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{{Short description|Science fiction television series (1997–2007)}}
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'''''Stargate SG-1''''' (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated '''''SG-1''''') is a ] ] television series within ]'s ]. The show, created by ] and ], is based on the 1994 science fiction film '']'' by ] and ]. The television series was filmed in and around the city of ], ], Canada. The series premiered on ] on July 27, 1997, and moved to the ] on June 7, 2002; the series finale aired on ] on March 13, 2007.


The story of ''Stargate SG-1'' begins about a year after the events of the feature film when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the ] can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets and in space. SG-1 is an elite United States Air Force special operations team, one of about 20 teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the ], the ] and the ]. The series draws upon ], ] and ], as well as the ].
'''''Stargate SG-1''''' (often abbreviated as '''SG-1''') is a ] ], part of the ]. It begins one year after the events of the 1994 science fiction film '']''. It was produced in and around ], ].<ref name="DVD ref">{{cite video|people=Brad Wright|publisher=MGM Global Television Inc.|title=Stargate SG-1, Season 4, Volume 1 "Small Victories"|date=2006}}</ref>


The series was a ratings success for its first-run broadcasters and in syndication and was particularly popular in Europe and Australia. ] include eight ] nominations. It also spawned the animated television series '']'', the live-action spin-off TV series '']'', '']'', and '']'' and the ] films '']'' and '']''. Merchandise for ''Stargate SG-1'' includes games and toys, print media and an original audio series.
In the ] ] ], a network of ancient alien devices called ] connect the far reaches of the Milky Way galaxy, opening the door for near instantaneous interstellar travel.<!-- The workings of the Stargate should be detailed elsewhere --> ''Stargate SG-1'' chronicles the exploits of ], the "flagship team" of at least 25 teams who explore the galaxy and defend Earth against the ], ] and later the ].


==Series overview==
In 2007, after completion of the series run, ''Stargate SG-1'' was named as number 28 on '']'''s list of "The 30 Top Cult Shows Ever".<ref name="top cult">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/top-cult-shows/070629-01|title=TV Guide Names the Top Cult Shows Ever|work=TVGuide|accessdate=2007-06-29}}</ref>
{{Main|List of Stargate SG-1 episodes|Mythology of Stargate}}
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The plot of ''Stargate SG-1'' picks up a year after the conclusion of the events recounted in the ]. It follows the adventures of SG-1, a military team from Earth. SG-1 and a dozen other SG teams venture to distant planets using an alien portal known as a ], which in the series is housed in a top-secret ] military base known as ] (SGC) in the underground ] in ]. In the first eight seasons, the mission of the SG teams is to explore the galaxy and search for alien technology and allies to defend Earth against the ], a snake-like parasitic alien race from planet P3X-888 that takes humans as unwilling hosts. As explained in the series' backstory, the Goa'uld had transported human slaves from ] to other habitable planets across the galaxy thousands of years ago and now pose as gods of old Earth mythologies, particularly ]. SG-1 eventually learns that highly evolved human-like beings, known as the ], had originally built the Stargate network millions of years earlier, before ], after which they pledged not to interfere in the lives of other species.


==Overview== ===Goa'uld Arc===
] in ], United States is home to Earth's fictional Stargate Command in the ''Stargate'' universe.]]
=== Plot ===
{{Main|Goa'uld}}
''Stargate SG-1'' follows and expands upon the ] mythologies presented in ]. In the Stargate universe, the human race, known as the ], were decendants of the ], a race of highly evolved beings. ] was believed to be the first planet where humans existed. Humans were enslaved and transported to other habitable planets by the ] such as ] and ]. For millennia, the Goa'uld harvested humanity, heavily influencing and spreading human cultures. As a result, Earth cultures such as those of the ]s, ], ]s, the ], ]s, ]s and ]s are found throughout the known habitable planets of the galaxy. Many well-known mythical locations such as ], ] and ] are found, or have at one time existed.
The pilot episode ("]"), set one year after the events of the original feature film, introduces the Goa'uld ] ] (]) as the main antagonist when he attacks Earth's mothballed SGC military base through the Stargate and kidnaps an airman. The SGC is brought back into action when the Stargate is revealed to be part of an interplanetary network connecting countless planets. SG teams are created to help defend Earth against the Goa'uld, who have interstellar pyramid warships and vast armies of ] (hereditary slaves and human incubators to the Goa'uld) at their disposal. Earth's flagship team SG-1, which includes Apophis's defected First Prime (lead Jaffa soldier) ], initiates several alliances with other cultures in the galaxy, such as the Goa'uld-like but truly symbiotic ], the advanced human ], the pacifist ], the benevolent ]-alien ] and remnants of the powerful Ancients. Another alien threat arises in the ] finale ("]") in the form of sentient machines called ]. Meanwhile, rogue agents of a shadowy intelligence agency on Earth, the ], repeatedly attempt to take control of the Stargate and other alien technology. Despite Apophis's death in the beginning of ], the ] remains a major foe in ''Stargate SG-1'' until the end of ]. The only influential Goa'uld in the last two seasons of ''Stargate SG-1'' is the System Lord ] (]), who is defeated in the direct-to-DVD film '']''.


===Anubis Arc===
Presently, the Earth Stargate (found at a dig site near Giza in 1928) is housed in a ] ] ] known as the ] (Stargate Command) underneath ]. ] (]), ] (]), ] (]) and ] (]) compose the original SG-1 team. Along with 24 other SG teams, they venture to distant planets exploring the galaxy and searching for defenses from the ], in the forms of technology and alliances with friendly advanced races. Later in the series, some members of SG-1 leave and new members join, such as ] (]), ] (]) and ] (])
{{Main|Anubis (Stargate)}}
After Apophis's defeat in the ] premiere ("]"), the half-Ascended Goa'uld System Lord ] (]) assumes the role of the primary antagonist of the show. This new villain possesses much of the knowledge of the Ancients and their technology. While Earth builds its first interstellar spaceship (the '']'') in seasons ] and ], Anubis creates an army of almost invincible ]s and wipes out or subordinates most of his adversaries amongst the System Lords. In the Season 7 finale ("]"), SG-1 discovers a powerful weapon in an Ancient outpost in Antarctica that annihilates Anubis's entire fleet and also sets the stage for the spin-off series '']''. Ba'al subsumes much of Anubis's power in ], while Anubis, who survived the destruction of his fleet in a disembodied form, quietly begins to re-assert his influence. Human-form Replicators begin to conquer the System Lords, but SG-1 finds and adjusts an Ancient weapon to destroy all Replicators throughout the galaxy. Near the end of Season 8 ("]"), it is revealed that the benevolent Ascended being ] (]) is responsible for Anubis's original ascension. When she engages Anubis in an eternal stalemated battle on the Ascended plane to prevent his acting on the mortal plane, the Replicators and most System Lords have already been annihilated and the Jaffa win their freedom from Goa'uld rule.


===Ori Arc===
The parasitic ] use advanced technology to cast themselves as ] and are bent on galactic conquest and eternal worship. Throughout the first eight seasons, the ] are the primary antagonists. They are a race of highly intelligent, ruthless snake-like alien parasites capable of invading and controlling the bodies of other species, including humans. The original arch-enemy from this race is the ] ] (]). Other System Lords, such as ] and ], play pivotal roles in the later seasons. In the fifth season, the ] are also introduced. The Replicators are mechanical bugs that feed on metals to "replicate" and create more bugs. Enemy of the ], they are the main reason why the Asgard cannot eliminate the Goa'uld threat. In the ninth season a new villain emerges, ]. The Ori are advanced beings with unfathomable technology from another galaxy, also bent on galactic conquest and eternal worship. The introduction of the ] accompanies a departure from the primary focus on ] mythology into an exploration of the ] mythology surrounding the Ori, their followers, and their enemies — the ]. Both Ancients and Ori are ], meaning that after they have died they have 'ascended' to a higher plane of existance, giving them extrordinary powers.
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The original SG-1 team disbands after the events of Season 8, but slowly reunites under new team leader ] after the SGC inadvertently draws the attention of the Ori to the existence of sentient life in the Milky Way; the Ori are revealed to be a faction of ascended Ancients residing in another galaxy that are diametrically opposed to the Ancients' belief in strict noninterference in the lower planes of existence, sapping the energy from untold billions of "lower beings" (non-ascended sentient beings) by means of their worship in a religion called Origin. While the Ori send enhanced human beings named ] to the Milky Way to convert the galaxy to Origin, Ba'al and some minor Goa'uld infiltrate Earth through ''The Trust'' (a coalition of rogue NID operatives) to rebuild their power. At the end of ] ("Camelot (Part 1)"), the Ori begin an evangelistic crusade with their warships and effortlessly wipe out the combined fleet of Earth and its allies. The leader of the Ori, ] (]), is introduced in the premiere of ] ("Flesh and Blood (Part 2)"). SG-1 searches for the Sangraal, an Ancient weapon that might defeat the Ori, while Ba'al and his clones attempt to find the weapon for their own purposes. With the help of the powerful Ancient ] (]), SG-1 finds the construction plans of the Sangraal and sends a working version to the Ori galaxy. Shortly thereafter, Adria ascends. The direct-to-DVD film '']'' ends the Ori Arc.


==Main cast and characters==
=== Production history ===
{{Main|List of Stargate SG-1 characters}}
Developed for television by ] and ], ''Stargate SG-1'' was produced by ] and filmed at ] in ]. The first episode was broadcast on ], ] on ] in the US and ], ] on the ] in Australia. Showtime produced and aired the show's first five seasons. Beginning with season six, it was produced and aired by the ]. ''Stargate SG-1'' became the longest-running North American science fiction series on television, surpassing the nine seasons and 202 episodes of the '']''. It is also listed in the 2007 ] as the "longest-running science fiction show (consecutive)"; <ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5390372.stm|title= Dr Who 'longest-running sci-fi'|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2006-09-29}}</ref> '']'' fans dispute this claim, as 695 episodes of the British show were produced and shown consecutively between 1963 and 1989.<ref name="record">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/09/23/36558.shtml |title=Record breaker?|work=BBC News|accessdate=2006-09-28}}</ref> A ] series, '']'', began airing in 2004. The two shows ran in tandem for three years, with plots occasionally interconnected and simultaneous story timelines.
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* ] as ] (Seasons 1–8 main, Seasons 9–10 guest)&nbsp;– A ] colonel and an ] veteran who led the original mission through the Stargate in '']'' (where he was played by ]). He is coaxed out of retirement in the pilot episode and serves as the leader of the SG-1 team in the first seven seasons. He takes charge of Stargate Command (SGC) after his promotion to brigadier general at the beginning of Season 8. The series repeatedly alludes to romantic feelings between O'Neill and his second-in-command, Carter, but the relationship is never shown as consummated outside alternate reality scenarios. O'Neill is reassigned to Washington, D.C. before Season 9 and receives a promotion to major general. He appears in a recurring role in Seasons 9 and 10 of ''Stargate SG-1'', as well as in ''Stargate: Continuum'' and in Seasons 1 and 3 of '']''. O'Neill appears as a lieutenant general in multiple episodes of '']'' where he is in command of the Department of Homeworld Security.
On ], ], the Sci Fi Channel announced that it would not be renewing the show for an eleventh season; however, executive producer ] stated that ''Stargate SG-1''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s story will continue in a yet-to-be-announced form.<ref name="coopersg1">{{cite web |author=Darren Sumner |authorlink=GateWorld |publisher=GateWorld |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/cooper_isg-1i_will_go_on.shtml |title=Cooper: SG-1 will go on|date=]| accessdate=2006-08-21}}</ref> ] announced that they are very keen to carry on the ''Stargate SG-1'' story, and that they "intend to vigorously find a way to extend the franchise". Two ''Stargate'' films are currently planned, a continuation of the ''Stargate SG-1'' story lines ''(see ])''. The last day of shooting for season ten was on ], ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gateworld.net/blogs/bartok/2006/10/last-day-of-shooting-wow.shtml|title= Last day of shooting wow| publisher=Ivon Bartok| work=GateWorld| accessdate=2006-10-05}}</ref> The final episode "]" was first broadcast by ] in the UK on ], ], and was later aired by the Sci Fi Channel in the United States on ], ].
* ] as ] (Seasons 1–5 and 7–10 main, Season 6 recurring)&nbsp;– A brilliant ] whose far-fetched theories about Egyptian pyramids having been built by aliens led to his participation in the original Stargate mission in the feature film (where he was played by ]). He joins the SG-1 team to facilitate his search for his wife, who was kidnapped by Apophis in the pilot episode, but his naïveté and curiosity regularly create obstacles for the team.<ref name=tvzones64_40/> He gradually evolves from being an archaeologist and translator, into the moral conscience for the team,<ref name=dvdlegacy/> and remains part of SG-1 until he ] at the end of Season 5. Following his forced de-ascension at the beginning of Season 7, he rejoins SG-1 for the remainder of the series. The last three seasons show, he has a flirty, yet antagonistic relationship with Vala Mal Doran.<ref name=tvzones64_40>{{Cite journal|last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Michael Shanks – Curious Mind |journal=] |issue=Special 64 |pages=40–42 |date=July 2005}}</ref> Daniel also appears in both direct-to-DVD films, in Seasons 1 and 5 of ''Stargate Atlantis'' and in three ''Stargate Universe'' episodes.
* ] as ] (Seasons 1–10 main)&nbsp;– A brilliant young astrophysicist<ref name=booker_181/> and initially a United States Air Force captain, who joins SG-1 under the command of Colonel O'Neill in the pilot episode. Following her promotion to major in Season 3, she is promoted to lieutenant colonel early in Season 8 and assumes command of SG-1. Carter assists Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell in Seasons 9 and 10. After her appearance in ''Stargate: The Ark of Truth'', she is promoted to full colonel and becomes the new commander of the Atlantis expedition in Season 4 of ''Stargate Atlantis'', before joining SG-1 again for ''Stargate: Continuum''. Carter appears in a recurring role in all seasons of ''Stargate Atlantis'' (and as a regular in Season 4) and in the first episode of ''Stargate Universe'' as commander of the starship ''George Hammond''.
* ] as ] (Seasons 1–10 main)&nbsp;– A quiet and strong ] alien who defects from his position as the First Prime of the ] ]. He joins SG-1 after the first episode, in hopes of leading his race to freedom. Despite achieving this goal at the end of Season 8, he remains a member of SG-1 until the end of the series. He also appears in both direct-to-DVD films and in Season 4 of ''Stargate Atlantis'' as a mentor for ] during an interview for the IOA.
* ] as ] (Seasons 1–7 main, Seasons 8–10 recurring)&nbsp;– A United States Air Force major general (later lieutenant general) who commands Stargate Command in the first seven seasons. Besides recurring in Seasons 8 through 10 of ''Stargate SG-1'', he appears in Season 1 of ''Stargate Atlantis''. Davis died from a heart attack in June 2008, making his appearance in ''Stargate: Continuum'' his last.<ref name=gw_death>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=David|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/06/don-s-davis-1942-2008/|title=Don S. Davis: 1942–2008|publisher=]|date=June 30, 2008|access-date=November 20, 2008|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201133315/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/06/don-s-davis-1942-2008/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ] as ] (Season 6 main, Season 5 guest and 7 recurring)&nbsp;– A humanoid alien and scientist from the country of Kelowna on the planet Langara. Daniel sacrifices his life (leading to his ascension) at the end of Season 5 in an attempt to save Kelowna, but the following gleeful reaction of the Kelownan leaders causes Jonas to turn his back on Langara. Jonas is a fast learner and fills Daniel's empty spot on SG-1 in Season 6. Following Daniel's return, Jonas returns to his planet and remains a recurring character in Season 7.
* ] as ] (Seasons 9–10 main)&nbsp;– A United States Air Force lieutenant colonel who is assigned as the new commanding officer of SG-1 at the beginning of Season 9. He struggles to reunite its former members under his command and commands SG-1 (with Lieutenant Colonel Carter's assistance) until the end of Season 10. He is promoted to full colonel between his appearances in ''Stargate: The Ark of Truth'' and ''Stargate: Continuum''.
* ] as ] (Seasons 9–10 main)&nbsp;– A United States Air Force major general and the commander of Stargate Command in Seasons 9 and 10. He is the estranged father of the SGC's medical officer ] and appears in both direct-to-DVD films and in Seasons 2 and 3 of ''Stargate Atlantis''. In Season 10, Episode 13 Hank Landry was President Of The United States, as well as Major General Hank Landry.
* ] as ] (Season 10 main, Season 8 guest and 9 recurring)&nbsp;– A con artist from an unnamed planet and a former human host to the Goa'uld ]. Her first appearance in Season 8's "]" is the beginning of her flirty yet antagonistic relationship with Daniel.<ref name=tvzones64_40/> In her recurring role in Season 9, she and Daniel unintentionally set off the new ] threat. She is unwillingly impregnated by the Ori, gives birth to Adria and watches helplessly as Adria grows to adulthood in a few days time. She joins SG-1 after giving birth to the new leader of the Ori at the beginning of Season 10 and appears in both direct-to-DVD films.


==Production==
In December, 2006, there were suggestions that a third Stargate series was being developed by the team behind ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/12/exclusive_third_istargatei_serie.shtml|title= Exclusive: Third Stargate series in development| publisher=Darren Sumner| work=GateWorld| accessdate=2006-12-17}}</ref> The ] of this series is ''Stargate Universe''.
{{See also|List of Stargate SG-1 episodes}}


=== End of the series === ===Conception===
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On ], ], the ] confirmed that ''Stargate SG-1'' was ] for an 11th season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=37607|title=SG-1 Ends Run; Atlantis Back| publisher=GateWorld| date=]| accessdate=2006-08-27}}</ref> However, Executive producer ] told ] that they are hard at work looking for a new outlet for the story to continue.
] and ] had worked together on the ] television series '']'' since 1995. Upon hearing of MGM's plan to create a television spin-off series of the feature film '']'', Wright and Glassner independently and unbeknownst to each other approached MGM and proposed their concept for the television series. MGM president John Symes greenlit the project on the condition that Wright and Glassner work together as executive producers of the new show.<ref name=dvdlegacy>{{cite video |people=]; ]; Greenburg, Michael; ]; ] |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Timeline To The Future – Part 1: Legacy Of The Gate | medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> The show was named ''Stargate SG-1'' after Wright flightily agreed to Symes's pitch question of whether the team should be called "SG-1". MGM released posters titled ''Stargate SG-1'' within the next week without the knowledge of Wright or Glassner.<ref name=dvdprofilewright>{{cite video |people=] |date=2006 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 9 – Profile On: Brad Wright | medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref>


John Symes approached Michael Greenburg and ], former star of the long-running '']''.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> Anderson agreed to become involved if his character ] were allowed more comedic leeway than ]'s character in the feature film. He also requested that ''Stargate SG-1'' be an ensemble show, so that he would not be carrying most of the plot alone as he had on ''MacGyver''.<ref name=tvzones46_4>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Richard Dean Anderson – Mr Anderson – Colonel O'Neill |journal=] |issue=Special 46 |pages=4–9 |date=July 2002}}</ref> The American subscription channel ] made a two-season commitment for 44 episodes in 1996.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> Principal photography began in Vancouver in February 1997.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/>
{{cquote|As far as the future, I can't comment yet because nothing has been confirmed", Cooper said. "What we want to emphasize is that the franchise is not dying. ''SG-1'' will go on in some way. We're just not ready to announce how." Cooper also emphasizes that, though emotions are running high among Stargate fans who have just learned the news, it is important to keep the show's ratings strong throughout the remainder of its run on Sci Fi. "What's most important is that fans don't take out their frustration with SciFi by not watching", he said. "In fact, what they need to do is watch both ''SG-1'' and ''Atlantis LIVE'' and make sure the ratings stay strong. That helps prove to other outlets that might be interested in ''SG-1'' that the show is still as strong as we think it is".<ref name="coopersg1" />}}


===Casting and cast changes===
Mark Stern, executive VP of original programming for the Sci Fi Channel stated that the decision "was not a ratings-based decision", adding that the production staff has been given enough time to tie up all the loose ends and to create a good ending for the show. Stern has also said that SciFi plans to use some ''SG-1'' members on the still-continuing spin-off '']''.<ref>{{cite web |author=John Dempsey, Ben Fritz|authorlink=|work=Variety News|publisher=Reed Business Information|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117948764?categoryid=14&cs=1|title=Sci Fi's 'Stargate' swinging closed|date=]|accessdate=2006-08-27}}</ref> MGM, the rights holder, has expressed a desire to continue ''SG-1'' through another outlet, suggesting that another network may pick up the series. This means that the series has not actually finished, but is simply on hold. MGM announced that they wish to continue the SG-1 series, either as a movie, mini-series, or an eleventh season on some other network, suggesting that ] and Showtime have presented interest in such an option. However, the Sci Fi Channel is attempting to block the action, citing their contract with MGM.<ref>{{cite web|author=Darren Sumner|authorlink=GateWorld|publisher=GateWorld|url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/mgm_considers_isg-1is_future.shtml|title= MGM considers SG-1's future|date=]|accessdate=2006-08-27}}</ref>
After Anderson accepted the part, Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner reviewed several thousand taped auditions and invited approximately 25 promising actors to screen tests in Los Angeles.<ref name=dvdproducingstargate>{{cite video |people=] and ] |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Producing Stargate | medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge are said to have gravitated towards each other during the casting process before they knew that they would ultimately be cast.<ref name=dvdprofiledaniel>{{cite video |people=] |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Profile On Daniel Jackson | medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> The producers found Judge the easiest to cast due to his muscular presence.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> Shanks was cast because he did "the perfect imitation of James Spader", according to Wright.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> The producers knew Don S. Davis from his work as a stand-in and stunt-double for ] in ''MacGyver'' and approached him to read for the role of George Hammond.<ref name=dvdprofilehammond>{{cite video |people=] |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Profile On General Hammond | medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref><ref name=gw_intimate1>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-1/|title=Intimate Portrait – GateWorld talks with Don S. Davis (Part 1)|publisher=]|date=September 2006|access-date=December 29, 2008|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126101323/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-1/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On Tuesday, ], ], ] released news that ] had reported that there will not be an eleventh season, but rather that there will be a series of SG-1 TV movies; the report cites an unnamed cast member.<ref>, by Darren Sumner, GateWorld, ]]</ref>


