Michael Soltis
Michael played a Medic in the Stargate SG1 episode Redemption and appeared on Battlestar Galactica, Alcatraz, Once Upon A Time, Fringe and Smallville. IMDBTwitterOfficial Jacqueline Samuda
Jacqueline played Nirrti in three episodes of Stargate SG1 (Fair Game, Rite of Passage & Metamorphosis) and also created the story for the episode Metamorphosis. She has also guest starred on Wolf Lake, Smallville, Bionic Woman, Spooksville and Arrow. IMDBBehind The VoiceTwitter
Christopher Judge
Christopher was the Jaffa Teal’c in Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis. He’s also appeared on MacGyver, Mentalist, Paradox and Dark Knight Rises. IMDBTwitter Hiro Kanagawa
Hiro played Mr Wayne in the Stargate SG1 episode Full Alert, he has also starred in Caprica and has guest starred on Arrow, Intelligence, Bates Motel and The Killing. IMDBBehind The Voice Michael Karl Richards
Michael was Major Peterson in five episodes of Stargate Universe and a Guard in the SG1 episode Sight Unseen. He’s also guest starred on Fringe, Psych, Whistler and appeared in 2012, Signed, Sealed, Delivered and Rogue. IMDBTwitterOfficial Site
Michael Gordin Shore
Michael played Lt. Menard in the Stargate SG1 episode Enemy Mine, he also appeared on Postal, Psych, The Dead Zone and White Chicks. IMDBTwitterOfficial Site
After the battle against the Wraith Hive ships the survivors onboard the captured hive return to Atlantis and well it’s a bit of a surprise for those still in the city, then the complications arise when once again they choose to maintain the use of the retrovirus on Michael and the other Wraith who now exist in human form. An off world camp is created and thanks to their loss of memory the Wraith are told they are victims of a plague and are being quarantined for both their own good and their friends and families. Carson hopes to not only stablise the retrovirus but worse case get them to maintain the dosage of the drug themselves so they can live and not threaten any native born humans. Guess what, it doesn’t quite go according to plan and why should it, the course of action has failed before and is fundamentally wrong showing an arrogance that even the Ancients no strangers to hubris would be impressed with.
One of us dyes their hair.
Misbegotten is a necessary episode in the story of the retrovirus and the beginning of the galactic threat which is Michael, come on who here actually think he died when they opened up on the planet from orbit. The episode overall isn’t that great but it has it’s moments most of which revolve around Michael once again played by Connor Trinneer although he takes a step back once on the planet showing his capability to be the master mind and lets others act and draw attention to themselves. We also get to see Christopher Heyerdahl in his Wraith makeup, surprising but maybe this was the impetus for Todd and there was some excellent acting and dialogue between Caldwell and Woolsey, two great genre actors doing their thing.
Many thanks to Jeff for joining us for Misbegotten and he will be back for more episodes in the near future, next week we’ll be joined by Brad for the SG1 episode The Pegasus Project which had issues thanks to Skype which is a shame since it’s a cracking episode. This weeks promo is for the Saturday B Movie Reel and thanks for the feedback on our Facebook and Google+ groups and as always lots of Stargate love on Twitter.
Michael DeLuise
Michael appeared in the Stargate SG1 fan favourite and 100th episode Wormhole X-Treme! He’s also been in NYPD Blue, Bunheads, CSI NY, Brooklyn South, Lost and The Gilmore Girls. IMDBTwitter Martin Jarvis
Martin in his early British TV career guest starred on Dr Who, Nicholas Nickleby, Little Women before moving into the voice work and guest spots on Space Above & Beyond, Eragon, The Bill and of course Davos in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Seer. IMDB Frank Vincent
Frank pretty much played himself or a cameo of his Soprano’s character in the excellent Stargate Atlantis episode Vegas. He’s also been in NYPD Blue, Law & Order and Goodfellas’ IMDBOfficial Site David Lewis
David guest starred in two episodes of Stargate SG1, he played the scientist Cameron Balinsky in Moebius Part 1 and in Heroes Part 1. He has also appeared on Tru Calling, Paycheck, Firewall, The L Word, Smallville, Fringe and Harper’s Island. IMDB
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In Memory Of…
Don S. Davis (August 4th 1942 – June 29th 2008)
Artist, Craftsman, Husband and Actor. IMDB
Michael Welch
Michael played the young Jack O’Neill in the Stargate SG1 episode Fragile Balance, he also starred in Joan of Arcadia and has appeared on GRIMM, Star Trek Insurrection, The Riches, Bones, CSI and Criminal Minds. IMDBTwitterOfficial Site Noel Callahan
Noel played “the boy” in the SG1 episode Beast of Burden and went on to appear on Dark Angel, Romeo, Just Cause and voiced characters in Gadget and the Gadgetinis. IMDB Christopher Attadia
Christopher played the young Eric who befriended Teal’c in the SG1 episode Affinity, he has also been in Life Unexpected, The Santa Clause 2, Tru Calling and Saved. IMDB Aaron Craven
