Stargate Atlantis

Trivia

• Colonel/Brigadier General Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson are the only characters to appear in the original Stargate film, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.
• Of the five original cast members, Joe Flanigan is the only American. The other four (Torri Higginson, David Hewlett, Rachel Luttrell and Rainbow Sun Francks) are all Canadian.
• Paul McGillion (Dr. Carson Beckett) previously portrayed Dr. Ernest Littlefield, the first human in the 20th Century to go through the Stargate, in the Stargate SG-1 Season One episode "The Torment of Tantalus".
• Richard Dean Anderson (Jack O'Neill) and Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson) are the only actors to appear in the pilots of both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.
• Of the five original Stargate SG-1 cast members, Christopher Judge (Teal'c) is the only one who did not appear in the first season of the series. Corin Nemec (Jonas Quinn) and Ben Browder (Cameron Mitchell) are the only other cast members who thus far have not appeared on the series.
• The only actors to play the same character on both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis are:
• Richard Dean Anderson (Jack O'Neill)
• Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson)
• Amanda Tapping (Samantha Carter)
• Don S. Davis (General Hammond)
• Torri Higginson (Elizabeth Weir)
• David Hewlett (Rodney McKay)
• Beau Bridges (General Landry)
• Gary Jones (Sgt. Walter Harriman)
• Dan Shea (Sgt. Siler)
• Ona Grauer (Ayiana)
• Ellie Harvie (Dr. Lindsey Novak)
• Kavan Smith (Major Lorne)
• This series follows the formula established by Stargate SG-1 in which often times major events (namely the introduction of a villain) are the fault of human curiosity. Including:
• The Wraith are "awakened" early after the arrival of the Atlantis expedition in the Pegasus Galaxy.
• Rodney McKay is highly allergic to citrus.