Josh Blacker
Josh played Sgt. Spencer in nine episodes of Stargate Universe and a “screaming man” in the Atlantis episode Vengeance. He has also appeared on Human Target, V, Blood Ties, Almost Human and Elysium. IMDB OfficialTwitter John Aylward
John played President Nadal in the Stargate SG1 episode Ethon and had recurring roles in The West Wing, Mad Men and House of Lies as well as guest spots on Fringe, Harry’s Law, Major Crimes and Fairly Legal. IMDB Dakin Matthews
Dakin played Maz’rai in the Stargate SG1 episode Stronghold. He has also appeared on General Hospital, Desperate Housewives, Devious Maids, Castle, Huff, The Good Wife, Voyager, Devious Maids and Lincoln. IMDB
Sean Patrick Flanery
Sean played Orlin in the SG1 episode Ascension. He’s recently guest starred on Dexter and has also been on The Young and the Restless, Charmed, The Strip and The Dead Zone. IMDBOfficial SiteTwitter Claudia Black
Claudia lit up the screen as Vala in Stargate SG1 and Aeryn on Farscape. She has also guest starred on Haven, The Dresden Files and Moonlight as well as quite a bit of voice work for tv/movies and games such as Strange Frame: Love & Sax and Dragon Age: Inquisition. IMDBTwitter Julie McNiven
Julie played Ginn in Stargate Universe and has made appearances on Nikita, Fringe, Brotherhood, Book Club, Supernatural and Mad Men and is currently expecting:) IMDBTwitter John G. Lenic
John was a producer on Stargate SG1, Atlantis and Universe as well as Motive, The Dark Corner, The Real Housewives of Vancouver and HALO 4 Forward Unto Dawn. He also appeared in front of the camera as a wedding guest in the SG1 episode 200. IMDBTwitter Eric Keenleyside
Eric played Fred in the Stargate SG1 episode Citizen Joe. He has also appeared on Cold Squad, Once Upon A Time, Hellcats, Supernatural, The Killing and Strange Empire. IMDBTwitter Rimple Sumer
Rimple was the restaurant hostess in the Stargate SG1 episode Memento Mori and has also guest starred on Mercy Point, Smallville, The Dead Zone and Sanctuary. IMDB
Erin Chambers
Erin played the Genii woman Sora in three episodes of Stargate Atlantis (The Eye, The Storm and Underground), she is perhaps better known for her 120 appearances in General Hospital as Siobahn and also appeared on Castle, Scandal and The Glades. IMDBTwitter John Sampson
John was a member of SG5 in the episode Lost City and a guard in the Atlantis episode The Kindred, he is also a stunt performer in movies and television. He has worked on Blade The Series, Paycheck, Scourge, Seven Days and The Sentinel. IMDB Lauro Chartrand
Lauro was a Genii soldier and stunt performer on Stargate Atlantis and has an extensive resume in media for both stunt work and co-ordination such as on The Incredible Hulk, War, Fallen and Battlestar Galactica. IMDBOfficial Site
Carrie Genzel
Carrie played Diana Mendez in the Stargate SG1 episode Desperate Measures and she has also appeared on Special Unit 2, Flash Gordon, Watchmen, All My Children and Castle. IMDB Andrew Airlie
Andrew played Dr Carmichael in the SG1 episode Avatar & Kalan in Learning Curve. He is currently appearing in Cedar Cove and has starred in Reaper, Whistler, Saved and The 4400. IMDBOfficial Site Fred Willard
Fred guest starred as Jacek in the Stargate SG1 episode Family Ties and also guest starred on Roseanne, Mad About You, Ally McBeal, Everybody Loves Raymond and Modern Family. IMDBOfficial SiteTwitter John Mann
John is an actor and musician, he appeared in the Stargate SG1 episode Smoke & Mirrors as Luthor and guest starred on Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Haunted and starred in Intelligence. IMDBTwitter Christopher Heyerdahl
Christopher played Pallan on the Stargate SG1 episode Revisions before moving over to Atlantis to guest star as Halling in five episodes and then returning as a generic Wraith and finally as the show stealing Todd the Wraith for a grand total of 22 episodes of Atlantis. He has also guest starred or had recurring roles on Caprica, Supernatural, Smallville, Sanctuary, True Blood, and currently playing The Swede on Hell On Wheels. IMDBOfficial SiteTwitter
Susie Wickstead
Susie played a Kelownan Aide in the Stargate SG1 episode Shadow Play and has appeared on Five Days to Midnight, Supernatural, Just Cause, Mysterious Ways and John Doe. IMDB John Novak
John was Colonel William Ronson in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Grace & Memento), he has also appeared on Smallville, The Collector, Highlander, The Commish and Sliders. He also provides the voice for many an animated television show. IMDBWorkbookBehind The Voice Colin Murdock
