Stargate SG-1

(Stargate SG-1)
A series created by Jonathan Glassner, Brad Wright
1997
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O'Neill, Teal'c, Carter, Jackson, Hammond

Technical Crew

Original title
Stargate SG-1

Creator
Jonathan GLASSNER
Brad WRIGHT

Writing credits
Brad WRIGHT
Heather E. ASH
Tom J. ASTLE
Carl BINDER
Robert C. COOPER
Peter DELUISE
Sam EGAN
Terry Curtis FOX
Jonathan GLASSNER
Michael GREENBURG
Hart HANSON
Damian KINDLER
Jeff KING
Joseph MALOZZI
Katharyn Michaelian POWERS
Paul MULLIE
Jarrad PAUL
James PHILLIPS
Tor Alexander VALENZA

Producer
Ron FRENCH
John G. LENIC
N. John SMITH

Co-Producer
Robert C. COOPER
Peter DELUISE

Executive Producer
Richard Dean ANDERSON
Jonathan GLASSNER
Michael GREENBURG
Brad WRIGHT

Music
David ARNOLD
Richard BAND
Joel GOLDSMITH
Ken HARRISON
Kevin KINER
Dennis MCCARTHY
Tim TRUMAN

Cinematography
Peter F. WOESTE

Editor
Richard BENWICK
Daria ELLERMAN
James ILECIC
Allan LEE
Brad RINES
Charles ROBICHAUD
Kevin WILLIS

Casting
Robin NASSIF
Mary Jo SLATER
Paul WEBER

Production Designer
Mark DAVIDSON
Robert DAVIDSON
Brendan HARRON
Richard HUDOLIN
Bridget MCGUIRE
Doug MCLEAN
Ivana VASAK

Art Direction
Bridget MCGUIRE
Ricardo SPINACé

Set Decoration
Mark DAVIDSON
Robert DAVIDSON

Costume Design
Christina MCQUARRIE

Makeup Department
Mike FIELDS
Shauna MAGRATH
Jan NEWMAN
Patrick O'BRIEN
Geoff REDKNAP
Christ STANLEY

Production Managern
Ron FRENCH
Andy MIKITA

Assistant Director
Peter DASHKEWYTCH
Bill MIZEL

Sound Department
Adam BOYD
Dario DISANTO
Lisa DOYLE
Adam GEJDOS
James WALLACE

Special Effects
Wray J. DOUGLAS
Simon LACEY
Billy D. CHOI
Michelle COMENS
John GAJDECKI
James TICHENOR
Bruce TURNER
Mark SAVELA

Production Companies
Double Secret Productions
Gekko Film Corp.
Stargate SG-1 Production Inc.
CANADA
USA

Distributors
MGM Worldwide Television, Inc.
OnTV
RTL2
TeleMonteCarlo

Runtime
46 minutes

Number of episodes
214

The Story

After the human adventure of Stargate - the movie, in which a door allowing to travel on onother planet is discovered, engineers, who continued secretly to work on the Stargate noticed that by entering other coordinates, they could open a path to hundred of others planets. They decide therefore to create an exploration team named SG-1, so as to discover others worlds and others peoples.

The task is once more given to O'Neil (whose character is now played by Richard Dean Anderson 'McGyver'), who is given the help of a woman, Captain Samantha Carter. He leaves with a new team (two members were from the original team) to Abidos (the planet of the movie) where they find back Daniel and persuade him to return back on Earth. They return with Sha're and Skaara, the young boy O'Neil had attached with during his first visit.

Ra being dead, they do not expect that another god of the ancient Egypt, Apophys, comes to "visit courtesy" them on Earth. This one leaves Earth with Sha're, Skaara and a woman from the army. The general Hammond, the new commander of the secret base, takes suitable measures and constructs an iris around the door, that, if no recognition code is given, closes and prevents therefore the arrival of undesirable visitors.

Picture from the episode
"The Broca Divide"

Once done, O'Neil and his team leave to Chu'lak, Apophys's world, to attempt to free the hostages. But they are taken prisoners, and assist to the ceremony that makes out of Sha're the host of a future "god".

In fact, these so-named gods are the Goa'uld, an alien larval race that need a host (here a human body) to live and grow. Once they reach their maturity, the Goa'uld take possession of the body they host. They totally immunizes them from all sickness and god larvas are also endowed with special powers.

Teal'c

Working for the Goa'ulds are the Jaffas, that are the captains of their soldiers. Jaffas are whole entirely devoted to their masters. Nevertheless, after having been condemned to death, O'Neil, Carter and Jackson succeed to convince one of them, Teal'C, to help them. The Jaffa returns against his and helps them to escape. He comes back to Earth with the team where he is finally accepted as a friend and joins it.

Teal'C has succeeded in taking over the control of the Goa'uld he holds, but he cannot get rid of it, for example in order that the scientists study it. In fact, deprived from his parasite, his body would no longer have immunity defenses and he would die in few hours. His aknowledge of the Goa'uld and the worlds he already visitied make him a precious ally to SG-1.

SG-1 in episode "The Nox"

Stargate SG-1 was aired for the first time on the 27th July 1997. The first two hours episode "Children of the Gods" was the premice to the series and had great audience. After the first season, Stargate-SG1 began to find its marks and developed one of the most scheming mythologies ever realized in science-fiction for television.

After the first season, the series won over the most skeptical criticizes and ended on some of most acclaimed episodes of the season. It is not surprising that at the end of the first season MGM decided to spread the show from 66 episodes (initially anticipated for two years) to 110 episodes (anticipated on four years) all to be aired on 5 seasons. Today this series is composed of 6 seasons and 132 episodes.

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