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8 unusual facts about Stargate Atlantis


Benevolent suicide

The Stargate Atlantis episode "Childhood's End" — An expedition encounters a colony of humans who perform ritual suicide at the age of 25 in an effort to keep the Wraith away.

Elizabeth Christensen

Elizabeth Christensen (born 1978) is an American writer and author of novels based on the Stargate Atlantis television series, often collaborating with Sonny Whitelaw (See also Stargate literature).

Fantasy Gardens

The site was also used as the primary set of the "Revisions" episode of the TV series Stargate SG-1, the "Irresponsible" episode of Stargate Atlantis, the B&W "Monster Movie" episode of Supernatural and on the episodes "Shadows" and "Blackmail" from Highlander: The Series.

Jo Graham

Stargate Atlantis: The Lost, with Amy Griswold (Fandemonium, 2011)

Sonny Whitelaw

Stargate Atlantis The Chosen, April 2006, co-authored with Elizabeth Christensen

Stargate Atlantis Exogenesis, December 2006, co-authored with Elizabeth Christensen

The Martian General's Daughter

A character can be seen reading the book throughout the fifth season of Stargate Atlantis, most visibly in the episodes "Whispers" and "First Contact."

Todd Brunson

In 2009, Todd made a guest appearance on one of the final episodes of the series Stargate Atlantis (#519 "Vegas"), during a poker game set in Las Vegas.


Brad Wright

He is best known as the creator or co-creator of the television series Stargate SG-1 (with Jonathan Glassner), Stargate Atlantis (with Robert C. Cooper) and Stargate Universe (also with Cooper).

Carson Beckett

According to writer-producer Martin Gero, Beckett was set to appear in only a handful of episodes after the Stargate Atlantis pilot episode, "Rising", but the character had such a big connection to the fans that Gero labeled McGillion the "breakout star" in Stargate Atlantis.

Clip show

Some examples of shows that have used clip shows in this sense are: Animaniacs, Frasier, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, Friends, Thunderbirds, Everybody Loves Raymond, Stargate SG-1/Atlantis, Cheers, and Avatar: The Last Airbender (though this recap episode had no actual clips).

Frank Collison

His numerous other television appearances have included guest-starring roles on Monk, HBO's Carnivàle, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Seventh Heaven, NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues, Stargate Atlantis and Good Luck Charlie.

Radek Zelenka

Zelenka was re-introduced in the mid-season-1 finale "The Storm", Martin Gero's second Atlantis episode.

Teyla Emmagan

When Teyla is three months pregnant in "Be All My Sins Remember'd", Sheppard suspends her from active duty.

Viasat 4

Its main focus is on entertainment, sports and documentaries, transmitting series such as Most Shocking, Stargate Atlantis, The 4400, Star Trek, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Riches, UEFA Champions League matches and Futurama, with short news bulletins from P4 on weeknights.


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Evan Lorne

When talking about season two of Stargate Atlantis, staff writer, Martin Gero said Lorne had become the most notable recurring character of the series.

Jonas Berkeley

He is also an actor, having appeared in X-Men: The Last Stand, RV, Wildfires, the 4400, Eureka, Kyle XY, The Evidence, Stargate: Atlantis, Dungeon Siege and more.

Technology in Stargate

Among their many technological achievements is the Stargate network itself, central to the franchise, and the City Ship of Atlantis, the setting of Stargate Atlantis.