Brad will be joining me for that show, hope you join us. As always thank you to everyone that has talked to use and left feedback, always appreciated even though we would love to get more including a review over on itunes, haven’t had one of them for a good while but not to worry. We hope you keep listening to the show but for now keep watching and talking about Stargate, always more to discover within the movie, novels and live action series.
