It is held in the Vancouver area, (plus two in the UK), with more actor and crew member participation than other conventions. [112] The film was planned to be written by Wright and former Stargate Atlantis executive producer Carl Binder. [49] For the design of the Ori and the Priors in Season 9, the art department looked at Japanese and Samurai garments for costume design. [135] In September 2017, MGM launched its own online streaming service called Stargate Command, making available all episodes of Stargate SG-1 along with Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe. Browder played the Sovereign Admiral in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. He's a bit headstrong but loving, loyal, and courageous. The credits are normally sixty seconds long. [138][87][26][139] The show's July 1997 pilot, "Children of the Gods" received mixed responses from publications such as The New York Times and Variety. SG-1 and a dozen other SG teams venture to distant planets using an alien portal known as a Stargate, which in the series is housed in a top-secret United States Air Force military base known as Stargate Command (SGC) in the underground Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Michael Shanks, the actor who played Daniel Jackson, left the show during season six over creative differences, leaving a hole in the main cast. DOCTOR WHO! Here's what they're up to today. Get your questions in for Adam-Troy Castro! Originally envisioned as a replacement for SG-1, the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis began airing in tandem with SG-1's eighth season in summer 2004, setting a series record of 3.2 million viewers for SG-1 and a Sci Fi record as most-watched episode of a regular series ever (at the time) for Atlantis with 4.2 million viewers. She's often the brainiac that explains alien technology and phenomena to the audience, usually interrupted by an agitated Jack O'Neill, who wants things simplified. THE FLINTSTONES! Another Monster Mailbag!

Stargate SG-1 was honored with numerous awards and award nominations in its ten-season run. What made Stargate SG-1 so popular? Earth's flagship team SG-1, which includes Apophis's defected First Prime (lead Jaffa soldier) Teal'c, initiates several alliances with other cultures in the galaxy, such as the Goa'uld-like but truly symbiotic Tok'ra, the advanced human Tollan, the pacifist Nox, the benevolent Roswell-alien Asgard and remnants of the powerful Ancients. People called Stargate SG-1 "the anti-Battlestar Galactica", praising it for being accessible, comforting and captivating. [26] British company Big Finish Productions began to produce Stargate SG-1 audio adventures in early 2008, voiced by members of the SG-1 cast.

[132] Free access to all SG-1 episodes continued until July 31, 2011, when the episodes were finally removed. Upon hearing of MGM's plan to create a television spin-off series of the feature film Stargate, Wright and Glassner independently and unbeknownst to each other approached MGM and proposed their concept for the television series. [78] Christopher Judge did not consider SG-1 as a "message show by any stretch of the imagination, but occasionally there are messages there". [51], Stargate SG-1 was one of the biggest employers in the Vancouver visual effects market,[52] spending $400,000 per episode. Michael Shanks' name was moved near the end of the opening credits with the appendage "as Daniel Jackson" after his return to the show in Season 7. SG-1 director of photography Peter Woeste and camera operator William Waring directed 13 episodes each. BLUE BLOODS! Some fans' belief that there was a real Stargate device under Cheyenne Mountain inspired writers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie to come up with their own conspiracy story for Season 4's "Point of No Return". [115] According to Wright, the film would center on the Jack O'Neill character and would reunite as many of the SG-1 cast as possible, depending on the cost of the film and actor availability. [58] For example, he wanted a mechanical, repetitive musical motif for the Replicators;[62] Gothic, Gregorian and Christian themes were the inspiration for the Ori motif. In season seven the character died in combat, although Rothery briefly returned to the series playing a parallel version of her character in season nine. At the end of Season 9 ("Camelot (Part 1)"), the Ori begin an evangelistic crusade with their warships and effortlessly wipe out the combined fleet of Earth and its allies. The first opening title sequence, used in the first five seasons, shows a slow-pan camera move over Ra's mask. ". Playfully mischievous and infatuated with Daniel Jackson, Doran brought a dash of fun and moral ambiguity to the team. THE GOOD DOCTOR! [3] Principal photography began in Vancouver in February 1997. [22] The producers had met him during sci-fi conventions and had previously discussed casting him in other Stargate roles. Most staff writers and staff directors held producer positions. [30] Stargate SG-1 employed about 200 Canadian union workers, although that number could exceed 300 when new sets were built. [20] At the same time, Richard Dean Anderson left the show to spend more time with his daughter (his schedule had been reduced incrementally since Season 6). Initially, Quinn was a minor character but ended up becoming part of the main cast and a member of SG-1 in season six. Wilson appreciatively teased SG-1's format of visiting slightly different, English speaking alien worlds, with similar caves and studio-flat floors, writing that "what makes it good are the jokes, the actors, and the great ideas the writers keep throwing out".