Aaron appeared three times on Stargate, he was a Wraith commander in the Atlantis episode Outsiders and Matar in Line in the Sand (SG1) and Captain Rogers in Rules of Engagement (SG1). He has also guest starred on The 4400, The Unit, Smallville, Fringe, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Fairly Legal. IMDBTwitterStudio on The Drive
In Memory of August Schellenberg ( July 25th 1936 – August 15th 2013 )
Yaozu on Stargate Universe ( Epilogue & Common Descent )
Grey’s Anatomy, Saving Grace, Eight Below, The Adventures of Tintin, Airwolf and The Littlest Hobo. IMDB
Michael Cram
Michael played the role of Silas in the Stargate Atlantis episode Travellers, he has also been in Nikita, The Listener, Lost Girl, Missing, Repo Men, Flashpoint and Rookie Blue. IMDB
The Wraith Hive ship has entered the solar system and begins communicating with Atlantis, after some discussion they answer and find that Michael has revealed their existence to this ship and it’s Queen and they have a proposition. It turns out that as resources dwindle various hives are becoming more competitive for all manner of things including humans for good so the Wraith retro virus is very appealing as both a tactical weapon but a means to create more food and hive infrastructure. Of course there really isn’t much option but to agree to the deal but Elizabeth negotiates with the Queen in terms of intelligence distribution and technical information on the Wraith ships and systems which allows McKay to dig into the beam jamming code in the hopes of allowing that offensive capability to be returned to the Daedalus and her sister ships. The virus is weaponised and smuggled onto an enemy hive but is discovered and the “good” hive and the Daedalus flee but are both damaged and in return for the help to repair the hive Rodney and company are given full access to the Wraith database. A second attack on the enemy hive is put into motion but when the Daedalus arrives she is fired upon by both hives who then jump away, confusion abounds but they don’t know that back on Atlantis the Wraith have infected the computers and stolen all the gate locations including the Earth gate and the specs for the improved hyperdrive while wiping the contents of the Wraith supplied database.
Won’t be laughing for much longer
Allies is an excellent cliff hanger of a finale for the second season of Stargate Atlantis, it has a huge amount of excellent CGI combined with the ongoing great chemistry between the main and secondary cast and throws in humour, suspense and drama. We get a new Wraith Queen once again played by Andee Frizzell whose makeup and costuming gives a big hint to the Queens being an unique subset of Wraith society which makes a lot of sense given the species has insects as a base for it’s creation. It has to be said that we all knew it was going to turn out badly but no one can deny that it was wonderfully written and performed with the expected betrayal coming as a surprise and for the show a critical moment in the events in Pegasus. So two Wraith Hives are on the way to the Milky Way and Sheppard is missing with the Daedalus damaged and the Orion a long way from being battle ready, lets not forget that the Ori are making mincemeat of Earth, Jaffa, Asgard and Lucian ships so who can save the day.
We didn’t get any feedback for last weeks episode but we did get an email from Misa Buckley with a review of the recent appearance of Cliff Simon in the US series “The Americans”, many thanks for that and Alan had a piece discussing the Free Babylon 5 campaign, lets not forget Brad for joining us for this episode of Atlantis, thank you sir and this weeks promo is for Under The Dome Radio which is back the second season of the show and next week we are doing the first of this years wrap up show for the ninth season of Stargate SG1, we hope you join us for that.
Michael and Bunny seem to have found a Stargate sans DHD at Fedcon a few weeks ago, a big thank to Michael for posting his pictures and of course listening to the show:)
Michael is one of the hosts and creators of the Star Trek themed podcast network Visionary Trek, why not pay them a visit.
Lt. Michael Kenmore awakes not knowing who he is or how he came to be but is constantly reassured by Teyla and other Atlantis personnel that he was a member of a unit attacked by the Wraith and was taken prisoner, upon rescue he was treated but is now suffering from amnesia. As he recovers in body and mind everyone treats him well with the exception of Ronon who is openly aggressive but Michael is unaware of anything he has to done to cause such behaviour and his curiosity is peaked. After suffering from a couple of nightmares Michael goes to the infirmary and as Carson sleeps he discovers the “kenmore” calendar and DVD records with his name on, on playback they show nearly two weeks of surveillance and Michael himself strapped to a bed ultimately screaming defiance as it’s revealed as the days go back to be a Wraith! Despite this revelation and learning of the retro virus he remains reasonably calm but eventually snaps after being confronted once again by Ronon and a minor war breaks out and a guard is killed, Michael is captured and taken to an off world base but uses his mind powers on Teyla and together they escape through the Stargate to a Wraith world but they are now being tracked by fellow Wraith with John and Ronon not far behind.