Showtime's announcement that it would not renew ''Stargate SG-1'' after Season 5 coincided with Michael Shanks's decision to leave the show over concerns of being underutilized.<ref name=storm_61>Storm 2005, pp. 61–63.</ref> The ] picked up the show<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-05/20/14.00.sfc |title=Wright: Stargate SG-1 Fits SCI FI |publisher=Sci Fi Wire, (]) |date=May 30, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020606114305/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-05%2F20%2F14.00.sfc |archive-date=June 6, 2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and substituted a new character, played by ]. Casting agents had met Nemec in the courtyard of MGM's ] offices by chance and had offered him the role of Jonas Quinn.<ref name=tvzones46_22>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Corin Nemec – Jonas Quinn |journal=] |issue=Special 46 |pages=22–26|date=July 2002}}</ref> Addressing rumors that it had forced Shanks's departure, Sci Fi said in February 2002 that the network had "absolutely never requested that any cast changes be made... and although we regret the loss of Michael Shanks, we think that Corin Nemec will be a great new presence in the cast."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-02/11/10.00.sfc |title=SCI FI Clarifies SG-1 Casting |publisher=Sci Fi Wire, (]) |date=February 11, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020413072034/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-02%2F11%2F10.00.sfc |archive-date=April 13, 2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nemec's early appearances, beginning with the penultimate episode of Season 5 "]", failed to win over some of the show's fans.<ref name=storm_61/> Nemec was willing to continue playing the character after Season 6 or in a feature film or a spin-off series.<ref name=tvzones46_22 /> However, the producers reached an agreement with Shanks to return full-time in Season 7, leaving Nemec with a recurring role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2002-11/15/13.00.sfc |title=Stargate Cast Returning |publisher=Sci Fi Wire, (]) |date=November 15, 2002 |access-date=November 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325043143/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2002-11%2F15%2F13.00.sfc |archive-date=March 25, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Don S. Davis left ''Stargate SG-1'' after Season 7 for health reasons,<ref>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-2/|title=Intimate Portrait – GateWorld talks with Don S. Davis (Part 2)|publisher=]|date=September 2006|access-date=December 29, 2008|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101020834/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/09/intimate-portrait-part-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> but appeared in a recurring capacity until his death on June 29, 2008.
On ]], production sources informed GateWorld that a new spin-off series is in the idea stage, and is being actively worked on by the same creative minds behind ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis''. There have not been any plot lines released as of this time. Considering previous releases of ''SG-1'' and ''Atlantis'', the release date should not be expected until at least 2008.<ref name="Ark">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7717|title=Stargate SG-1 - Yes, There's More! Today S10 Release Has An Insert for ''Ark of Truth''|work=TVShowsOnDVD|accessdate=2007-07-24}}</ref>


Due to prior engagements, ] of '']'' fame could not accept the offers to guest-star on ''Stargate SG-1'' until the Season 8 episode "]".<ref name=sg_mag_april07>{{Cite journal |title=Vala Unveiled |journal=Official Stargate Magazine |pages=20–21 |date=April 2006}}</ref> The producers liked the on-screen chemistry between Black's Vala Mal Doran and Shanks's Daniel so much that they re-introduced her in a six-episode story Arc to cover for the maternity leave of Amanda Tapping at the beginning of Season 9.<ref name="Rudolph 41">{{Cite journal |last=Rudolph |first=Illeane |title=Black Is Back |journal=] |issue=February 27 – March 5, 2006 |pages=41 |date=February 27, 2006}}</ref> At the same time, Richard Dean Anderson left the show to spend more time with his daughter (his schedule had been reduced incrementally since Season 6).<ref>Gibson 2003, p. 66, p. 117.</ref> The role of the leading man was filled with ] (also of ''Farscape'' fame), who had met with the ''Stargate'' producers as soon as the introduction of new main characters for Season 9 was discussed.<ref name=tvzones64_12>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Ben Browder – Work in progress |journal=] |issue=Special 64 |pages=12–16 |date=July 2005}}</ref> The producers had met him during sci-fi conventions and had previously discussed casting him in other ''Stargate'' roles.<ref name=making_901>{{cite web|last=Mallozzi|first=Joseph|author-link=Joseph Mallozzi|url=https://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s9/avalon-part-1/in-the-making/|title=In the Making – Avalon Part 1|publisher=]|date=July 2005|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022162639/https://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s9/avalon-part-1/in-the-making/|url-status=live}}</ref> The producers approached ]-winning actor ] directly to play the role of Hank Landry.<ref name=tvzones64_50>{{Cite journal|last=Eramo|first=Steven|title=Beau Bridges – Helping Bridge the Gap|journal=]|issue=Special 64|pages=50–52|date=July 2005}}</ref> Claudia Black's guest appearances were so popular with the cast, crew and audience<ref name="Rudolph 41"/><ref name=gw_i_claudia>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/07/i-claudia/|title=I, Claudia – An Interview With Claudia Black|publisher=]|date=July 5, 2006|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205003316/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/07/i-claudia/|url-status=live}}</ref> that the actress returned for the last two Season 9 episodes (with her pregnancy worked into the plot) and she joined the cast full-time in Season 10.
On ], ], verified reports from GateWorld confirmed the production of two movies, with filming expected to begin in late April of ]. The regular cast of ''Stargate'' will be part of the cast. Executive producer Robert C. Cooper will both write and direct the first film, to be named '']''. The first movie "has to do with wrapping up the Ori storyline, which is the storyline that has taken prominence for the last two years of the show," said cast member Michael Shanks. The second movie, called '']'', starts shooting ], ]. Executive producer Brad Wright will write the second film, with Martin Wood directing. That story is a ] story taking SG-1 to the past. "It has something to do with our main villain Ba'al (]) doing something in the past," Shanks said. "He basically finds a way to lift the Stargate from Earth so the Stargate Program never happens, and I imagine the characters will have to go through some process to reset the clock and fix everything".


===Crew===
On ], ], GateWorld reported that with MGM beginning production of the first ] movie, MGM and the show's ]-based producers are no longer pursuing an eleventh season. Both of the expected direct-to-DVD films are most likely going to be released early 2008, and the possibility of future films remains high.<ref name="Ark">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7717|title=Stargate SG-1 - Yes, There's More! Today S10 Release Has An Insert for ''Ark of Truth''|work=TVShowsOnDVD|accessdate=2007-07-24}}</ref>
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Most of the producers, crew members and guest actors involved in ''Stargate SG-1'' were Canadian.<ref name=vs_success/> Creators Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner were executive producers and show runners of ''Stargate SG-1'' in the first three seasons,<!--based on the closing credits--> having the final say (besides MGM and the network) on stories, designs, effects, casting, editing and episode budgets.<ref name=gw_brad/> After Glassner's departure, Wright ran ''Stargate SG-1'' alone for three seasons.<!--based on the closing credits--> Executive producer ] took over as show-runner in Season 7 when Brad Wright took time off to develop the ] series '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2004/08/willsg-1gatetoseasonnine.shtml |title=Will SG-1 gate to Season Nine? |publisher=] |date=August 8, 2004 |access-date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519065345/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2004/08/willsg-1gatetoseasonnine.shtml |archive-date=May 19, 2009 }}</ref> Cooper and Wright remained show-runners of their respective shows until the end of ''SG-1''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/02/new-seasons-begin-filming-in-vancouver/|title=New seasons begin filming in Vancouver|publisher=]|date=February 28, 2005|access-date=March 25, 2009|archive-date=January 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130180006/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/02/new-seasons-begin-filming-in-vancouver/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also serving as executive and co-executive producers were Michael Greenburg and Richard Dean Anderson (Seasons 1–8), N. John Smith (Seasons 4–10) and the writer team ] and ] (Seasons 7–10).


Although ''Stargate SG-1'' employed freelance writers, most of the 214 ''Stargate SG-1'' episodes were written by Brad Wright (Seasons 1–10), Jonathan Glassner (Seasons 1–3), ] (Seasons 1–6), Robert C. Cooper (Seasons 1–10), ] (Seasons 4–8), Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie (Seasons 4–10), ] (Seasons 6–10) and Alan McCullough (Seasons 9–10). ] and Peter DeLuise directed the most episodes, with 46 episodes (Seasons 1–10) and 57 episodes (Seasons 2–10), respectively. Wood and DeLuise regularly made cameo appearances in their episodes and notably played the ] directors in the cameo-heavy milestone episodes "]" and "]". ] had been an assistant director since the pilot episode and directed 29 episodes from Season 3–10. ''SG-1'' director of photography ] and camera operator ] directed 13 episodes each. Most staff writers and staff directors held producer positions. Several cast members also contributed story ideas and directed ''SG-1'' episodes.


===Filming===
The first episode of Season 10 was aired in ] on ] on ], ].
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The second half of Season 10 began airing on ] in the ] and ] on ], ] and concluded with the series finale, ], on ], ]. The second half of the season began airing in the United States on ], ] and ended on ], ].
''Stargate SG-1'' was filmed in and around ], ], mainly at ] and NORCO Studios,<ref name=dvdsecrets/><ref name=gw_bridge>{{cite web |author1=Sumner, Darren |author2=Read, David |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/02/stargate-universe-begins-principal-photography/ |title=''Stargate Universe'' begins principal photography |publisher=] |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=February 18, 2009 |archive-date=February 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220150649/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/02/stargate-universe-begins-principal-photography/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which offered ''Stargate SG-1'' tax breaks throughout its run.<ref name=vs_success/> The cost of an ''SG-1'' episode increased from US$1.3 million<ref name=v_levitates>{{cite magazine |last=Dempsey |first=John |url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/stargate-levitates-1117871914/ |title='Stargate' levitates |magazine=] |date=August 26, 2002 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> in the first seasons to an estimated US$2 million per episode in Season 10, partly due to unfavorable exchange rates.<ref name=vs_success/><ref name=mcn_200/> Many Vancouver area landmarks were incorporated into the episodes, such as the campus of ], which became the setting of the capital of the ], an alien civilization.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Heckman, Candace |author2=Chansanchai, Athima |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/251525_hollywoodnorthact3.html |title=Vancouver: A sci-fi film and TV fan's paradise |newspaper=] |date=December 12, 2005 |access-date=March 21, 2009 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612135135/https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Vancouver-A-sci-fi-film-and-TV-fan-s-paradise-1189540.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Production faced many weather problems because of the moderate oceanic ], although rain could be eliminated from film. The Season 3 episode "]" was the first episode to be filmed on a virtual set.<ref name=dvdsecrets/>


The main setting of ''Stargate SG-1'', the fictional ] (SGC) at the (real) ] near ], was filmed at stage 5 of The Bridge Studios.<ref name=gw_bridge/> Martin Wood filmed half a dozen stock shots of the real Cheyenne Mountain complex for use in the series approximately ten days before the premiere of the pilot episode. Although these shots wore out over the years, the producers did not film new shots until the beginning of Season 9, thinking that ''Stargate SG-1'' would be cancelled after each current year.<ref name=ac_904>{{cite video |people=], ] |date=2006 |title=Audio Commentary for "]" |medium= DVD |publisher=]}}</ref><ref name=ac_701>{{cite video |people=] |date=2004 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 7 – Audio Commentary for "]" |medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> By then, visitor questions and fan theories about the existence of a Stargate at the real Cheyenne Mountain complex had become so common that Cheyenne Mountain had installed a seemingly high-security door labeled "Stargate Command" for one of their storage rooms holding brooms and detergent.<ref name=comiccon>{{cite video |people=]; ] |date=2008 |title=Stargate: The Ark of Truth – Stargate at Comic-Con | medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref>
== Cast ==
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The first seven seasons had 22 episodes each, which was reduced to 20 episodes for the last three seasons. Episodes of the first seasons were filmed over a period of 7.5 working days, which decreased to a targeted average of six working days in the last seasons.<ref name=ac_803/> All episodes were filmed in ] wide-screen, although ''Stargate SG-1'' was broadcast in ] aspect ratio in its first years.<ref name=gw_rainmaker>{{cite video|people=Woloshyn, Bruce|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/02/a-day-at-rainmaker/|title="A Day At Rainmaker – An Interview With Bruce Woloshyn|date=February 14, 2005|access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref> The transition to the broadcast of episodes in the wider 16:9 ratio gave directors more freedom in frame composition.<ref name=ac_1019>{{cite video |people=] and McCullough, Alan |date=2007 |title=Stargate SG-1 Season 10 – Audio Commentary for "]" |time=7&nbsp;min |medium= DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> The first three seasons of ''Stargate SG-1'' were filmed on ], notwithstanding scenes involving visual effects that had always been shot on ] for various technical reasons. After a test run with the Season 3 finale, "]", ''Stargate SG-1'' switched to 35&nbsp;mm film for all purposes at the beginning of Season 4.<ref name=ac_401_jt>{{cite video |people=Tichenor, James |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 4 – Audio Commentary for "]" |medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> Digital HD cameras were used for filming beginning with Season 8.<ref name=ac_803>{{cite video |people=] and Menard, Jim |date=2005 |title=Stargate SG-1 Season 8 – Audio Commentary for "]" |time=1 and 8&nbsp;min |medium= DVD |publisher=]}}</ref>
== Story arcs ==
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===The Goa'uld===
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When ] attacks Earth at the beginning of the series (which is set one year after the events of the ]), the ] military base is brought back into action. The ] are created—spearheaded by ]—to help defend Earth from the new threat. It is quickly revealed that Apophis is but one of many ] ]s who battle for power in the galaxy. The Stargate itself is also revealed to connect not only Earth and ], but is one of many gates forming an enormous network connecting countless planets. The ] are parasitic beings that take control of other races, usually humans, and use them as unwilling hosts. The ] possess interstellar pyramid-shaped warships and vast armies of foot soldiers. The bulk of these forces are modified humans known as ].


===Production design===
In the first episode the lives of the SG-1 team are saved by a Jaffa, ], the First Prime of ], who defects hoping the ] (Earth humans) can defeat the Goa'uld, freeing the Jaffa. Earth becomes exposed as a threat to Goa'uld power and comes under attack.
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The art department generated all of the concepts and drawing for the prop department, the set decoration department, the construction department, the paint department and the model shop. They also collaborated with the visual effects department.<ref name=dvdsecrets>{{cite video |people=Hudolin, Richard; Greenburg, Michael; Smith, N. John |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Timeline To The Future – Part 2: Secrets Of The Gate | medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> ''Stargate SG-1'' employed about 200 Canadian union workers, although that number could exceed 300 when new sets were built.<ref name=vs_success/> Lead production designer Richard Hudolin joined the project in October 1996. Bridget McGuire, ''SG-1''{{'}}s art director since the pilot episode, took over as lead production designer in Season 6.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/><ref>Gibson 2003, p. 130.</ref>
SG-1 and the SGC forge several alliances with other races in the galaxy, among them the ]. The Tok'ra are the same species as the ], but opposed to the ]s. They blend with their hosts voluntarily to ''share'' their bodies. Other races depicted include the ], as well as other advanced human civilizations. They also encounter races that have been surviving in the galaxy for millennia, such as the ], the ], and the remnants of an extinct race that comes to be known as the ]. It is later discovered that the Ancients had been the most advanced race in history, and were the builders of the Stargates. It also revealed that Earth was the homeworld of the Ancients.


Hudolin flew to Los Angeles in 1996 to gather material from the feature film as reference and found the original Stargate ] stored outside in the Californian desert. Although the prop had severely deteriorated, he was able to take a detailed mold for ''Stargate SG-1'' production to build its own prop. The new Stargate was engineered to turn, to lock the chevrons and to be computer-controlled to dial specific gate addresses. A portable Stargate prop was built for on-location shoots and required six workers and one full day to set up.<ref name=dvdlegacy/><ref name=dvdproductiondesign/> Since visual effects are sometimes faster and cheaper,<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/> a computer-generated Stargate was occasionally used in on-location shoots in later seasons.<ref name=ac_403/>
There is a constant attempt by forces on Earth to take control of the Stargate. In particular, rogue ] agents, which eventually become the elite syndicate known as ], constantly try to steal the Stargate or use alien technology for its own ends. The political powers on Earth are often at odds over the Stargate, once the program is revealed to ambassadors from the major powers of Earth.


The SGC set had to be twice as high for shooting as the {{convert|22|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} Stargate prop,<ref name=dvdproducingstargate/> but one of Hudolin's original plans of a three-level set was rejected in favor of a two-level set.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/> The gateroom was the biggest room on set and could be redesigned for other scenes.<ref name=ac_403>{{cite video |people=] and Tichenor, James |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 4 – Audio Commentary for "]" |medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> Two multi-purpose rooms were frequently redecorated into the infirmary, Daniel's lab, the cafeteria or the gym.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/><ref name=ac_601_mw>{{cite video |people=] |date=2003 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 6 – Audio Commentary for "]" |medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> The SGC set and all other sets from the pilot episode were constructed within six weeks in January and February 1997, incorporating some original set pieces from the feature film.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign>{{cite video |people=Hudolin, Richard |date=2001 |title= Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Production Design: Richard Hudolin | medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> The SGC set would be largely dismantled in late 2008 to make room for the Icarus Base set of '']''.<ref name=jm_090120>{{cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Mallozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/january-20-2009-the-return-of-norman-shuttlecock-junior/ |title=January 20, 2009: The Return of Norman Shuttlecock Junior |date=January 20, 2009 |access-date=January 21, 2009 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718101601/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/january-20-2009-the-return-of-norman-shuttlecock-junior/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In season three, another threat arises—a race of non-sentient machines called ]s. These Replicators have rarely posed a direct threat to the Milky Way galaxy, but are revealed as being on the verge of wiping out the Asgard.


===Make-up and costumes===
Season four premieres focusing on the war against the Replicators. The show begins to move away from its Goa'uld-orientated roots, instead focusing on stand-alone episodes and exploring alternative concepts for episodes. Throughout the season, SG-1 encounters everything from genocidal civilizations, to advanced strength-enhancing gauntlets, to a newly recurring species, the ]. The season ends with a major battle against the Goa'uld System Lord ].
Most of the main ''SG-1'' characters are US ] and wear authentic ] uniforms. During missions, the members of the SG-1 team normally wear olive green ]s.<ref>{{cite video|url=http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/sci-files/cinema/stargate/index.shtml |title=Science Fiction in the Cinema – Stargate |publisher=] |date=2006 |time=29&nbsp;min |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418013915/https://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/sci-files/cinema/stargate/index.shtml |archive-date=April 18, 2009 }}</ref> Richard Dean Anderson and Don S. Davis received a regular military-style haircut on set.<ref name=tvzones58_28>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Christopher Judge – Judge For Yourself |journal=] |issue=Special 58 |pages=28–32 |date=July 2004}}</ref><ref>Gibson 2003, p. 144.</ref> Amanda Tapping had her hair comparably short until the filming of the direct-to-DVD films. Playing a civilian, Michael Shanks adopted James Spader's hairstyle from the feature film but cut it short for the Season 2 finale and subsequent seasons.<!--Hair of AT and MS obvious--> The Jaffa alien Teal'c (Christopher Judge) was the only main character whose look required more than basic make-up. His Egyptian look was reflective of the Goa'uld Ra from the feature film and was complemented with a forehead symbol and a gold skin tone, although his make-up process was simplified over the years.<ref name=tvzones46_62>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Jan Newman – Born With It – Make-up |journal=] |issue=Special 46 |pages=62–65 |date=July 2002}}</ref> Judge shaved his head at home each day until the producers allowed him to let his hair grow in Season 8.<ref name=tvzones58_28/> As a trained nurse, key make-up artist Jan Newman could make burns, cuts, bruises and the SG-1 team's other wounds look authentic.<ref name=tvzones46_62/>


For the look of aliens, the make-up department collaborated with prosthetics companies from Vancouver and Los Angeles, including ]'s XFX (first three seasons only) & Todd Masters. While the human origins of many alien races and human civilizations were left recognizable, the recurring characters who were members of the ] race required elaborate prosthetics and make-up work.<ref name=tvzones46_62/> To convey the cultural origins of the various fictional human civilizations living on different planets after their displacement from Earth, the costume designers combined elements of their respective Earth cultures with modern fabrics, elaborate trims and chains to produce a historically rooted yet otherworldly appearance.<ref name=dvdcostumedesign>{{cite video |people=McQuarrie, Christina |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Costume Design: Christina McQuarrie | medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> The look of the Goa'uld such as Apophis was initially based on the look of Ra in the feature film.<ref name=tvzones46_62/> For the design of the Ori and the Priors in Season 9, the art department looked at Japanese and samurai garments for costume design. Art director James Robbins found the face painting, scarification and burns of remote jungle tribes mystical and these served as inspiration for the face scarification of the Priors and the Doci. Early ideas to include finger extensions and scarification on these characters' hands were discarded as impracticable.<ref name=tvzones64_24>{{cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven |title=Stargate SG-1 Season 9 preview – Nine Lives |journal=] |issue=Special 64 |pages=24–30; 44–48 56–60 |date=July 2005}}</ref>
===Anubis===
After Apophis is defeated at the beginning of season five, another Goa'uld System Lord takes his place as the main villain, ]. Anubis has much knowledge of the Ancients and their technology. The theme of ] is introduced fully, explaining that the Ancients survived extinction by Ascending to a ]. Anubis tried to do this as well, to harvest the vast knowledge and power in that plane, but was cast down, leaving him in a dangerous, half-Ascended state. Anubis gains great power by using Ancient technology and stealing Asgard technology. ] sacrifices his life to prevent disaster on another planet. With help from ], an ascended Ancient, Daniel too ascends to the higher plane of existence.


