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'', an American-Canadian
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, began airing on July 9, 2004, on the
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. The eighth season concluded on February 22, 2005, after 20 episodes on British
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, which overtook the Sci Fi Channel in mid-season. This was the first season of the show to have 20 episodes instead of 22, as well as the first to air concurrently with ''Stargate SG-1'' spinoff series ''
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'' (the first season thereof). The series was originally developed by
Brad Wright Brad Wright (born May 2, 1961) is a Canadian television producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' (with Jonathan Glassner), ''Stargate Atlantis'' (with Robert C. Cooper) and ''Stargat ...
and
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, while Brad Wright and
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served as executive producers. Season eight regular cast members include
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,
Amanda Tapping Amanda Tapping (born 28 August 1965) is a British-Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian–American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' ''Stargate Atlantis,'' and ...
,
Christopher Judge Douglas Christopher Judge (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor best known for playing Teal'c in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' and Kratos in the 2018 video game ''God of War'' and its ...
, and
Michael Shanks Michael Garrett Shanks (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian actor, writer and director. He is best known for his role as Daniel Jackson in the long-running military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and as Charles Harris on ...


Production


Cast and characters

The regular cast members of season eight are
Richard Dean Anderson Richard Dean Anderson (born January 23, 1950) is a retired American actor and producer. He began his television career in 1976, playing Jeff Webber in the American soap opera series ''General Hospital'', and then rose to prominence as the lead a ...
as Colonel/Brigadier General
Jack O'Neill Jonathan J. "Jack" O'Neill is a fictional character in the MGM's military science fiction franchise ''Stargate'', primarily as one of the main characters of the television series ''Stargate SG-1''. Richard Dean Anderson played O'Neill in all th ...
,
Amanda Tapping Amanda Tapping (born 28 August 1965) is a British-Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian–American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' ''Stargate Atlantis,'' and ...
as Major/Lieutenant Colonel
Samantha Carter Samantha "Sam" Carter, United States Air Force, USAF is a Character (arts), fictional character in the Canadian–American military science fiction ''Stargate'' franchise. Played by Amanda Tapping, she appears in all three shows in the franchise ...
,
Christopher Judge Douglas Christopher Judge (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor best known for playing Teal'c in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' and Kratos in the 2018 video game ''God of War'' and its ...
as the
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Teal'c Teal'c of Chulak is a fictional character in the 1997 military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1''. Portrayed by Christopher Judge, Teal'c is a Jaffa warrior from the planet Chulak. As a Jaffa, Teal'c is a genetically modified hu ...
, and
Michael Shanks Michael Garrett Shanks (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian actor, writer and director. He is best known for his role as Daniel Jackson in the long-running military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and as Charles Harris on ...
as civilian Dr. Daniel Jackson. After O'Neill's promotion to commander of
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, Carter assumes command of
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. Despite being one of the main characters, Anderson's time on set was further reduced from previous seasons, and he only worked 3.5 out of 5 working days per week. After seven years of shaving his head for his role, Judge was granted his wish to have hair in season 8.TV Zone #58. Page 28-32 The first season of ''
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'' was filmed in parallel to the eighth season of ''SG-1'', and aired in the time slot immediately following ''SG-1''. Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks appeared in the pilot episode of ''Stargate Atlantis''. Beginning with "New Order" and continuing into the spinoff series ''Stargate Atlantis'',
Torri Higginson Sarah Victoria "Torri" Higginson (born December 6, 1969) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in the '' TekWar'' movies and series, and for portraying Dr. Elizabeth Weir in ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' (2004–2 ...
replaced
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as Dr.
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.
Ellie Harvie Elinor Anne Harvie (born April 7, 1965) is a Canadian actress who portrayed Morticia on ''The New Addams Family''. Later, she starred as Dr. Lindsey Novak in ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis''. Harvie was the youngest of five childre ...
, who first appeared in "Prometheus Unbound" as
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, later became a recurring character on ''Stargate Atlantis''. Among the notable guest stars in season eight were
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, who
Robert C. Cooper Robert C. Cooper is a Canadian writer and producer best known for his work in the ''Stargate'' franchise. He was formerly an executive producer of ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Stargate Atlantis'' and ''Stargate Universe''. He also co-created both ''Star ...
already had in mind for the part of Camulus in three of the first four episodes of season 8. Bacic is known for playing
