Stargate Birthdays – August 9th

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Aug 092016
 

Rhona Mitra
Rhona was Commander Kiva in three episodes of Stargate Universe and also starred in The Gates, Strike Back, Boston Legal. The Practice and guest starred on Nip/Tuck. She made her name as perhaps the most famous model to take on Lara Croft and is currently playing Dr. Rachel Scott on the The Last Ship. IMDB Twitter
Rhona Mitra
Marya Delver
Marya played Layale in the Stargate SG1 episode Past and Present and has also been in fourteen episodes of Sons of Anarchy as Officer Eglee. She has also appeared on The Net, Missing and Poltergeist: The Legacy and Leap Years and has written, directed and produced her own work. IMDB
James Lafazanos
James appeared in 15 episodes of Stargate Atlantis as various Wraith, he has also been in Covert Affairs, Supernatural, BSG, Nikita, Reign, 12 Monkeys, Ties That Bind and The Time Traveler’s Wife. IMDB Twitter
A.C. Peterson
Alan appeared just once on Stargate Atlantis in the episode Condemned as the Magistrate. He has also guest starred on Hemlock Grove, Olympus, Lost Girl, Traffic, The Collector and Smallville. IMDB Twitter

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Stargate Birthdays – August 8th

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Aug 082016
 

Tammy Hui
Tammy played the Asuran Gate Technician on the Stargate Atlantis episode This Mortal Coil, she has also appeared on Fringe, Continuum, Eureka and Motive. IMDB
Kenny Gibbs
Kenny was the property master for 118 episodes of Stargate SG1, 40 episodes of Atlantis and 40 episodes of Universe as well as The Ark of Truth and Continuum. He has also worked on Falling Skies, Cult, Santa’s Little Helper, Underworld: Evolution, The Final Storm and Sleeper. IMDB

Stargate Birthdays – August 7th

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Aug 072016
 

Tobin Bell
Tobin played the Tollan leader “Omoc” in the Stargate SG1 episode “Enigma”, he is perhaps best known for his role as “Jigsaw” in the Saw movies, his resume is far too long to recount here but it is certainly impressive. IMDB Twitter
Melissa Scott
Melissa has written four Stargate Atlantis novels and a Stargate SG1 novel (an additional SG1 novel was co-written with Jo Graham). She has also written Star Trek novels and has a number of original creations such as the Astreiant and The Order of the Air series plus many standalone novels. ISFDB Livejournal Twitter
Todd Brunson
Todd is a professional poker player and appeared as himself in the Stargate Atlantis episode Vegas and on Poker Superstars III and Poker Den. Wiki IMDB

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Gatecast 321 SGU Space

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Aug 062016
 

Space

Stargate Universe returned for the second half of its first season with the episode Space in which the crew come face to face with one of the known elements of the universe, we are not alone and for the most part our fellow beings are not warm and cuddly, although neither are we if we are being honest. The fate of Rush is still being questioned amongst the crew and Camille tells Young she will be reporting in full to the IOA but as he points out she can only speculate and at this point it may be that she was in the dark as to the framing of Young for the murder of Spencer. Young uses the communication stones and finds himself on an unfamiliar ship and face to face with an alien being, the being seems uninterested in Young and we find out that on board Destiny the alien consciousness is now inhabiting Young’s body. The connection is broke and while many are sceptical that Young saw what he did when a huge spaceship appears in front of the Destiny the doubts fade away…

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Eli attempts to communicate with the alien ship and they get a simple one word response “surrender” which came though untranslated, Young orders the launch of the shuttle and for the ship to bring her weapons on line. As the shuttle approaches the ship they see a number of smaller craft fly towards them, battle is joined but many get by and at least one latches onto the Destiny and breaches the hull. Chloe approaches the breech and looks into the light, we then see the ship detach causing decompression. When Young realises what has happened he orders the shuttle to cease fire and decides to once again use the communication stones to get intel on the aliens. We then get treated to the realisation that the aliens have captured Chloe for some sort of interrogation but that’s not all, they also have another human suspended in a water containment vessel, Rush is there. Young breaks Rush from the vessel and after some confusion and pain Young returns to Destiny and orders Eli to open up on the alien ship with the main weapon despite the risk to the shields and conduit stability, is he trying to save the Destiny or finish Rush off once and for all even sacrificing Chloe along the way?