Quiet Contemplation
Michael is the opening episode to a long running if not overly used arc (for now) dealing with the consequences of using the retro-virus, yes the one that caused so many problems last time and you have to ask yourself if this is sort of some “ethically” acceptable method of genocide because when you get down to it the Wraith as they developed are going to be wiped from the face of the Pegasus galaxy. If you want to put it more simply then the very basis of this plan is awash with deceit and deception and from that would anything really good come to fruition? Now for the plus points, fantastic to see Conner Trinneer fresh from his four years on Enterprise returning to the scifi genre and handling a well written role and as we know a lot more to come but the challenge of more prosthetics is ahead, Rachel also got to push her character as well with some well written scenes between Teyla and Michael again a dynamic which they will exploit over the rest of the show. We had a couple of guests this week, given Conner was joining Atlantis we got Adam and Paul from the Star Trek Enterprise podcast Previously in The Alpha Quadrant to join us for the episode and we think a good time was had by all, let us know what you think and pay a visit to PITAQ and it’s host network Trekmate.
This weeks promo is for the Star Trek podcast Two to beam Up which is looking at the original series and next week we are going to be watching the Stargate SG1 episode Crusade and we will be joined by Thomas.
Well there was a bumper turn out of former Stargate actors on the Motive episode “Nobody Lives Forever” which aired on CTV on May the 8th. Along with the series star Louis Ferreira and recurring second season character Samantha Turner played by Laura Mennell we had guest appearances by Alex Zahara, Michael Kopsa, Ona Grauer and Barbara Kottmeier. The episode was nice and twisty with motives for quite a few people and as usual many of the characters are not that sympathetic, everyone is guilty of something:)
Darren Hird
Darren appeared as an extra in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis, he was the cocooned victim in the episode Underground and a dying patient in the episode Poisoning The Well. He has also appeared on Dead Like Me, The Dead Zone and Men In Trees. IMDB April Telek
April guest starred as Sallis in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Origin and Avalon Part 2). She has been in Dead Like Me, The Collector, Robson Arms, Rogue and played Nell in Hell On Wheels. IMDBTwitter Bruce Harwood
Bruce played Dr Osbourne in the SG1 episode Frozen but was well known for playing John Fitzgerald Byers on The X-Files and then The Lone Gunmen. He has also been on Smallville, Andromeda, The Dead Zone and When Calls The Heart. IMDB Michael Greenburg
Michael was the executive producer on Stargate SG1 for 163 episodes and he also produced the Atlantis premiere Rising and 95 episodes of MacGyver. He also wrote for Stargate and MacGyver and produced Firehouse, Legend and In the Eyes of a Stranger. IMDB
Michael Rooker
Michael played Colonel Edwards in the SG1 episode Enemy Mine and more recently starred as Merle in The Walking Dead. He has also guest starred on Archer, Psych, Burn Notice, Chuck, Cliffhanger and Jeremiah. IMDBTwitter Deborah Theaker
Deborah appeared once on Stargate SG1 in the episode Citizen Joe playing Charlene Spencer. She has also appeared in Joey, Reno 911!, The Burbs, Maniac Mansion and Entourage. IMDB
Birthday best wishes one and all:) Michael Ironside
Michael appeared in a single episode of Stargate SG1 as Seevis in Crusade. His resume is huge and filled with genre work including the regular TV series of V, Seaquest, Smallville as well as features and voice work. IMDBBehind The VoiceOfficial Site Heather Doerksen
Heather played Captain Pat Meyers in six episodes of Stargate Atlantis. She has also guest starred on The L Word, Battlestar Galactica, Fringe, Pacific Rim and Once Upon A Time in Wonderland. IMDBOfficial SiteTwitter Michael Lenic
Michael made brief appearances in the Stargate SG1 episode Family Ties and Stargate Universe episode Air Part 1, he has also been in Paradox and A Dog’s Breakfast. IMDB
Many happy returns of the day to Michael Kopsa who played General Kerrigan in the SG1 episodes Proving Ground and Prodigy and a news anchor in the episode There But for the Grace of God. He also played Windmark in Fringe and has guest starred on Arrow, The Dead Zone, Falcon Beach and Supernatural. IMDBTwitterBehind The ScenesOfficial Site
Birthday best wishes to Jennifer Spence who was Dr Lisa Park on Stargate Universe and currently plays Betty Robertson on Continuum. She has also guest starred on Eureka, The 4400 and Supernatural. TwitterIMDB
