Stargate SG-1: “Proving Ground” Stargate SG-1‘s fifth season introduced some terrific recurring characters to fill out the show’s larger universe, and one of our favorites was Lt. Elliot – the young S.G.C. trainee and “future of the program” played by Courtenay J. Stevens. After leading a team of recruits in the episode “Proving Ground” he … Read more

Stargate SG-1: “New Ground” Stargate told lots of great stories about the gate technology itself over the years, including close to 20 different times the gate malfunctioned. (Check out the full list.) But in more than 350 episodes the franchise also left plenty of unanswered questions — like, “Does the Stargate on the receiving end … Read more

The Stargate might be the greatest storytelling device in all of science fiction. Our modern-day heroes don’t need a ship to travel the galaxy — just dial up this big, ancient ring and step through to another planet. In the mythology of the franchise the Stargate network was built millions of years ago by a … Read more

Stargate SG-1: “Fragile Balance” Actor Michael Welch faced a daunting task when he was cast on Stargate SG-1. With series star Richard Dean Anderson sitting out for most of the episode, Welch was going to play a teenage version of Jack O’Neill … the SG-1 team leader who wakes up one morning to find himself … Read more

Play Audio Duration: 0:11:19 | 15.6MB Stargate SG-1 always dazzled with its array of colorful villains, from the gold-clad Apophis to Yu the Great, from the smarmy Baal to the cloaked Anubis. And surely one of the best was Nirrti, the disgraced System Lord played by Jacqueline Samuda. Nirrti was part of the Goa’uld’s first … Read more

Roland Emmerich One of Stargate’s original creators says that he is done with the franchise for good — but for reasons that fans might find surprising. Stargate (1994) feature film director Roland Emmerich told JoBlo’s Chris Bumbray last week that he has given up on his efforts to revive his vision of Stargate. Bumbray caught … Read more

Stargate SG-1: “Window of Opportunity” “Window of Opportunity” rightly deserves its spot as one of Stargate fans’ all-time favorite episodes, filled not only with humor but a whole lot of heart. Jack and Teal’c are trapped in a time loop, forced to repeat the same day over and over and over again. Since no one … Read more

Stargate SG-1: “Revelations” Years before the Marvel Cinematic Universe brought Thor, Loki, and the rest of Norse mythology into the popular imagination, Stargate SG-1 was giving its own spin on these characters. Stargate’s Asgard were little gray aliens from another galaxy, benevolent toward humans, who would become friends to SG-1 and one of Earth’s most … Read more

Stargate SG-1‘s third season ended with a bang: the introduction of the Replicators, tech-bugs who have taken control of Thor’s ship and brought it to Earth. Colonel O’Neill and his team must beam aboard and figure out how to stop the critters from infesting Earth and gaining a foothold in our galaxy. But one member … Read more

Veteran actor Robert Picardo has a new gig — or maybe a new take on an old gig. He’s playing the Doctor once again. Before he was Richard Woolsey on Stargate, of course, Picardo enchanted science fiction fans as the Emergency Medical Hologram on board the U.S.S. Voyager. He recently returned to that role to … Read more