Sam J. Jones
Sam played the larger than life bounty hunter Aris Boch in the Stargate SG1 episode Dead Man’s Switch, he also starred in The Highwayman tv series but is best known for playing Flash Gordon in the theatrical feature and the rip roaring cameos in the movie TED and it’s sequel. IMDB Casey Dubois
Casey was the youngster Wex in the Stargate Atlantis premiere Rising and Hide & Seek. He has also been on Supernatural, Continuum, Snakes on a Plane, The Days, Killer Bees!, The Flash and Independence Daysaster. IMDBTwitter
Miguel Castillo
Born in Havana Miguel played Pedro in the Stargate SG1 episode Evolution Part 2 and only appeared in two other series, Dead Like Me and Clase Z Tropical. IMDB
Brian Drummond
Brian appeared in two episodes of Stargate SG1, he was a Galaran Security Officer in Collateral Damage and an Attendant in Beneath The Surface. He has a long resume in the field of voice work for shows such as Hot Wheels, He-Man, Dragon Ball Z, Sonic Underground, Lego, Iron Man, Max Steel and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. IMDBTwitterBehind The Voice Carl Binder
Carl was a writer and producer on all three live action Stargate series, he also worked on Cedar Cove, The Messengers, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Neon Rider and War of the Worlds. IMDBTwitter
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. IMDBTwitter 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, 12 Monkeys, Ties That Bind and The Time Traveler’s Wife. IMDBTwitter
Rodney is talking to his sister Jeannie via email and picking her brain to solve a nanite issue involving a medical application and when she is kidnapped he returns to Earth along with John and Ronon to aid the NID and SGC in the search. It soon becomes evident that she was taken due to the interception of the email correspondence and then Rodney himself is kidnapped with Agent Barrett left unconscious in a parking lot. Henry Wallace the owner of Devlin Medical Technologies who have been getting access to alien tech via their defence contracts has been searching for a cure for his daughter (Sharon) and having discovered the potential of the nanites has gone to an extreme length to give her a chance for life. Rodney and Jeannie are promised their freedom if they help and eventually Sharon awakes fully healed but soon after collapses again as the nanites still poorly coded begin to fix everything regardless of the consequences. She is left in a vegetative state after the nanites turn her heart off and starve her brain and she eventually passes away but Jeannie has the nanites in her as well and it’s at that point they are rescued but no one on Earth has the knowledge to fix the nanites before they kill her as well.
It’s decided that only Todd who has worked with the Replicator code in the past could offer a solution and eventually he agrees to help but he soon collapses as he has not fed for some time. John approaches Henry and simply lays out his options and the still remaining consequences of his actions, Henry sees some redemption in helping to save Jeannie and soon after an “accident” occurs in the lab allowing the wraith to feed and then the work on the code is finished. The nanites in Jeannie are deactivated and Rodney has a heart to heart with his sister and then with John, it’s all worked out ok even with the tragic choices made by a desperate father.
Miller’s Crossing brings Jeannie (Kate Hewlett) back to the show and while the chemistry between the siblings is evident it’s now used to drive a much more darker and disturbing storyline. It’s understandable the actions that Henry Wallace takes, he has the knowledge and resources to offer his child a chance of life and he is going to take it and I believe he would have honoured his promise to release Rodney and Jeannie and turned himself in if honest effort and hopefully success had been achieved. No plan ever goes smoothly and his desperate move to infect Jeannie may have brought some positives that pretty much in story terms meant he could not get out of this with a win, in this case both he and his daughter died albeit the former in an act of redemption which I think we can honour. It’s disappointing that the writers didn’t consider taking John down a deeper path since they felt he was struggling with the decisions he made in regards to Wallace but I guess Atlantis wasn’t that type of show.
We’ve got to thank Andrew for joining is this week for an episode he requested, as always we have to juggle the time to suit three people in three timezones but we got it done with the minimum of fuss and in that respect if you want to join us for an episode please get in touch. The same goes for any feedback on Stargate and our own coverage of the episodes.