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and
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on '' Andromeda'', and previously played SG Team leader Major Coburn in " Maternal Instinct" and "
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". "New Order" also marks the first appearance of Colonel Lionel Pendergast (
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). "Prometheus Unbound" guest starred
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, of ''
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'' fame, as
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. Black had originally been considered for the role of Krista in "Affinity", but her schedule did not allow it. Krista was then played by
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, who played
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in ''
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'' Stargate SG-1 'In the Making': "Affinity"
/ref> and Black would later join the cast of Stargate as a regular, playing Vala in seasons 9 and 10.
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, the voice of
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on ''
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'', guest starred as Joe Spencer in the episode "Citizen Joe".
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, known from his role in ''
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'' as Maxwell Sheffield, appeared as Colson in "Covenant".
Tony Amendola Tony Amendola (born August 24, 1951) is an American actor. He played the Jaffa master Bra'tac in ''Stargate SG-1'' and Pinocchio's creator/father, Geppetto on ABC's ''Once Upon a Time''. He also had a recurring role as revolutionary leader Edou ...
appears again as
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, and
Carmen Argenziano Carmen Antimo Argenziano (October 27, 1943February 10, 2019) was an American actor who appeared in over 73 movies and around 100 television movies or episodes. He was best known for playing Jacob Carter on ''Stargate SG-1''. He had recurring role ...
as Jacob Carter/Selmak. Another recurring actor is
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as
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in "Threads". With the defeat of the
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in "Reckoning"/"Threads", several actors make their final appearance in season eight. Yu, the longest-running Goa'uld recurring character, dies. Season eight also sees the final defeat of main villain
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. After
David Palffy David Palffy is a Canadian film and television actor of Welsh and Hungarian descent, best known for playing Anubis and Sokar on ''Stargate SG-1''. Early life David Palffy attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. Career Pa ...
played Anubis from seasons five through seven, the entity that made up Anubis was portrayed by
Michael Shanks Michael Garrett Shanks (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian actor, writer and director. He is best known for his role as Daniel Jackson in the long-running military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and as Charles Harris on ...
,
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, Holly Ferguson,
Amanda Tapping Amanda Tapping (born 28 August 1965) is a British-Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian–American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' ''Stargate Atlantis,'' and ...
and
Richard Dean Anderson Richard Dean Anderson (born January 23, 1950) is a retired American actor and producer. He began his television career in 1976, playing Jeff Webber in the American soap opera series ''General Hospital'', and then rose to prominence as the lead a ...
in "Lockdown", by Dean Aylesworth and Rik Kiviaho in "Reckoning", and finally by
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in "Threads". As with the two preceding seasons' finales, "Moebius" was intended to be the ''Stargate SG-1'' series finale, and as such many actors reprised their roles from past episodes:
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as George Hammond, Peter Williams as Apophis,
Colin Cunningham Colin Alexander Cunningham (born 1966) is an American television and film actor. Cunningham is best known for his roles as John Pope in the TNT science fiction series ''Falling Skies'' and as Major Paul Davis on ''Stargate SG-1''. Career Cunn ...
as Major Davis, and Jay Acovone as
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. "Moebius" was the last episode to feature
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as a main cast member. The main technician (played by Gary Jones), who sported the name "Norman Davis" on his uniform for seven years, was officially renamed "Walter Harriman". In the episode "2010", O'Neill referred to him as "Walter". Simply renaming the character to "Walter Davis" did not clear, so he was renamed to "Walter Harriman" after Hammond had called him "Airman", which sounds similar to "Harriman", in the pilot episode.
Joseph Mallozzi Joseph Mallozzi (born 16 October 1965) is a Canadian writer and producer. He is most noted for his contributions to the ''Stargate SG-1'', '' Stargate: Atlantis'' and ''Stargate Universe'' television series and as showrunner of ''Dark Matter'' ...
explained the resulting incongruity by positing that Harriman is Walter's married name. One scene in "Zero Hour" featured Pierre Bernard as a technician. Bernard is a graphics designer for the
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show ''
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'', and was offered the cameo on ''SG-1'' after a
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on ''Late Night'' in which he said the show was better without Daniel Jackson. The show's writers named his character "O'Brien" as a
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reference. The ''Stargate'' producers later invited Bernard back to the set for a scene in the 200th episode of ''SG-1''.