===Visual effects===
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''Stargate SG-1'' was one of the biggest employers in the Vancouver ] market,<ref name=playback/> spending $400,000 per episode.<ref>Gibson 2003, p. 8.</ref> The largest role was played by ],<ref name=playback/> whose senior digital compositing artist, ], worked approximately 10 months a year in close collaboration with ''SG-1''{{'s}} visual effects supervisor/producer James Tichenor and visual effects supervisor Michelle Comens.<ref name=gw_bruce/> Many companies were hired to create the Stargate's water-like event horizon in the beginning, but Rainmaker eventually became the only company to create those visual effects.<ref name=gw_rainmaker/> Rainmaker's regular effects shots included the activation and use of the Stargate itself (with well over 300 event horizon shots in the first few years), the transport rings and the blast shots of the staff weapons and zat guns. They created the visual effects for Goa'uld cargo ships and death gliders on a less regular basis.<ref name=gw_bruce>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2002/12/the-rain-maker/|title=The Rain Maker: An Interview With Bruce Woloshyn|publisher=]|date=December 19, 2002|access-date=November 24, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010182536/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2002/12/the-rain-maker/|url-status=live}}</ref>


Lost Boys Studios provided visual effects for ''SG-1'' from the very beginning of the series up to the end of Season 5,<ref name="LBStudios">{{cite web|url=http://www.lostboys-studios.com/tv/stargate.php |title=Lostboys Studios: Digital Effects For Film & Television |publisher=Lost Boys Studios |access-date=May 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807091630/http://www.lostboys-studios.com/tv/stargate.php |archive-date=August 7, 2009 }}</ref> and ] worked on the show from Season 2. ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' were responsible for an estimated 30% to 40% of the business of ].<ref name=playback>{{cite magazine |last=Careless |first=James |url=http://playbackonline.ca/2006/05/01/sg1post-20060501/|title= B.C. post shops create series' alien worlds |magazine=] |date=May 1, 2006 |access-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> James Tichenor considered the few episodes with big visual effects budgets the most likely works to contain visual cues that would impress award judges.<ref name=variety>{{cite magazine |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/awards/emmys-nominees-sci-fiers-impress-with-innovative-effects-1117850978/ |title=Emmys nominees: Sci-fiers impress with innovative effects |magazine=] |date=August 8, 2001 |access-date=March 14, 2008}}</ref> ''Stargate SG-1'' helped win the local post production shops industry recognition, with Season 4's "]", Season 5's "]" and Season 7's "]" receiving the most visual effects awards and nominations ''(see ])''.
In season six, ] joins the team, filling Daniel's place, as he is now engaged in cosmic affairs on a higher plane. Occasionally, Daniel appears to his friends to help them out. He only appears to them individually, often causing them to think that they are hallucinating. In the season six finale, Anubis threatens to destroy ], the planet most dear to Daniel apart from Earth, and Daniel promises to stop Anubis.


===Music===
Daniel is ultimately unable to use his Ascended powers to keep Anubis from destroying Abydos; he is stopped by the other Ascended beings, who have a rule against interference in the affairs of mortal beings. His transgression results in his return to the mortal plane of existence, where he rejoins SG-1. Soon after Daniel's return, Jonas Quinn is permitted by his world to return home, and he leaves the SGC. Throughout season seven, Anubis consolidates his power by wiping out other System Lords, while Daniel and the SGC search for the ] where powerful technology capable of defeating Anubis is believed to be located. In the season seven finale, an Ancient outpost is located in Antarctica, and O'Neill is able to use the weapons there to annihilate Anubis' entire fleet.
According to composer ], ''Stargate SG-1'' had a traditional action-adventure score, "with a sci-fi, fantasy flair" that goes "from comedy to drama to wondrous to suspense to heavy action to ethereal".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Burlingame |first=Jon |url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/markets-festivals/sci-fi-series-a-musical-odyssey-1117870437/ |title=Sci-fi series: a musical odyssey |magazine=] |date=July 29, 2002 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner had known Goldsmith since the second season of ''The Outer Limits'' before they approached him to work on the pilot episode of ''Stargate SG-1''. Goldsmith and ], the composer of the original feature film score, discussed themes for a television adaptation. The main titles of ''Stargate SG-1'' were a medley of several themes from the feature film, although Goldsmith also wrote a unique end title for ''SG-1'' to establish the show as its own entity.<ref name=joel/> MGM eventually insisted on using Arnold's score in the pilot episode instead of Goldsmith's, but Brad Wright's 2009 direct-to-DVD recut of '']'' uses Goldsmith's original score.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sumner|first1=Daren|last2=Read|first2=David|name-list-style=amp|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2008/05/breaking-the-ice-part-2/|title=Breaking The Ice – GateWorld talks with Brad Wright (Part 2)|publisher=]|date=May 23, 2008|access-date=March 24, 2009|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092605/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/05/breaking-the-ice-part-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>


For each episode's score, Goldsmith simulated a real orchestra with a synthesizer palette of an eighty-piece symphony orchestra for budgetary reasons,<ref name=joel/> although he occasionally used two or three musicians for added orchestral authenticity.<ref name=companion56_150_151/> Goldsmith's long-time assistant Neal Acree started composing additional music for ''Stargate SG-1'' in Season 8.<ref name=gw_emotion/> The amount of composed music varied between 12 and 33 minutes out of a 44-minute episode, with an average of around 22 to 26 minutes,<ref name=gw_emotion>{{cite web|last=Read|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2009/03/the-language-of-emotion/|title=The Language of Emotion – GateWorld talks with Neal Acree|publisher=]|date=March 28, 2009|access-date=March 31, 2009|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127175838/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/03/the-language-of-emotion/|url-status=live}}</ref> making the full symphonic score of ''SG-1'' more time-consuming to create than for general TV shows.<ref name=joel/> Since Goldsmith lived a thousand miles away from Vancouver, he and the producers discussed ideas over the phone<ref name=companion56_150_151>Gibson 2003, pp. 150–151.</ref> and exchanged tapes via ] for several years until the show switched to Internet file transfers.<ref name=joel2>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/11/gate-harmonics-part-2/|title=Gate Harmonics – GateWorld talks with Joel Goldsmith (Part 2)|publisher=]|date=November 30, 2006|access-date=March 24, 2009|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128081429/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/11/gate-harmonics-part-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In season eight, the System Lord ] subsumes much of Anubis's power, but Anubis is discovered still alive, due to his half-Ascended state. He eventually comes to rule secretly over Ba'al as well. Alongside this, the ]s escape and begin to conquer the System Lords. A human-form Replicator created in the image of ] ("]") becomes the most powerful force in the galaxy.


Goldsmith's reliance on Arnold's score decreased over the seasons when ''Stargate SG-1'' departed from the Goa'uld theme and introduced new characters and races. Goldsmith had a thematic approach to races and spaceships.<ref name=joel>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/11/gate-harmonics-part-1/|title=Gate Harmonics – GateWorld talks with Joel Goldsmith (Part 1)|publisher=]|date=November 23, 2006|access-date=March 24, 2009|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126051019/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/11/gate-harmonics-part-1/|url-status=live}}</ref> For example, he wanted a mechanical, repetitive musical motif for the Replicators;<ref name=joel2/> Gothic, ] and Christian themes were the inspiration for the Ori motif.<ref name=joel/> The Ancient theme was deliberately carried over to ''Stargate Atlantis''. The end of "Lost City" has a basic melody that would become part of the main title of ''Atlantis'' per a suggestion by Goldsmith's assistant.<ref name=joel2/> Non-original music was rarely used on ''SG-1'', although Goldsmith chose the aria "]" from ]'s '']'' for season 3's "]".<ref name=gw_brad>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2002/07/the-man-at-the-top/|title=Interviews – Brad Wright|publisher=]|date=July 14, 2002|access-date=March 24, 2009|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805132228/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2002/07/the-man-at-the-top/|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, ]'s song "Who am I" played in Season 7's "]" and ]'s song "]" played in the series finale "]". A television soundtrack with Goldsmith's adapted score was released in 1997,<ref name="ost1997">{{cite web |title=Stargate SG-1 Soundtrack |url=http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=1044 |publisher=SoundtrackNet |access-date=May 29, 2010 |archive-date=November 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121132730/http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=1044 |url-status=live }}</ref> followed by a best-of release in 2001.<ref name="ost2001">{{cite web |last=Goldwasser |first=Dan |title=The Best of Stargate SG-1 Soundtrack |url=http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=2844 |publisher=SoundtrackNet |access-date=May 29, 2010 |date=August 29, 2001 |archive-date=November 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121130225/http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=2844 |url-status=live }}</ref> In Season 1 Episode 7, "]", the music that played when The Nox appeared was Spinning The Silk from the album Chrysalis by 2002.
Towards the end of season eight, Anubis seeks to destroy all life in the galaxy using the ], so he can remake it as he sees fit. However, ] reaches the weapon first and adjusts it to destroy all Replicators throughout the galaxy. They achieve this end, but not before Daniel is killed by RepliCarter. He finds himself returned to the Ascended plane (again Oma has helped him). There he learns Oma assisted Anubis in his Ascension. Daniel is able to convince Oma of the danger posed by Anubis and she stops him once and for all. Daniel then returns to the mortal plane, arriving at the SGC. Ba'al is forced by the Jaffa Rebellion to flee. The System Lords have been decimated, the Replicators annihilated, and the Jaffa have won their freedom.


===The Ori=== ===Opening title sequence===
''Stargate SG-1'' has had several opening title sequences, which are generally preceded by a ]. The credits are normally sixty seconds long. Richard Dean Anderson was the only ''SG-1'' actor whose name appeared before the show's title. Michael Shanks' name was moved near the end of the opening credits with the appendage "as Daniel Jackson" after his return to the show in Season 7. Some DVD versions of early ''SG-1'' seasons have different opening credits from the television versions, as do the direct-to-DVD films. Composer Joel Goldsmith adapted ]'s ''Stargate'' feature film score for ''SG-1''{{'}}s opening title theme, which remained the same during the run of ''Stargate SG-1'' and its direct-to-DVD films.
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In season nine, ] is promoted to the rank of ] and leaves the ] to replace Retired ] as the new Commander for ], to be replaced as base commander by ] (]). ] (]) also joins the SGC as the commanding officer of SG-1. The SGC discovers that Ba'al has fled to Earth and is rebuilding his power from there, while the ] have infiltrated ].
The first opening title sequence, used in the first five seasons, shows a slow-pan camera move over ]'s mask. The ''Stargate SG-1'' producers had run out of time before the premiere of Season 1 and simply re-used the accelerated opening title sequence of the feature film.<ref name=ac_402/> ]'s mask had been created in the feature film's model shop and had originally been filmed with a ].<ref>{{cite video |people=] and ] |date=2001 |title=Audio Commentary for ] |medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> Partly because ]'s mask looked cross-eyed, Brad Wright approached the art department in the following years to produce a new opening title sequence; however, the sequence remained the same until the show's move to the Sci-Fi Channel. During the first five seasons when the show was syndicated, a separate introduction was used; this intro is still used by Sci-Fi for Seasons 1–5. This version uses action shots of the original cast.<ref name=ac_402>{{cite video |people=] and Tichenor, James |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 4 – Audio Commentary for "]" |medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref><ref name=ac_610>{{cite video |people=]; ]; Menard, Jim |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 6 – Audio Commentary for "]" |medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref>


The opening title sequence of the first two Season 6 episodes shows a turning Stargate, for which a ] was put as close as {{convert|1/8|in|mm}} to the Stargate prop.<ref name=ac_610/> The opening credits of the following episodes intercut this material with live-action shots of the characters from previous seasons and ended with the SG-1 team stepping through the Stargate. The opening credits stayed the same in the next two seasons except for minor clip and cast changes. The opening credits of Season 9 intercut shots of the Stargate with action sequences similar to the previous opening credits, although the Stargate was visibly computer-generated. The Sci Fi Channel cut the opening credits from sixty to ten seconds in their original broadcast of the first half of Season 9, but reinstated the full opening credits after strongly negative fan reactions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2005/09/sci-fi-to-reinstate-full-length-openings/|title=SCI FI to reinstate full-length openings|date=September 1, 2005|publisher=]|access-date=July 20, 2007|archive-date=January 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128162549/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/09/sci-fi-to-reinstate-full-length-openings/|url-status=live}}</ref> The writers poked fun at this move in ''SG-1''{{'}}s milestone episode "]" in Season 10, showing a five-second clip instead of the full titles.<ref name=ac1006rccbw>{{cite video |people=] and ] |date=2007 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 10 – Audio Commentary for "]" |medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> Beginning with Season 10's "]", the last clip of the opening credits shows Vala Mal Doran almost missing SG-1's trip through the Stargate.
An accidental visit to a distant galaxy by Daniel Jackson and ] draws the attention of the ] to the existence of sentient life in the Milky Way. The Ori influence the mortal plane through commanding ], mortals they evolved and enhanced with supernatural powers. The Priors spread and enforce a religion called ]. Followers of the religion are promised Ascension (a promise later learned to be false), and unknowingly augment the power of the Ori through the act of worship. They begin to make incursions into the Milky Way, with the ultimate goal of converting all sentient species and destroying the Ancients.


===Collaboration with the military===
When SG-1 learns that ], a formerly Ascended Ancient and founder of the Arthurian legends, had been secretly working on ] to incapacitate or destroy Ascended beings as a means of defense against the Ori, they travel to the planet where he is believed to have left it. There they find a village, Camelot, with a ] and discover the "weapon" is no less than the origin of the ] myth, and is long lost. The Ori attempt to establish a beachhead in the Milky Way galaxy by creating a giant Supergate through which they launch their crusade. Vala is accidentally transported to the Ori galaxy, where she finds herself pregnant with a child apparently immaculately conceived. The Ori manage to open a ] into the Milky Way and send four ]s to begin their evangelical crusade; they effortlessly wipe out the combined fleet of ], ], ], and ] ships.
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In season ten, ], the daughter of Vala, is born and ages rapidly. She is the ], leader of Ori forces in the Milky Way. SG-1 continues the search for Merlin's anti-ascended-being weapon, the ] (Holy Grail). However, they must now contend with ] and his ], who are attempting to find and use the weapon for their own purposes.
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The ], through the Air Force Office of Public Affairs, Entertainment Liaison in Los Angeles, co-operated closely with the ''Stargate SG-1'' producers. Before the beginning of the series, the Air Force granted production access to the Cheyenne Mountain complex to film stock shots. They also read every script for mistakes and provided help with plausible background stories for all characters, ribbons, uniform regulations, hair advice, plot lines and military relationships and decorum on an active military base.<ref name=dvdbeyond/> The USAF flew up several ], ] and ] fighter jets to Vancouver for various episodes and direct-to-DVD films.<ref name=comiccon/><ref name=tvzones46_66/><ref name=ac_910/> Many of the extras portraying USAF personnel were real USAF staff.<ref name="air force press release"/>
Following a visit to ], Daniel learns from ] of two planets that may harbor the weapon. The Jaffa use the ] to wipe out the crew of an Ori ship, allowing its capture. Adria survives the assault and destroys the weapon at Dakara. SG-1 travels to the planet where the Sangraal is possibly kept. There they must prove their worthiness to possess the Sangraal through a series of tests, culminating with a battle with a dragon. Upon passing the tests they are transported to Merlin's laboratory. Merlin transfers his consciousness into Daniel and he begins constructing the Sangraal. Adria interrupts and captures Daniel. Mitchell and Carter successfully transfer an entire village out-of-phase, protecting them from the Ori. Daniel becomes a Prior so he can send a ship with the Anti-Ori device through the Super-gate into the Ori galaxy. ], home world of Jonas Quinn falls to the Ori. Episode three of season ten marks the first visit of SG-1 to the Pegasus galaxy and Atlantis. ] does not make the journey. season ten also features the first joint mission between SG-1 and Atlantis. The 200th episode was aired during this season. The Ori story arc is not concluded in this season, a goal of the upcoming Stargate film, 'Stargate: The Ark Of Truth'.


Two successive ], Generals ] and ], appeared as themselves in Season 4's "]" and Season 7's "]", respectively. General Jumper's second scheduled appearance in Season 9's "]" was cancelled due to ongoing real-world conflicts in the ].<ref name=ac_910>{{cite video |people=] and ] |date=2006 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 9 – Audio Commentary for "]" |medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> The ] recognized Richard Dean Anderson at its 57th annual dinner on September 14, 2004, for his work as actor and executive producer of the show and for the show's positive depiction of the ].<ref name="air force press release">{{cite web|last=Thar |first=Doug |publisher=Air Force Link |url=http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008593 |title=Air Force to honor actor, producer |date=September 9, 2004 |access-date=March 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212202328/http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008593 |archive-date=December 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> General Jumper made Anderson an honorary brigadier general, matching his on-screen promotion to that rank.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000588556/ |title=Air Force honors SG-1 actor, producer |publisher=United States Air Force}}</ref>
== Themes ==
Episodes frequently open with SG-1 exploring a new planet for potential technology and allies. Upon discovery of civilized settlements ], the ] and ], often takes further interest in ], alien ], ], and even ] issues encountered. The philosophical and sociological differences between cultures are explored through SG-1's journeys. See: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].
Human curiosity is often depicted as a double edged sword, and major events—including the introduction of new villains—often result from this:
*After ignoring it for almost five thousand years, the ] come to realize Earth is a threat only after humanity reactivates the ] and defeat the ] ].
*The ] are a product of an ] who was created by a human-like scientist, hypothesized as perhaps being of the Ancient race, because of the human-form replicators in the Pegasus galaxy having been created by the Ancients.
*The ] become aware of the Milky Way galaxy after ] and ] activate an ] communication device that sends their consciousnesses to the Ori galaxy.
*Physical and biological threats to Earth are repeatedly brought through the gate.
See: ], ], ], ], ], and ].
{{see also|Stargate Atlantis}}
The series frequently references other television and film productions : '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. A recurring motif is the way in which human characters from Earth speak in naturalistic, everyday language, while most characters from other planets use a more eloquent, archaic variant of English. This is also present in ''Stargate Atlantis'' and is typically played for humor, especially when characters such as Teal'c attempt to use human slang terms. There are, however, exceptions to this rule such as Jonas Quinn, Vala Mal Doran, and ] (from ''Stargate Atlantis'').
The decade-old show remains popular; in 2004, '']'' suggested that its popularity may be exceeding that of the '']'' franchise. Testifying to its vigor, ''Stargate SG-1'' broke ] records for the U.S. ] throughout its eighth season. Although Richard Dean Anderson departed as a regular after season eight, he made guest appearances in several episodes of seasons nine and ten of SG-1 and season three of '']''.


