Marina Sirtis
Marina appeared on all seven seasons of Star Trek The Next Generation and the movies playing Councillor Deanna Troi and also guest starred on other Trek series. More importantly she appeared on Stargate SG1 in the episode Watergate as Dr. Svetlana Markov. She has also guest starred on NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy, Family Guy, A Dark Reflection, The Assassin’s Apprentice, Finders Keepers and Young Justice.
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Darcy Laurie
Darcy played Airman Dunning in nine episodes of Stargate Universe and also appeared in two episodes of SG1 first as a Cave Dweller in The First Commandment and then as Tass’an in Babylon. He has also guest starred on Fear the Walking Dead, Fringe, Supernatural, The Man in the High Castle and Continuum. IMDB
Cam Cronin
Cam made his only appearance on Stargate as an Airman in the SG1 episode Window Of Opportunity. He’s also been in The X-Files, Fringe, Psych, The Good Mistress and Supernatural. IMDB Twitter
Brian McCaig
Brian played the Geiger Counter Tech guy Senior Airman O’Donnell on the Stargate Universe episode Alliances and has appeared on Moments, Sanctuary, Supernatural, Some Assembly Required and Motive as well as doing stunt work and working as a stand in. IMDB
Lisa Bunting
List guest starred as Claire Jackson on the Stargate SG1 episode The Gamekeeper, she has also been on The X-Files, Hope Island, Cold Squad, Alcatraz, Saving Hope, Wayward Pines and Continuum. IMDB
Richard de Klerk
Richard was in two episodes of Stargate SG1 as Dominic in Rite Of Passage & Joe in One False Step, he has also guest starred in Sanctuary, Andromeda and The 4400 and can be seen in the latest season of Motive, Reign, Strange Empire and Supernatural. IMDB Twitter Official
David Ingram
David played an Air Force Major on Stargate Continuum as well as Fringe, Hiccups, Alcatraz, Continuum, Cedar Cove, Reign and The Girlfriend Experience. IMDB Twitter
Hugo Steele
Hugo is an actor and stunt performer. He has appeared as a Jaffa on Stargate SG1 as well as Fringe, Elysium, TRON Legacy, iZombie and Arrow. He’s done stuntwork on Blade Trinity, Stargate SG1, Earthsea, Man Of Steel, Almost Human, Arrow, The 100 and Timeless. IMDB
Angelique Naude
Angelique played an Atlantis expedition scientist who caught Shepherd’s eye in the episode “No Mans Land”. A former fashion model and actress who has also been on The 4400, Supernatural, Dream Gamblers, Blood Ties, Chaos and Scary Movie 4. IMDB
The crew of the Destiny come across a group of humans descended from well the crew of the Destiny in the episode Common Descent. The air scrubbers that were retrofitted when the Icarus group first boarded the ship are failing and the search begins for more lime or similar material to help clean the air. They gate to a planet and meet two English speaking young people who recognise both Scott and Greer and reveal that they are the latest generation from the crew of Destiny who found themselves stranded 2000 years in the past after attempting the nice chevron dialing within the star as told in Twin Destinies.
The news of these spreads quickly with Eli, Chloe and Camille venturing to the planet where they greet one of the settlements elders named “Yaozu” who recites a verse very familiar to Camille and in its native language. The crew then learn about the lives of those who fled the Destiny never to return thanks to the extensive use of Kinos and the ability to maintain the integrity of the day to day records of their society. No doubt Eli with his long held belief that everything should be documented would aid this young society in the centuries to come allowing for more rapid development and no corruption of historical figures and events. This settlement has lost contact with their homeworld “Novus” which was experiencing geologic issues which they were beginning to believe were being caused by a small black hole passing by the solar system, with no gate access to resources the settlement is dying but Young refuses to take them back to Novus as Destiny itself even with limited repairs would be unable to handle the extra personnel, the the drones attack.
The Destiny is battling the drones and taking people off the planet as it too comes under fire but when the Stargate is damaged the Destiny jumps into hyperspace and abandons a number of her own crew along with the last of the Novus citizens. Eli manages to get a message to the Destiny using the gate control subsystems and the Destiny swings back and transports the people to Novus. Unfortunately the planet is wrapped in extensive cloud cover with low temperatures and particulates in the atmosphere. The cities are intact though but no life is found and it is believed a major volcanic eruption drove the planet into nuclear winter and decimated the population of Novus.