Writing

After production wrapped on season seven, the writers came together and pitched ideas for ''Stargate'''s eighth and presumably final season. Seasons five through seven had previously been expected to be the last, but the show was renewed each year. The team ultimately agreed on about ten initial episodes, two of which would comprise a two-hour premiere intended to address issues remaining from the season seven finale. In the first draft of "New Order, Part 1," Richard Woolsey assumed command of the SGC, but in the end the writers decided that the character of Dr. Weir suited the story better because of her background in diplomacy. She also offered a link to the ''Atlantis'' spin-off and was seen as a better candidate to offer O'Neill his promotion.Stargate SG-1 'In the Making': "New Order, Part 1"
/ref> The end of "New Order" with Fifth creating Replicator Carter was also not in the original outline. Robert C. Cooper came up with the twist while he was writing the script. Originally, Anubis was planned to end up on a fiery planet at the end of "Lockdown", but Joseph Mallozzi opted for the frozen world instead. The idea for "Icon" came from Damian Kindler pitching a story in season seven "in which Carter is stranded off-world, struggling to survive, while the rest of the team mounts a desperate bid to rescue her". In November 2003, in preparation of season eight, the writers felt that they already had enough Carter stories and attempted to redress the balance by making it a Daniel story with the working title "English Patient Daniel". "Affinity" was originally intended to air after "Covenant". Airing "Affinity" first creates the minor continuity error of Daniel already knowing the name, disclosed in "Covenant", of the newly formed Trust. The writers always wanted to do a "fish out of water" story wholly dedicated to Teal'c and his attempts to fit into Earth society, but later felt that the only opportunity would have been in season one. The script of "Full Alert" called for a large military build-up and a potential worldwide confrontation, but the show's budget was limited. As such, screens were erected to sell the point of an impending military conflict on a global scale. Furthermore, stock shots of jets landing on aircraft carriers and missile silos opening were used to accommodate financial concerns.


Plot

The eighth season begins with the
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team trying to revive Colonel
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(Richard Dean Anderson) after the events of the seventh season. At the end of the two-episode season opener, Colonel O'Neill is promoted to General and assumes command of
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(SGC), while Major
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(Amanda Tapping) is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assumes command of SG-1. The season arc centers on the growing threat and seemingly final defeat of the
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and the Replicators, races who were introduced in the first and third season of the show, respectively.


Filming

The eighth season of ''Stargate SG-1'' was filmed over an eight-month period, with twelve-hour days five times each week. Filming started at 7.00 AM, broke for a half-hour lunch break in the afternoon, and ended at 7.30 PM. The directors usually received scripts around two weeks before shooting started. Early seasons had 7.5 days to shoot an episode but with careful planning, season eight reduced this time to six days. Richard Dean Anderson only worked 3.5 days out of 5 working days a week during season eight. Owing to his limited availability some episodes, such as "Zero Hour", were shot over longer periods of weeks. "Zero Hour" was shot as the seventh out of the 20 episodes of season eight.Director Peter Woeste and production manager
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in the audio commentary for "Zero Hour".
The producers do not treat two-part episodes as a different episode but as one longer episode, though the episodes are still legally broken up into two with the actors, for example, being paid twice.Audio Commentary 817 "Reckoning, Part 2" – Peter DeLuise (PDL, director) and Gary Jones (GJ, Chevron Guy) ''Stargate SG-1'' has several regular directors.
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is known to shoot much coverage because he likes having the choices during cut-and-edit.
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, however, lets the cameras roll, which makes things more difficult for the script supervisor and the editors later. The video tapes are not reusable and are archived in a library. "Lockdown" was the first SG-1 episode to be shot in high definition (HD) instead of on 35 mm film. Since no one was used to filming in HD, they had to get a new HD crew and lost about an hour per day. The HD video tapes cost around 50 dollars, and previously 7000 feet of film were shot each day, costing possibly a million dollars a year in film.814 Audio Commentary "Full Alert" by Andy Mikita (AM, Director) and Paul Mullie (PM, Executive Producer and Writer) Part 1 Episodes such as "Zero Hour" and "Prometheus Unbound" reduced costs by being shot mainly on the standing sets
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and the ''
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''. At other times the actors' time was split between different episodes: "Gemini" concentrated on
Amanda Tapping Amanda Tapping (born 28 August 1965) is a British-Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian–American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' ''Stargate Atlantis,'' and ...
as Carter and her alter ego RepliCarter, and Michael Shanks (Daniel) did not appear. Meanwhile, Shanks filmed "Promethues Unbound" in the absence of the Carter character. The money was then spent on time-consuming techniques such as
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in "Gemini". The motion control enabled two people in the same shot to be seamlessly filmed on different passes. Split screens with locked-off cameras and different shots with stand-in actors were used whenever possible, but still cost much time for wardrobe changes and blocking.811 Audio Commentary "Gemini" by Will Waring (WW, Director) and Jim Menard (JM, Director of Photography) The first episode filmed after the hiatus was "Lockdown", which aired third. The writers thought it would be fun to test O'Neill in his new position as general of the SGC early on and to have him prove his worth. The episode "Avatar" served as an introduction for a ''Stargate'' game that was produced at the time, and much of the story was filmed from a first-person perspective. "Zero Hour" is the last episode to have
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in the briefing room and the control room.
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originally hoped to direct another episode after her debut in season seven's "Resurrection", but she became pregnant late in the season.