[178] Titan Publishing publishes the official Stargate Magazine,[26] while Avatar Press published a series of Stargate SG-1 comics. Although the prop had severely deteriorated, he was able to take a detailed mold for Stargate SG-1 production to build its own prop. Peter Williams joined the ensemble cast ofStargate SG-1as the appalling Apophis, who would serve as the main antagonist for the first half of the show. Some DVD versions of early SG-1 seasons have different opening credits from the television versions, as do the direct-to-DVD films. While Jackson doesn't have military training he can still hold his own, and often brings archaeological and cultural expertise on missions. Like so many other talented actors from the series, Browder went on to have a successful acting career, appearing in TV shows like Doctor Who, Arrow, Chuck, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Criminal Minds. [91][92] The Sci Fi Channel made its largest single programming acquisition of $150 million in 1998 by buying the exclusive basic cable rights to the MGM package Stargate SG-1, The Outer Limits and Poltergeist: The Legacy.

[154], The show has also gone on to be featured on various lists of works considered the best. [160] Stargate SG-1 ranked #28 on TV Guide's Top Cult Shows Ever.

[26] The cost of an SG-1 episode increased from US$1.3 million[32] in the first seasons to an estimated US$2 million per episode in Season 10, partly due to unfavorable exchange rates. [43], The SGC set had to be twice as high for shooting as the 22-foot-tall (6.7m) Stargate prop,[9] but one of Hudolin's original plans of a three-level set was rejected in favor of a two-level set. The show centers around a four-person military team that travels to other planets through an alien device called the Stargate, which is the public transportation system of the stars you dial up a planet, it opens a portal, and you hop through to the other side in seconds. [32] The sixth season was supposed to be the show's last,[7] but Sci Fi renewed SG-1 at the last minute. Early ideas to include finger extensions and scarification on these characters' hands were discarded as impracticable. [8] The United States Navy invited the cast and producers to film aboard the nuclear submarine USSAlexandria(SSN-757) and at their Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station in the Arctic for the direct-to-DVD sequel Stargate: Continuum. The commercial-free episodes were priced $1.99 each, while a season pass with twenty episodes cost $37.99. Mailbag! SG-1 is an elite United States Air Force special operations team, one of about 20 teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, the Replicators and the Ori. [84][85] According to the SG-1 producers, a broadcast network would have cancelled SG-1 after a few episodes, but Showtime put no pressure on the show to "deliver the meteoric ratings the way network shows do". [27] Additionally, Lily Frost's song "Who am I" played in Season 7's "Fragile Balance" and CCR's song "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"

Executive producer Robert C. Cooper took over as show-runner in Season 7 when Brad Wright took time off to develop the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis. [75] Stargate SG-1 gradually evolves the basic premise of the Stargate film into its own unique mythological superstructure,[76] expanding upon Egyptian mythology (notably the gods Apep/Apophis and Anubis as Goa'uld villains), Norse mythology (notably the god Thor as an Asgard ally) and Arthurian legend (notably Merlin as an Ancient ally against the god-like Ori), among others. Galactica was critically acclaimed for its dramatic, often dark take on science fiction television. [78], In April 2009, MGM confirmed a third new SG-1 film that Brad Wright had first announced in May 2008. Before the beginning of the series, the Air Force granted production access to the Cheyenne Mountain complex to film stock shots. Martin Wood and Peter DeLuise directed the most episodes, with 46 episodes (Seasons 110) and 57 episodes (Seasons 210), respectively. SG-1 introduces new alien races (as opposed to alien human civilizations) less often than other science fiction television series and integrates newly encountered races or visited planets in stand-alone episodes into its established mythology while leaving the plotlines accessible for new audience members.