Common Descent is a very entertaining episode which really makes the most of Twin Destinies at a time when there was no indication those eighty or so people who were lost in a wormhole would ever be heard of again. The producers and writers however have created a master stroke in exploiting a time travel narrative in a less than usual way with very positive results and far more to come in the second part of this story Epilogue.
Our thanks to Miles for joining us this week, he’ll return for Epilogue and continued thanks to Brad for the feedback for The Hunt. This weeks promo is for Flash Pulp and next week we are as mentioned going to be watching Epilogue, we hope you can join us for that.
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James McDaniel
James played General Francis Maynard in two episodes of Stargate SG1 ( Lost City Part 2 & Inauguration ). He has also appeared on Taken, Life As We Know It, The Division, Detroit 1-8-7, The Following, Forever, Orange Is the New Black, Limitless, The Blacklist Redemption, Sleepy Hollow and back in the day he starred on NYPD Blue as Lt. Arthur Fancy. IMDB
Peter Shinkoda
Peter played a Caledonian Aide on the Stargate SG1 episode Ethon and has also appeared on The L Word, Sanctuary, Kingdom Hospital, Supernatural and had recurring roles on Daredevil playing Nobu and on Falling Skies as Dai. IMDB Twitter
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Michelle Harrison
Michelle played the Assistant in the SG1 episode Absolute Power and then returned as Rachel in the Stargate Universe episode Visitation. She has also appeared on Continuum, Arctic Air, Emily Owens MD, Endgame, The Magicians and Nora Allen on The Flash. IMDB Twitter
Haley Beauchamp
Haley played an Airman in the Stargate Universe episode Pathogen and was Sylvana in the SG1 episode Bad Guys. She has also been on Whistler as Feeney, The Collector, Smallville, The Flash and The Dead Zone. IMDB
Gord Hillier
Gord was a Re-recording mixer for Stargate SG1 seasons eight, nine and ten as the first three season of Atlantis. He has also worked in various roles on Travelers, Intelligence, Endgame, Arctic Air, Motive, The Romeo Section and A Dog’s Breakfast. IMDB
Jason Schombing
Jason was Dr. Robert Rothman in three episodes of Stargate SG1 (The First Ones, Crystal Skull and Forever in a Day) and appeared on Tin Man, Intelligence, Smallville, Alice, Just Cause, The A-Team, Arrow, Chesapeake Shores and Sanctuary. IMDB Twitter
Warren Kimmel
Warren appeared as Dr. Marell on the Stargate SG1 episode Collateral Damage and has been on Supernatural, Package Deal, The Collector and Masters of Horror. IMDB Official
Rob Hayter
Rob is an actor and stuntman, he has played a soldier in the Stargate Universe episode Intervention and been in five episodes of SG1 (Bounty, Memento Mori, Endgame, Affinity and Lifeboat). He has also acted or performed stunts on shows such as Arrow, iZombie, Fringe, Smallville, Lucifer, Blood Ties, The 100, Deadpool, Lucifer, When Calls The Heart and Mistresses. IMDB Twitter
Bruce Woloshyn
Bruce was the Visual Effects Supervisor and a digital artist on Stargate SG1 and Atlantis and also appeared in front of the camera in half a dozen episodes of SG1 and an episode of Atlantis. He has also worked on movies such as Robocop, RED, Twilight Saga, San Andreas and shows such as Millennium, The Outer Limits and First Wave. IMDB
Katie Stuart
Katie played Cassandra in two episodes of Stargate SG1 (Singularity and In The Line of Duty) and has had guest roles on Supernatural, Dead Like Me, The Returned, The L Word, Inconceivable and The 100. IMDB Twitter
Adrien Dorval
Adrien played Borzin in the Stargate SG1 episode Company of Thieves. He has also appeared on The Collector, Battlestar Galactica, Aliens In America, The Dead Zone, Sanctuary, Travelers and Twilight New Moon. IMDB
Richard Beauchamp
Richard was a Langaran soldier in the Stargate Universe episode Seizure and also in The Peace Offering, Level Up!, The Way of the West and Vita Bella: The Dogumentary.
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Jaye Davidson
Jaye was cast as the mighty sun god Ra in the Stargate movie after asking for a million dollars and much to his surprise the studio agreed. He earned his acting reputation starring in The Crying Game as Dil and by his own choice has had limited interest and participation in tv and movies having worked on Jiggery Pokery and The Borghilde Project. IMDB
Harrison Coe
Harrison played Alekos in the Stargate SG1 episode Brief Candle and has also been on Warehouse 13, Atomic Train, Millennium, The X-Files, Missing and The Bridge. IMDB Twitter
Well we were not going to do a favourite episode poll for Stargate Universe due to the more serialised nature of the show and only having forty episodes to choose from but what the hell. The poll will be open for a couple of weeks and we’ll announce the results when we release the Universe wrap up show so select upto ten episodes and we’ll see what the results will be, maybe surprising, maybe not.