Colin played Ardal Hadraig in the Stargate SG1 episode Space Race, His main occupation in media is providing a wide range of voices to animated shows such as X-Men Evolution, The SoulTaker, Baby Looney Tunes and George of the Jungle. IMDBBehind The Voice Brent Stait
Brent appeared once on Stargate Atlantis playing the role of Michael and on SG1 as Major Louis Ferretti in Children of the Gods and Within The Serpent’s Grasp, he is better known for the very alien Rev Bem on Andromeda and has also guest starred on Arctic Air, Fringe, Motive and Supernatural. IMDB
Jay Acovone
Jay was Major Charles Kawalsky on Stargate SG1 for five episodes, he has also been in Monk, 24, Criminal Minds and General Hospital. IMDB Colin Cunningham
Colin appeared in 15 episodes of Stargate SG1 and a single episode of Atlantis and now stars in Falling Skies. He has also guest starred on The Collector, The Dead Zone, Psych, The 4400, Eureka and Sanctuary. IMDBTwitterOfficial Site Jamil Walker Smith
Jamil played Master Sgt. Ronald Greer in Stargate Universe and has also appeared in Any Given Sunday, Girlfriends, Supernatural, Bones, Blind Justice and directed The American Dream. IMDBTwitterLittle Plow Films John Noble
John only appeared once on Stargate SG1 in the episodes Camelot playing Meurik, he starred as Dr Walter Bishop in Fringe and more recently in Sleepy Hollow as Henry Parrish and lets not forget playing his part in The Lord of the Rings franchise. IMDB Don Stark
Don played Sal in the SG1 tenth season episode Memento Mori. He’s also appeared in Castle, The Mentalist, NCIS, John Carter and Anger Management. IMDB
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In Memory Of… Isaac Hayes (August 20th 1942 – 10th August 2008)
Singer, composer and Oscar winner.
Tolok on Stargate SG1 and voiced Chef on South Park. IMDB
Kerry James
Kerry played Josh in the Stargate Universe episode Earth and also appeared on Endgame, The Secret Circle, June, Aliens in America and was Caleb in 78 episodes of Heartland. IMDB John MacDonald
John was a stuntman and double on Stargate Continuum and was a member of SG3 on Stargate SG1. He’s also worked on The Dresden Files, Jumper, Nikita, Defiance, Happy Town and Copper. IMDB Matthew Del Negro
Matthew was Mike Branton in Sunday the excellent Stargate Atlantis episode and has been in The West Wing, The Sopranos, Mistresses, Rizzoli & Isles and played Rafael on Teen Wolf. IMDB
Tahmoh Penikett
Tahmoh appeared only once on Stargate playing Third a human form replicator but he is in great demand on the genre market and can be seen in the current seasons of Continuum and Supernatural. He made his name as Karl Agathon aka Helo on Battlestar Galactica and has also appeared on Arrow, Dollhouse, Riverworld, Smallville and Castle. IMDBTwitter John Billingsley
John played the loveable Dr Simon Coombs in the Stargate SG1 episode The Other Guys and was wonderful as Dr Phlox on Enterprise. He recently starred on Intelligence and guest starred on shows such as True Blood, 24, Prison Break, Scrubs and The Nine. IMDBOfficial Site
John Scalzi
John is a renowned author of Old Man’s War, The God Engines and the soon to be adapted for television “Red Shirts”. He also was the creative consultant on both seasons of Stargate Universe. IMDBTwitterOfficial Site Dale Wilson
Dale is a prolific voice actor for animated television as well as appearing on screen in shows such as Psych, Black Lagoon and Killer Mountain. He appeared as a Committee Member on the Stargate SG1 episode Smoke & Mirrors and voiced Gus Bonner on Stargate Infinity. IMDBOfficial SiteBehind The Voice
John Diehl
John played Lieutenant Kawalsky in the Stargate movie as well as appearing as guest and lead roles on shows such as JAG, Point Pleasant, The Shield, LA Law, Miami Vice and in the movies Stripes, Nixon and Escape From New York. IMDB
Kari Wuhrer
Kari appeared once on Atlantis as Nancy Sheppard in the episode Outcast. She has guest starred on General Hospital, CSI Miami and Leverage and starred in Sliders, voiced Maria Hill in The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and will be starring in Sharknado 2. IMDBTwitter
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In memory of.. John ‘Bear’ Curtis ( April 28 1948 to December 18 2007 )
John played a Primitive in Children of the Gods and appeared in such shows as Masters of Horror, The Collector, Call of the Wild, Arctic Blue, Bill & Teds Excellent Adventures and MacGyver. IMDB
Louis Cirillo
Louis played Bert Simmons in the Stargate SG1 episode Citizen Joe and is an accomplished voice actor as well as appearing on Andromeda and The 4400. IMDBBehind The Voice John DeLancie
John played the villainous Colonel Frank Simmons in SG1 but was better known for playing “Q” in TNG, DS9 and Voyager. He has also recently starred in Torchwood and also does a lot of voice work. IMDBOfficial SiteTwitter Ingrid Kavelaars