Space is a major turning point for the show, we know the universe is full of life but this is the first confirmed contact the crew have had since coming to Destiny and it seems this race have been trailing the Destiny for a long long time. At this point we don’t know their motivations and they didn’t shoot first but who would say Young was incorrect in a pre-emptive defence of the ship after the surrender message. Scott lets his feelings get the better of him and Greer is having the time of his life, Camille is once again pushing the boundaries and we get both humour and drama from all the remaining characters. This is a good episode which makes the most of the cast and throws in a lot of great looking action and suspense which is all you really want.

Many thanks to Brad for joining us on the podcast this week and our continued thanks to Mack for his feedback. This weeks promo is for the British Invaders podcast a show which looks at British scifi television across the years, next week we will be discussing the episode Divided.

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Stargate Birthdays – August 6th

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Aug 062016
 

Carla Boudreau
Carla played the first Oma Desala as seen in the Stargate SG1 episode Maternal Instinct, she also appeared on Millennium, Seven Days, Saving Silverman and The Net. IMDB Twitter
Dorian Harewood
Dorian played the Tok’ra Thoran on two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Abyss & Frozen). He has also been in Boomtown, The Hoop Life, Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles and 7th Heaven and has done quite a bit of voice work most notably on The Batman series, Handy Manny and The Spectacular Spider-Man. IMDB Behind The Voice


Stargate Birthdays – August 5th

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Aug 052016
 

Chuck Campbell
Chuck played the Chuck the Technician for many years on Stargate Atlantis after moving up from being a line reader and stand in, he also had a recurring role on Sanctuary, shared the lead (alongside Adrian Paul) in the UFO production Syfy Saturday feature of Abominable Snowman and also appeared on Earth:FC, Jason X and Just Cause. IMDB Official

Chuck Campbell
Peter Bryant
Peter guest starred on three episodes of Stargate SG1, in Endgame and Affinity he played Hoskins and in Family he was the Jaffa Fro’tak. He has also appeared on Masters of Horror, The 4400, Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Sucker Punch and Psych. IMDB
Dean Hinchey
Dean played Dr. Kevin Hartkins in the Stargate SG1 episode Endgame and has appeared on Gunless, Sliders, The Chris Isaak Show and Alice, I Think. IMDB Twitter
John Shaw
John was Dr. Friesen on the Stargate SG1 episode Descent, Garth on the Atlantis episode The Game and on Universe he played the Administrator on the the episode Seizure. He has also guest starred on Fringe, V, Human Target, Smallville, The Killing and had an uncredited role on The Day The Earth Stood Still. IMDB

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Stargate Birthdays – August 4th

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Aug 042016
 

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, Motive and Harper’s Island. IMDB Twitter
Michael DeLuise
Michael appeared in the Stargate SG1 fan favourite and 100th episode Wormhole X-Treme! as Nick Marlowe/Colonel Danning. He’s also been in NYPD Blue, Bunheads, CSI NY, SeaQuest 2032, 21 Jump Street, Brooklyn South, Lost and The Gilmore Girls. IMDB Twitter
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, Eastenders, The Bill and of course Davos in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Seer. IMDB Behind The Voice
Frank Vincent
Frank was himself or maybe a cameo of his Soprano’s character in the excellent Stargate Atlantis episode Vegas. He’s also been in NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Mr Pickles, Spy and Goodfellas’. IMDB Official
Dan Payne
Dan appeared on thirteen episodes of Stargate SG1 as a Kull Warrior, Jaffa Commander, an Ashrak and a Security Officer along with his work as a stunt performer on five episodes. He also appeared on five episodes of Stargate Atlantis  as a Male Wraith (uncredited), Kull Warrior, Big Wraith, Lt. Reed and a Wraith Warrior. Dan has also guest starred on Supernatural, Primeval: New World, Star Trek Beyond, Warcraft: The Beginning and Strange Empire. IMDB Twitter Official

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In Memory Of…

Don S. Davis - Stargate MacGyver

Don S. Davis (August 4th 1942 – June 29th 2008)
Artist, Craftsman, Legend, Husband and Actor.
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Stargate Birthday – August 3rd

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Aug 032016
 

Anne Marie DeLuise
Anne Marie DeLuise nee Loder guest starred on Stargate SG1 in two episodes, the first was as Farrell in The Other Side and then as Amy Vandenberg in Bounty. Anne has also appeared on Sanctuary, Smallville, Supernatural, Dead Like Me, The Collector, Due South, When Calls the Heart, iZombie and Strange Empire. She also married into the DeLuise family via Peter which proves if nothing else she has the patience of a saint 🙂 IMDB Twitter
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Stargate Birthdays – August 2nd