Goldsmith and David Arnold, the composer of the original feature film score, discussed themes for a television adaptation. [81] O'Neill references Richard Dean Anderson's favorite television series, The Simpsons, throughout the show. [3] Shanks was cast because he did "the perfect imitation of James Spader", according to Wright. While she typically appears in sci-fi and supernatural TV shows, she's also played taken a few roles in drama shows, particularly on the Hallmark Channel, including Cedar Grove. His leg was shattered and required surgery, but afterward, he healed and continued acting.

Carter frequently struggles between choosing a military career and a more scientific route. [153] According to Melanie McFarland of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, SG-1's records did not earn it "the kind of wide-ranging respect a successful series with a 200-episode run deserves"; SG-1 rarely occupied a slot on 'best show' lists because the show remained "relegated to the back of the bus in terms of popularity" behind the glory of Galactica, although every week, the show attracts an average of 10 million viewers worldwide. [58] The Ancient theme was deliberately carried over to Stargate Atlantis. The leader of the Ori, Adria (Morena Baccarin), is introduced in the premiere of Season 10 ("Flesh and Blood (Part 2)"). Shanks was in every season of Stargate SG-1, but only had a recurring role in season 6. [60] Goldsmith's long-time assistant Neal Acree started composing additional music for Stargate SG-1 in Season 8. Andy Mikita had been an assistant director since the pilot episode and directed 29 episodes from Season 310. The series was a ratings success for its first-run broadcasters and in syndication, and was particularly popular in Europe and Australia. In addition to acting, Davis was a U.S. Army captain and an artist, often supplementing his income by selling paintings, sculptures, and drawings. [57] Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner had known Goldsmith since the second season of The Outer Limits before they approached him to work on the pilot episode of Stargate SG-1. STARGATE SG-1!

Stargate SG-1 spawned the animated Stargate Infinity, and the live-action spin-off TV series' Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe. [47][48] Amanda Tapping had her hair comparably short until the filming of the direct-to-DVD films. It follows the present-day adventures of SG-1, a military team from Earth.

The box sets of the first eight seasons were re-released with slim packaging in all regions, beginning in the United States in summer 2006. The second film, Stargate: Continuum, is an alternate time-line time travel story and was released in July 2008. From 1999 to 2001, ROC published four Stargate SG-1 novels written by Ashley McConnell. [39] The transition to the broadcast of episodes in the wider 16:9 ratio gave directors more freedom in frame composition. Stargate SG-1 hit television in 1997, giving sci-fi fans a spinoff of the 1994 movie Stargate.

BELGRAVIA! The series draws upon Egyptian, Greek and Norse mythology, as well as the legend of King Arthur. [47] As a trained nurse, key make-up artist Jan Newman could make burns, cuts, bruises and the SG-1 team's other wounds look authentic. Bridget McGuire, SG-1's art director since the pilot episode, took over as lead production designer in Season 6. [37], The first seven seasons had 22 episodes each, which was reduced to 20 episodes for the last three seasons.

Most notably, he played Kratos in the popular video game God of War, but you can also hear his distinct voice in games like StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, and World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth.