Several scenes of Season 4's "]" were filmed aboard and outside a decommissioned Russian ], which had been brought from ] to Vancouver by a private owner.<ref name=dvdproductiondesign/> The ] invited the cast and producers to film aboard the nuclear submarine {{USS|Alexandria|SSN-757}} and at their ] in the ] for the direct-to-DVD sequel '']''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stargate.mgm.com/news_detail.php?id=5 |title=SG-1 headed to the Arctic |date=March 14, 2007 |publisher=] |access-date=May 17, 2009 |archive-date=May 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523184613/http://stargate.mgm.com/news_detail.php?id=5 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== Stargate and the military ===
The ] cooperates closely with the producers of the program. Two successive ], Generals ] and ], have appeared in the show, playing themselves. Ryan appeared in the episode "]" because of his fascination with science fiction, especially space exploration. Jumper made a cameo appearance in "]", the episode that was originally slated to be the show's last. The ] recognized ] at its 57th annual dinner on ], ] for his work as actor and executive producer of the show, and "for the show's continuous positive depiction of the Air Force".<ref name="air force press release">{{cite web |author=Doug Thar|authorlink=|work=|publisher=Air Force Link |url=http://www.af.mil/pressreleases/release.asp?storyID=123008593 |title=Air Force to honor actor, producer|date=]|accessdate=2006-08-27}}</ref> Many of the extras portraying US Air Force personnel are in fact real US Air Force personnel.<ref name="air force press release"/>


==Themes and allusions==
=== Fictional universe ===
{{Main|Mythology of Stargate}}
''SG-1'' has a rich backdrop of aliens, planets and technology. For more information, see the relevant articles:
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''Stargate SG-1'' takes place in a ] environment and employs the common science fiction concepts of strongly differentiated characters fighting an unequivocally evil enemy (the ]). However, it links alien races with well-known Earth mythologies, by use of the central Stargate device. Near-instantaneous interplanetary travel allows quick narrative shifts between the politics on Earth and the realities of fighting an interstellar war.<ref>Beeler 2008, pp. 267–269.</ref> ''Stargate SG-1'' gradually evolves the basic premise of the '']'' film into its own unique mythological superstructure,<ref name=beeler_intro>Beeler and Dickson 2005. "Introduction", pp. 1–5.</ref> expanding upon ] (notably the gods ]/Apophis and ] as Goa'uld villains), ] (notably the god ] as an ]) and ] (notably ] as an ] against the god-like ]), among others. ''SG-1'' introduces new alien races (as opposed to alien human civilizations) less often than other science fiction television series and integrates newly encountered races or visited planets in stand-alone episodes into its established mythology while leaving the plotlines accessible for new audience members.<ref>Beeler 2008, pp. 273–277.</ref> Despite the show's extensive intergalactic mythology and science fiction elements, scholar M. Keith Booker considered ''SG-1'' ultimately character-driven and heavily dependent on the camaraderie among the SG-1 members.<ref name=booker_181>Booker 2004, pp. 181–182.</ref>
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The producers embraced humor and wanted ''SG-1'' to be a fun show that did not take itself too seriously.<ref name=vs_success/> Brad Wright regarded ''SG-1'' as a family show with adequate violence as opposed to random or gratuitous violence.<ref name=gw_specialpilot/> Christopher Judge did not consider ''SG-1'' as a "message show by any stretch of the imagination, but occasionally there are messages there".<ref>Gibson 2003, p. 92.</ref> Aimed at a popular audience, ''Stargate SG-1'' emphasized its present-day-Earth story frame by frequently referring to ], like '']'' and '']'' had done before.<ref name=hipple>Hipple, Dave, "Stargate SG-1: Self-possessed Science Fiction". In Beeler and Dickson 2005, p. 27–28.</ref> Jonathan Glassner had written '']'' references into his own scripts since the first season, which the other writers imitated after Richard Dean Anderson began referring to the film on his own.<ref name=dvduniverse>{{cite video |people=] |date=2002 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 4 – The Stargate Universe | medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> O'Neill refers to Richard Dean Anderson's favorite television series, '']'', throughout the show.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2005/06/anderson-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/|title=Anderson to guest star on The Simpsons|publisher=]|date=June 20, 2005|access-date=April 3, 2009|archive-date=February 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202154338/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/06/anderson-to-guest-star-on-the-simpsons/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''SG-1'' makes meta-textual references to the process of writing and filming a science fiction TV series in several episodes<ref>Beeler 2008, pp. 277–278.</ref> and alludes to the main actors' previous TV roles in the ] (Carter: "It took us fifteen years and three supercomputers to ] a system for the gate on Earth")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Allan |date=July 26, 1997 |title='Stargate': New Challenge for 'MacGyver' Star |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-07-27-9707270340-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328010042/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-07-27-9707270340-story.html |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> and in a '']'' vignette in the milestone episode "]".
== Allusions ==
In "]", the pilot episode for the series, when Samantha Carter sees a ] for the first time, she comments on how it took "fifteen years and three supercomputers to ] a system for the gate on Earth." This is a reference to Anderson's well-known portrayal of the television character ].
{{wikiquote|Stargate_SG-1#Oz_references|Oz references in Stargate SG-1}}
Throughout the show, there are many references to '']'',{{Fact|date=June 2007}} mainly by Col. O'Neill, as well as many references to '']'' as Jack O'Neill's favorite television series—it is, in fact, Richard Dean Anderson's as well.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} In the season eight episode, "]", ], the voice of ], made a guest appearance as Joe Spencer. In turn, Richard Dean Anderson later made a guest appearance on ''The Simpsons'' in the seventeenth season episode '']'' as himself.


==Broadcast and release==
== Spin-offs ==
{{See also|List of Stargate SG-1 episodes}}
The ''Stargate SG-1'' story and surrounding mythos has spawned many subsidiary productions which are often considered ], with the occasional exceptions.


===Showtime and US syndication (1997–2002)===
=== Television shows ===
The American subscription channel ] ordered the first two seasons of ''Stargate SG-1'' with 44 episodes total in 1996.<ref name=dvdlegacy/> The two-hour pilot episode received Showtime's highest-ever ratings for a series premiere with an audience of approximately 1.5 million households in the 8 p.m. Sunday slot of July 27, 1997.<ref name=nyt_farside/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Richmond |first=Ray |url=https://variety.com/1997/tv/news/stargate-showtime-s-home-run-1116678643/ |title='Stargate' Showtime's home run |magazine=] |date=August 1, 1997 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> According to the ''SG-1'' producers, a broadcast network would have cancelled ''SG-1'' after a few episodes, but Showtime put no pressure on the show to "deliver the meteoric ratings the way network shows do".<ref name=spi_cruising/> The show was consistently the channel's most-watched program (including theatrical movies),<ref name=nyt_appeal/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dempsey |first=John |url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/tv-biz-s-gay-pride-parade-1117790288/ |title=TV biz's gay pride parade |magazine=] |date=December 13, 2000 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> so Showtime ordered a third and fourth season of 22 episodes each in July 1998.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Richard |url=https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/mgm-posts-larger-loss-1117478828/ |title=MGM posts larger loss |magazine=] |date=July 27, 1998 |access-date=March 18, 2009}}</ref>
* '']''
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* '']'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://gateworld.net/news/2007/03/third_series_is_istargate_univer.shtml| title=Third series is Stargate Universe| work=Gateworld| accessdate=2007-03-24}}</ref>


Since ''Stargate SG-1'' was expensive to produce, MGM arranged an agreement with Showtime that ''SG-1'' could air in syndication six months after their premiere on Showtime.<ref name=v_stakes>{{cite magazine |last=Dempsey |first=John |url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/news/cablers-raise-syndie-stakes-1117892381/ |title=Cablers raise syndie stakes |magazine=] |date=September 14, 2003 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> All 22 ] owned-and-operated local stations aired the first seasons after their Showtime debut, providing a clearance of 41% of the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Moss |first=Linda |title=Showtime's 'Stargate' going to Fox in syndication |magazine=Multichannel News |date=August 18, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Pursell |first=Chris |url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/stargate-fences-in-fox-1117758132/ |title='Stargate' fences in Fox |magazine=] |date= November 17, 1999 |access-date=March 27, 2009}}</ref> The show was also available on non-FOX affiliated stations in other markets.
=== Movies (direct to DVD) ===
*'']''—2008 (DVD premiere)
SG-1 travels to the Ori home galaxy to find a device called the Ark of Truth that will end the war once and for all, yet the IOA have their own plans. This movie will mark the end of the Ori arc. Filming started on ], ].<ref name=coming_to_dvd>{{cite web |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2007/06/iark_of_truthi_will_be_released_.shtml |title=''Ark of Truth'' will be released in 2008 |date=], ] |publisher=GateWorld.net |accessdate=2007-06-24}}</ref>


The ] made its largest single programming acquisition of $150 million in 1998 by buying the exclusive basic cable rights to the MGM package ''Stargate SG-1'', '']'' and '']''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Richard |first=Ray |url=https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/sci-fi-aiming-high-1117469302/ |title=Sci-fi aiming high |magazine=] |date=March 31, 1998 |access-date=March 27, 2009}}</ref> Showtime decided to end its association with ''Stargate SG-1'' at the end of Season 5, saying that the show still had a sizeable viewership but could no longer draw new subscribers due to its availability in syndication.<ref name=mcn_200>{{cite magazine |last=McNamara |first=Mary |url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/123363-Stargate_200.php |title=Science-Fiction Series 'SG-1' Is Cable's First to Reach Historic Milestone |magazine=Multichannel News |date=May 7, 2006 |access-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref>
*'']''—2008 (DVD premiere)
Ba'al alters history and removes the Stargate from Earth before it is discovered at Giza, eliminating the Stargate Program and restoring the Goa'uld to power with Vala as his queen and Teal'c as his First Prime. Richard Dean Anderson has been confirmed to star in the movie alongside his former castmates. This movie will be the second one to be made after the series wrapped production. Some scenes were filmed in late March 2007; the official filming started on ], ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40670| title=SciFi Wire Anderson Enters Stargate: Continuum| work=Scifi.com| acessdate=2007-03-21}}</ref> <ref name=coming_to_dvd>{{cite web |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2007/06/iark_of_truthi_will_be_released_.shtml |title=''Ark of Truth'' will be released in 2008 |date=], ] |publisher=GateWorld.net |accessdate=2007-06-24}}</ref>


===Sci Fi Channel and US syndication (2002–2007)===
===Games===
Since ''SG-1''{{'s}} ratings were good from a financial standpoint, the Sci Fi Channel picked up MGM's offer to continue the show into a sixth season, yet with a slightly reduced budget.<ref name=tvzones46_66>{{Cite journal |last=Eramo |first=Steven | title=Season Six Preview – Coming up, on SG-1... |journal=] |issue=Special 46 |pages=66–76 |date=July 2002}}</ref> Sci Fi aired new episodes of ''Stargate SG-1'' in the 9 p.m. Friday slot between '']'' and '']'', while it aired older ''SG-1'' episodes in a four-hour block every Monday at 7 p.m. Episodes were broadcast in US syndication six months after their premiere on Sci Fi.<ref name="v_levitates"/> The sixth season was supposed to be the show's last,<ref name=tvzones46_4/> but Sci Fi renewed ''SG-1'' at the last minute.<ref>Storm 2005, p. 64.</ref> The sixth and seventh seasons made ''Stargate SG-1'' Sci Fi's highest-rated original series with an average of 2 million viewers in over 1.3 million households,<ref name=scifi_pr03>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/stargate/press/press_02.html |title=Sci Fi Channel Renews Stargate SG-1 For Eighth Season |publisher=scifi.com |date=July 23, 2003 |access-date=March 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813043054/http://www.scifi.com/stargate/press/press_02.html |archive-date=August 13, 2007 }}</ref> elevating Sci Fi into the top 10 cable networks in the United States.<ref name=reelwest>{{cite web |url=http://www.reelwest.com/happening/wire/2006/april/stargate.htm |title=Canadian Produced TV Series "Stargate SG-1" Films Landmark 200th Original Episode |publisher=reelwest.com |date=April 2006 |access-date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721190013/http://www.reelwest.com/happening/wire/2006/april/stargate.htm |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}</ref> For the next few years, the producers believed each current season to be the show's last and repeatedly wrote big series finales,<ref name=spi_cruising>{{cite news |last=McFarland |first=Melanie |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/267484_tv21.html |title=On TV: 'Stargate SG-1' keeps cruising, despite the light years |newspaper=] |date=April 21, 2006 |access-date=March 21, 2009}}</ref> but the success of ''Stargate SG-1'' put off their plans of ending the show to write a new ''Stargate'' feature film.<ref name=duoefficiency/> Sci Fi cut the length of an ''SG-1'' season from 22 to 20 episodes from Season 8 onwards.
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* '']'' (video game; production cancelled as of February 2006)
* Stargate: Source ('']'' mod, cancelled due to desist order from MGM)


Originally envisioned as a replacement for ''SG-1'', the ] series '']'' began airing in tandem with ''SG-1''{{'s}} eighth season in summer 2004, setting a series record of 3.2 million viewers for ''SG-1'' and a Sci Fi record as most-watched episode of a regular series ever (at the time) for ''Atlantis'' with 4.2 million viewers.<ref name=duoefficiency>{{cite web |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4735235-1.html |title=Duo found portal to sci-fi efficiency |publisher=Entertainment News Wire |date=August 9, 2004 |access-date=March 25, 2009}}</ref> '']'' joined the two ''Stargate'' series in January 2005, making Sci Fi the leader among basic cablers on Friday nights over the summer of 2005.<ref name=v_pair/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2004/11/15/sci-fi-opens-the-gates-to-more-adventures/20041115scifi01/ |title=Sci Fi Opens The 'Gates' To More Adventures |website=The Futon Critic |date=November 15, 2004 |access-date=September 26, 2010}}</ref> The producers considered replacing ''Stargate SG-1'' with a new show named ''Stargate Command'' after ''SG-1''{{'}}s eighth season,<ref name=ac_901>{{cite video |people=], ] |date=2006 |title=Audio Commentary for "]" |medium= DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> but the Sci Fi Channel decided to continue ''SG-1'' with a slightly changed cast for a ninth season instead. Season 9's average slipped from 2.4 million viewers in late 2005<ref name=v_pair>{{cite magazine |last=Martin |first=Denise |url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/sci-fi-picks-up-stargate-pair-1117931513/ |title=Sci Fi picks up 'Stargate' pair |magazine=] |date=October 24, 2005 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> to 2.1 million viewers with 1.8 household rating during early 2006, which Sci Fi's Mark Stern attributed to the "tech-savvy, toy-loving, time-shifting audience" whose use of digital video recorders excluded them in ratings compilations.<ref name=mcn_200/> Meanwhile, the decline of ''SG-1''{{'s}} 2005–2006 syndication household ratings was consistent with the overall decline in syndicated sci-fi action hours.<ref name=v_swinging/> Sci Fi ordered a record-breaking tenth season of ''SG-1'' in 2005, but announced it would not renew the show for an eleventh season in summer 2006 ''(see ])''. The final ''SG-1'' episode, "]", premiered on ] in the UK on March 13, 2007, and attracted approximately 2.2 million viewers on the Sci Fi Channel on June 22, 2007.<ref name=triumphs>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070626scifi01 |title=Stargate SG-1's series finale triumphs |website=The Futon Critic |date=June 26, 2007 |access-date=September 26, 2010 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612135131/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070626scifi01 |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Literature ===
{{main|Stargate literature#Stargate SG-1}}


===International broadcast===
Several novels have been published based in ''Stargate SG-1''. From 1999 to 2001, ] published four novels written by ]. In 2004, ]-based ] started a new series of licensed tie-in novels based on ''Stargate SG-1''. Due to a (now expired) conflict with ROC's license, these books were available in ], ], ], ] and the ], but unavailable in the ] until 2006.
According to Wright and Cooper, the worldwide popularity of science fiction was a factor in ''SG-1''{{'s}} success and the good international reception helped keep the series on the air in the beginning.<ref name=hr_global/> Several newspapers reported in 2005–2006 that ''Stargate SG-1'' aired in over 100 countries with a weekly worldwide viewership of around 10 million,<ref name=vs_success/><ref name=spi_cruising/><ref name=hr_global>{{cite web|last=Brennan |first=Steve |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002728447 |title='Stargate' on global trek that spans 200 episodes |work=] |date=June 27, 2006 |access-date=March 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512235728/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002728447 |archive-date=May 12, 2009 }}</ref> but '']'' gave different numbers in 2004, saying that the show was broadcast in sixty-four countries with more than 17 million viewers a week.<ref name=nyt_deepblue>{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/tv/cover-story-between-the-wraith-and-the-deep-blue-sea.html |title=Cover Story: Between the Wraith and the Deep Blue Sea |newspaper=] |date=July 4, 2004 |access-date=April 3, 2009 |archive-date=April 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423014258/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/tv/cover-story-between-the-wraith-and-the-deep-blue-sea.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Stargate SG-1'' had a particularly fervent response in the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Australia.<ref name=duoefficiency/><ref name=nyt_deepblue/>


''Stargate SG-1'' aired in the United Kingdom on ] with repeats on ], ], ], ], and ]. Sky One broadcast new episodes of the second half of most seasons before their American premiere. Brad Wright found it "almost embarrassing" that ''Stargate SG-1'' was much more popular in the United Kingdom than in Canada,<ref name=vs_success/> where the show aired on ], ], ], ] and French-language channels ] and ].<ref name=reelwest/> ''Stargate SG-1'' aired in Australia on ] and ]. It aired in ] on ] and in ] on ].
The official ''Stargate Magazine'', produced by Titan Publishing, began publishing short stories written by Fandemonium authors in their 8th issue. The stories alternate between both ''SG-1'' and ''Atlantis''.


===Comics=== ===Cancellation and future===
On August 21, 2006, a few days after the premiere of ''SG-1''{{'s}} milestone episode "]", the Sci Fi Channel confirmed that ''Stargate SG-1'' was not being renewed for an 11th season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=37607 |title=SG-1 Ends Run; Atlantis Back |publisher=scifi.com |date=August 22, 2006 |access-date=August 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825081141/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=37607 |archive-date=August 25, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> While news outlets cited declining ratings, expensive production and lack of promotion as possible reasons for the cancellation,<ref name=v_swinging/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=McNamara |first=Mary |url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/124883-Sci_Fi_s_Stargate_SG_1_Said_to_Be_Axed.php |title=Sci Fi's Stargate SG-1 Said to Be Axed |magazine=Multichannel News |date=August 21, 2006 |access-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref> the Sci Fi Channel's Mark Stern merely stated the decision was not ratings-based.<ref name=v_swinging/> Instead, he said the production staff was given enough time to tie up all the loose ends of the story and ''SG-1'' cast members were planned to be incorporated into the renewed ''Stargate Atlantis''.<ref name=v_swinging>{{cite magazine |author1=John Dempsey |author2=Ben Fritz |magazine=] |url=https://variety.com/2006/digital/markets-festivals/sci-fi-s-stargate-swinging-closed-1200341604/ |title=Sci Fi's 'Stargate' swinging closed |date=August 21, 2006 |access-date=August 27, 2006}}</ref> Meanwhile, the ''SG-1'' producers and rights-holder MGM expressed a desire to continue ''SG-1'' as a movie, mini-series, or an eleventh season on another network.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|publisher=]|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/08/mgm-considers-sg-1s-future/|title=MGM considers SG-1's future|date=August 26, 2006|access-date=August 27, 2006|archive-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125050947/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/mgm-considers-sg-1s-future/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="coopersg1">{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|publisher=]|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/08/cooper-sg-1-will-go-on/|title=Cooper: SG-1 will go on|date=August 21, 2006|access-date=August 21, 2006|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126101322/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/cooper-sg-1-will-go-on/|url-status=live}}</ref> Brad Wright confirmed the production of two direct-to-DVD films in October 2006,<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/10/stargate-sg-1-movies-coming-to-dvd/|title=Stargate SG-1 movies coming to DVD|publisher=]|date=October 11, 2006|access-date=March 18, 2009|archive-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127134241/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/10/stargate-sg-1-movies-coming-to-dvd/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Amanda Tapping joined the ''Atlantis'' cast for their fourth season. The first film, '']'', was released in March 2008 and wraps up the Ori storyline. The second film, '']'', is an alternate time-line ] story and was released in July 2008. A special edition of the two-hour pilot episode "]" with re-edited scenes and a different score has also been produced.<ref name=gw_specialpilot>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2008/04/special-edition-of-sg-1-pilot-episode-in-the-works/|title=Special edition of SG-1 pilot episode in the works|publisher=]|date=April 4, 2008|access-date=March 30, 2009|archive-date=August 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807101304/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/04/special-edition-of-sg-1-pilot-episode-in-the-works/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{main|Stargate Comics}}
A series of comics has also been published by ].


