Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)

A secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore the recently discovered StarGates.

Stars:

Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks

Nominated for 9 Primetime Emmys. Another 18 wins & 86 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Amanda Tapping	...	Major Samantha Carter (211 episodes, 1997-2007)
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c (211 episodes, 1997-2007)
Michael Shanks	...	Dr. Daniel Jackson (196 episodes, 1997-2007)
Richard Dean Anderson	...	Colonel Jack O'Neill (175 episodes, 1997-2007)
Don S. Davis	...	Major General George Hammond (160 episodes, 1997-2007)
Gary Jones	...	Sgt. Walter Harriman (108 episodes, 1997-2007)

Storyline

General Hammond summons Colonel Jack O'Neill out of retirement to embark on a secret rescue mission. O'Neill confesses that he disobeyed orders to destroy the Stargate on Planet Abydos, and that scientist Daniel Jackson may still be alive. Arriving on Abydos with his team, O'Neill meets up once again with the scientist, who has discovered a giant elaborate cartouche in hieroglyphics. All signs point to the fact that this is a map of many Stargates that exist throughout the galaxy - a development that makes the dream of the SG-1 team to travel throughout the universe in time a reality.

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Plot Keywords:

military | back from the dead | megalomaniac | u.s. air force | time travel | 

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Taglines:

Saving the world... one episode at a time

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

SCI-FI Channel's Official Stargate SG-1 Site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 July 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stargate Command

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$1,400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Double Secret Productions, Gekko Film Corp., Kawoosh! Productions IX

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min 42 min (214 Episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several elements/characters from Stargate also appear through the series, and although some retained their original characteristics, many have been changed or altered entirely. Here are some of the primary differences between movie and show:

• Aside from the obvious difference in the actors playing the characters, the character Sha'uri from the movie appears several times in the series, but her name on the show was Sha're.
• In the movie, Colonel O'Neill's name is spelled with one L, but in the series, it's spelled with two Ls (which O'Neill himself emphasizes on a couple of occasions).
• Colonel O'Neill's son was named Tyler in the movie (his name could be seen on various awards hanging on the wall of his room), but in the series, his name was Charlie.
• The Stargate was located inside a military installation inside Creek Mountain in the movie, but in the series it was located at the military installation inside Cheyenne Mountain.
• The planet Abydos was supposedly located "on the other side of the known Universe" in another Galaxy millions of light years away, but in the TV series, it is located inside our own Milky Galaxy, and said to be the nearest planet to Earth with a working Stargate.- In the movie, each Stargate had a distinct set of symbols (represented by star constellations on Earth's gate), which differed from gate to gate. In the series however, each of the symbols on each of the gates are very similar, with the point of origins being the only unique symbols for each gate.
• The wormhole effect for the Stargate was different in the movie and the series. In the movie, the effect appeared as a spinning vortex coming out from behind the gate, however this was absent from the series.

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Goofs

Throughout the series, the IDC is received by the SGC before the wormhole has been established. Actually the SGC uses a protective shield on the gate called an Iris. The Iris remains closed until the IDC is received and the go ahead is given to "open the iris". When this happens the wormhole is already established but hidden behind the iris.

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Quotes

Teal'c: Undomesticated equines could not drag me away.

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Connections

Referenced in Gray Matter (2010)

User Reviews

If it wasn't for The X-Files it would be unparalleled in Sci-Fi

A magnificent program which shows just how imaginative and professional TV can be when the director, cast, crew and screenwriters all work to the best of their considerable ability. The simple fact that it doesn't play like the film over and over again (Something which has plagued many film-cum-TV-shows of late) shows how original it really is and though yes, I admit, the first series was very 'Star Trek' in its recycling of the same story types it always remained somehow different.

Congratulations must primarily go to the cast as they are all incredibly believable and easy to relate to. Richard Dean Anderson is excellent as the hard-bitten, cynical soldier, Michael Shanks plays the James Spader role to perfection, Christopher Judge is fantastic as the Moses-like Teal'c (His range of facial expressions is unparalleled) and Amanda Tapping is possibly the best of the bunch simply because she makes her character so believable as the tough female soldier/scientist (Denise Crosby in Star Trek:TNG is a good example of how NOT to do it).

The show looks fantastic, the special effects are great and look exceedingly expensive but no show can survive on sfx alone and fortunately a masterful screenwriting crew keep the stories exciting and thought-provoking (You don't get much of that these days) and the blending of so many different story arcs is a great achievement. All in all a brilliant show and long may it continue.