This weeks promo is for the Flash Pulp podcast who offer up original audio stories and discussion with a modern “pulp” theme, two or more shows each week so check them out. Next week we are going to be watching This Mortal Coil which was the mid-season finale for the fourth season, hope you join us for that and keep watching Stargate 🙂
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, a popular character actor. IMDBTwitterOfficial 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 many standalone but also in series form. ISFDBLiveJournalTwitter 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. IMDBWiki
Mark Oliver
Mark appeared twice on Stargate SG1 as the French IOA representative Jean LaPierre in the episodes The Scourge and The Fourth Horseman. He has also guest starred on The L Word, Blood Ties and Sanctuary and is a very busy voice actor on shows such as Storm Hawks, Max Steel and Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. IMDBBehind The Voice 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. IMDBTwitter 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 and The Spectacular Spider-Man. IMDBBehind The Voice
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. IMDBOfficialBehind The Voice Dean Hinchey
Dean played Dr. Kevin Hartkins in the Stargate SG1 episode Endgame and has appeared on Gunless, Sliders, The Chris Issacs Show and Alice, I Think. IMDBTwitter 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 and had an uncredited role on The Day The Earth Stood Still. IMDB
Dan Payne
Dan played various Jaffa, Goa’uld, Super SOldiers etc on both Stargate SG1 and Atlantis. He has also appeared on BSG, Divine The Series, Primeval New World, Smallville, Dead Like Me, Alice I Think and Whistler. IMDBTwitter 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. IMDBTwitter 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, 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, Eastenders, The Bill and of course Davos in the Stargate Atlantis episode The Seer. IMDBBehind The Voice 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, Mr Pickles, Spy and Goodfellas’. IMDBOfficial
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In Memory Of…
Don S. Davis (August 4th 1942 – June 29th 2008)
Artist, Craftsman, Legend, Husband and Actor. IMDB
I’ve only recently started watching iZombie and to be honest it didn’t really appeal but I had an hour to spare the other week so I watched the premiere and well loved it. It also has the bonus of being full of guest stars who have in the past appeared on various Stargate series so since I am around half way through the series here are a few of the familiar faces:)
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. She has also appeared on Sanctuary, Smallville, Supernatural, Dead Like Me, The Collector, Due South and Strange Empire. She also married into the DeLuise family via Peter which says a lot for her patience and understanding:) IMDBTwitter
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, Chicago Fire and was Rafael McCall on Teen Wolf. IMDBTwitter 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. IMDBTwitter Marie-Eve Boudreau
Marie is credited as Alien Reference 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. IMDBTwitter
Teyla and the group pay a visit to the world of the Vedeenans and a man known as Davos, he is reputed to be an oracle of some sort who can predict the future, his visions have allowed his people to remain untouched when the Wraith last visited their world. As they step through the Stargate they are greeted by Linara the daughter of Davos and she tells them they have been expected, an ideal reception when visiting a fortune teller, an alien one at that. Davos greets them and offers his hand to Rodney in an attempt to prove his bona-fides and Rodney is given a vision of a Wraith ambush, he seems to be convinced that Davos is worth taking back to Atlantis to receive treatment as he is close to death. Richard Woolsey is on a visit to Atlantis for an evaluation of Colonel Carter’s command of the expedition so it’s not an ideal time to get a round about message from “Todd” (not officially names as of yet but come one we all know him as Todd) asking for a meeting. It turns out that the vision was a foretelling of this encounter with Todd so expecting an ambush they go armed with big sticks but it turns out that it was a genuine meeting and the vision while accurate was not interrupted correctly, an ongoing issue when dealing with Davos and his ability. Todd when put into the brig offers them a deal, they are of course suspicious but he drops the bombshell that the replicators are slaughtering whole human worlds to deny the Wraith a food source and to stop them then the Wraith need access to Rodney and by providing the original base code hack first used ten millennia ago they believe it can be tweaked to shut down the replicators again, Carter is sceptical but agrees to the deal (with provisions) and the work commences. Meanwhile Davos offers Teyla an olive branch, her people are alive but he can not see where they are except it’s within a darkness and then he tells her he knows she is with child and his vision for Carter is of Atlantis being destroyed by Replicator starships and as he says, he has never been wrong. A second Wraith Hive ship approaches the planet and they cloak the city, their trust in Todd is rewarded when the two hives do battle and they are both destroyed and Todd acknowledges his slight twisting of the deal and provides the full basecode for Rodney to work on. Woolsey is a little ashamed of how he acted in trying to overrule Carter and returns to Earth with a positive report of her command and Davos who succumbed to his illness is taken back to his own world by his daughter, Atlantis is left to await the predicted attack by the Replicators…
The Seer has some merit in that in brings Todd (as he eventually known as) and while I have no issues with the performances from any of the guest stars or regular cast the episode feels a little flat. It’s rather a pity because thanks to some creative resource allocation the episode has some very nice look visual and practical effects but maybe the simple story of Davos and the Replicator basecode are not strong enough to really entertain. It’s true not every episode in a series can hit a home run so to speak and The Seer falls short but it’s not a bad episode, good production and some good scenes (Teyla all the time and Carter face to face with Todd) yet it fails to really catch the imagination.
This weeks podcast promo was for The Babylon Project and next week we are joined by Andrew for the excellent episode Miller’s Crossing and the return of Kate Hewlett to Stargate. Thanks to everyone that kept in touch and again a pretty good summer month for downloads, it may be we’ve hit the real core group of listeners who stick with us no matter what so a pat on the back and gold stars all around. Feel free to get in touch with us if you want to share any thoughts on Stargate or our podcast and if you fancy joining us for a show then check the schedule for the rest of this season or even ask about the next season, we would love to get more voices discussing an episode.
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, Road To Paloma and will be Aquaman in the DC movieverse. IMDBTwitterOfficial 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, Must Love Dogs and Law & Order. IMDBOfficialTwitter 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 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 legend, husband and father who gave joy to millions, he will never be forgotten by his friends, family and fans.
Christina Cox
Christina appeared in three episodes of Stargate SG1 and 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 and recently The N&N Files: Nikki and Nora. IMDBTwitter 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 and Bates Motel. IMDB Rudolf Martin
Rudolf played Anateo in the Stargate SG1 episode Company of Thieves. He’s also guest starred on Enterprise, NCIS, Mistresses, Dexter and All My Children. IMDBOfficial 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, L&O and 666 Park Avenue. IMDB 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. IMDBTwitter Mark Hoeppner
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. IMDB 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 and The Tomorrow People. IMDB
