Scott Alan Smith
Scott played an Airforce Officer in the theatrical Stargate feature film and also guest starred in Private Practice and NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Voyager, Bones, Scorpion, Rosewood, Chuck and Revenge. IMDB
Gavin Buhr
Gavin appeared as a Jaffa on the Stargate SG1 episode Lost City Part 1 as well roles on Arctic Air, Tarzan, Andromeda and Supernatural. He is also a stunt performer having worked on Arrow, Bates Motel, Once Upon A Time, Arctic Air and Human Target. IMDB
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 Christmas Truce, Human Target, V, Blood Ties, Almost Human and Elysium. IMDB Twitter Official
Julian Christopher
Julian guest starred on the Stargate SG1 episode Fallout as Vin Eremal. He has also been on Smallville, Supernatural, Continuum, The X-Files, Lost Girl, Once Upon A Time and Elysium. IMDB
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, Scorpion, 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, Madam Secretary, The Good Wife, Voyager, Devious Maids and Lincoln. IMDB
Ah yes the communication stones, first introduced in SG1 and allowing Daniel and Vala to visit the ORI homeworld with all the complications that brought. They played a small part in Stargate Atlantis but really came to the forefront in Universe after the technology was reverse engineered to work with an SGC interface. Many fans still hold them in shall we say contempt as a symptom of why Universe never really caught on or a shortcut to incorporate fresh characters and ties to Earth when billions of light years away. Either way when SG1 Props manufactured some and offered them for sale I decided that I could certainly see them on my shelf, not cheap but they are mighty pretty even in the cheapish wooden box I bought for displaying them.
Peter DeLuise
Peter wrote, produced, directed and on occasion appeared on all three live action Stargate series and also starred on 21 Jump Street and Seaquest and has recently worked on Cedar Cove, Robsons Arms, The Unauthorized Full House Story , Level Up and Zapped. IMDB Official Twitter
Doug McLean
Doug was the Art Director on 61 episodes of Stargate SG1 as well as working on Battlestar Galactica, Dead Like Me, Chaos, Reaper and Haunted. IMDB Official
Paul Perri
Paul played Dr Woods in the Stargate SG1 episode Frozen and has also appeared on Caprica, Kingdom Hospital, Babylon 5, Heroes, Rizzoli & Isles and Franklin & Bash. IMDB
David Pressman
David was Major Johnson in the Stargate theatrical feature, he has also appeared in Independence Day, Alias, Newhart, Raising Hope, True Detective and Mr Sunshine. IMDB Twitter
David Bloom
David played Spellman (Fail Safe) and a Scavenger (Prisoners) on Stargate SG1 also Eldred on the Stargate Atlantis episode The Tower. He has also been on Cold Squad, First Wave, Once Upon A Time, Fringe and Arctic Air. IMDB
Pathogen is a rather disturbing title for an episode more so for scifi but in this case it bodes extra specially for whatever is growing within Chloe and in part for Eli’s mother who is suffering from the accidental contraction of HIV. Maryanne Wallace is of course only aware of her son working with the US military at some undisclosed location but with no direct contact she is depressed and no longer taking her medication. In short she has given up ever seeing Eli again and without him she sees little to live for when everyday is a fight with the disease she carries in her blood. Chloe is becoming more and more suspect and in the eyes of many untrustworthy but as it happens Rush finds a way to not only use her to advance his agenda but hide the fact he is able to manipulate the Destiny at least upto a point.
Eli is allowed to visit Earth to try to form a bond with his mother but obviously without giving the game away and even when he does blurb she doesn’t buy the uber scifi narrative this strange guy is dishing out. Meanwhile Camille who is acting as intermediary is also taking the opportunity to visit Sharon who it’s obvious is having serious issues herself, a manic personality and increased alcohol consumption. When Eli finally reaches out to Camille she acts and forces the IOA and Homeworld into allowing a visit to Destiny by Maryanne and in that sequence is dare anyone not to get teary eyed as she finally sees her son in the flesh and wanders around the Destiny and absorbs every moment with her child. Eli for his part is back to the little boy hanging on to his mother’s dress for dear life and this simple act by Camille solves at least this problem. Perhaps the unexpected bonus was that Sharon meets up with Maryanne later which gives both of them a confident and anchor to share their troubles which also shows that at least Camille while being stubborn and opinionated at terms at least is not corrupt, she couldn’t give herself the privilege of have Sharon visit her but for another who needed it then she the power she had.