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John de Lancie
John played the villainous Colonel Frank Simmons in five Stargate SG1 episodes 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 including the My Little Pony franchise. IMDB Twitter Official
Ingrid Kavelaars
Ingrid was Major Erin Grant in three episodes of stargate SG1 as well as roles on Jeremiah, ReGenesis, The Listener, Bent, Incorporated, Lost Girl, The Handler, XIII: The Series, Code Name: Eternity. IMDB Twitter
Louis Cirillo
Louis played Bert Simmons in the Stargate SG1 episode Citizen Joe and is an accomplished voice actor as well as appearing on GRIMM, Watchmen, Dead Like Me, Andromeda and The 4400.
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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 was also a casting associate on 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, Fools For Hire and Human Cargo. IMDB Twitter
Christian Lattman
Christian played the “Shadowy Figure” in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Real World. He has also been on Severance, Ashes and Things To Do. IMDB Twitter
Connor Trinneer
Connor played Charles “Trip” Tucker on Star Trek Enterprise and Michael Kenmore on ten episodes of Stargate Atlantis. He has also appeared on NCIS, Criminal Minds, Fairly Legal, 24, Odyssey, Lincoln Heights, The Mentalist, Suits and the upcoming web series Riley Parra. IMDB Twitter
Reese Alexander
Reese played Major Jordan on the Stargate Atlantis episode This Mortal Coil and a Jaffa pilot on Stargate Continuum. He has also been on Fringe, Arrow, Reaper, The Flash and Second Chance. IMDB Twitter Official
Kelly Vint
Kelly was the young Catherine Langford who first appeared in the Stargate movie. She has also been in Thunder Alley, Bellyfruit, Space Jam and Hillbrook Gardens. IMDB
In this weeks episode The Hunt a small opportunity to visit a welcoming world full of resources and wildlife, a deer like animal is sighted and Greer has a hankering for a good old fashioned BBQ but is unable to pull the trigger, it seems his recent emotional roller coaster has taken it’s toll on the hell for leather soldier. Something seems to spook the “deer” and then Scott is attacked and again Greer fails to fire which allows the “beast” to rampage through the nearby camp causing some injuries. TJ and Cpl Reynolds are missing and they are believed to have been taken by this huge predator, they have little look tracking the beast until Varro and the remaining Lucian Alliance soldiers offer their services being more familiar with the more day to day requirements of living off the land. The tracking party are however led into a trap clearly indicating this “beast” has intelligence and with more injuries Varro and Greer go on alone eventually locating TJ and using explosives distract the alien pack reach the cave. They find TJ and Reynolds along with this intelligent creature and Greer lowers his weapon in the belief that the animal recognises the threat and the removal of said threat, the animal backs off and lets them all leave. Meanwhile Brody has been locked in a stasis pod they recently found, Eli thinks he screwed up but it was actually Rush who was proving a point when it comes to jumping feet first into alien technology, a day later Brody is released in time for the Space Deer BBQ hosted by Becker with help from Varro who is now even closer to TJ than before.
The Hunt is pretty much as standalone episode no doubt written and prepared long before they knew of the shows cancellation so while it may seen like a wasted opportunity it’s understandable why the show was willing to tell this sort of story. The cutting of some TJ backstory doesn’t help but we do get some good character development between Varro and TJ and it’s a shame he ends up being the only Lucian soldier left on the ship, I would have liked to have seen more of Tasia played by Kyra Zagorsky who also appeared in the Atlantis episode Reunion. The CGI and location shooting were top notch as you would expect with this production and the issues Greer was dealing with give a lot more weight to his character. The “b” plot as it were dealing with the reveal of the stasis pods and Brody getting trapped in one provided the levity the episode needed and if for nothing else watching Rush smile as his made the younger scientists dance to his tune was a delight.
Our thanks to Ian for taking the time to join us over skype to talk Stargate and he’ll be back for the episode Blockade. This weeks podcast promo is for The SciFi Diner and next week we are joined by Miles one of the hosts of that show for the episode Common Descent, we hope you can join us too.
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