In April 2009, MGM confirmed a third new ''SG-1'' film that Brad Wright had first announced in May 2008.<ref name=gw_need_rda/><ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/04/anderson-confirms-sgu-appearances/|title=Anderson confirms SGU appearances|publisher=]|date=April 6, 2009|access-date=April 8, 2009|archive-date=July 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727232653/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/04/anderson-confirms-sgu-appearances/|url-status=live}}</ref> Joseph Mallozzi revealed the working title as ''Stargate: Revolution''.<ref name=jm_091111>{{cite web|author=Joseph Malozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/november-11-2009-tech-troubles-x-2-get-your-questions-in-for-adam-troy-castro-mailbag/ |title=Tech Troubles x 2! Get your questions in for Adam-Troy Castro! Mailbag! |date=November 11, 2009 |access-date=November 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117145118/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/november-11-2009-tech-troubles-x-2-get-your-questions-in-for-adam-troy-castro-mailbag/ |archive-date=November 17, 2009 }}</ref> The film was planned to be written by Wright and former ''Stargate Atlantis'' executive producer ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Mallozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/october-9-2008-actor-tyler-mcclendon-answers-your-questions/ |title=October 9, 2008: Actor Tyler McClendon Answers Your Questions |date=October 9, 2008 |access-date=March 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129203403/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/october-9-2008-actor-tyler-mcclendon-answers-your-questions/ |archive-date=January 29, 2009 }}</ref> Martin Wood would serve as director.<ref name=jm_090102/> The premise of the film would have been the "possibility of the Stargate program going public".<ref name=jm_110515>{{cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Mallozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/may-14-2011-the-apocalypse-approacheth-more-sg-1-season-6-memories-another-monster-mailbag/ |title=May 15, 2011: The Apocalypse Approacheth! More SG-1 Season 6 Memories! Another Monster Mailbag! |date=May 15, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520043002/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/may-14-2011-the-apocalypse-approacheth-more-sg-1-season-6-memories-another-monster-mailbag/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Wright, the film would center on the Jack O'Neill character and would reunite as many of the ''SG-1'' cast as possible, depending on the cost of the film and actor availability.<ref name=gw_need_rda>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/05/wright-stargate-movies-need-oneill/|title=Wright: Stargate movies need O'Neill|publisher=]|date=May 12, 2008|access-date=March 16, 2009|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126101325/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/05/wright-stargate-movies-need-oneill/|url-status=live}}</ref> The character of ] would not appear in the film.<ref name=jm_090102>{{cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Mallozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/january-2-2009-brad-wright-answers-your-questions/ |title=Brad Wright Answers Your Questions |date=January 2, 2009 |access-date=January 27, 2009 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728032708/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/january-2-2009-brad-wright-answers-your-questions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Amanda Tapping confirmed her appearance in this ''SG-1'' film and the first ''Atlantis'' movie in September 2008,<ref name=cinemablend>{{cite web|last=West |first=Kelly |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/Amanda-Tapping-Talks-About-Sanctuary-12460.html |title=Amanda Tapping Talks About Sanctuary |publisher=cinemablend.com |date=September 28, 2008 |access-date=October 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001074132/http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Amanda-Tapping-Talks-About-Sanctuary-12460.html |archive-date=October 1, 2008 }}</ref> and Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson) confirmed his and Richard Dean Anderson's participation in January 2009.<ref name=scifi_surprise>{{cite web |last=Spelling |first=Ian |url=http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/michael-shanks-has-a-surprise-about-stargate-universe.php |title=Michael Shanks has a surprise about Stargate Universe |publisher=scifi.com |date=January 26, 2009 |access-date=January 27, 2009 |archive-date=January 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130070640/http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/michael-shanks-has-a-surprise-about-stargate-universe.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> No contracts had been signed by April 2009,<ref name=gw_expanding>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/04/an-expanding-universe/|title=An Expanding Universe – GateWorld talks with Brad Wright & Robert Cooper|publisher=]|date=April 29, 2009|access-date=April 22, 2009|archive-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210015643/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/04/an-expanding-universe/|url-status=live}}</ref> but Wright stated that he "can almost guarantee we are proceeding with the ''SG-1'' movie this year ".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2009/04/third-sg-1-movie-has-a-go/|title=Third SG-1 movie has a go!|date=April 8, 2009|access-date=October 30, 2009|publisher=]|first=Darren|last=Sumner|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328043929/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/04/third-sg-1-movie-has-a-go/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nevertheless, production was put on hold. Wright explained that the ] made DVD premieres less lucrative for MGM than in the years before,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blastr.com/2009/08/new-sg-1-atlantis-films-d.php |title=New SG-1, Atlantis films due, just not yet |date=August 12, 2009 |access-date=September 30, 2010 |publisher=] |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708013957/http://blastr.com/2009/08/new-sg-1-atlantis-films-d.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> and he also pointed to the financial crisis of MGM as reason for the delay.<ref name=wrightpreviewssgus2>{{cite web|url=http://tvdeathray.com/2010/09/27/interview-stargate-universe-co-creator-brad-wright-previews-season-2/ |title=Interview: 'Stargate Universe' Co-Creator Brad Wright Previews Season 2 |publisher=tvdeathray.com |date=September 27, 2010 |first=Mike |last=Moody |access-date=September 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001085140/http://tvdeathray.com/2010/09/27/interview-stargate-universe-co-creator-brad-wright-previews-season-2/ |archive-date=October 1, 2010 }}</ref> Wright and Joe Mallozzi expressed optimism that production would eventually start,<ref name=wrightpreviewssgus2 /><ref name=jm_101106>{{cite web |author=Joseph Malozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/november-6-2010-stargate-ratings-fandom-and-my-picky-aunt/ |title=November 6, 2010: Stargate ratings, fandom and my picky aunt! |date=November 6, 2010 |access-date=November 22, 2010 |archive-date=November 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118081248/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/november-6-2010-stargate-ratings-fandom-and-my-picky-aunt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> until Wright announced in April 2011 that the ''SG-1'' film project was permanently shelved, along with plans for future ''Atlantis'' and '']'' films and a cross-over film incorporating elements from all three series.<ref name="sgmoviesdead" /><ref name=jm_110417>{{cite web |author=Joseph Malozzi |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/april-17-2011-until-we-meet-again/ |title=until we meet again |date=April 17, 2011 |access-date=April 21, 2011 |archive-date=April 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421085944/http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/april-17-2011-until-we-meet-again/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By then, neither the ''Atlantis'' nor ''Universe'' television series were produced anymore. Still, Wright did not rule out future ''Stargate'' films, saying; "It's a franchise. ''Stargate'' is not over. Somebody smart from MGM is going to figure it out and something will happen."<ref name="sgmoviesdead">{{cite news |last=Colvin |first=Chad |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/wright-sgu-continuation-other-movies-dead-for-now/ |title=SGU continuation, other movies dead — for now |date=April 17, 2011 |access-date=April 18, 2011 |publisher=] |archive-date=April 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420125009/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/wright-sgu-continuation-other-movies-dead-for-now/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


===Home media===
{{Main|1=List_of_Stargate_SG-1_episodes#Home_media|l1=DVD and Blu-ray releases}}
''Stargate SG-1'' was first released on ] in some European nations in volumes of typically four episodes each, beginning with "The Best of Season 1" as Volume 1 in the United Kingdom in 2000. Each following season was released as six individual volumes (except Season 10 with five volumes), beginning with the first four episodes of Season 2. In 2000, the series was first released in the United States on DVD with only three episodes. The following year, Seasons 1–8 were released in five-disc ] box sets in the United States. ] (Europe) began releasing complete season box sets (including Season 1) alongside the individual volumes in 2002. The British season box sets were usually released half a year after a season's last volume release in the UK. ''Stargate SG-1'' was also released in DVD season box sets in Australia.


Most DVDs contain behind-the-scenes features, audio commentaries for nearly all episodes beginning with Season 4 and production galleries. The box sets of the first eight seasons were re-released with slim packaging in all regions, beginning in the United States in summer 2006.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/04/sony-switching-to-slim-line-sg-1-dvd-sets/|title=Sony switching to slim-line ''SG-1'' DVD sets|publisher=]|date=April 3, 2006|access-date=May 17, 2009|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206055027/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/04/sony-switching-to-slim-line-sg-1-dvd-sets/|url-status=live}}</ref> A complete series set was first released in the United States in October 2007, containing 50 discs from the ten seasons of ''Stargate SG-1'' and four bonus discs with content not part of the original sets.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2007/08/bonus-features-for-sg-1-complete-series-dvds/|title=Bonus features for SG-1: Complete Series DVDs|date=August 3, 2007|publisher=]|access-date=August 8, 2007|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027002810/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2007/08/bonus-features-for-sg-1-complete-series-dvds/|url-status=live}}</ref> More than 30 million copies of DVDs had been sold by 2006.<ref name=vs_success/>
==DVD releases==
{{main|Stargate SG-1 DVD releases}}


On June 15, 2020, ] re-released the complete series, without the films, on DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/tvshowsondvd/posts/10158202717021063?__tn__=K-R |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/116070036062/10158202717021063 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title= ***** TV SHOWS ON DVD ROUNDUP ***** OUTLANDER! STARGATE SG-1! BLUE BLOODS! CHICAGO FIRE! CHICAGO MED! SEAL TEAM! THE GOOD DOCTOR! BELGRAVIA! STRIKE BACK! ROYAL PAINS! DOCTOR WHO! THE FLINTSTONES! THE BOB NEWHART SHOW! ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?!|access-date=June 15, 2020|date= June 12, 2020|author=TVShowsonDVD|website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On December 18, 2020, the company released the entire series, again without the films, on Region A Blu-ray.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Stargate-SG-1-The-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/282609/|title=Stargate SG-1: The Complete Series Blu-ray|publisher=blu-ray.com|access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=December 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216105928/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Stargate-SG-1-The-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/282609/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Stargate DVD Dates|SG1}}

===Online distribution===
New episodes of ''Stargate SG-1'' were first released on ] in the US in August 2006, each time one day after their premiere on the Sci Fi Channel. The commercial-free episodes were priced $1.99 each, while a season pass with twenty episodes cost $37.99.<ref name=v_swinging/><ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/08/stargate-arrives-on-itunes/|title=Stargate arrives on iTunes|publisher=]|date=August 20, 2006|access-date=March 26, 2009|archive-date=February 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205233015/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/stargate-arrives-on-itunes/|url-status=live}}</ref> A release on iTunes UK followed in October 2007.<ref>{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2007/08/stargate-comes-to-u-k-itunes/|title=Stargate comes to UK iTunes|publisher=]|date=August 31, 2007|access-date=March 26, 2009|archive-date=April 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407111805/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2007/08/stargate-comes-to-u-k-itunes/|url-status=live}}</ref> All ten seasons of ''SG-1'' were available on iTunes and ] by January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2008/01/stargate-expands-itunes-amazon-presence/|title=Stargate expands iTunes, Amazon presence|publisher=]|date=January 11, 2008|access-date=March 26, 2009|archive-date=February 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215185230/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2008/01/stargate-expands-itunes-amazon-presence/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Stargate SG-1'' made its debut on ] in March 2009, starting with the first season. At first, viewers in the United States could only watch episodes of the first seasons, but {{as of|2009|12|lc=on}} all episodes of Seasons 1–10 were available free of charge with a small number of commercials on Hulu, through January 31, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sumner |first=Darren |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/03/stargate-sg-1-arrives-on-hulu/ |title=Stargate SG-1 arrives on Hulu |publisher=] |date=March 19, 2009 |access-date=March 26, 2009 |archive-date=March 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323084137/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/03/stargate-sg-1-arrives-on-hulu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Free access to all SG-1 episodes continued until July 31, 2011, when the episodes were finally removed. {{As of|2011|2|1}}, all episodes of the entire Stargate franchise were available on ]'s subscription-based online video streaming service in the US.<ref>{{cite web |last=Colvin |first=Chad |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2010/08/entire-stargate-library-streaming/ |title=Entire Stargate television library now streaming on Netflix |publisher=] |date=August 16, 2010 |access-date=February 2, 2011 |archive-date=December 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210072733/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2010/08/entire-stargate-library-streaming/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2012|8|15}} Netflix removed Stargate SG-1 from its online video streaming service. {{As of|2013|5}}, ] has Stargate SG-1 available for online streaming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/netflix-dropped-stargate-find.html|title=Netflix Has Dropped Stargate, Find Out How You Can Get It Back|last=Tyler|first=Josh|work=Giant Freakin Robot|date=August 24, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2015|archive-date=July 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713121457/http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/netflix-dropped-stargate-find.html|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2014|8}} SG-1 is available on Netflix UK. The pilot episode "Children Of The Gods" though has been replaced with the 2009 updated final cut with updated CGI and the full frontal nudity removed. {{As of|2015|7}}, ], an online library media database, has all ten seasons of Stargate SG-1 available to watch free without commercials, for those who have cards with a participating library. The first two episodes are the edited versions, in which full frontal nudity has been removed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hoopladigital.com/series/1247849110|title=Hoopla Stargate SG-1|work=Hoopla Digital|access-date=July 5, 2015|archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907202716/https://www.hoopladigital.com/series/1247849110|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2017, MGM launched its own online streaming service called Stargate Command, making available all episodes of Stargate SG-1 along with Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/mgm-stargate-command-subscription-streaming-technical-glitch-1202565794/|title=MGM Launch of 'Stargate Command' Streaming Service Hits Technical Turbulence|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=September 21, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=July 16, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=July 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716170335/https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/mgm-stargate-command-subscription-streaming-technical-glitch-1202565794/|url-status=live}}</ref> The show returned to Netflix in the United States on December 1, 2020, with a TV-MA rating because of the full frontal nudity in the first episode.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2020/12/netflix-listing-stargate-sg1-mature-audiences-only/|title=Netflix Is Listing Stargate SG-1 For Mature Audiences Only|date=December 4, 2020|work=gateworld.net|access-date=February 3, 2021|language=en-us|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123184721/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2020/12/netflix-listing-stargate-sg1-mature-audiences-only/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The series currently airs on the ] digital network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221027005882/en/Comet-CHARGE%21-and-TBD-Emerge-as-the-Fastest-Growing-Digital-Broadcast-Television-Networks |title=Comet, CHARGE! and TBD Emerge as the Fastest Growing Digital Broadcast Television Networks |publisher=Business Wire |date=October 31, 2022 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117235403/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221027005882/en/Comet-CHARGE%21-and-TBD-Emerge-as-the-Fastest-Growing-Digital-Broadcast-Television-Networks |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Influence==

===Critical reception===
''Stargate SG-1'', particularly during earlier seasons, did very little to attract much in the way of attention from the mainstream media.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/227758 |title=Best Bets |newspaper=] |date=June 21, 2007 |access-date=March 25, 2009 |archive-date=May 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528171053/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/227758 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=nyt_appeal>{{cite news |last=Meisler |first=Andy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/04/arts/television-radio-not-even-trying-to-appeal-to-the-masses.html |title=Television/Radio: Not Even Trying to Appeal to the Masses |newspaper=] |date=October 4, 1998 |access-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809120314/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/04/arts/television-radio-not-even-trying-to-appeal-to-the-masses.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=vs_success/><ref name="signoff">{{cite web |last1=Eberson |first1=Sharon |title='Stargate: SG-1' signs off, but we haven't seen the last of it |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07172/795812-237.stm |website=] |access-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711132446/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07172/795812-237.stm |archive-date=11 July 2007 |date=21 June 2007}}</ref> The show's July 1997 pilot, "]" received mixed responses from publications such as '']'' and '']''.<ref name=nyt_farside>{{cite news |last=Joyner |first=Will |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/26/arts/through-a-gate-to-the-far-side-of-the-universe-a-tv-series.html |title=Through a Gate to the Far Side of the Universe: A TV Series |newspaper=] |date=July 26, 1997 |access-date=April 3, 2009 |archive-date=March 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319045953/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E5D7163AF935A15754C0A961958260 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Scott |first=Tony |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117911984.html?categoryid=32&cs=1 |title=Stargate SG-1 |magazine=] |date=July 28, 1997 |access-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref> While there was only passing interest from mainstream publications, science fiction publications such as '']'',<ref>{{cite web |title=ISSUE 41 |url=https://www.visimag.com/starburst/s41display.htm |website=Visimag |access-date=12 November 2020 |date=28 September 1998 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116160558/https://www.visimag.com/starburst/s41display.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Issue #301 |url=https://www.visimag.com/starburst/301_display.htm |website=Visimag |access-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040417195256/https://www.visimag.com/starburst/301_display.htm |archive-date=17 April 2004 |date=31 July 2003}}</ref> ''Cult Times''<ref>{{cite web |title=Cult Times, Dec 2000, #63 |url=https://www.visimag.com/culttimes/cx63_display.htm |website=Visimag |access-date=12 November 2020 |date=December 2000 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117133026/https://www.visimag.com/culttimes/cx63_display.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cult Times 2000 |url=https://www.visimag.com/uk/acatalog/VI_Direct_Catalogue_Cult_Times_2000_115.html |website=Visimag |access-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000522095807/https://www.visimag.com/uk/acatalog/VI_Direct_Catalogue_Cult_Times_2000_115.html |archive-date=22 May 2000}}</ref> and ''TV Zone'' regularly reviewed and featured ''SG-1''.<ref>{{cite web |title=TV Zone 1999 |url=https://www.visimag.com/uk/acatalog/VI_Direct_Catalogue_TV_Zone_1999_70.html |website=Visimag |access-date=12 November 2020 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112192128/https://www.visimag.com/uk/acatalog/VI_Direct_Catalogue_TV_Zone_1999_70.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Sharon Eberson of the '']'', wrote that "''Stargate SG-1'''s place in the sci-fi universe can be measured in longevity, spot-on cast chemistry, rabid fans who call themselves Gaters and the tough subjects it has tackled", going on to note that the show "had rarely been a critical darling".<ref name="signoff"/>

Despite the lukewarm reaction to the pilot, various critics and publications later recognized that ''SG-1'' had surpassed the 1994 film on which it was based.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Joest |first1=Mick |title=7 Television Shows Better Than The Films They Are Based On |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1644380/7-television-shows-better-than-the-films-they-are-based-on |website=CinemaBlend |date=April 7, 2017 |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408071934/https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1644380/7-television-shows-better-than-the-films-they-are-based-on |archive-date=8 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Trendacosta |first1=Katharine |title=Stargate Didn't Become a Great Universe Until It Was on Television |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/stargate-didnt-become-a-great-universe-until-it-was-on-1721946910 |website=Gizmodo |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219052818/https://io9.gizmodo.com/stargate-didnt-become-a-great-universe-until-it-was-on-1721946910 |archive-date=19 December 2015 |date=8 April 2015}}</ref> Writing for ] in 2009, Emily Wilson labeled the original film "pretty dire", believing that the series had far outshined it. Wilson appreciatively teased ''SG-1'''s format of visiting ''slightly'' different, English speaking alien worlds, with similar caves and studio-flat floors, writing that "what makes it good are the jokes, the actors, and the great ideas the writers keep throwing out".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Emily |title=Stargate SG-1 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jul/10/box-set-stargate?FORM=ZZNR4 |website=] |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626125732/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jul/10/box-set-stargate |archive-date=26 June 2014 |date=10 July 2009}}</ref> '']'' believed ''SG-1'' to be the best entry into the ''Stargate'' franchise, surpassing both the film and spinoff series, putting it #10 on their 25 Greatest Sci Fi TV Shows of All Time list.<ref>{{cite web |title=25 Greatest Sci-Fi TV Shows Of All Time |url=https://whatculture.com/tv/25-greatest-sci-fi-tv-shows-of-all-time?page=17 |website=WhatCulture |access-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021134019/https://whatculture.com/tv/25-greatest-sci-fi-tv-shows-of-all-time |archive-date=21 October 2020 |date=25 February 2020}}</ref>

'']'' called the series "one of the unlikeliest success stories in sci-fi TV history", ranking it #36 on their 50 Greatest Sci-Fi Series of All Time list.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=50 Best Science Fiction TV Shows of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/best-science-fiction-tv-shows-of-all-time-65434/stargate-sg-1-1997-2007-152775/ |magazine=] |access-date=21 October 2020 |date=12 March 2020}}</ref> '']'' described the show as "sci-fi comfort food in the best possible way" comparing the way the show examined morality to that of '']'', placing the show 20th on their Greatest Sci-Fi TV Series of the Past 25 Years list.<ref>{{cite web |title=THE 25 GREATEST SCI-FI TV SERIES OF THE PAST 25 YEARS |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-25-greatest-tv-series-of-the-past-25-years |website=SyFy |access-date=21 October 2020 |date=24 August 2019 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022758/http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-25-greatest-tv-series-of-the-past-25-years |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2003, after spinoff series ''Stargate Atlantis'' was greenlit, ''SG-1'' enjoyed more mainstream exposure. The July issue of '']'' proclaimed on the front cover "Forget '']''! ''Stargate SG-1'' is now sci-fi's biggest hit!".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cover Archive / 2000s / 2003 / July 26, 2003 |url=https://www.tvguidemagazine.com/archive/suboffer/2000s/2003/20030726_c1.jpg.html |website=TV Guide Magazine |access-date=12 November 2020 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112194247/https://www.tvguidemagazine.com/archive/suboffer/2000s/2003/20030726_c1.jpg.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the show's later seasons, it was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel on the same night as the 2004 reimagining of '']''. ''Galactica'' was critically acclaimed for its dramatic, often dark, take on science fiction television. '']'' called Stargate SG-1 "the anti-Battlestar Galactica", praising it for being accessible, comforting and captivating.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Katz |first1=Paul |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 9 |url=https://people.com/post/stargate-sg-1-season-9/ |website=] |access-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021122316/https://people.com/post/stargate-sg-1-season-9/ |archive-date=21 October 2020 |date=29 September 2006}}</ref> According to Melanie McFarland of the '']'', ''SG-1''{{'s}} records did not earn it "the kind of wide-ranging respect a successful series with a 200-episode run deserves"; ''SG-1'' rarely occupied a slot on 'best show' lists because the show remained "relegated to the back of the bus in terms of popularity" behind the glory of ''Galactica'', although every week, the show attracted an average of 10 million viewers worldwide.<ref name=spi_cruising/> '']'' lauded the series for its ], self-aware style, calling this "its saving grace compared to other excellent, but heavy sci-fi series like ''Battlestar Galactica''", ranking the show #18 on their list of the 20 Best TV Shows Based on Movies of all time.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Ben Travers |author2=Hanh Nguyen |title=The Best TV Shows Based on Movies, Ranked |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/best-tv-shows-based-on-movies-fargo-westworld-mash-1201861653/ |website=IndieWire |access-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801191351/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/best-tv-shows-based-on-movies-fargo-westworld-mash-1201861653/ |archive-date=1 August 2017 |date=1 August 2017}}</ref>