Pathogen also gave us some very good moments with Simeon as his presences becomes more intense and we get both Greer and Varro making moves to contain the threat but unfortunately nothing much is being done but we can’t help but feel it should be obvious that Simeon is faraway from being the cooperative soldier that his fellow alliance members are. I said in the podcast I wasn’t sure if I really liked this episode, there was some very good scenes and situations but there wasn’t that clear cut “great episode” feeling about it, perhaps as mentioned it was meant to put the viewer on edge and if so Robert as a first time director did it proud.
If you have listened to this episode of the podcast then you know we had some technical issues, most of my dialogue has to be replaced and alas it wasn’t always done well. Unfortunately next weeks episode will suffer from the same fate but then we found the problem and resolved it so bare with us. Our thanks to Brad for the feedback and to Steve for giving us his time for the show, always appreciated. This weeks promo is for British Invaders and next week we are going to be taking a look at Cloverdale, hope you join us.
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Corin Nemec
Corin played Jonas Quinn in 26 episodes of Stargate SG1 but made his name in Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, he has also appeared in The Stand, Ghost Whisperer and the cracking creature features Sand Sharks and Dragon Wasps. He suffered and recovered from a serious on set accident in Belize back in Jan 2013 and has featured in Star Trek Renegades, Robocroc and Lake Placid vs Anaconda.
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Armin Shimerman
Armin played Anteaus in the Stargate SG1 episode The Nox. He also played Quark on Deep Space Nine and appeared in episodes of Voyager, The Next Generation, Regular Show in Space and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Armin is also a voice actor with with an extensive resume. IMDB Twitter Behind The Voice
Robert Patrick
Patrick played Colonel Sumner in Rising the Stargate Atlantis pilot and he also starred in The Unit, The X-Files and Terminator 2 as well as having major recurring roles on True Blood, Dusk Till Dawn, Cassius and Clay, Last Resort and is currently starring as Cabe Gallo on Scorpion. IMDB Twitter
Victor Favrin
Victor played Chalo in the Stargate SG1 episodes Evolution I & II, alongside his acting he is also a stuntman and stunt actor on tv and movies including Psych, Person Of Interest, Elysium, Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge, Godzilla and Almost Human. IMDB
Ken Kirzinger
Ken was a Jaffa in three episodes of SG1 (Stronghold, Zero Hour, Lost City part 1) and a barman in Atlantis (Kindred II) as well as spots on Fringe, Smallville and Human Target. As well as normal acting work he also does stunt work within the movie and television industry. IMDB
David Lovgren
David played Darrell Grimes in Bounty and Va’lar in Threshold both on Stargate SG1 and Kelore in the Atlantis episode Inquisition. He has also appeared in Psych, Smallville, The L Word, Stonehenge Apocalypse and had a recurring role as John Hogarty in Intelligence. IMDB
Samantha Ferris
Samantha appeared on two episodes of Stargate SG1 as Dr. Raully in Out Of Mind and Into The Fire. She’s also had recurring roles on Supernatural as Ellen Harvelle and on The 4400 as Nina Jarvis and guest spots on First Wave, Mistresses, Exposed, V and BSG. IMDB Twitter
Katharine Isabelle
Katharine played the young woman Valencia in the Stargate SG1 episode Camelot and she has appeared on Earthsea, Cedar Cove, Being Human, Rookie Blue, Ginger Snaps, See No Evil 2 and Hannibal.
