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Dec 10, 2020 · One of the casualties of the cast shake-up was Torri Higginson, who played Dr. Elizabeth Weir.
Dec 1, 2022 · Torri Higginson's Commander Weir was downgraded to a recurring character on Stargate: Atlantis, before leaving the show - so what happened?
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After five years the OG Stargate team suffered a profound loss when the man who unlocked the Stargate … died. It was stunning. It was heroic. Daniel exposed himself to lethal radiation to save the people of Kelowna from what would have been a catastrophic naquadria explosion. Fortunately Oma Desalaturned up and helped Daniel to ascend to a higher p...
After his introduction in the same episode that saw Daniel’s death, Corin joined the cast as a series regular in Season Six. He had the unenviable task of filling the shoes of a beloved character — a fact that the writers decided to make use of in the story itself. Jonas Quinn was eager and optimistic, often turning to past mission reports and Dr. ...
Major General Hammond was the steady rock at Stargate Command for its first seven years of operation. He got the new program up and running, and sent SG-1 and two dozen other teams out on assignment through the Stargate. His strength and wisdom as a leader were matched only by his compassionate heart. It was General Hammond who upheld one of the S....
Losing the series lead was a tough moment for the Stargate franchise. Richard Dean Anderson not only brought in lots of fans and recognition from his MacGyver days, but also set the tone on a set that became a place of laughter, family … and dogs. His daughter was born during the show’s second season (that’s why O’Neill is sidelined in the episode ...
Stargate Atlantis launched in the summer of 2004, making Stargate a bona fide franchise. Joining Major John Sheppard’s recon team was an eager young officer, Aiden Ford. Rainbow Sun Francks’ character was an explosives expert, trained to protect his teammates and ready to put his life on the line (as he soon had to do, in memorable episodes such as...
Writer Martin Gero’s simple “day in the life” of the Atlantisbase ended up anything but ordinary. “Sunday” brought about the shocking demise of one of the show’s most beloved characters. The Scottish doctor wore his heart on his sleeve, and had found his way into the hearts of fans and teammates alike as a thoughtful and compassionate member of the...
After the loss of Dr. Beckett, the subsequent departure of original cast member Torri Higginson caught most people by surprise. The writers weren’t done shaking things up heading into Season Four — SGA‘s first on the air without SG-1 as a lead-in. In the third season finale the city was attacked by the Asurans, and Elizabeth was critically injured ...
Newly promoted to full-bird Colonel, Sam Carter’s tour of duty in the city of Atlantis was destined to be a brief one. With SG-1gating off into the sunset after ten years Amanda Tapping still had one year left on her contract with the studio. They opted to make Carter the new leader of Atlantis, filling the office vacated by Dr. Weir and thereby ke...
No, we didn’t forget ol’ Doc Fraiser — perhaps the Stargate franchise’s most shocking and heart-breaking death. Janet lost her life in the line of duty, caught in the crossfire by a Jaffa staffblast while tending to a wounded soldier on the battlefield of an alien world. Teryl Rothery’s departure makes our list as an honorable mention because, desp...
Feb 28, 2024 · After leaving Stargate SG-1 in season 5, Michael Shanks returned as a series regular in season 7. Daniel Jackson's mystical focus led to a fitting end, ascending to a higher plane after a radiation exposure.
May 16, 2005 · Wow that's going to come as big surprise to Lexa Doig who could have sworn she married Michael Shanks back on August 2, 2003 and had a baby with him in September of last year, daughter Mia Tabitha Shanks who is Lexa's first child and Michael 's second.
Aug 1, 2021 · Torri Higginson was replaced in part on Stargate Atlantis by Amanda Tapping as Samantha Carter. However, Higginson doesn’t hold that against Tapping at all.
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Jan 1, 2020 · Tori Higginson continues her role as Elizabeth Weir from the original series but after her departure in season 4 shes replaced by a rotating cast of returning characters including Samantha Carter as Atlantis leader and the unlikely but sublime Robert Picardo as Woolsey.
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