Revisions (11 Jul. 2003)

On a planet with an extremely toxic atmosphere, there exists a bubble within which exists a livable atmosphere. Inside the bubble lies a seemingly less advanced society of humans. They ... See full summary »

Director:

Martin Wood

Writers:

Brad Wright (developed for television by), Jonathan Glassner (developed for television by),

Stars:

Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Richard Dean Anderson	...	Colonel Jack O'Neill
Amanda Tapping	...	Major Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Don S. Davis	...	Major General George Hammond
Michael Shanks	...	Dr. Daniel Jackson
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	Pallan
Peter LaCroix	...	Kendrick (as Peter Lacroix)
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight	...	Evalla (as Tiffany Knight)
Liam Ranger	...	Nevin
Gary Jones	...	Sgt. Walter Harriman
Wendy Noel	...	Councilwoman
Michael Robinson	...	Councilman #1
Patrick Keating	...	Councilman #2
Finn Michael	...	Councilman #3

Storyline

On a planet with an extremely toxic atmosphere, there exists a bubble within which exists a livable atmosphere. Inside the bubble lies a seemingly less advanced society of humans. They reveal to SG-1 that they once were highly industrialized and poisoned the air. They voluntarily simplified their lives and constructed the barrier to keep out the bad air. They also show SG-1 their "link", a neural interface that gives them access to all their computer records, including history, science, etc. When one of the citizens disappears in the night and the entire population forgets she existed, SG-1 begins to think things are not what they appear to be.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Release Date:

11 July 2003 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

MGM Worldwide Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only appearance of Christopher Heyerdahl in Stargate SG-1. He would later play either Halling or Todd, both major recurring characters in the series, in a total of 22 episodes of Stargate: Atlantis.

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Goofs

(at around 46 mins) Teal'c maneuvers the MALP into the barrier dome where the joystick on the MALP ends up not visible because it's outside the edge of the dome. The next shot where O'Neill says "nice", clearly shows the joystick. The subsequent shot of O'Neill and Teal'c has the joystick back outside the dome.

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Soundtracks

"Main Theme from Stargate SG-1"
(uncredited)
Written by David Arnold
Performed by Dominik Hauser

User Reviews

It's a smaller and smaller world

A very good episode with a rather original plot... not that its main elements are new: actually, it's their odd combination that makes it interesting. This new world is a perfect garden set in a toxic wasteland, and it is so advanced that it has gone back to using candlelight instead of electricity.

The episode is nicely paced, taking a lot of time to introduce this world and its people while slowly revealing the main plot. And I like it that for once, the manipulative super-computer has NOT developed an evil self-awareness. It is not trying to destroy the world but, in a way, to save what it can of it --and unobtrusively at that: subtly adapting "data" to match the current situation... except that the "data" in question is actually thousands of human lives.

So, while there is nothing boring about it, "Revisions" contains a lot more reflection than action, but this makes it even more chilling when you consider the points it makes regarding the destruction (or control) of the environment, as well as our use (and abuse) of the Internet.