Sets and locations

Sets from previous seasons were reused: The Goa'uld transport ship, a standing set in the NorCo Studios, was originally built for a particular episode in season one but has since been reused in "New Order". Despite its cool looks, it is hard to shoot in.801&802 New Order Audio commentary (Andy Mikita, Gary Jones) The ''Stargate'' franchise acquired the set of '' Blade: Trinity'' and used it as
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's ship in "New Order". They were able to make the set taller, and installed big arches and silver tilework. They also created a special command post for Thor and raised it off the ground so that the actors' eye lines with Thor was a little higher.TV Zone Special #59. Page 14 The Blade 3 effects stage was also used for the F-302 scene in "Covenant". Art director James Robbins designed the set for Fifth's space ship, which was only about 10 feet long and 6 feet wide. For the scene where Carter is embedded in Replicator tiles, the model shop used cut-out vacuform pieces and slabs that had been made to fit Amanda Tapping. The ''
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'' set, the producers' answer to the Goa'uld ship design, was used in several season eight episodes. Instead of big empty rooms, the ''Prometheus'' set had seats, screens, buttons and switches. "Endgame" required the interior of a Goa'uld ship to hold a Stargate, an effect which has not been used since season one. The Puddle Jumper space ship, usually part of ''
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'' stories, also had its first appearances in ''SG-1''; it appeared in "It's Good to be King" and "Moebius". "Threads" used the diner set from ''
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''. Although "Lockdown" was filmed mainly on the existing
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set, the story made it necessary to have the SGC broken into segregated zones. The set decorators changed the graphics and lighting to make the set show some of the 28 different levels of the SGC. In the same episode O'Neill's new office was slightly redesigned to mirror the history of the character.TV Zone Special #58. Page 22 The carpet in the Briefing Room was replaced every second year early in the show, but when the renewal of the show changed from a two-year basis to a yearly basis, the carpet was never renewed again. When ''SG-1'' was renewed for an eighth season, the carpet was finally replaced, and the floor in the halls was repainted." The idea for the plants in "Zero Hour" came from
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, who in season four had the notion of the SG being overrun with plant life and the gate being literally buried under foliage. For "Icon", one of the locations used was a house built in the early 1900s. Like "Birthright" one year before, exterior scenes for "Sacrifices" were filmed at High Point Properties in Langley, British Columbia. The Goa'uld ceremonial tent in the episode was designed to be re-usable, with the concept loosely based on the
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in
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. "Reckoning", in which Carter attempts to open the Ancient Wall, was filmed at a sound stage at NorCo Studios, a former bicycle factory. The ventilation is questionable, and when the director decided to add smoke for the light to catch to give a dramatic dusty air feeling, the oxygen supply decreased, which made acting harder. Daniel's class room in "Moebius" were shot in the conference room of the '' Outer Limits'' production at Bridge Studios near the set of ''SG-1''. ''SG-1'' crew members had originally scouted a real school but lost that location. Carter's office room in the same episode was right down the hall from the conference room. ''Stargate SG-1'' was shot in
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, British Columbia, Canada. As Vancouver is still developing, Tynehead Park is one of the few locations where the ''SG-1'' team can still film alien locations. Other Vancouver locations include a set of roads at a Vancouver airport for the episode "Full Alert". The roads were closed to regular traffic so that the filming could take place without police escorts and other difficulties that come from blocking traffic. Desert locations were shot at the
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Sand Dunes, a cement factory that is slowly using up all the sand. What is seen in the "Moebius" desert is all that is left of the dune. The horse shoe form of the dune had been established by another television project called '' Legend of Earthsea''. O'Neill's house, which was first seen in season one, was used in two episodes in season eight, "Full Alert" and "Citizen Joe". Since the house is inhabited in real life, the producers have looked for alternatives, but so far have been unsuccessful. For "Zero Hour", the SGC set was decorated with various plants and vines. Some plants were plastic, but for the torching scenes, real plants were used so as to minimize the risk of a fire. All objects on set were sprayed with flame-retardant chemicals.


