Stargate SG-1

Trivia

Film/Series Continuity

The original film did not develop as much of the setting's depth as would be needed in a television series. MGM, which owned the rights, took Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin's product and handed the reins to a new team of creators (Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner). This new team introduced many new concepts to make the Stargate universe into a workable weekly science fiction show. Also, certain details were changed.

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For example, in the film:

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• Ra's species was not named, and Ra was presented as using a sort of incorporeal "possession" of a human host instead of direct biological parasitism.
• Ra was the last of a dying race rather than just one of many Goa'uld.
• Colonel Jack O'Neill's name was spelled O'Neil.
• Jackson's wife's name was Sha'uri, rather than Sha're.
• Abydos was located in the Cirrian galaxy, "on the far side of the known universe", rather than one of the closest Stargates to Earth.
• The Air Force base was under Creek Mountain, rather than Cheyenne Mountain.
• The first time Daniel Jackson sees the Stargate is after he figures out the seven-coordinate address system, but in the TV episode "Lost City", he tells Elizabeth Weir that "I remember when we were first trying to get the Stargate to work, I would just come here, and stare at it for hours."

Several of these differences were simply ignored by the TV series, but others have been addressed in various episodes of Stargate SG-1. For example, it was sarcastically mentioned at one point that there is another Colonel named Jack O'Neil whose name is often mixed up with Jack O'Neill's (and who "has no sense of humor"). Other changes have been explained as advances in technology, such as more precise "aiming" by Earth's dialing computer (to compensate for the drift of the planets in 10,000 years) that prevents the frost effect. Others are most likely just oversights.

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Because of these differences, some fans of the film consider the television series as its own separate entity, rather than a proper sequel to the film. Using some of Emmerich's notes, Bill McCay wrote a series of five novels, continuing the story the original creators had envisioned.

Related Topics:
Bill McCay - Series of five novels

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Goofs

• From the beginning of Season 4 through the beginning of Season 6, the SGC operates using the stargate discovered in "Solitudes". However, the gate shown has the point-of-origin symbol of the original gate.
• In the episode "The Torment of Tantalus", it was clearly stated Catherine Langford was twenty-one in 1945, which would make her about four years old in 1928. However, she is much older in the opening sequence of the Stargate film, which is set in 1928.

Series Trivia

• The show is filmed in and around Vancouver. Many of the minor characters (and the extras) are Vancouverites. Numerous references to Vancouver culture (eg. place names) have been made throughout the series.
• Alexis Cruz (Skaara) and Erick Avari (Kasuf) are the only actors to appear in both this series and the original film.
• Amanda Tapping (Samantha Carter) and Christopher Judge (Teal'c) are the only cast members who have stayed with the series throughout its entire run.
• Prior to Season Nine, Richard Dean Anderson (Jack O'Neill) appeared in every episode of the series except for "Nightwalkers", "Resurrection", and "New Order Part I".
• The Season Six episode "Nightwalkers" is the only episode to not include any characters from the original film.
• Christopher Judge (Teal'c) has appeared in every episode of the series except for "Prometheus Unbound".
• 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.
• 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.
• Many other SG-1 characters have also appeared on the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis, and vice versa. They are portrayed by the same actors, with the exception of Dr. Elizabeth Weir, for which Torri Higginson replaced Jessica Steen for SG-1s Season 8, and Atlantis.

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• 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)