Ingrid was Major Erin Grant in three episodes of stargate SG1 as well as guest starring on Jeremiah, ReGenesis, The Listener, Lost Girl and XIII: The Series. IMDBTwitter Georgia Craig
Georgia played Sabrina Gosling in the Stargate SG1 episode Moebius, Part 1 and also appeared on Battlestar Galactica, Good Luck Chuck and Supernatural. She also works behind the camera in casting on such shows as Arctic Air and The Killing. IMDB Nicholas Harrison
Nicholas played the Black Knight, Red Guard and a plain old Knight on Stargate SG1 as well as stunt work and spots on Supernatural, Dead Zone and Human Cargo. IMDB
Many happy returns of the day:) Brandy Ledford
Brandy made her name in the modelling and erotica side of the business before going mainstream with roles in Andromeda, Baywatch and Whistler. She guest starred as Norina in the Atlantis episode Inferno and Zaren in the SG1 ep Endgame and was excellent in both roles. IMDBOfficial Site John P. Jumper
John is a former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as a General in the US Airforce got to play himself in the Stargate SG1 episode Lost City. Wiki Mitchell Kosterman
Mitchell played Colonel Tom Rundell in the SG1 episodes Heroes and Special Agent James Hamner in the earlier episode Seth. He has also guest starred on Smallville, John Doe, MacGyver and Millennium. IMDB
Infected after his encounter with the young wraith Ellia, John is slowly but surely losing his humanity as his DNA is rewritten to suit the needs of an Iratus hybrid. As his body changes so does his mind and despite himself he becomes a danger to his friends and the city itself and even with Carson and his team dreaming up wild solutions it doesn’t look good for him. Ultimately it’s his new form which allows Carson to gain the genetic material he needs to formulate a cure but it’s costs lives something John will have to come to terms with as will Lorne who commanded the mission and did what was required.
Conversion is a fairly strong episode in the second season and a good companion to the previous episode Instinct but it isn’t great mostly because the story demands a complete solution which is almost a reset at the end of the episode and Stargate stories always work better with consequences always being taken into account. That said we get some good interaction between John and Teyla and even better when he has to deal with Weir, there was always a possibility the writers would have paired either of these two strong women with John and in two different ways we see the potential. It was also fun to see Weir taking on Caldwell but you can’t really criticise him because he was right, maybe not tactful and considerate but that’s the military aspect I guess.
Now now, be gentle John
Perhaps one of the unintended highlights of the episode was John doing a passable imitation of Spiderman and then the intended light hearted view of Ronon being very cold and calculating when tracking down John which really showed us the differences between a Runner and the human contingent in the city.
They’re there for John
Conversion is worth watching when combined with Instinct, it has issues but we did have fun watching the episode and I think that always makes up for a lot of other issues. This episode of the podcast always includes a short review of the Stargate Atlantis novel “Brimstone” written by David Niall Wilson and Patricia Lee Macomber as well as some upcoming Stargate related birthdates.
Thank you to Brad for joining us on the show and as always a big thank you to everyone who has talked with us or contributed to any of our social media portals, we’re all part of the Stargate family. This weeks promo is for the new Star Trek Original Series podcast “Two To Beam Up” and next week we are back with the Stargate SG1 episode “Prototype” so we hope you can join us for that. Feedback would be greatly appreciated as would an itunes and/or stitcher rating/review, barring that enjoy the show and enjoy Stargate:)
A very happy birthday to Josh Blacker who played Sgt. Spencer in Stargate Universe and a “screaming man” in the Atlantis episode Vengeance. He has also appeared in Human Target, V, Blood Ties and Elysium. TwitterIMDBOfficial Site
Happy Birthday to John Aylward who was President Nadal in the Stargate SG1 episode Ethon. He also had recurring roles in The West Wing, Mad Men and House of Lies as well as guest spots on Fringe, Harry’s Law and Fairly Legal. IMDBSeattle Times Interview
Birthday best wishes to Dakin Matthews who played Maz’rai in the SG1 episode Stronghold. He has also appeared in General Hospital, Desperate Housewives, Devious Maids, Castle, Huff, The Good Wife, Voyager and Lincoln. IMDB