The show has also gone on to be featured on various lists of works considered the best. In 2019, '']'' ranked ''Stargate: SG-1'' the 14th best science fiction television show ever.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/home-entertainment/the-50-greatest-sci-fi-tv-shows|title=The 50 Best Sci-Fi TV Shows Ever|last1=Hoffman|first1=Jordan|last2=Wakeman|first2=Gregory|date=2019-07-12|website=Popular Mechanics|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-20|archive-date=January 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129080404/http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/home-entertainment/the-50-greatest-sci-fi-tv-shows|url-status=live}}</ref> '']'' included the show in their The 19 Best Sci-fi Shows of All Time.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Monteil |first1=Abby |title=The 19 best sci-fi shows of all time, according to fans |url=https://www.insider.com/best-sci-fi-shows-according-to-fans |website=Insider |access-date=21 October 2020 |date=19 May 2020 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804044127/https://www.insider.com/best-sci-fi-shows-according-to-fans |url-status=live }}</ref> '']'' ranked ''SG-1'' #10 in their 15 Favorite Sci-Fi Shows of All Time.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Devon |title=Goliath's Favorite Sci-Fi Shows of All Time, Ranked |url=https://www.goliath.com/tv/the-15-greatest-sci-fi-television-shows-of-all-time/ |website=Goliath |access-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515091036/https://www.goliath.com/tv/the-15-greatest-sci-fi-television-shows-of-all-time/ |archive-date=15 May 2017 |date=27 May 2017}}</ref> '']'' ranked it #24 out of 100 on their 2017 list of Greatest Sci-fi television.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 Best Sci-Fi TV Shows of All Time |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/sci-fi/the-50-best-sci-fi-tv-shows-of-all-time/#24-stargate-sg-1 |website=] |access-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021133357/https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/sci-fi/the-50-best-sci-fi-tv-shows-of-all-time/ |archive-date=21 October 2020 |date=11 September 2018}}</ref> '']'' included SG-1 in their 15 Best Sci-Fi TV shows list.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brew |first1=Simon |title=10 great Sci-fi TV series |url=https://www.shortlist.com/lists/10-great-sci-fi-tv-series-400021 |website=ShortList |access-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502041931/https://www.shortlist.com/lists/10-great-sci-fi-tv-series-400021 |archive-date=2 May 2019 |date=30 April 2019}}</ref> In 2011, ''IGN'' ranked it #19 in their Top 50 Sci Fi Shows of All Time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 50 Sci-Fi TV Shows |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/02/21/top-50-sci-fi-tv-shows |website=IGN |access-date=21 October 2020 |date=21 February 2011 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112041803/https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/02/21/top-50-sci-fi-tv-shows |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Stargate SG-1'' ranked #28 on '']''{{'}}s Top Cult Shows Ever.<ref name="top cult">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/top-cult-shows-40239.aspx |title=TV Guide Names the Top Cult Shows Ever |magazine=] |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=November 25, 2008}}</ref> In 2005, ''SG-1'' and ''Atlantis'' shared the number four spot in a poll about the "most popular cult TV shows" on the British ''Cult TV'' website.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4102754.stm |title=Doctor Who named 'top cult show' |work=] |date=June 17, 2005 |access-date=April 25, 2009 |archive-date=June 14, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614112316/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4102754.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> ''SG-1'' was also included in the list of "17 All-Time Great Cult TV Shows You Say We Missed" by '']'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20311716_6,00.html |title=17 All-Time Great Cult TV Shows You Say We Missed |magazine=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508042620/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0%2C%2C20311716%2C00.html |archive-date=May 8, 2011 |date=October 19, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In a '']'' user poll, the show ranked as the 4th Greatest Sci-fi show of all time.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jeffery |first1=Morgan |title=Doctor Who narrowly beats Babylon 5 to be named your favourite science-fiction show of all time |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a800083/doctor-who-narrowly-beats-babylon-5-to-be-named-your-favourite-science-fiction-show-of-all-time/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021104850/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a800083/doctor-who-narrowly-beats-babylon-5-to-be-named-your-favourite-science-fiction-show-of-all-time/ |archive-date=21 October 2020 |date=July 4, 2016}}</ref> '']'' also conducted a user-poll in 2019, with the show voted the 3rd Greatest Sci-Fi of all Time.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Expanse or Stargate SG-1 |url=https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1111721903780036608 |website=Twitter |publisher=Amazon Prime |access-date=21 October 2020 |date=29 March 2019 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001747/https://twitter.com/primevideo/status/1111721903780036608 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Stargate SG-1}}
''Stargate SG-1'' was nominated for numerous awards during its ten-season run. Its nominations for seven ]s in the "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series" category and one Emmy for "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" did not result in a win.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/history.php |title=Primetime Awards |publisher=] |access-date=March 24, 2009 |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810003347/http://www.emmys.tv/awards/primetime-emmy-awards-2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''SG-1'' won two ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?stitle=stargate+sg-1&awyear=0&winonly=1&awards=2&rtype=2&curstep=4&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 |title=Canada's Awards Database |publisher=The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television |access-date=March 31, 2009 |archive-date=May 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523032342/http://academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?stitle=stargate+sg-1&awyear=0&winonly=1&awards=2&rtype=2&curstep=4&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> twelve ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners.html |title=Past Winners |publisher=] |access-date=March 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407031849/http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners.html |archive-date=April 7, 2009 }}</ref> and five ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |title=Saturn Awards – Past Award Winners |publisher=] |access-date=March 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502112545/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |archive-date=May 2, 2007 }}</ref> out of over thirty nominations each. ''Stargate SG-1'' was also nominated for two ]s in 2003 and 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vesawards.com/awards/history/1.html |title=1st Annual VES Awards Nominees and Recipients |publisher=] |access-date=March 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225100306/http://vesawards.com/awards/history/1.html |archive-date=February 25, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vesawards.com/awards/history/3.html |title=3rd Annual VES Awards Nominees and Recipients |publisher=] |access-date=March 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124193716/http://vesawards.com/awards/history/3.html |archive-date=January 24, 2009 }}</ref> and for two ]s in 2005 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=12 |title=2005 Hugo Awards |date=July 24, 2007 |publisher=] |access-date=March 24, 2009 |archive-date=May 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519051608/http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=12 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=127 |title=2007 Hugo Awards |date=August 9, 2007 |publisher=] |access-date=March 24, 2009 |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812122618/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2007-hugo-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Fandom===
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{{Main|Stargate fandom}}
Brad Wright used the term "Gaters" to refer to fans of ''Stargate SG-1'' in 2001,<ref name=dvdbeyond>{{cite video |people=]; ]; ]; ]; Giannazzo, Tom |date=2001 |title=Stargate SG-1: Season 3 – Timeline To The Future – Part 3: Beyond The Gate | medium = DVD |publisher=]}}</ref> but the term did not become widespread. Some fans' belief that there was a real Stargate device under Cheyenne Mountain inspired writers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie to come up with their own conspiracy story for Season 4's "]".<ref name=dvdbeyond/> The fansite ] became a major franchise news site with special arrangements with MGM; GateWorld's founder Darren Sumner was later hired to serve as a news editor for the official ''Stargate SG-1'' magazine and to check ''Stargate'' comic books for continuity errors with the TV shows before publication.<ref>Storm 2005, pp. 81–86.</ref> '']'' graphic designer ] gained notoriety among ''Stargate'' fans for devoting several of his "Recliner of Rage" ''Late Night'' segments to ''SG-1''. The producers invited him to make cameo appearances in the episodes "]" and "]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/09/conan-obrien-notes-stargate-cancellation/|title=Conan O'Brien notes Stargate cancellation|publisher=]|date=September 9, 2006|access-date=April 19, 2009|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204020136/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/09/conan-obrien-notes-stargate-cancellation/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Established in 2000, ] is the world's longest-running ''SG-1'' fan convention. It is held in the Vancouver area, (plus two in the UK), with more actor and crew member participation than other conventions. ''SG-1'' conventions by ] were also marketed as "The Official ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' Tour", which mostly took place in the United States until Creation Entertainment acquired the license for Vancouver conventions in 2005. Wolf Events organized many ''SG-1'' conventions in Europe, particularly in the UK and Germany.<ref>Storm 2005, pp. 93–95.</ref>

===Merchandise===
{{Main|Stargate literature|List of Stargate comics|Stargate games}}
''Stargate SG-1'' spawned an industry of spin-off products. From 1999 to 2001, ] published four ''Stargate SG-1'' novels written by ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/archive/001014_2.shtml |title=Publisher cancels SG-1 novel series |publisher=] |date=October 14, 2000 |access-date=March 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616093509/http://www.gateworld.net/news/archive/001014_2.shtml |archive-date=June 16, 2011 }}</ref> In 2004, UK-based ] launched a new series of licensed tie-in novels based on ''Stargate SG-1'', although these books were unavailable in North America until 2006 when the license conflict with ROC expired.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/06/fandemonium-novels-coming-to-u-s/|title=Fandemonium novels coming to U.S.|publisher=]|date=June 6, 2006|access-date=March 21, 2009|archive-date=March 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331072329/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/06/fandemonium-novels-coming-to-u-s/|url-status=live}}</ref> Titan Publishing publishes the official ''Stargate Magazine'',<ref name=vs_success/> while ] published a ].<ref name=vs_success/> British company ] began to produce ] in early 2008, voiced by members of the ''SG-1'' cast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigfinish.com/news/STARGATE-SG-1-AND-STARGATE-ATLANTIS |title=Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis: The Gate is still open, the missions continue |date=February 25, 2008 |publisher=bigfinish.com |access-date=March 21, 2008 |archive-date=November 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121134211/http://www.bigfinish.com/news/STARGATE-SG-1-AND-STARGATE-ATLANTIS |url-status=live }}</ref> A ] and a ] were released in 2003 and 2007. Diamond Select Toys and ] launched a series of toys in 2005 and 2006, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2005/10/sg-1-atlantis-action-figures-in-the-works/|title=SG-1, Atlantis action figures in the works|publisher=]|date=October 12, 2005|access-date=March 21, 2009|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126030333/https://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/10/sg-1-atlantis-action-figures-in-the-works/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Hasbro%E2%80%99s_Plans_For_2006_95314.asp |title=Hasbro's Plans For 2006 |publisher=theforce.net |date=October 18, 2005 |access-date=March 21, 2009 |archive-date=May 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520051503/http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Hasbro%E2%80%99s_Plans_For_2006_95314.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> The planned video game '']'' was cancelled in 2005 and the futures of the ] '']'' and the Third Person Shooter from the same studio (Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment) named '']'' were made clear in November 2010 following MGM's decision not to renew CME's Stargate license. Four amusement rides are based on ''Stargate''&nbsp;– the ] theme park ride operating at Space Park ] in Germany and at ] theme parks in ], ] and ].<ref name=vs_success/>

===Legacy===
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''Stargate SG-1'' spawned the animated '']'', and the live-action spin-off TV series' '']'' and '']''. By ''SG-1''{{'s}} tenth season in 2006, ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' were said to have brought US$500 million in production to British Columbia.<ref name=vs_success>{{cite news|last=Andrews |first=Marke |url=http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=8cadeca7-c0a8-403f-b6d6-7c1f728a9aa7&k=25558 |title=Stargate's success is out of this world |newspaper=] |date=April 8, 2006 |access-date=March 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528222127/http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=8cadeca7-c0a8-403f-b6d6-7c1f728a9aa7&k=25558 |archive-date=May 28, 2009 }}</ref> MGM executive vice president Charles Cohen described ''Stargate SG-1'' and its spinoff series as the television counterpart of their '']'' franchise, being very profitable and improving their image.<ref name=mcn_200/>

According to Stan Beeler and Lisa Dickson in their 2005 book ''Reading Stargate SG-1'', the only science fiction shows to exceed the staying power of ''SG-1'' are '']'' and the '']'' franchise, although '']'' and '']''/'']'' might have comparable longevity.<ref name=beeler_intro/> Brad Wright cited continuity in the creative team and fan loyalty as reasons for the show's longevity.<ref name=vs_success/> With its 202nd episode, "]", ''Stargate SG-1'' surpassed ''The X-Files'' as the longest-running North American science fiction series on television, until passed by the final season of '']'' in 2011, which was in turn passed by the eleventh season ] of ''The X-Files'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |author=Sumner, Darren |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/05/smallville-bows-this-week-with-stargates-world-record/ |title=Smallville bows this week — with Stargate's world record |publisher=] |date=May 10, 2011 |access-date=May 11, 2011 |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301025644/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/05/smallville-bows-this-week-with-stargates-world-record/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Doctor Who'' fans dispute ''SG-1''{{'s}} listing in the 2007 '']'' as the "longest-running science fiction show (consecutive)", as 695 episodes of the British show were produced but not shown consecutively between 1963 and 1989.<ref name="record">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/09/23/36558.shtml |title=Record breaker? |work=] |access-date=November 22, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319222715/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/09/23/36558.shtml |archive-date=March 19, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5390372.stm |title=Dr Who 'longest-running sci-fi' |work=] |date=September 28, 2006 |access-date=September 29, 2006 |archive-date=August 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827085649/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5390372.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Scott D. Pierce from '']'' said that the series never made a "sort of cultural impact" as ''Star Trek'' because the show was "pretty derivative" which he further stated it became "more so over the years."<ref>{{cite news|author=D. Pierce, Scott |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070622/ai_n19326904/?tag=content;col1 |title='Stargate' signs off |newspaper=Deseret News |date=June 22, 2007 |access-date=May 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105025458/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070622/ai_n19326904/?tag=content%3Bcol1 |archive-date=November 5, 2015 }}</ref>

The astronomers ] and ] enjoyed the ''SG-1'' arch villain ] so much that they named their discovered ] "]".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cooke |first=Bill |url=http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=3434 |title=Asteroid Apophis set for a makeover |magazine=] |date=August 18, 2005 |access-date=April 4, 2009}}</ref>

Reflecting on ''SG-1'' in 2020, ], co-creator of the 1994 original film, recalled that initially he had been very hostile to the series, likening his experience of it to "watching someone else raising your child" and pointing out that the full-frontal nudity featured in the pilot episode was not what he thought Stargate should be about. But he had come to believe, he said, that the passion of ''SG-1'''s fanbase reflected the fact that Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner had created a really good show, thus reaching out to Glassner for the first time.<ref name="dtg-dd">{{cite web |title=Dial the Gate - 007: Dean Devlin (Interview) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0nvUbs25KI | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029015238/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0nvUbs25KI&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2020-10-29|website=Youtube |publisher=Gateworld |access-date=21 October 2020 |date=17 October 2020}}</ref>


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Science fiction television series (1997–2007) "SG1" redirects here. For other uses, see SG1 (disambiguation). For the cancelled video game, see Stargate SG-1: The Alliance.

Stargate SG-1
GenreAction/adventure
Science fiction
Created by
Based onStargate
by Roland Emmerich
Dean Devlin
Starring
Theme music composerJoel Goldsmith
David Arnold
ComposerJoel Goldsmith
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons10
No. of episodes214 + 2 DVD films (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Running time44 minutes
Production companiesMGM Television
Double Secret Productions
Gekko Film Corp.
(1997–2005)
(seasons 1–8)
Sony Pictures Television
(2005–2006)
Original release
Network
ReleaseJuly 27, 1997 (1997-07-27) –
June 22, 2007 (2007-06-22)
Related

Stargate SG-1 (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated SG-1) is a military science fiction adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 science fiction film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. The television series was filmed in and around the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered on Showtime on July 27, 1997, and moved to the Sci Fi Channel on June 7, 2002; the series finale aired on Sky1 on March 13, 2007.

The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets and in space. SG-1 is an elite United States Air Force special operations team, one of about 20 teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, the Replicators and the Ori. The series draws upon Egyptian, Greek and Norse mythology, as well as the legend of King Arthur.

The series was a ratings success for its first-run broadcasters and in syndication and was particularly popular in Europe and Australia. Stargate SG-1's awards include eight Emmy nominations. It also spawned the animated television series Stargate Infinity, the live-action spin-off TV series Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe, and Stargate Origins and the direct-to-DVD films Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum. Merchandise for Stargate SG-1 includes games and toys, print media and an original audio series.

Series overview

Main articles: List of Stargate SG-1 episodes and Mythology of Stargate
The series' main cast

The plot of Stargate SG-1 picks up a year after the conclusion of the events recounted in the original feature film. It follows the adventures of SG-1, a military team from Earth. SG-1 and a dozen other SG teams venture to distant planets using an alien portal known as a Stargate, which in the series is housed in a top-secret United States Air Force military base known as Stargate Command (SGC) in the underground Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In the first eight seasons, the mission of the SG teams is to explore the galaxy and search for alien technology and allies to defend Earth against the Goa'uld, a snake-like parasitic alien race from planet P3X-888 that takes humans as unwilling hosts. As explained in the series' backstory, the Goa'uld had transported human slaves from Earth to other habitable planets across the galaxy thousands of years ago and now pose as gods of old Earth mythologies, particularly Ancient Egypt. SG-1 eventually learns that highly evolved human-like beings, known as the Ancients, had originally built the Stargate network millions of years earlier, before ascending to a higher plane of existence, after which they pledged not to interfere in the lives of other species.

Goa'uld Arc

The Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado, United States is home to Earth's fictional Stargate Command in the Stargate universe.
Main article: Goa'uld

The pilot episode ("Children of the Gods"), set one year after the events of the original feature film, introduces the Goa'uld System Lord Apophis (Peter Williams) as the main antagonist when he attacks Earth's mothballed SGC military base through the Stargate and kidnaps an airman. The SGC is brought back into action when the Stargate is revealed to be part of an interplanetary network connecting countless planets. SG teams are created to help defend Earth against the Goa'uld, who have interstellar pyramid warships and vast armies of Jaffa (hereditary slaves and human incubators to the Goa'uld) at their disposal. Earth's flagship team SG-1, which includes Apophis's defected First Prime (lead Jaffa soldier) Teal'c, initiates several alliances with other cultures in the galaxy, such as the Goa'uld-like but truly symbiotic Tok'ra, the advanced human Tollan, the pacifist Nox, the benevolent Roswell-alien Asgard and remnants of the powerful Ancients. Another alien threat arises in the Season 3 finale ("Nemesis") in the form of sentient machines called Replicators. Meanwhile, rogue agents of a shadowy intelligence agency on Earth, the NID, repeatedly attempt to take control of the Stargate and other alien technology. Despite Apophis's death in the beginning of Season 5, the Goa'uld Empire remains a major foe in Stargate SG-1 until the end of Season 8. The only influential Goa'uld in the last two seasons of Stargate SG-1 is the System Lord Ba'al (Cliff Simon), who is defeated in the direct-to-DVD film Stargate: Continuum.

Anubis Arc

Main article: Anubis (Stargate)

After Apophis's defeat in the Season 5 premiere ("Enemies"), the half-Ascended Goa'uld System Lord Anubis (David Palffy) assumes the role of the primary antagonist of the show. This new villain possesses much of the knowledge of the Ancients and their technology. While Earth builds its first interstellar spaceship (the Prometheus) in seasons Season 6 and Season 7, Anubis creates an army of almost invincible Kull Warriors and wipes out or subordinates most of his adversaries amongst the System Lords. In the Season 7 finale ("Lost City"), SG-1 discovers a powerful weapon in an Ancient outpost in Antarctica that annihilates Anubis's entire fleet and also sets the stage for the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis. Ba'al subsumes much of Anubis's power in Season 8, while Anubis, who survived the destruction of his fleet in a disembodied form, quietly begins to re-assert his influence. Human-form Replicators begin to conquer the System Lords, but SG-1 finds and adjusts an Ancient weapon to destroy all Replicators throughout the galaxy. Near the end of Season 8 ("Threads"), it is revealed that the benevolent Ascended being Oma Desala (Mel Harris) is responsible for Anubis's original ascension. When she engages Anubis in an eternal stalemated battle on the Ascended plane to prevent his acting on the mortal plane, the Replicators and most System Lords have already been annihilated and the Jaffa win their freedom from Goa'uld rule.

Ori Arc

Main article: Ori (Stargate)

The original SG-1 team disbands after the events of Season 8, but slowly reunites under new team leader Lt Col. Cameron Mitchell after the SGC inadvertently draws the attention of the Ori to the existence of sentient life in the Milky Way; the Ori are revealed to be a faction of ascended Ancients residing in another galaxy that are diametrically opposed to the Ancients' belief in strict noninterference in the lower planes of existence, sapping the energy from untold billions of "lower beings" (non-ascended sentient beings) by means of their worship in a religion called Origin. While the Ori send enhanced human beings named Priors to the Milky Way to convert the galaxy to Origin, Ba'al and some minor Goa'uld infiltrate Earth through The Trust (a coalition of rogue NID operatives) to rebuild their power. At the end of Season 9 ("Camelot (Part 1)"), the Ori begin an evangelistic crusade with their warships and effortlessly wipe out the combined fleet of Earth and its allies. The leader of the Ori, Adria (Morena Baccarin), is introduced in the premiere of Season 10 ("Flesh and Blood (Part 2)"). SG-1 searches for the Sangraal, an Ancient weapon that might defeat the Ori, while Ba'al and his clones attempt to find the weapon for their own purposes. With the help of the powerful Ancient Merlin (Matthew Walker), SG-1 finds the construction plans of the Sangraal and sends a working version to the Ori galaxy. Shortly thereafter, Adria ascends. The direct-to-DVD film Stargate: The Ark of Truth ends the Ori Arc.