Ba'al subsumes much of Anubis's power in Season 8, while Anubis, who survived the destruction of his fleet in a disembodied form, quietly begins to re-assert his influence. Despite his comedic side, O'Neill takes his job very seriously, often risking his life to save his unit, and is haunted by the death of his young son, who accidentally shot himself with O'Neill's pistol. [121] Wright and Joe Mallozzi expressed optimism that production would eventually start,[121][122] until Wright announced in April 2011 that the SG-1 film project was permanently shelved, along with plans for future Atlantis and Stargate Universe films and a cross-over film incorporating elements from all three series. [101][129] A release on iTunes UK followed in October 2007. On August 21, 2006, a few days after the premiere of SG-1's milestone episode "200", the Sci Fi Channel confirmed that Stargate SG-1 was not being renewed for an 11th season. Not only is Apophis a tyrant that enslaves and murders humans, but he also has a unique connection with several of our beloved characters. Williams continues to act, mostly in television, and recently took on a role in the sci-fi series The Expanse. [49] Judge shaved his head at home each day until the producers allowed him to let his hair grow in Season 8. [182] Doctor Who fans dispute SG-1's listing in the 2007 Guinness World Records as the "longest-running science fiction show (consecutive)", as 695 episodes of the British show were produced but not shown consecutively between 1963 and 1989.

Richard Dean Anderson was the only SG-1 actor whose name appeared before the show's title. But one of the essential ingredients to Stargate SG-1's success is the talented cast that brought these rich characters to life on the screen.

Although Stargate SG-1 employed freelance writers, most of the 214 Stargate SG-1 episodes were written by Brad Wright (Seasons 110), Jonathan Glassner (Seasons 13), Katharyn Powers (Seasons 16), Robert C. Cooper (Seasons 110), Peter DeLuise (Seasons 48), Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie (Seasons 410), Damian Kindler (Seasons 610) and Alan McCullough (Seasons 910). While the human origins of many alien races and human civilizations were left recognizable, the recurring characters who were members of the Unas race required elaborate prosthetics and make-up work. The following year, Seasons 18 were released in five-disc amaray box sets in the United States. [174] Late Night with Conan O'Brien graphic designer Pierre Bernard gained notoriety among Stargate fans for devoting several of his "Recliner of Rage" Late Night segments to SG-1. A television soundtrack with Goldsmith's adapted score was released in 1997,[63] followed by a best-of release in 2001.

[26], On June 15, 2020, Visual Entertainment re-released the complete series, without the films, on DVD. Most of the producers, crew members and guest actors involved in Stargate SG-1 were Canadian. [86] The show was consistently the channel's most-watched program (including theatrical movies),[87][88] so Showtime ordered a third and fourth season of 22 episodes each in July 1998. After the conclusion of the Stargate SG-1 franchise, Anderson left the spotlight and only appeared in a handful of TV show episodes here and there, his last appearance coming in a 2013 episode of the sitcom Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23. Few actors have the honor of playing the main role in one successful television show, let alone two, but Richard Dean Anderson is a member of this short list. [82] SG-1 makes meta-textual references to the process of writing and filming a science fiction TV series in several episodes[83] and alludes to the main actors' previous TV roles in the pilot episode (Carter: "It took us fifteen years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a system for the gate on Earth") and in a Farscape vignette in the milestone episode "200". [26] With its 202nd episode, "Company of Thieves", Stargate SG-1 surpassed The X-Files as the longest-running North American science fiction series on television, until passed by the final season of Smallville in 2011, which was in turn passed by the eleventh season revival of The X-Files in 2018.

Since SG-1's ratings were good from a financial standpoint, the Sci Fi Channel picked up MGM's offer to continue the show into a sixth season, yet with a slightly reduced budget. Hipple, Dave, "Stargate SG-1: Self-possessed Science Fiction". When she engages Anubis in an eternal stalemated battle on the Ascended plane to prevent his acting on the mortal plane, the Replicators and most System Lords have already been annihilated and the Jaffa win their freedom from Goa'uld rule. [9] Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge are said to have gravitated towards each other during the casting process before they knew that they would ultimately be cast. For example, on one occasion O'Neill wants to help an alien race win a war in exchange for their technology, but Jackson wants to first understand the nature of the war they're helping with because, you know, maybe they're helping the wrong side of the war. He remained a very active actor after the Stargate franchise, starring in the medical drama Saving Hope as well as appearing in several TV series such as 24, Eureka, and Burn Notice. Meanwhile, rogue agents of a shadowy intelligence agency on Earth, the NID, repeatedly attempt to take control of the Stargate and other alien technology. Composer Joel Goldsmith adapted David Arnold's Stargate feature film score for SG-1's opening title theme, which remained the same during the run of Stargate SG-1 and its direct-to-DVD films.