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Aug 022016
 

Matthew Del Negro
Matthew played Mike Branton in Sunday the excellent Stargate Atlantis episode and has been in The West Wing, The Sopranos, Mistresses, Rizzoli & Isles, NCIS: Los Angeles, Chicago Fire and was Rafael McCall on Teen Wolf. IMDB Twitter

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Marie-Eve Boudreau
Marie is credited as Alien Reference aka Ursini in the Stargate Universe episode Awakening, she has also appeared on Super Buddies and Primeval New World. Her stunt work includes Sanctuary, Life Unexpected, Once Upon A Time and The Secret Circle. IMDB Twitter
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 Odell on 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, Killjoys, Andromeda and Copper both as an actor and stunt performer. IMDB Twitter

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Stargate Birthdays – August 1st

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Aug 012016
 

Jason Momoa
Jason played Ronon Dex on 78 episodes of Stargate Atlantis as well as 44 episodes of Baywatch as Jason Ioane. He has also starred in The Red Road, Conan The Barbarian, Game of Thrones, The Red Road and will be Aquaman in the DC movieverse as seem in BvS and the teaser trailers from SDCC. IMDB Twitter Official
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Steve Schirripa
Steve played a poker player in the Stargate Atlantis episode Vegas as well as starring in The Sopranos and guest starring on Enterprise, Blue Bloods, Must Love Dogs and Law & Order. IMDB Twitter Official
Tanya Reid
Tanya played the Tok’ra Jolinar of MalkShur aka Rosha in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (The Devil You Know & Jolinar’s Memories). She also appeared on Seven Days, Cold Squad, Welcome To Paradox and The Lone Gunmen. IMDB
Richard Whiten
Richard guest starred on the Stargate SG1 episode Counterstrike playing Bo’rel. He has also been in NCIS, The West Wing, Jag, Austin & Ally, Scorpion, Castle and an uncredited role on Thor: The Dark World. IMDB

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In Memory Of…
Dom DeLuise (August 1st 1933 – May 4th 2009)
A true comedy legend, husband and father who gave joy to millions around the world, he will never be forgotten by his friends, family and fans. IMDB

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Stargate Birthdays – July 31st

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Jul 312016
 

Christina Cox
Christina appeared in three episodes of Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis, she played Major Anne Teldy in SGA Whispers, Lt Kershaw in SG1 The Sentinel & T’akaya in SG1 Spirits. She has also starred in Blood Ties, F/X: The Series and Defying Gravity, The N&N Files: Nikki and Nora, Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments and Elementary. IMDB Twitter

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Michael Eklund
Michael had a brief but memorable guest spot as the dark haired man on the excellent SG1 episode Nightstalkers. He has also been in Special Unit 2, Dead Like Me, Jeremiah, Terminal City, Blood Ties, Shattered, Arrow, Dirk Gently, Wynonna Earp and Bates Motel. IMDB Twitter
Rudolf Martin
Rudolf played Anateo in the Stargate SG1 episode Company of Thieves. He’s also guest starred on Enterprise, NCIS, Mistresses, Legends, Dexter, All My Children and in the upcoming Lethal Weapon. IMDB
Dillon Moen
Dillon played Charlie O’Neill in two episodes of Stargate SG1 ( The Devil You Know & Jolinar’s Memories ) and also appeared on Seven Days, Millenium, Behind the Mask and Beautiful Joe. IMDB
Doug Wert
Doug played Major Hadden in the Stargate SG1 episode Arthur’s Mantle, he’s also been in three episodes of Star Trek TNG, University Hospital, Roswell, L&O and 666 Park Avenue. IMDB Twitter
Ken Cuperus
Ken was a story editor on Stargate SG1 and Atlantis as well as penning two episodes of SG1 and consulting for a while. He has also worked on The Stanley Dynamic, The Listener and Mr. Young. IMDB Twitter
Andrew Wheeler
Andrew played Major Stan Kovacek in the Stargate SG1 episode Prisoners as well as guest starring on shows such as Millennium, The L Word, Gracepoint, Lucifer and The Tomorrow People. IMDB

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In Memory of…
Mark Hoeppner (July 31 1957 – May 31 2016)
Mark was the Barkeep in the Stargate Atlantis episode Trinity and also works within the Transportation Department for shows and movies such as Bates Motel, TRON Legacy and MI:Ghost Protocol.
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Gatecast 320 SGU Justice