Main cast and characters

Main article: List of Stargate SG-1 characters
Character Portrayed by Seasons Films
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I II
Jack O'Neill Richard Dean Anderson Main Guest Does not appear M
Daniel Jackson Michael Shanks Main R Main
Samantha Carter Amanda Tapping Main
Teal'c Christopher Judge Main
George Hammond Don S. Davis Main R Guest Does not appear A
Jonas Quinn Corin Nemec Does not appear G M R Does not appear
Cameron Mitchell Ben Browder Does not appear Main
Hank Landry Beau Bridges Does not appear Main A
Vala Mal Doran Claudia Black Does not appear G R Main
  • Richard Dean Anderson as Jonathan "Jack" O'Neill (Seasons 1–8 main, Seasons 9–10 guest) – A United States Air Force colonel and an Air Force Special Operations veteran who led the original mission through the Stargate in Stargate (where he was played by Kurt Russell). He is coaxed out of retirement in the pilot episode and serves as the leader of the SG-1 team in the first seven seasons. He takes charge of Stargate Command (SGC) after his promotion to brigadier general at the beginning of Season 8. The series repeatedly alludes to romantic feelings between O'Neill and his second-in-command, Carter, but the relationship is never shown as consummated outside alternate reality scenarios. O'Neill is reassigned to Washington, D.C. before Season 9 and receives a promotion to major general. He appears in a recurring role in Seasons 9 and 10 of Stargate SG-1, as well as in Stargate: Continuum and in Seasons 1 and 3 of Stargate Atlantis. O'Neill appears as a lieutenant general in multiple episodes of Stargate Universe where he is in command of the Department of Homeworld Security.
  • Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson (Seasons 1–5 and 7–10 main, Season 6 recurring) – A brilliant Egyptologist whose far-fetched theories about Egyptian pyramids having been built by aliens led to his participation in the original Stargate mission in the feature film (where he was played by James Spader). He joins the SG-1 team to facilitate his search for his wife, who was kidnapped by Apophis in the pilot episode, but his naïveté and curiosity regularly create obstacles for the team. He gradually evolves from being an archaeologist and translator, into the moral conscience for the team, and remains part of SG-1 until he ascends to a higher plane of existence at the end of Season 5. Following his forced de-ascension at the beginning of Season 7, he rejoins SG-1 for the remainder of the series. The last three seasons show, he has a flirty, yet antagonistic relationship with Vala Mal Doran. Daniel also appears in both direct-to-DVD films, in Seasons 1 and 5 of Stargate Atlantis and in three Stargate Universe episodes.
  • Amanda Tapping as Samantha "Sam" Carter (Seasons 1–10 main) – A brilliant young astrophysicist and initially a United States Air Force captain, who joins SG-1 under the command of Colonel O'Neill in the pilot episode. Following her promotion to major in Season 3, she is promoted to lieutenant colonel early in Season 8 and assumes command of SG-1. Carter assists Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell in Seasons 9 and 10. After her appearance in Stargate: The Ark of Truth, she is promoted to full colonel and becomes the new commander of the Atlantis expedition in Season 4 of Stargate Atlantis, before joining SG-1 again for Stargate: Continuum. Carter appears in a recurring role in all seasons of Stargate Atlantis (and as a regular in Season 4) and in the first episode of Stargate Universe as commander of the starship George Hammond.
  • Christopher Judge as Teal'c (Seasons 1–10 main) – A quiet and strong Jaffa alien who defects from his position as the First Prime of the Goa'uld Apophis. He joins SG-1 after the first episode, in hopes of leading his race to freedom. Despite achieving this goal at the end of Season 8, he remains a member of SG-1 until the end of the series. He also appears in both direct-to-DVD films and in Season 4 of Stargate Atlantis as a mentor for Ronon Dex during an interview for the IOA.
  • Don S. Davis as George Hammond (Seasons 1–7 main, Seasons 8–10 recurring) – A United States Air Force major general (later lieutenant general) who commands Stargate Command in the first seven seasons. Besides recurring in Seasons 8 through 10 of Stargate SG-1, he appears in Season 1 of Stargate Atlantis. Davis died from a heart attack in June 2008, making his appearance in Stargate: Continuum his last.
  • Corin Nemec as Jonas Quinn (Season 6 main, Season 5 guest and 7 recurring) – A humanoid alien and scientist from the country of Kelowna on the planet Langara. Daniel sacrifices his life (leading to his ascension) at the end of Season 5 in an attempt to save Kelowna, but the following gleeful reaction of the Kelownan leaders causes Jonas to turn his back on Langara. Jonas is a fast learner and fills Daniel's empty spot on SG-1 in Season 6. Following Daniel's return, Jonas returns to his planet and remains a recurring character in Season 7.
  • Ben Browder as Cameron "Cam" Mitchell (Seasons 9–10 main) – A United States Air Force lieutenant colonel who is assigned as the new commanding officer of SG-1 at the beginning of Season 9. He struggles to reunite its former members under his command and commands SG-1 (with Lieutenant Colonel Carter's assistance) until the end of Season 10. He is promoted to full colonel between his appearances in Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum.
  • Beau Bridges as Henry "Hank" Landry (Seasons 9–10 main) – A United States Air Force major general and the commander of Stargate Command in Seasons 9 and 10. He is the estranged father of the SGC's medical officer Carolyn Lam and appears in both direct-to-DVD films and in Seasons 2 and 3 of Stargate Atlantis. In Season 10, Episode 13 Hank Landry was President Of The United States, as well as Major General Hank Landry.
  • Claudia Black as Vala Mal Doran (Season 10 main, Season 8 guest and 9 recurring) – A con artist from an unnamed planet and a former human host to the Goa'uld Qetesh. Her first appearance in Season 8's "Prometheus Unbound" is the beginning of her flirty yet antagonistic relationship with Daniel. In her recurring role in Season 9, she and Daniel unintentionally set off the new Ori threat. She is unwillingly impregnated by the Ori, gives birth to Adria and watches helplessly as Adria grows to adulthood in a few days time. She joins SG-1 after giving birth to the new leader of the Ori at the beginning of Season 10 and appears in both direct-to-DVD films.

Production

See also: List of Stargate SG-1 episodes

Conception

Stargate SG-1 was co-created by Brad Wright (top) and Jonathan Glassner (bottom). Main articles: Children of the Gods and Stargate SG-1 (season 1)

Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner had worked together on the MGM television series The Outer Limits since 1995. Upon hearing of MGM's plan to create a television spin-off series of the feature film Stargate, Wright and Glassner independently and unbeknownst to each other approached MGM and proposed their concept for the television series. MGM president John Symes greenlit the project on the condition that Wright and Glassner work together as executive producers of the new show. The show was named Stargate SG-1 after Wright flightily agreed to Symes's pitch question of whether the team should be called "SG-1". MGM released posters titled Stargate SG-1 within the next week without the knowledge of Wright or Glassner.

John Symes approached Michael Greenburg and Richard Dean Anderson, former star of the long-running MacGyver. Anderson agreed to become involved if his character Jack O'Neill were allowed more comedic leeway than Kurt Russell's character in the feature film. He also requested that Stargate SG-1 be an ensemble show, so that he would not be carrying most of the plot alone as he had on MacGyver. The American subscription channel Showtime made a two-season commitment for 44 episodes in 1996. Principal photography began in Vancouver in February 1997.

Casting and cast changes

After Anderson accepted the part, Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner reviewed several thousand taped auditions and invited approximately 25 promising actors to screen tests in Los Angeles. Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge are said to have gravitated towards each other during the casting process before they knew that they would ultimately be cast. The producers found Judge the easiest to cast due to his muscular presence. Shanks was cast because he did "the perfect imitation of James Spader", according to Wright. The producers knew Don S. Davis from his work as a stand-in and stunt-double for Dana Elcar in MacGyver and approached him to read for the role of George Hammond.

Showtime's announcement that it would not renew Stargate SG-1 after Season 5 coincided with Michael Shanks's decision to leave the show over concerns of being underutilized. The Sci Fi Channel picked up the show and substituted a new character, played by Corin Nemec. Casting agents had met Nemec in the courtyard of MGM's Santa Monica offices by chance and had offered him the role of Jonas Quinn. Addressing rumors that it had forced Shanks's departure, Sci Fi said in February 2002 that the network had "absolutely never requested that any cast changes be made... and although we regret the loss of Michael Shanks, we think that Corin Nemec will be a great new presence in the cast." Nemec's early appearances, beginning with the penultimate episode of Season 5 "Meridian", failed to win over some of the show's fans. Nemec was willing to continue playing the character after Season 6 or in a feature film or a spin-off series. However, the producers reached an agreement with Shanks to return full-time in Season 7, leaving Nemec with a recurring role. Don S. Davis left Stargate SG-1 after Season 7 for health reasons, but appeared in a recurring capacity until his death on June 29, 2008.

Due to prior engagements, Claudia Black of Farscape fame could not accept the offers to guest-star on Stargate SG-1 until the Season 8 episode "Prometheus Unbound". The producers liked the on-screen chemistry between Black's Vala Mal Doran and Shanks's Daniel so much that they re-introduced her in a six-episode story Arc to cover for the maternity leave of Amanda Tapping at the beginning of Season 9. At the same time, Richard Dean Anderson left the show to spend more time with his daughter (his schedule had been reduced incrementally since Season 6). The role of the leading man was filled with Ben Browder (also of Farscape fame), who had met with the Stargate producers as soon as the introduction of new main characters for Season 9 was discussed. The producers had met him during sci-fi conventions and had previously discussed casting him in other Stargate roles. The producers approached Emmy Award-winning actor Beau Bridges directly to play the role of Hank Landry. Claudia Black's guest appearances were so popular with the cast, crew and audience that the actress returned for the last two Season 9 episodes (with her pregnancy worked into the plot) and she joined the cast full-time in Season 10.

Crew

Robert C. Cooper became SG-1's show runner in Season 7.

Most of the producers, crew members and guest actors involved in Stargate SG-1 were Canadian. Creators Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner were executive producers and show runners of Stargate SG-1 in the first three seasons, having the final say (besides MGM and the network) on stories, designs, effects, casting, editing and episode budgets. After Glassner's departure, Wright ran Stargate SG-1 alone for three seasons. Executive producer Robert C. Cooper took over as show-runner in Season 7 when Brad Wright took time off to develop the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis. Cooper and Wright remained show-runners of their respective shows until the end of SG-1. Also serving as executive and co-executive producers were Michael Greenburg and Richard Dean Anderson (Seasons 1–8), N. John Smith (Seasons 4–10) and the writer team Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie (Seasons 7–10).

Although Stargate SG-1 employed freelance writers, most of the 214 Stargate SG-1 episodes were written by Brad Wright (Seasons 1–10), Jonathan Glassner (Seasons 1–3), Katharyn Powers (Seasons 1–6), Robert C. Cooper (Seasons 1–10), Peter DeLuise (Seasons 4–8), Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie (Seasons 4–10), Damian Kindler (Seasons 6–10) and Alan McCullough (Seasons 9–10). Martin Wood and Peter DeLuise directed the most episodes, with 46 episodes (Seasons 1–10) and 57 episodes (Seasons 2–10), respectively. Wood and DeLuise regularly made cameo appearances in their episodes and notably played the show-within-a-show directors in the cameo-heavy milestone episodes "Wormhole X-Treme!" and "200". Andy Mikita had been an assistant director since the pilot episode and directed 29 episodes from Season 3–10. SG-1 director of photography Peter Woeste and camera operator William Waring directed 13 episodes each. Most staff writers and staff directors held producer positions. Several cast members also contributed story ideas and directed SG-1 episodes.

Filming

Stargate SG-1 was filmed at The Bridge Studios in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Stargate SG-1 was filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia, mainly at The Bridge Studios and NORCO Studios, which offered Stargate SG-1 tax breaks throughout its run. The cost of an SG-1 episode increased from US$1.3 million in the first seasons to an estimated US$2 million per episode in Season 10, partly due to unfavorable exchange rates. Many Vancouver area landmarks were incorporated into the episodes, such as the campus of Simon Fraser University, which became the setting of the capital of the Tollan, an alien civilization. Production faced many weather problems because of the moderate oceanic climate of Vancouver, although rain could be eliminated from film. The Season 3 episode "Crystal Skull" was the first episode to be filmed on a virtual set.

The main setting of Stargate SG-1, the fictional Stargate Command (SGC) at the (real) Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station near Colorado Springs, Colorado, was filmed at stage 5 of The Bridge Studios. Martin Wood filmed half a dozen stock shots of the real Cheyenne Mountain complex for use in the series approximately ten days before the premiere of the pilot episode. Although these shots wore out over the years, the producers did not film new shots until the beginning of Season 9, thinking that Stargate SG-1 would be cancelled after each current year. By then, visitor questions and fan theories about the existence of a Stargate at the real Cheyenne Mountain complex had become so common that Cheyenne Mountain had installed a seemingly high-security door labeled "Stargate Command" for one of their storage rooms holding brooms and detergent.

The first seven seasons had 22 episodes each, which was reduced to 20 episodes for the last three seasons. Episodes of the first seasons were filmed over a period of 7.5 working days, which decreased to a targeted average of six working days in the last seasons. All episodes were filmed in 16:9 wide-screen, although Stargate SG-1 was broadcast in 4:3 aspect ratio in its first years. The transition to the broadcast of episodes in the wider 16:9 ratio gave directors more freedom in frame composition. The first three seasons of Stargate SG-1 were filmed on 16 mm film, notwithstanding scenes involving visual effects that had always been shot on 35 mm film for various technical reasons. After a test run with the Season 3 finale, "Nemesis", Stargate SG-1 switched to 35 mm film for all purposes at the beginning of Season 4. Digital HD cameras were used for filming beginning with Season 8.

Production design

See also: Stargate (device)

The art department generated all of the concepts and drawing for the prop department, the set decoration department, the construction department, the paint department and the model shop. They also collaborated with the visual effects department. Stargate SG-1 employed about 200 Canadian union workers, although that number could exceed 300 when new sets were built. Lead production designer Richard Hudolin joined the project in October 1996. Bridget McGuire, SG-1's art director since the pilot episode, took over as lead production designer in Season 6.

Hudolin flew to Los Angeles in 1996 to gather material from the feature film as reference and found the original Stargate prop stored outside in the Californian desert. Although the prop had severely deteriorated, he was able to take a detailed mold for Stargate SG-1 production to build its own prop. The new Stargate was engineered to turn, to lock the chevrons and to be computer-controlled to dial specific gate addresses. A portable Stargate prop was built for on-location shoots and required six workers and one full day to set up. Since visual effects are sometimes faster and cheaper, a computer-generated Stargate was occasionally used in on-location shoots in later seasons.

The SGC set had to be twice as high for shooting as the 22-foot-tall (6.7 m) Stargate prop, but one of Hudolin's original plans of a three-level set was rejected in favor of a two-level set. The gateroom was the biggest room on set and could be redesigned for other scenes. Two multi-purpose rooms were frequently redecorated into the infirmary, Daniel's lab, the cafeteria or the gym. The SGC set and all other sets from the pilot episode were constructed within six weeks in January and February 1997, incorporating some original set pieces from the feature film. The SGC set would be largely dismantled in late 2008 to make room for the Icarus Base set of Stargate Universe.

Make-up and costumes

Most of the main SG-1 characters are US airmen and wear authentic United States Air Force uniforms. During missions, the members of the SG-1 team normally wear olive green Battle Dress Uniforms. Richard Dean Anderson and Don S. Davis received a regular military-style haircut on set. Amanda Tapping had her hair comparably short until the filming of the direct-to-DVD films. Playing a civilian, Michael Shanks adopted James Spader's hairstyle from the feature film but cut it short for the Season 2 finale and subsequent seasons. The Jaffa alien Teal'c (Christopher Judge) was the only main character whose look required more than basic make-up. His Egyptian look was reflective of the Goa'uld Ra from the feature film and was complemented with a forehead symbol and a gold skin tone, although his make-up process was simplified over the years. Judge shaved his head at home each day until the producers allowed him to let his hair grow in Season 8. As a trained nurse, key make-up artist Jan Newman could make burns, cuts, bruises and the SG-1 team's other wounds look authentic.

For the look of aliens, the make-up department collaborated with prosthetics companies from Vancouver and Los Angeles, including Steve Johnson's XFX (first three seasons only) & Todd Masters. While the human origins of many alien races and human civilizations were left recognizable, the recurring characters who were members of the Unas race required elaborate prosthetics and make-up work. To convey the cultural origins of the various fictional human civilizations living on different planets after their displacement from Earth, the costume designers combined elements of their respective Earth cultures with modern fabrics, elaborate trims and chains to produce a historically rooted yet otherworldly appearance. The look of the Goa'uld such as Apophis was initially based on the look of Ra in the feature film. For the design of the Ori and the Priors in Season 9, the art department looked at Japanese and samurai garments for costume design. Art director James Robbins found the face painting, scarification and burns of remote jungle tribes mystical and these served as inspiration for the face scarification of the Priors and the Doci. Early ideas to include finger extensions and scarification on these characters' hands were discarded as impracticable.

Visual effects

Stargate SG-1 was one of the biggest employers in the Vancouver visual effects market, spending $400,000 per episode. The largest role was played by Rainmaker Digital Effects, whose senior digital compositing artist, Bruce Woloshyn, worked approximately 10 months a year in close collaboration with SG-1's visual effects supervisor/producer James Tichenor and visual effects supervisor Michelle Comens. Many companies were hired to create the Stargate's water-like event horizon in the beginning, but Rainmaker eventually became the only company to create those visual effects. Rainmaker's regular effects shots included the activation and use of the Stargate itself (with well over 300 event horizon shots in the first few years), the transport rings and the blast shots of the staff weapons and zat guns. They created the visual effects for Goa'uld cargo ships and death gliders on a less regular basis.

Lost Boys Studios provided visual effects for SG-1 from the very beginning of the series up to the end of Season 5, and Image Engine worked on the show from Season 2. Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis were responsible for an estimated 30% to 40% of the business of Atmosphere Visual Effects. James Tichenor considered the few episodes with big visual effects budgets the most likely works to contain visual cues that would impress award judges. Stargate SG-1 helped win the local post production shops industry recognition, with Season 4's "Small Victories", Season 5's "Revelations" and Season 7's "Lost City" receiving the most visual effects awards and nominations (see List of awards and nominations received by Stargate SG-1).

Music

According to composer Joel Goldsmith, Stargate SG-1 had a traditional action-adventure score, "with a sci-fi, fantasy flair" that goes "from comedy to drama to wondrous to suspense to heavy action to ethereal". Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner had known Goldsmith since the second season of The Outer Limits before they approached him to work on the pilot episode of Stargate SG-1. Goldsmith and David Arnold, the composer of the original feature film score, discussed themes for a television adaptation. The main titles of Stargate SG-1 were a medley of several themes from the feature film, although Goldsmith also wrote a unique end title for SG-1 to establish the show as its own entity. MGM eventually insisted on using Arnold's score in the pilot episode instead of Goldsmith's, but Brad Wright's 2009 direct-to-DVD recut of Children of the Gods uses Goldsmith's original score.

For each episode's score, Goldsmith simulated a real orchestra with a synthesizer palette of an eighty-piece symphony orchestra for budgetary reasons, although he occasionally used two or three musicians for added orchestral authenticity. Goldsmith's long-time assistant Neal Acree started composing additional music for Stargate SG-1 in Season 8. The amount of composed music varied between 12 and 33 minutes out of a 44-minute episode, with an average of around 22 to 26 minutes, making the full symphonic score of SG-1 more time-consuming to create than for general TV shows. Since Goldsmith lived a thousand miles away from Vancouver, he and the producers discussed ideas over the phone and exchanged tapes via Federal Express for several years until the show switched to Internet file transfers.

Goldsmith's reliance on Arnold's score decreased over the seasons when Stargate SG-1 departed from the Goa'uld theme and introduced new characters and races. Goldsmith had a thematic approach to races and spaceships. For example, he wanted a mechanical, repetitive musical motif for the Replicators; Gothic, Gregorian and Christian themes were the inspiration for the Ori motif. The Ancient theme was deliberately carried over to Stargate Atlantis. The end of "Lost City" has a basic melody that would become part of the main title of Atlantis per a suggestion by Goldsmith's assistant. Non-original music was rarely used on SG-1, although Goldsmith chose the aria "Vesti la giubba" from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci for season 3's "Shades of Grey". Additionally, Lily Frost's song "Who am I" played in Season 7's "Fragile Balance" and CCR's song "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" played in the series finale "Unending". A television soundtrack with Goldsmith's adapted score was released in 1997, followed by a best-of release in 2001. In Season 1 Episode 7, "The Nox", the music that played when The Nox appeared was Spinning The Silk from the album Chrysalis by 2002.

Opening title sequence

Stargate SG-1 has had several opening title sequences, which are generally preceded by a teaser act. The credits are normally sixty seconds long. Richard Dean Anderson was the only SG-1 actor whose name appeared before the show's title. Michael Shanks' name was moved near the end of the opening credits with the appendage "as Daniel Jackson" after his return to the show in Season 7. Some DVD versions of early SG-1 seasons have different opening credits from the television versions, as do the direct-to-DVD films. Composer Joel Goldsmith adapted David Arnold's Stargate feature film score for SG-1's opening title theme, which remained the same during the run of Stargate SG-1 and its direct-to-DVD films.

The opening credits of Stargate SG-1's first five seasons show Ra's mask in close-up, which is similar to Tutankhamun's golden mask (pictured).

The first opening title sequence, used in the first five seasons, shows a slow-pan camera move over Ra's mask. The Stargate SG-1 producers had run out of time before the premiere of Season 1 and simply re-used the accelerated opening title sequence of the feature film. Ra's mask had been created in the feature film's model shop and had originally been filmed with a motion-control camera. Partly because Ra's mask looked cross-eyed, Brad Wright approached the art department in the following years to produce a new opening title sequence; however, the sequence remained the same until the show's move to the Sci-Fi Channel. During the first five seasons when the show was syndicated, a separate introduction was used; this intro is still used by Sci-Fi for Seasons 1–5. This version uses action shots of the original cast.

The opening title sequence of the first two Season 6 episodes shows a turning Stargate, for which a Frazier lens was put as close as 1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) to the Stargate prop. The opening credits of the following episodes intercut this material with live-action shots of the characters from previous seasons and ended with the SG-1 team stepping through the Stargate. The opening credits stayed the same in the next two seasons except for minor clip and cast changes. The opening credits of Season 9 intercut shots of the Stargate with action sequences similar to the previous opening credits, although the Stargate was visibly computer-generated. The Sci Fi Channel cut the opening credits from sixty to ten seconds in their original broadcast of the first half of Season 9, but reinstated the full opening credits after strongly negative fan reactions. The writers poked fun at this move in SG-1's milestone episode "200" in Season 10, showing a five-second clip instead of the full titles. Beginning with Season 10's "Company of Thieves", the last clip of the opening credits shows Vala Mal Doran almost missing SG-1's trip through the Stargate.

Collaboration with the military

Generals Michael E. Ryan and John P. Jumper, USAF Chiefs of Staff, appeared as themselves in "Prodigy" (2001 (2001)) and "Lost City" (2004 (2004)).

The U.S. Department of the Air Force, through the Air Force Office of Public Affairs, Entertainment Liaison in Los Angeles, co-operated closely with the Stargate SG-1 producers. Before the beginning of the series, the Air Force granted production access to the Cheyenne Mountain complex to film stock shots. They also read every script for mistakes and provided help with plausible background stories for all characters, ribbons, uniform regulations, hair advice, plot lines and military relationships and decorum on an active military base. The USAF flew up several T-38 Talon, F-15 and F-16 fighter jets to Vancouver for various episodes and direct-to-DVD films. Many of the extras portraying USAF personnel were real USAF staff.