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Jerry Wasserman
Jerry was the mysterious Whitlow in the Stargate SG1 episode Touchstone and the Chief of Staff in Inauguration, he has also guest starred on Beggars and Choosers, Smallville, Psych, Arctic Air, You Me Her, Cold Squad, The Editor, Feed the Gods and Motive. IMDB
Kevan Ohtsji
Kevan played Oshu on five episodes of Stargate SG1 as well as appearing on Jeremiah, Mortal Kombat, Fringe, Andromeda, Fear The Walking Dead, The Whispers and Arrow. IMDB Behind The Voice Official
Dave Andrews
Dave played the Jaffa Se’tak in the Stargate SG1 episode Counterstrike and has guest starred on Enterprise, JAG, The Whispers, Stealth, Justified, Murder in the First and NCIS. IMDB
Grizz Salzl
Grizz played a Jaffa on the Stargate SG1 episode Redemption as well as Call of the Wild and Poker Night. He is also a camera operator having worked on Stargate Universe, Stargate Atlantis, Fringe, ELF, X-Men: The Last Stand, Lucifer and Primeval: New World. IMDB Twitter
Gabe Khouth
Gabe provided voices for the Stargate Infinity premiere episode Decision. He has also provided voices for shows such as Hero Turtles The Next Mutation, Tokyo Underground, X-Men Evolution and Masters of the Universe vs. the Snake Men. He has also guest starred on MacGyver, Andromeda, Once Upon A Time and CSI. IMDB Twitter
Robert Foxworth
Robert played Chairman Ashwan in the Stargate SG1 sixth season episode Memento as well as having starring guest roles on DS9, Enterprise and Babylon5. He made his name on US soaps when starring as Chase Gioberti in 155 episodes of Falcon Crest and has also been a voice performer (Ratchet in the Transformers movies) and was the lead in The Questor Tapes a Gene Roddenberry post Trek pilot. IMDB Behind The Voice
Craig McNair
Craig was a technician on the Stargate SG1 episode Redemption Part1, he has also been on Da Vinci’s Inquest, Maximum Surge and Murder in Normandy. IMDB
David Ogden Stiers
David played the replicator Oberoth in the Stargate Atlantis episode Progeny, Lifeforce and First Strike as well as Reverend Purdy in The Dead Zone tv series but he is best known for Major Charles Winchester in M*A*S*H. He has recently voiced Mr. Maellard on the Regular Show and appeared on Rizzoli & Isles, Leverage and Not Dead Yet. IMDB Behind The Voice
Alex Zahara
Alex appeared numerous times on Stargate SG1 often behind prosthetics, he’s credited for eight episodes of SG1 on such episodes as Beast of Burden and Space Race. He has also been on Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5 Legend of the Rangers, Jeremiah, Strange Empire and The Man in the High Castle. IMDB Twitter Official
Anastasia Bandey
Anastasia played a Tok’ra on the Stargate SG1 episode Exodus, she has also been on Defying Gravity, Blind Date, Cold Squad and Millennium. IMDB
Michael Beach
Michael guest starred on five episodes of Stargate Atlantis as Colonel Abe Ellis, he has also starred in Third Watch as “Doc” appearing in 104 episodes and guest starred on ER, Sons of Anarchy, Crisis and Under Suspicion. IMDB Twitter
Chad Krowchuk
Chad played Gordie Lowe on the Stargate SG1 episode Citizen Joe and a student on the Stargate Universe first season episode Human, he has also been on Wayward Pines and Gracepoint. IMDB
Leon Rippy
Leon played General West in the Stargate theatrical feature and starred in Saving Grace, Deadwood, Under The Dome as well as guest spots on Leverage, TNG, Under The Dome, Rectify, The Blacklist and The Lone Ranger. IMDB Twitter
Jan Bos
Jan was Ambassador Sevarin in the Stargate SG1 episode Homecoming and has also appeared on When Calls the Heart, Psych, Reaper, Hellcats, Rogue, Cult and The 4400. IMDB Twitter
Daniel Bacon
Daniel was a Technician in Stargate SG1 & played Dr Watson in Atlantis. He’s also guest starred on The 4400, Psych, Arctic Air, Arrow, Continuum and Supernatural. IMDB
Peter New
Peter was a farmer in the Atlantis episode Off the Grid and has appeared on Fringe, Dead Like Me, Motive, Bates Motel and has voiced a number of animated shows. IMDB Twitter
Tabitha St. Germain (Paulina Gillis)
Tabitha played one of the native Byrsa women in the Stargate SG1 episode Cor-ai. She is however far better known for her voice work on shows such as Sabrina, Dragon Ball Z, Ed, Edd, ‘n’ Eddy, Action Man, Black Lagoon, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Krypto the Superdog. IMDB Twitter Behind The Voice
Paul Telfer
Paul played Airman Loder on the Stargate SG1 episode The First Ones (it was his first screen credit). He has since been on Spartacus, Hercules, NCIS, Day of Our Lives and Once Upon A Time. IMDB Twitter
In the third episode of the season called Awakening we see the Destiny approaches the mysterious object detected earlier, the ship approaches swiftly which provokes Young to order the deployment of the main gun but before they can fire the thrusters engage slowing Destiny and docks the two ships. A team board the vessel through the airlocks which prove to be compatible, no surprise really as the design of the ship certainly echoes Destiny herself. As the team search the ship the control is activated and we see that there is something alive on board, shortly after Volker alone on the bridge is surprised by an alien who promptly collapses. TJ is sent over to provide aid and when the alien awakes they try to communicate and offer it food with little success. However Rush and Park discover that the Ancient built stargate seeding ship has almost a full energy storage cell which can be tapped to provide the Destiny with enough power to dial Earth. Everyone is excited but as they prepare to dial the energy feed reverses and the seed ship begins to draw power from Destiny.