Design, props and special effects

Before the season began, director Martin Wood spent a weekend at
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(where the fictional
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takes place) and filmed new angles at night time, daytime, and emergency situations. The producers had previously re-used stock footage from season one for the last seven seasons.Audio Commentary 816 "Reckoning, Part 1" – Peter DeLuise (PDL, director) and Gary Jones (GJ, Chevron Guy) To save money, props and footage were re-used from previous seasons. The chairs used in "Avatar" are the same used in the season two episode "The Gamekeeper", but since they had been cut up and changed around completely for a previous ''SG-1'' episode, and re-adjusting them would have cost as much money as building new ones, they were used like they were. Catherine's amulet that was shown in "Moebius" is the same used in the movie.819 Moebius, Part 1 – Audio Commentary by Peter DeLuise (Director) and Gary Jones ("Chevron Guy") In "Reckoning", some shots of the replicators in the SGC are re-uses of footage from the episode "Menace". At other times, whole scenes were cut. The original scripted teaser for "Lockdown" would have cost US$100,000 for visual effects, with Anubis in the space ship.803 Lockdown Audio Commentary (Will Waring, Jim Menard) The falling Replicator chips and the resulting mess on the ground in "Reckoning", however, was animated in VisFX because it would have been more expensive to have the mess be tracked.
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created the bug effects in "New Order". One scene involved hundreds of Replicator bugs running in a forest, for which they went from singly hand-animated bugs to replicated effects. Season eight was the first year that used a rear screen with an LCD projector projecting the puddle for the Stargate wormhole effect. Before that time, this was too expensive and not bright enough. The outside of the Puddle Jumper space ship in "Moebius" also used a rear screen projection, for which a dune at a real location was filmed and then projected on a screen behind the Puddle Jumper windows. This allowed to move the camera around and not be locked off. The on-set Puddle Jumper is only about 2/3 the size of that of the actual space ship. For dramatic effect, the episode "Zero Hour" had longer scenes filmed in green. "Gemini" had scenes filmed in infrared.


