The Torment of Tantalus (3 Oct. 1997)

Daniel Jackson discovers that the Stargate was activated in 1945 and a young professor went through, never to return. Together with his still living fiancée, the SG1 team discover the now ... See full summary »

Director:

Jonathan Glassner

Writers:

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

Stars:

Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Richard Dean Anderson	...	Colonel Jack O'Neill
Michael Shanks	...	Dr. Daniel Jackson
Amanda Tapping	...	Captain Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Don S. Davis	...	Major General George Hammond
Elizabeth Hoffman	...	Catherine Langford
Keene Curtis	...	Ernest Littlefield
Gary Jones	...	Sgt. Walter Harriman
Duncan Fraser	...	Professor Langford
Nancy McClure	...	Young Catherine Langford
Paul McGillion	...	Young Ernest Littlefield
Sheelah Megill	...	Maid Martha

Storyline

Daniel Jackson discovers that the Stargate was activated in 1945 and a young professor went through, never to return. Together with his still living fiancée, the SG1 team discover the now aged professor, naked and trapped in a decaying fortress, containing the secrets of an Ancient alliance. Will they be able to rescue him and escape to earth in time?

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Plot Keywords:

ancient astronaut | title spoken by character

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Release Date:

3 October 1997 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bridge Studios, The, MGM Worldwide Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

Paul McGillion, who played Dr. Carson Beckett on Stargate Atlantis, was in this episode as a different character, Young Ernest Littlefield.

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Goofs

Ernest Littlefield refers to the United Nations. Since he supposedly left Earth during World War II, and the UN wasn't formed until after the war, he should have called it the League of Nations instead.

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Quotes

[Daniel recognizes a series of markings to be part of the Asgard language]
Dr. Daniel Jackson: This is Thor's race.
Ernest Littlefield: Thor was an alien?
Dr. Daniel Jackson: Oh, yeah. That's, ah - that's another long story. But a good one.

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Connections

Featured in Stargate SG-1: Out of Mind (1999)

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Soundtracks

"End Title"
Composed by David Arnold and Joel Goldsmith

User Reviews

all about love

Daniel discovers that the stargate was already discovered in WWII. By accident one young professor went through the stargate but could never return. Some research tells Daniel that the fiancée of the professor is still alive so it also could be that the professor is still alive. Together with the team the fiancée is ready to go through the stargate in search of the lost professor.

Immediately they come across a naked aged man. It's the professor but he discovered the contains the secrets of an Ancient alliance. But there's more going on, being in a decaying fortress and a storm taking place outside it's ready to collapse. SG-1 has to see that they are leaving before the stargate is destroyed by falling stones.

Being a bit of a love story and not that much going on this episode wasn't really my thing. The aged professor appearing naked looked a bit goofy because he was wearing some kind of shoes. Carter turned her face away when she sees him walking towards SG-1 and that's the only thing she does here. It's really an episode of Daniel and the older couple.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5