Two successive Chiefs of Staff of the Air Force, Generals Michael E. Ryan and John P. Jumper, appeared as themselves in Season 4's "Prodigy" and Season 7's "Lost City", respectively. General Jumper's second scheduled appearance in Season 9's "The Fourth Horseman" was cancelled due to ongoing real-world conflicts in the Middle East. The Air Force Association recognized Richard Dean Anderson at its 57th annual dinner on September 14, 2004, for his work as actor and executive producer of the show and for the show's positive depiction of the United States Air Force. General Jumper made Anderson an honorary brigadier general, matching his on-screen promotion to that rank.

Several scenes of Season 4's "Small Victories" were filmed aboard and outside a decommissioned Russian Foxtrot-class submarine, which had been brought from Vladivostok to Vancouver by a private owner. The United States Navy invited the cast and producers to film aboard the nuclear submarine USS Alexandria (SSN-757) and at their Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station in the Arctic for the direct-to-DVD sequel Stargate: Continuum.

Themes and allusions

Main article: Mythology of Stargate
Many SG-1 stories are built around Egyptian gods, such as (from left to right) Osiris, Anubis and Horus.

Stargate SG-1 takes place in a military science fiction environment and employs the common science fiction concepts of strongly differentiated characters fighting an unequivocally evil enemy (the Goa'uld). However, it links alien races with well-known Earth mythologies, by use of the central Stargate device. Near-instantaneous interplanetary travel allows quick narrative shifts between the politics on Earth and the realities of fighting an interstellar war. Stargate SG-1 gradually evolves the basic premise of the Stargate film into its own unique mythological superstructure, expanding upon Egyptian mythology (notably the gods Apep/Apophis and Anubis as Goa'uld villains), Norse mythology (notably the god Thor as an Asgard ally) and Arthurian legend (notably Merlin as an Ancient ally against the god-like Ori), among others. SG-1 introduces new alien races (as opposed to alien human civilizations) less often than other science fiction television series and integrates newly encountered races or visited planets in stand-alone episodes into its established mythology while leaving the plotlines accessible for new audience members. Despite the show's extensive intergalactic mythology and science fiction elements, scholar M. Keith Booker considered SG-1 ultimately character-driven and heavily dependent on the camaraderie among the SG-1 members.

The producers embraced humor and wanted SG-1 to be a fun show that did not take itself too seriously. Brad Wright regarded SG-1 as a family show with adequate violence as opposed to random or gratuitous violence. Christopher Judge did not consider SG-1 as a "message show by any stretch of the imagination, but occasionally there are messages there". Aimed at a popular audience, Stargate SG-1 emphasized its present-day-Earth story frame by frequently referring to popular culture, like The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer had done before. Jonathan Glassner had written The Wizard of Oz references into his own scripts since the first season, which the other writers imitated after Richard Dean Anderson began referring to the film on his own. O'Neill refers to Richard Dean Anderson's favorite television series, The Simpsons, throughout the show. SG-1 makes meta-textual references to the process of writing and filming a science fiction TV series in several episodes and alludes to the main actors' previous TV roles in the pilot episode (Carter: "It took us fifteen years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a system for the gate on Earth") and in a Farscape vignette in the milestone episode "200".

Broadcast and release

See also: List of Stargate SG-1 episodes

Showtime and US syndication (1997–2002)

The American subscription channel Showtime ordered the first two seasons of Stargate SG-1 with 44 episodes total in 1996. The two-hour pilot episode received Showtime's highest-ever ratings for a series premiere with an audience of approximately 1.5 million households in the 8 p.m. Sunday slot of July 27, 1997. According to the SG-1 producers, a broadcast network would have cancelled SG-1 after a few episodes, but Showtime put no pressure on the show to "deliver the meteoric ratings the way network shows do". The show was consistently the channel's most-watched program (including theatrical movies), so Showtime ordered a third and fourth season of 22 episodes each in July 1998.

Since Stargate SG-1 was expensive to produce, MGM arranged an agreement with Showtime that SG-1 could air in syndication six months after their premiere on Showtime. All 22 FOX owned-and-operated local stations aired the first seasons after their Showtime debut, providing a clearance of 41% of the United States. The show was also available on non-FOX affiliated stations in other markets.

The Sci Fi Channel made its largest single programming acquisition of $150 million in 1998 by buying the exclusive basic cable rights to the MGM package Stargate SG-1, The Outer Limits and Poltergeist: The Legacy. Showtime decided to end its association with Stargate SG-1 at the end of Season 5, saying that the show still had a sizeable viewership but could no longer draw new subscribers due to its availability in syndication.

Sci Fi Channel and US syndication (2002–2007)

Since SG-1's ratings were good from a financial standpoint, the Sci Fi Channel picked up MGM's offer to continue the show into a sixth season, yet with a slightly reduced budget. Sci Fi aired new episodes of Stargate SG-1 in the 9 p.m. Friday slot between The Dead Zone and Farscape, while it aired older SG-1 episodes in a four-hour block every Monday at 7 p.m. Episodes were broadcast in US syndication six months after their premiere on Sci Fi. The sixth season was supposed to be the show's last, but Sci Fi renewed SG-1 at the last minute. The sixth and seventh seasons made Stargate SG-1 Sci Fi's highest-rated original series with an average of 2 million viewers in over 1.3 million households, elevating Sci Fi into the top 10 cable networks in the United States. For the next few years, the producers believed each current season to be the show's last and repeatedly wrote big series finales, but the success of Stargate SG-1 put off their plans of ending the show to write a new Stargate feature film. Sci Fi cut the length of an SG-1 season from 22 to 20 episodes from Season 8 onwards.

Originally envisioned as a replacement for SG-1, the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis began airing in tandem with SG-1's eighth season in summer 2004, setting a series record of 3.2 million viewers for SG-1 and a Sci Fi record as most-watched episode of a regular series ever (at the time) for Atlantis with 4.2 million viewers. Battlestar Galactica joined the two Stargate series in January 2005, making Sci Fi the leader among basic cablers on Friday nights over the summer of 2005. The producers considered replacing Stargate SG-1 with a new show named Stargate Command after SG-1's eighth season, but the Sci Fi Channel decided to continue SG-1 with a slightly changed cast for a ninth season instead. Season 9's average slipped from 2.4 million viewers in late 2005 to 2.1 million viewers with 1.8 household rating during early 2006, which Sci Fi's Mark Stern attributed to the "tech-savvy, toy-loving, time-shifting audience" whose use of digital video recorders excluded them in ratings compilations. Meanwhile, the decline of SG-1's 2005–2006 syndication household ratings was consistent with the overall decline in syndicated sci-fi action hours. Sci Fi ordered a record-breaking tenth season of SG-1 in 2005, but announced it would not renew the show for an eleventh season in summer 2006 (see Cancellation and future). The final SG-1 episode, "Unending", premiered on Sky1 in the UK on March 13, 2007, and attracted approximately 2.2 million viewers on the Sci Fi Channel on June 22, 2007.

International broadcast

According to Wright and Cooper, the worldwide popularity of science fiction was a factor in SG-1's success and the good international reception helped keep the series on the air in the beginning. Several newspapers reported in 2005–2006 that Stargate SG-1 aired in over 100 countries with a weekly worldwide viewership of around 10 million, but The New York Times gave different numbers in 2004, saying that the show was broadcast in sixty-four countries with more than 17 million viewers a week. Stargate SG-1 had a particularly fervent response in the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Australia.

Stargate SG-1 aired in the United Kingdom on Sky One with repeats on Sky Two, Sky Mix, Sky Max, Sky Sci-Fi, and Channel 4. Sky One broadcast new episodes of the second half of most seasons before their American premiere. Brad Wright found it "almost embarrassing" that Stargate SG-1 was much more popular in the United Kingdom than in Canada, where the show aired on Space, Citytv, A-Channel, Movie Central and French-language channels TQS and Ztélé. Stargate SG-1 aired in Australia on Sci Fi Australia and Channel Seven. It aired in India on STAR World India and in Israel on Channel 1.

Cancellation and future

On August 21, 2006, a few days after the premiere of SG-1's milestone episode "200", the Sci Fi Channel confirmed that Stargate SG-1 was not being renewed for an 11th season. While news outlets cited declining ratings, expensive production and lack of promotion as possible reasons for the cancellation, the Sci Fi Channel's Mark Stern merely stated the decision was not ratings-based. Instead, he said the production staff was given enough time to tie up all the loose ends of the story and SG-1 cast members were planned to be incorporated into the renewed Stargate Atlantis. Meanwhile, the SG-1 producers and rights-holder MGM expressed a desire to continue SG-1 as a movie, mini-series, or an eleventh season on another network. Brad Wright confirmed the production of two direct-to-DVD films in October 2006, and Amanda Tapping joined the Atlantis cast for their fourth season. The first film, Stargate: The Ark of Truth, was released in March 2008 and wraps up the Ori storyline. The second film, Stargate: Continuum, is an alternate time-line time travel story and was released in July 2008. A special edition of the two-hour pilot episode "Children of the Gods" with re-edited scenes and a different score has also been produced.

In April 2009, MGM confirmed a third new SG-1 film that Brad Wright had first announced in May 2008. Joseph Mallozzi revealed the working title as Stargate: Revolution. The film was planned to be written by Wright and former Stargate Atlantis executive producer Carl Binder. Martin Wood would serve as director. The premise of the film would have been the "possibility of the Stargate program going public". According to Wright, the film would center on the Jack O'Neill character and would reunite as many of the SG-1 cast as possible, depending on the cost of the film and actor availability. The character of Vala Mal Doran would not appear in the film. Amanda Tapping confirmed her appearance in this SG-1 film and the first Atlantis movie in September 2008, and Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson) confirmed his and Richard Dean Anderson's participation in January 2009. No contracts had been signed by April 2009, but Wright stated that he "can almost guarantee we are proceeding with the SG-1 movie this year ". Nevertheless, production was put on hold. Wright explained that the late-2000s recession made DVD premieres less lucrative for MGM than in the years before, and he also pointed to the financial crisis of MGM as reason for the delay. Wright and Joe Mallozzi expressed optimism that production would eventually start, until Wright announced in April 2011 that the SG-1 film project was permanently shelved, along with plans for future Atlantis and Stargate Universe films and a cross-over film incorporating elements from all three series. By then, neither the Atlantis nor Universe television series were produced anymore. Still, Wright did not rule out future Stargate films, saying; "It's a franchise. Stargate is not over. Somebody smart from MGM is going to figure it out and something will happen."

Home media

Main article: DVD and Blu-ray releases

Stargate SG-1 was first released on DVD in some European nations in volumes of typically four episodes each, beginning with "The Best of Season 1" as Volume 1 in the United Kingdom in 2000. Each following season was released as six individual volumes (except Season 10 with five volumes), beginning with the first four episodes of Season 2. In 2000, the series was first released in the United States on DVD with only three episodes. The following year, Seasons 1–8 were released in five-disc amaray box sets in the United States. MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) began releasing complete season box sets (including Season 1) alongside the individual volumes in 2002. The British season box sets were usually released half a year after a season's last volume release in the UK. Stargate SG-1 was also released in DVD season box sets in Australia.

Most DVDs contain behind-the-scenes features, audio commentaries for nearly all episodes beginning with Season 4 and production galleries. The box sets of the first eight seasons were re-released with slim packaging in all regions, beginning in the United States in summer 2006. A complete series set was first released in the United States in October 2007, containing 50 discs from the ten seasons of Stargate SG-1 and four bonus discs with content not part of the original sets. More than 30 million copies of DVDs had been sold by 2006.

On June 15, 2020, Visual Entertainment re-released the complete series, without the films, on DVD. On December 18, 2020, the company released the entire series, again without the films, on Region A Blu-ray.

Online distribution

New episodes of Stargate SG-1 were first released on iTunes in the US in August 2006, each time one day after their premiere on the Sci Fi Channel. The commercial-free episodes were priced $1.99 each, while a season pass with twenty episodes cost $37.99. A release on iTunes UK followed in October 2007. All ten seasons of SG-1 were available on iTunes and Amazon Unbox by January 2008. Stargate SG-1 made its debut on hulu.com in March 2009, starting with the first season. At first, viewers in the United States could only watch episodes of the first seasons, but as of December 2009 all episodes of Seasons 1–10 were available free of charge with a small number of commercials on Hulu, through January 31, 2011. Free access to all SG-1 episodes continued until July 31, 2011, when the episodes were finally removed. As of 1 February 2011, all episodes of the entire Stargate franchise were available on Netflix's subscription-based online video streaming service in the US. As of 15 August 2012 Netflix removed Stargate SG-1 from its online video streaming service. As of May 2013, Amazon Video has Stargate SG-1 available for online streaming. As of August 2014 SG-1 is available on Netflix UK. The pilot episode "Children Of The Gods" though has been replaced with the 2009 updated final cut with updated CGI and the full frontal nudity removed. As of July 2015, Hoopla Digital, an online library media database, has all ten seasons of Stargate SG-1 available to watch free without commercials, for those who have cards with a participating library. The first two episodes are the edited versions, in which full frontal nudity has been removed. In September 2017, MGM launched its own online streaming service called Stargate Command, making available all episodes of Stargate SG-1 along with Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe. The show returned to Netflix in the United States on December 1, 2020, with a TV-MA rating because of the full frontal nudity in the first episode.

The series currently airs on the Comet digital network.

Influence

Critical reception

Stargate SG-1, particularly during earlier seasons, did very little to attract much in the way of attention from the mainstream media. The show's July 1997 pilot, "Children of the Gods" received mixed responses from publications such as The New York Times and Variety. While there was only passing interest from mainstream publications, science fiction publications such as Starburst, Cult Times and TV Zone regularly reviewed and featured SG-1. Sharon Eberson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, wrote that "Stargate SG-1's place in the sci-fi universe can be measured in longevity, spot-on cast chemistry, rabid fans who call themselves Gaters and the tough subjects it has tackled", going on to note that the show "had rarely been a critical darling".

Despite the lukewarm reaction to the pilot, various critics and publications later recognized that SG-1 had surpassed the 1994 film on which it was based. Writing for The Guardian in 2009, Emily Wilson labeled the original film "pretty dire", believing that the series had far outshined it. Wilson appreciatively teased SG-1's format of visiting slightly different, English speaking alien worlds, with similar caves and studio-flat floors, writing that "what makes it good are the jokes, the actors, and the great ideas the writers keep throwing out". What Culture believed SG-1 to be the best entry into the Stargate franchise, surpassing both the film and spinoff series, putting it #10 on their 25 Greatest Sci Fi TV Shows of All Time list.

Rolling Stone called the series "one of the unlikeliest success stories in sci-fi TV history", ranking it #36 on their 50 Greatest Sci-Fi Series of All Time list. SyFy Wire described the show as "sci-fi comfort food in the best possible way" comparing the way the show examined morality to that of Star Trek: The Original Series, placing the show 20th on their Greatest Sci-Fi TV Series of the Past 25 Years list. In 2003, after spinoff series Stargate Atlantis was greenlit, SG-1 enjoyed more mainstream exposure. The July issue of TV Guide proclaimed on the front cover "Forget Trek! Stargate SG-1 is now sci-fi's biggest hit!".

In the show's later seasons, it was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel on the same night as the 2004 reimagining of Battlestar Galactica. Galactica was critically acclaimed for its dramatic, often dark, take on science fiction television. People called Stargate SG-1 "the anti-Battlestar Galactica", praising it for being accessible, comforting and captivating. According to Melanie McFarland of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, SG-1's records did not earn it "the kind of wide-ranging respect a successful series with a 200-episode run deserves"; SG-1 rarely occupied a slot on 'best show' lists because the show remained "relegated to the back of the bus in terms of popularity" behind the glory of Galactica, although every week, the show attracted an average of 10 million viewers worldwide. IndieWire lauded the series for its camp, self-aware style, calling this "its saving grace compared to other excellent, but heavy sci-fi series like Battlestar Galactica", ranking the show #18 on their list of the 20 Best TV Shows Based on Movies of all time.

The show has also gone on to be featured on various lists of works considered the best. In 2019, Popular Mechanics ranked Stargate: SG-1 the 14th best science fiction television show ever. Insider included the show in their The 19 Best Sci-fi Shows of All Time. Goliath ranked SG-1 #10 in their 15 Favorite Sci-Fi Shows of All Time. Paste ranked it #24 out of 100 on their 2017 list of Greatest Sci-fi television. ShortList included SG-1 in their 15 Best Sci-Fi TV shows list. In 2011, IGN ranked it #19 in their Top 50 Sci Fi Shows of All Time. Stargate SG-1 ranked #28 on TV Guide's Top Cult Shows Ever. In 2005, SG-1 and Atlantis shared the number four spot in a poll about the "most popular cult TV shows" on the British Cult TV website. SG-1 was also included in the list of "17 All-Time Great Cult TV Shows You Say We Missed" by Entertainment Weekly in 2009. In a Digital Spy user poll, the show ranked as the 4th Greatest Sci-fi show of all time. Amazon Prime also conducted a user-poll in 2019, with the show voted the 3rd Greatest Sci-Fi of all Time.

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1 was nominated for numerous awards during its ten-season run. Its nominations for seven Emmys in the "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series" category and one Emmy for "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" did not result in a win. SG-1 won two Gemini Awards, twelve Leo Awards and five Saturn Awards out of over thirty nominations each. Stargate SG-1 was also nominated for two VES Awards in 2003 and 2005 and for two Hugo Awards in 2005 and 2007.

Fandom

Fans costuming as SG teams at Dragon Con in 2008
Main article: Stargate fandom

Brad Wright used the term "Gaters" to refer to fans of Stargate SG-1 in 2001, but the term did not become widespread. Some fans' belief that there was a real Stargate device under Cheyenne Mountain inspired writers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie to come up with their own conspiracy story for Season 4's "Point of No Return". The fansite GateWorld became a major franchise news site with special arrangements with MGM; GateWorld's founder Darren Sumner was later hired to serve as a news editor for the official Stargate SG-1 magazine and to check Stargate comic books for continuity errors with the TV shows before publication. Late Night with Conan O'Brien graphic designer Pierre Bernard gained notoriety among Stargate fans for devoting several of his "Recliner of Rage" Late Night segments to SG-1. The producers invited him to make cameo appearances in the episodes "Zero Hour" and "200".

Established in 2000, Gatecon is the world's longest-running SG-1 fan convention. It is held in the Vancouver area, (plus two in the UK), with more actor and crew member participation than other conventions. SG-1 conventions by Creation Entertainment were also marketed as "The Official Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis Tour", which mostly took place in the United States until Creation Entertainment acquired the license for Vancouver conventions in 2005. Wolf Events organized many SG-1 conventions in Europe, particularly in the UK and Germany.

Merchandise

Main articles: Stargate literature, List of Stargate comics, and Stargate games

Stargate SG-1 spawned an industry of spin-off products. From 1999 to 2001, ROC published four Stargate SG-1 novels written by Ashley McConnell. In 2004, UK-based Fandemonium Press launched a new series of licensed tie-in novels based on Stargate SG-1, although these books were unavailable in North America until 2006 when the license conflict with ROC expired. Titan Publishing publishes the official Stargate Magazine, while Avatar Press published a series of Stargate SG-1 comics. British company Big Finish Productions began to produce Stargate SG-1 audio adventures in early 2008, voiced by members of the SG-1 cast. A Stargate SG-1 roleplaying game and a Stargate trading card game were released in 2003 and 2007. Diamond Select Toys and Hasbro launched a series of toys in 2005 and 2006, respectively. The planned video game Stargate SG-1: The Alliance was cancelled in 2005 and the futures of the MMORPG Stargate Worlds and the Third Person Shooter from the same studio (Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment) named Stargate Resistance were made clear in November 2010 following MGM's decision not to renew CME's Stargate license. Four amusement rides are based on Stargate – the Stargate SG-3000 theme park ride operating at Space Park Bremen in Germany and at Six Flags theme parks in Chicago, San Francisco and Louisville.

Legacy

We were off the radar for so long. We were like the slowly burning candle. We're not a huge hit by any means. We're a nice little show that does well and makes MGM a lot of money.

Creator Brad Wright in 2006

Stargate SG-1 spawned the animated Stargate Infinity, and the live-action spin-off TV series' Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe. By SG-1's tenth season in 2006, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis were said to have brought US$500 million in production to British Columbia. MGM executive vice president Charles Cohen described Stargate SG-1 and its spinoff series as the television counterpart of their James Bond franchise, being very profitable and improving their image.

According to Stan Beeler and Lisa Dickson in their 2005 book Reading Stargate SG-1, the only science fiction shows to exceed the staying power of SG-1 are Doctor Who and the Star Trek franchise, although The X-Files and Buffy/Angel might have comparable longevity. Brad Wright cited continuity in the creative team and fan loyalty as reasons for the show's longevity. With its 202nd episode, "Company of Thieves", Stargate SG-1 surpassed The X-Files as the longest-running North American science fiction series on television, until passed by the final season of Smallville in 2011, which was in turn passed by the eleventh season revival of The X-Files in 2018. Doctor Who fans dispute SG-1's listing in the 2007 Guinness World Records as the "longest-running science fiction show (consecutive)", as 695 episodes of the British show were produced but not shown consecutively between 1963 and 1989. Scott D. Pierce from Deseret News said that the series never made a "sort of cultural impact" as Star Trek because the show was "pretty derivative" which he further stated it became "more so over the years."

The astronomers David J. Tholen and Roy A. Tucker enjoyed the SG-1 arch villain Apophis so much that they named their discovered near-Earth asteroid "99942 Apophis".

Reflecting on SG-1 in 2020, Dean Devlin, co-creator of the 1994 original film, recalled that initially he had been very hostile to the series, likening his experience of it to "watching someone else raising your child" and pointing out that the full-frontal nudity featured in the pilot episode was not what he thought Stargate should be about. But he had come to believe, he said, that the passion of SG-1's fanbase reflected the fact that Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner had created a really good show, thus reaching out to Glassner for the first time.

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