Release and reception

"New Order" and "Moebius (Part 2)" both earned a 2.4
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, a new record high for the show during its run on cable, which has since been equalled but never beaten. It also became the most-watched regular series episode ever for the
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and the highest-rated episode in the history of ''Stargate SG-1'', drawing 3.22 million viewers.Stargate SG-1 recognized as the #1 show in all Sci Fi history by Stargate Command — mp3, nasa, family , Gather
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and O'Neill waking up with Kerry. ''
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''s Jan Vincent-Rudzki called "Lockdown" "an interesting episode, although it dips in the middle."Jan Vincent-Rudzki. TV Zone Issue #180, page 78. Vincent-Rudzki saw O'Neill's portrayal as the new leader making "the Goa'uld threat ..a laugh" and "an amazing change from the events from the series' early days" if even O'Neill does not take this race seriously. Fans regarded "Reckoning", the climax of plots including the
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, the Replicators, and the
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, as two of the most popular episodes of the series. In 2005, the second part of the season opener " New Order" was nominated for a
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in the category "Best Visual Effects". "Reckoning (Part 2)" was nominated for both an
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in the category "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series" and a
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in the category "Best Visual Effects".
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was nominated for a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Screenwriting" for "Affinity", while Christine Mooney was honored with a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series – Best Costume Design" for the season finale "Moebius (Part 2)". For the episode "Threads", actress
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won a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Lead Performance – Female", and
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was nominated in the Leo category "Dramatic Series: Best Lead Performance – Male". The episode "It's Good To Be King" led to three Leo Award nominations: Jim Menard in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Cinematography", Christine Mooney for "Dramatic Series: Best Costume Design", and Tom McBeath in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Supporting Performance – Male". Season eight was released to
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and Australia. The episodes "Gemini" and "Prometheus Unbound" switched sides, and "Citizen Joe" was placed after "Reckoning"/"Threads". Contrary to the Region 1 DVD, the Region 2 did not offer commentaries for "It's Good to be King" and "Citizen Joe". When the season was initially released on DVD in Region 1, the release temporarily contained the shortened 45-minute version of "Threads" until
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(MGM) gave in due to complaints. The slimline re-release contains the full 63-minute episode. Neither region has commentaries for "Threads". The release of season nine was held up because of MGM's switch in partners for home distribution, from Sony to Fox.Stargate SG-1 – Fox heads through the gate for Season 9 – Details, Date, Price & Extras!


Cultural references

In "Zero Hour" Dr. Lee says, "Thankfully he planthasn't eaten anyone yet." O'Neill answers, "Well, thank you Seymour." This is a reference to the comedy-musical '' Little Shop of Horrors'' about a man-eating plant from space. In "Avatar", Teal'c says "I play ''
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''". This was a late addition by actor Chris Judge who provided the voice for D-Mob in the video game of the same name. Several members of production crew made cameo appearances. Digital effects supervisor
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appears as the garage sale homeowner who sells Joe Spencer the Ancient stone device in "Citizen Joe". In the episode "Prometheus Unbound", Daniel introduces himself to two aliens as Hans Olo, a wordplay on the ''
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'' character
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. In the episode "It's Good to be King", when arriving on the planet of which
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has become ruler, Carter mentions that the Tok'ra have said the planet's inhabitants are fairly primitive. In response Daniel says "No phones, no lights, no motorcars...", a reference to the TV show ''
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''. O'Neill's last line in "
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", "close enough", is an homage to ''
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'' episode "
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" that involves
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time traveling and unintentionally making numerous changes to history; upon returning to a timeline where his family has snake tongues but everything else is otherwise normal, he says, "eh, close enough". In the same ''SG-1'' episode, the name of O'Neill's boat is "Homer". There are also cross-references to events in ''SG-1'''s sister show ''
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''. In the episode "Threads", Daniel reads a paper with a headline " Wraith on the way to ''
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''". This piece is followed by a screenshot of the Atlantis Deep Space Scanner display from the ''Atlantis'' episode " The Brotherhood", showing the trio of hive ships that assaulted the city in the ''Atlantis'' episode "
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". In "Covenant" Alec Colson, played by actor
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, is introduced to "Captain Sheffield" upon entering the Alpha Site. This is in reference to
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, Shaughnessy's character from the sitcom ''
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''.


Main cast

* Starring
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*
Amanda Tapping Amanda Tapping (born 28 August 1965) is a British-Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian–American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1,'' ''Stargate Atlantis,'' and ...
as
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* With
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as
Teal'c Teal'c of Chulak is a fictional character in the 1997 military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1''. Portrayed by Christopher Judge, Teal'c is a Jaffa warrior from the planet Chulak. As a Jaffa, Teal'c is a genetically modified hu ...
* And
Michael Shanks Michael Garrett Shanks (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian actor, writer and director. He is best known for his role as Daniel Jackson in the long-running military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' and as Charles Harris on ...
as
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Daniel Jackson


Episodes

Episodes in bold are continuous episodes, where the story spans over 2 or more episodes.


Home releases


Notes


References


External links


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