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Jul 302016
 

Justice

The mid-season finale of Stargate Universe is entitled Justice and brings forward the conclusion of the ongoing issues with Sgt. Spencer who more than many has been having serious issues and coping with self medication. Now we know that whatever drug he has been taking has run out and his behaviour has become more extreme over the last few weeks culminating with an assault and bullying of Franklin in particular. The events that take place on Destiny are shocking but offer an opportunity for both Rush and Wrey to gain control over the ship and while both are complicit in the events as they unfold as always Rush has his own very personal agenda.

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Justice begins with a truly humorous scene more so because Greer is at its center, there is a good bonding moment between him and some of the scientists which gets derailed when he investigates the missing Spencer and finds his body with a bullet hole in it’s head but no weapon. The scene certainly implies suicide but the missing gun points to at worst murder and at best some other nefarious plot. The weapon is found in Young’s quarters by Eli and Wrey uses this to undermine the military control of the ship through a hearing (approved by the IOA) but much to her annoyance Chloe is treating the hearing with respect. Wray was looking for an easy takedown but can’t seem to handle the fact that a civilian could be arguing for due process and a balanced look at the facts. It’s quite clever that the writers didn’t give us any reason to really like Camille but then they gave us her homelife and a 180 degree turn in her character but now back on the ship she’s back to well her professional self and not much to like there. Spencer himself was another character we were not meant to like, we knew little about him and his stealing of supplies and mysterious drug use were red flags but ultimately he was perhaps the first of the true casualties, he was broken before reaching the Destiny and had no avenue to seek help, others sacrificed or were selfish or simply met an unfortunate end but Spencer was a victim in the truest sense. Eli once again is feeling the pressure of being privy to secrets and of course we get the final straw of the fragile relationship between Young and Rush. Pity the discover of the spaceship on the planet came so late in the FTL downtime, who knows what they could have learnt.

Many thanks to Thomas for joining us this week, a few technical issues which meant no clean audio for some of the show but that was a temporary issue. Our thanks to Mack for the feedback as always and to everyone that supports the show on social media our heartfelt gratitude. This weeks promo is for Tuning Into SciFi Tv and next week we return for the episode Space, we hope you can join us for that:)

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Stargate Birthdays – July 30th

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Jul 302016
 

William Atherton
William appeared just the once on Stargate SG1 playing Emissary Varta in Collateral Damage. He’s had recurring roles on Life and Centennial, guest starred on Castle, Monk and Lost and had supporting roles on Ghostbusters, Die Hard and has been excellent on Defiance. IMDB

William Atherton
Kevin Blatch
Kevin played Tobias in the Stargate SG1 episode Ex Deus Machina and has guest starred on Psych, Millennium, The Net, Flash Gordon and Hell On Wheels. IMDB Twitter
Lisa Bayliss
Lisa played the Senator’s Wife on the Stargate SG1 episode The Road Not Taken and appeared on MacGyver, Sleepwalkers, Viper and Personally Yours. IMDB
Peter Kufluk
Peter played a technician on the Stargate SG1 episode Lost City: Part 2 and he has also been on The Collector, Trixie and Gaia Short. IMDB

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Stargate Birthday – July 29th

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Jul 292016
 

Jacquie Janzen
Jacquie was a regular stand in for three seasons of Stargate SG1 and also appeared on five episodes as Lt. Rush, Commissary Airman, an Aide and a Nurse. She has also done a little stunt work on Breaking Point and worked on Certain Fury, Shatterbrain and The Whole Shebang. She is also an artist. IMDB Official Twitter
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Stargate Birthday – July 27th

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Jul 272016
 

Shaughnessy Redden
Shaughnessy appeared just once on Stargate Universe playing Steven in the episode Epilogue. He has also appeared on The Whispers, Arrow, Cedar Cove, Supernatural, Motive, Fringe and Smallville. IMDB Twitter

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Maury Chaykin (July 27th 1949 – July 27th 2010)
Maury appeared twice on Stargate SG1 as the Goa’uld Nerus in the episodes Off The Grid and Beachhead. His long career included guest spots on Andromeda, Boston Legal, Entourage, Less Than Kind, Cutthroat Island and Le Femme Nikita. He was a Gemini, ACTRA and Canadian Comedy award winner. IMDB

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