Telford and Eli are unable to prevent the energy drain and everyone but Telford leave the seed ship, Rush on the bridge of Destiny makes the call and disconnects the two ships leaving Telford stranded and alarmingly surrounded by a number of the aliens…
Awakening was an interesting episode both in terms of adding to the Lucian Alliance complication but solidifying Ginn and Varro and the dark presence of Simeon. We get another clear indication that when the proverbial hits the fan and the crew learn that Rush has control of the ship he may not survive the experience. Riley died because of Rush and his distrust and paranoia and now Telford has been abandoned to his fate although it has to be said it was a moving conversation between the two Colonels. It was great to see the Seed ship and the bay full of gates ready for deployment and quite funny how Rush reacted but of course he has bigger fish to fry whereas Scott and Greer were like kids in a candy store:)
A decent episode which actually works better as a jumping off point for storylines to come but with plenty of drama, humour and some great character pieces which raises the episode above average. Our thanks this week to Thomas for joining us on the show and he will be back shortly including at least one of the seasonal bonus shows. No direct feedback this week but we do want to hear from you about anything Stargate and Gatecast so drop us a line or chat over social media. This weeks promo is for Treks In Scifi and next week we are going to be watching the excellent “Pathogen”.
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Chelan Simmons
Chelan played Mara in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Tower and she also starred in The LA Complex and appeared on Kyle XY, Smallville, Wonderfalls, Hannibal and Supernatural. IMDB Twitter
Dan Castellaneta
Dan who is of course the voice of Homer Simpson and many other characters on The Simpsons and on Futurama guest starred on the Stargate SG1 episode Citizen Joe playing the title character. He has also appeared on Major Crimes, Castle and Monk. IMDB Behind The Voice
Michael Daingerfield
Michael was a Jaffa in the Stargate SG1 episode The Other Guys and has also guest starred on Arrow, Smallville, Psych and has done voice work on shows such as Iron Man, Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales, My Little Pony and Pucca. IMDB Official Behind The Voice Twitter
Obi Ndefo
Obi appeared on six episodes of Stargate SG1 as the Jaffa warrior Rak’nor. He has also been on The West Wing, Vampires in Venice, NYPD Blue, Angel, Voyager and Deep Space Nine. IMDB
Robert Picardo
Robert played Richard Woolsey in Stargate SG1, Atlantis and Universe and also The Doctor in Star Trek Voyager, he’s guest starred on many shows including Morganville: The Series, Justified, Lucifer, The Mentalist, Bones, Perception and Age of Tomorrow. IMDB Official Twitter
Carmen Argenziano
Carmen was Jacob Carter aka Selmak on 25 episodes of Stargate SG1. He’s also guest starred on House, CSI:NY, Castle, Swordfish, Open House, Hawaii Five-0, Rising Sun, Bunheads, Sharkskin, The Meddler, The Labyrinth and Aurora. Official IMDB Twitter
Elias Toufexis
Elias was a Replicator in two episodes of Stargate Atlantis (The Return 1 & 2) and he’s also guest starred on Lost Girl, Alphas, Eureka, Smallville, Bitten, The Expanse and Ascension. IMDB Official Twitter
James Fantin
James was an assistant production coordinator on twenty episodes of Stargate Atlantis. He has also worked on Smallville, Dark Angel, Paradox as well as Star Trek Beyond, Proof and the Fifty Shades movies in accounting. IMDB
