Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis is a spin-off from the television series Stargate SG-1, which was based on the 1994 film Stargate.

Fast Facts

1. Airs: Friday nights, 10pm
2. Network: Sci-Fi Channel
3. Current Season: 4
4. First Aired: July 16, 2004
5. Starring: Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Rachel Luttrell, Jason Momoa, Amanda Tapping
6. 2008: People's Choice Award, Favorite Sci-Fi Show

Setting

Stargate Atlantis takes place in the present day. About a decade ago, an object was discovered that allows people and equipment to travel between planets via a wormhole. The Atlantis expedition has gone to the Pegasus Galaxy to live in and explore a city that is millions of years old, constructed by a now-extinct predecessor to the human race known as the Ancients. The explorers, on their first mission to another planet, accidentally awoke a race of humanoids called the Wraith, who feed on humans. The Atlantis expedition now tries to keep the Wraith from killing humans in the Pegasus Galaxy, and also must prevent them from finding Earth.

Cast Changes

The role of Elizabeth Weir was originally played by actress Jessica Steen on the show Stargate SG-1, but Torri Higginson was selected to fill those shoes for the new series. Actor Rainbow Sun Francks, who played Aidan Ford, was cut from the show at the end of Season 1, and actor Jason Momoa was brought in to join the cast. Paul McGillion's Dr. Carson Beckett was killed off near the end of Season 3, and Jewel Staite was brought in to play Dr. Jennifer Keller. The Elizabeth Weir character was critically injured at the end of Season 3, and actress Amanda Tapping, originally on Stargate SG-1, was brought in to reprise her role as Colonel Samantha Carter.

It's That Guy!

Many science fiction and fantasy shows, including Stargate Atlantis, are filmed in Vancouver. Stargate Atlantis actors who've appeared on other science fiction shows include:

1. Amanda Tapping (The X Files)
2. Rachel Lutrell (Charmed, Forever Knight)
3. David Hewlett (Forever Knight)
4. Torri Higginson (TekWar)
5. Paul McGillion (Sliders, The X Files, Smallville)
6. David Nykl (Eureka, The Dead Zone)
7. Mitch Pileggi (The X Files)
8. Jewel Staite (Firefly)
9. Kavan Smith (The 4400, Battlestar Galactica)
10. Christopher Heyerdahl (Smallville)
11. Connor Trineer (Star Trek: Enterprise)
12. Bill Dow (Kyle XY, The X Files)
13. Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager)

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