While Anderson has attended several conferences over the last few years, he largely remains quiet about his personal life and has essentially retired. [107][108] Brad Wright confirmed the production of two direct-to-DVD films in October 2006,[109] and Amanda Tapping joined the Atlantis cast for their fourth season. [38] All episodes were filmed in 16:9 wide-screen, although Stargate SG-1 was broadcast in 4:3 aspect ratio in its first years. An avarage episode cost 1,8-2,2 million dollar and they got 75 million dollar to the 40 episode last year. They also collaborated with the visual effects department. [61] The amount of composed music varied between 12 and 33 minutes out of a 44-minute episode, with an average of around 22 to 26 minutes,[61] making the full symphonic score of SG-1 more time-consuming to create than for general TV shows. [70] The fansite GateWorld became a major franchise news site with special arrangements with MGM; GateWorld's founder Darren Sumner was later hired to serve as a news editor for the official Stargate SG-1 magazine and to check Stargate comic books for continuity errors with the TV shows before publication. The original SG-1 team disbands after the events of Season 8, but slowly reunites under new team leader Lt Col. Cameron Mitchell after the SGC inadvertently draws the attention of the Ori to the existence of sentient life in the Milky Way; the Ori are revealed to be a faction of ascended Ancients residing in another galaxy that are diametrically opposed to the Ancients' belief in strict noninterference in the lower planes of existence, sapping the energy from untold billions of "lower beings" (non-ascended sentient beings) by means of their worship in a religion called Origin. The Jaffa alien Teal'c (Christopher Judge) was the only main character whose look required more than basic make-up.

", "Michael Shanks has a surprise about Stargate Universe", "An Expanding Universe GateWorld talks with Brad Wright & Robert Cooper", "New SG-1, Atlantis films due, just not yet", "Interview: 'Stargate Universe' Co-Creator Brad Wright Previews Season 2", "November 6, 2010: Stargate ratings, fandom and my picky aunt! Cookies help us deliver our Services. It aired in India on STAR World India and in Israel on Channel 1. Episodes of the first seasons were filmed over a period of 7.5 working days, which decreased to a targeted average of six working days in the last seasons. Since her Stargate days, Black has continued acting in television, taking on the recurring role of Dahlia in the fantasy drama The Originals and a main role in the drama Containment as Sabine Lommers. [125] A complete series set was first released in the United States in October 2007, containing 50 discs from the ten seasons of Stargate SG-1 and four bonus discs with content not part of the original sets.

[104] Stargate SG-1 had a particularly fervent response in the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Australia.[97][104]. Despite his strong leadership, Hammond has a bit of a soft side his two granddaughters are "1" on his speed dial, one above the President of the United States. [159] In 2011, IGN ranked it #19 in their Top 50 Sci Fi Shows of All Time. [101] Meanwhile, the SG-1 producers and rights-holder MGM expressed a desire to continue SG-1 as a movie, mini-series, or an eleventh season on another network. [176], Stargate SG-1 spawned an industry of spin-off products. [39] Rainmaker's regular effects shots included the activation and use of the Stargate itself (with well over 300 event horizon shots in the first few years), the transport rings and the blast shots of the staff weapons and zat guns. To fill that slot, sci-fi veteran Ben Browder stepped in as the new team's leader, Cameron Mitchell, for the last two seasons of the show. In the first eight seasons, the mission of the SG teams is to explore the galaxy and search for alien technology and allies to defend Earth against the Goa'uld, a snake-like parasitic alien race from planet P3X-888 that takes humans as unwilling hosts. [134] As of August 2014 SG-1 is available on Netflix UK. CHICAGO MED! [8][42], Hudolin flew to Los Angeles in 1996 to gather material from the feature film as reference and found the original Stargate prop stored outside in the Californian desert. [3][8] Since visual effects are sometimes faster and cheaper,[8] a computer-generated Stargate was occasionally used in on-location shoots in later seasons.

