Category "stargate"

Why do you need 6 points to define a location in 3 dimensional space?

Dr. Daniel Jackson is Stargate: ...seven points to outline a course to a position...to find a destination within any three dimensional space, you need six p

Why didn't they use a brute force method to activate the Stargate?

In the movie Stargate, they have been trying to activate the Stargate for the last 2 years but could never get the right sequence. After Dr. Daniel Jackson figu

How much would a third season of SGU cost to produce?

I'm entertaining a dream in which I win €140,000,000 in the EuroMillions draw and use it to fund the return of unfairly-cancelled shows. Using any availab

Who/What was Ra?

In Stargate (1994), Ra said he chose the human body because it was so easy to repair. I don't quite understand what this meant. They discovered that Ra's [alien

What are the known differences between the Stargate universe in the movie and the TV series?

I have watched the 1994 movie Stargate and all three live action TV shows it spawned (SG:1, Atlantis, and Universe) and there are some obvious differences in th

Why did Teal'c decide to join SG-1 during Children of the Gods?

In the first episode of Stargate SG-1, Children of the Gods, SG-1 travel to Chulak in response to an attack on Earth by Apophis, get captured, and end up being

Why is travelling through the Stargate from Earth such a bumpy ride?

During the movie and the early seasons of Stargate SG1, travel through the Stargate from Earth is an extremely bumpy ride, often resulting in the feeling of bei

What are the differences in the remastered Children of the Gods?

The first episode of Stargate SG1 was called "Children of the Gods", this was a two part special to introduce the series and set up the team which was later rem

What happened to Daniel Jackson's allergies?

Both in the Stargate movie and early on in Stargate SG1, Daniel Jackson's allergies are used frequently in the plot (for example, slowing down the party in the

Why don't the team ever bring back other species for study?

During the first episode of Stargate SG1: Children of the Gods, and the second (third?) episode Enemy Within, one of the primary discussions about what Teal'c c

What are the differences between a DHD and Earth's dialing computer?

At many points in Stargate SG-1, the fact that Earth has MacGyvered their own dialing computer becomes a plot point. Be it the initial confusion over the Starga

How does SGC know who is incoming before the stargate connects?

At the start of season 1, episode 19 - Solitudes of Stargate SG1, before the title credits, there is an incoming wormhole which for some reason destablizes and

How did Klorel and Apophis escape their ships alive?

In season 2, episode 1 of Stargate, The Serpent's Lair, SG1 blow up two Goa'uld ships belonging to Klorel and Apophis by using C4 on Klorel's ship, steering it

What is the weapon Teal'c is using at the beginning of "Off the Grid"?

At 1:12 into Stargate SG1 S9E16, Teal'c is seen firing a weapon more like a weapon of the Tau'ri. But I don't recognize it from earlier missions...He usually u

What exactly is the stuff in the middle of the Stargate?

The Stargate in Stargate, Stargate: SG-1, and it's derivatives, creates a wormhole between two Stargates, which most of the time has an unstable vortex kawoosh

Why were they covered in ice/snow the first time through the portal in SG1?

In the Stargate SG-1 series, the first time they go through the portal. They are covered in ice/snow and it's super cold. (yet lands on a decently warm planet)

Did Patrick Stewart appear as an uncredited extra in this episode of Stargate Atlantis?

In Stargate: Atlantis, Season 1, Episode 8 "Underground," Major Shepard's team meet the Genii. This marks the first appearance of Colm Meaney (Chief O'Brien on

Why doesn't Ronon's gun run out of power?

As far as I know, we have never seen Ronon's gun run of of power in SGA. However, in episode 5 of Season 4 (Travelers), when Sheppard is using a similar gun, it

Is this map of the galaxy valid according to Stargate SG-1?

I've found a galaxy map on the internet. And I am curious, if it is valid according to Stargate SG-1. I cannot remember any episode where a galaxy map is shown

Which Sheppard did McKay refer to in S05E19

I'm going to assume enough time has passed that the following is not considered a spoiler: In the second-to-last episode of Stargate Atlantis, we see an altern