[139], Despite the lukewarm reaction to the pilot, various critics and publications later recognized that SG-1 had surpassed the 1994 film on which it was based. As of July 2015, Hoopla Digital, an online library media database, has all ten seasons of Stargate SG-1 available to watch free without commercials, for those who have cards with a participating library. Amanda Tapping played the intelligent and overall exceptional soldier Samatha Carter for all ten seasons of Stargate SG-1, as well as the two following Stargate movies and the spinoff series Stargate Atlantis. [165], Stargate SG-1 was nominated for numerous awards during its ten-season run. Most recently, Nemec started touring the United States filming a documentary called Love America Tour, which focuses on unifying themes among Americans.

Jacob Carter is Samantha Carter's father, although the two don't exactly get along. Stargate SG-1 was also nominated for two VES Awards in 2003 and 2005[170][171] and for two Hugo Awards in 2005 and 2007. More recently, Shanks joined the television series Altered Carbon as recurring character Horace Axley.

[68] The writers poked fun at this move in SG-1's milestone episode "200" in Season 10, showing a five-second clip instead of the full titles. [13] Nemec was willing to continue playing the character after Season 6 or in a feature film or a spin-off series. The direct-to-DVD film Stargate: The Ark of Truth ends the Ori Arc. [110][111] Joseph Mallozzi revealed the working title as Stargate: Revolution. to which he responds, "I am not Lucy." Teal'c is comically serious, often misunderstanding human lingo like "Lucy, I'm home!" [150] SyFy Wire described the show as "sci-fi comfort food in the best possible way" comparing the way the show examined morality to that of Star Trek: The Original Series, placing the show 20th on their Greatest Sci-Fi TV Series of the Past 25 Years list. While the Ori send enhanced human beings named Priors to the Milky Way to convert the galaxy to Origin, Ba'al and some minor Goa'uld infiltrate Earth through The Trust (a coalition of rogue NID operatives) to rebuild their power. What The Cast Of Stargate SG-1 Is Doing Today. A special edition of the two-hour pilot episode "Children of the Gods" with re-edited scenes and a different score has also been produced. MGM released posters titled Stargate SG-1 within the next week without the knowledge of Wright or Glassner.

Season 9's average slipped from 2.4 million viewers in late 2005[98] to 2.1 million viewers with 1.8 household rating during early 2006, which Sci Fi's Mark Stern attributed to the "tech-savvy, toy-loving, time-shifting audience" whose use of digital video recorders excluded them in ratings compilations.

The main titles of Stargate SG-1 were a medley of several themes from the feature film, although Goldsmith also wrote a unique end title for SG-1 to establish the show as its own entity. [96] For the next few years, the producers believed each current season to be the show's last and repeatedly wrote big series finales,[86] but the success of Stargate SG-1 put off their plans of ending the show to write a new Stargate feature film. [8] The gateroom was the biggest room on set and could be redesigned for other scenes. Judge had a minor role in The Dark Knight Rises and he was in the very campy movies Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark and Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!

", "SGU continuation, other movies dead for now", "Bonus features for SG-1: Complete Series DVDs", "***** TV SHOWS ON DVD ROUNDUP ***** OUTLANDER! She joins Stargate Command in the fight against the Ori, who are the new villains in seasons nine and ten after the Goa'uld are defeated. [158] ShortList included SG-1 in their 15 Best Sci-Fi TV shows list. [71] Sci Fi aired new episodes of Stargate SG-1 in the 9 p.m. Friday slot between The Dead Zone and Farscape, while it aired older SG-1 episodes in a four-hour block every Monday at 7 p.m. Episodes were broadcast in US syndication six months after their premiere on Sci Fi. [] We were like the slowly burning candle. The pilot episode "Children Of The Gods" though has been replaced with the 2009 updated final cut with updated CGI and the full frontal nudity removed. [79] Aimed at a popular audience, Stargate SG-1 emphasized its present-day-Earth story frame by frequently referencing popular culture, like The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer had done before.