The second Atlantis episode in the first season of the new Big Finish Stargate series of audio dramas is currently available for download at the production’s website. The CD for the drama, written by Sally Malcolm and directed by Sharon Gosling.

“Perchance to Dream” is narrated by Paul McGillion and is set during Season Two. The audio play, which also features a musical score, runs for approximately 70 minutes.

The story synopsis: “Doctor Carson Beckett finds himself in an uncomfortable situation when he becomes a patient in his own infirmary. After a disastrous mission, Beckett is brought back to Atlantis with a broken leg – and a bad case of amnesia.

“But that’s the least of his troubles. Cared for by Doctor Gilbert, Beckett watches as a strange affliction overcomes his friends and colleagues. One by one, members of the Atlantis crew are brought in, unconscious and unresponsive yet with no sign of trauma. What’s causing this peculiar illness? And why doesn’t anyone want to hear what Carson has to say about it?”

Fans will be able to download each audio adventure in the six-episode season, along with the CD artwork, for $8.99 (US). The CD is priced at $19.74 + $2.98 shipping (USD) at the website (previous CDs have included exclusive interviews with the starring Stargate actor). Those who buy the CD will be permitted to download the episode from the website at no extra charge.

The next episode in the series will feature Teryl Rothery in the Stargate SG-1 story “Savarna” and is due to be released in August this year.

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The SciFi Channel schedule is showing the premiere of Stargate Atlantis’s Season 5 on Friday, July 11, at 10 pm EDT/PDT.  The premiere episode will complete the cliffhanger of Season 4 and is called “Search and Rescue”.  Be advised th SciFi Channel has been known to change schedules before, but this is the best info we have available so far.

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Rachel Luttrell, who plays Teyla in SCI FI Channel’s original series Stargate Atlantis, told SCI FI Wire that she’s a new mother in real life, as is her character in the coming fifth season, and that presents its own challenges.

Speaking in an interview on the show’s set in Vancouver, Canada, last week, Luttrell said, “Hats off to every single mom and every mother who’s working, because it’s not easy. Everyone’s like, ‘How did you lose the weight?’ Oh, brother! There’s no stop. I run from my trailer to the set. I do the scenes, and then I race back, and I’m bouncing my little guy, and I’m back on set. It’s a lot.”

Luttrell became pregnant last season, and the producers chose to write her pregnancy into the show. As season five opens, both Luttrell and Teyla have new babies and must balance motherhood with demanding jobs. (Spoilers ahead!)

It’s not surprising that Luttrell’s two worlds are starting to overlap. Preparing for an episode in which Teyla physically transforms into a Wraith, Luttrell realized that she would have to nurse her baby while wearing full Wraith prosthetic makeup. She was extremely nervous about it. “I was going to look like a monster,” she said.

Luttrell’s castmates weren’t much help. “I thought it was hilarious,” admitted Joe Flanigan, who plays John Sheppard. “I was giving her a hard time. I was saying, ‘No, your child’s going to be permanently scarred.’”

You can read the full article at SciFi Wire

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Robert Picardo, who joins the regular cast of SCI FI Channel’s original series Stargate Atlantis in the coming fifth season, told SCI FI Wire that he initially had doubts about playing the new base commander. (Spoilers ahead!)

“When I got the phone call, there was a little voice going, ‘Wait a minute,’” Picardo said in an interview on the show’s set in Vancouver, Canada, last week. “You’ve set this guy up as kind of an annoyance, a bit of a prig. And now suddenly he’s the guy in charge?”

The new guy in charge–taking over from the beloved previous commander, Col. Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping)–is Picardo’s Richard Woolsey, the craven bureaucrat well known to fans of Atlantis and its predecessor series, Stargate SG-1.

Woolsey’s role up until now has been to butt heads with the other characters and to second-guess their decisions. “He knows the military rule book,” Picardo said. “He knows all the rules about protocol and eliminating collateral damage and acceptable losses and all that. But he doesn’t make decisions. He just comes in and tells you how you screwed up.”

To date, Woolsey has been played largely to comic effect. It makes him an odd choice for command in a genre in which the leader is typically someone like Capt. Kirk. “I thought, if the writers are choosing to do this, it’s for the exact reason to put someone in charge who’s not a born leader and to see how he develops and how he’s accepted,” Picardo said.

You can read the full article at SciFi Wire 

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The upcoming fifth season of SCI FI Channel’s original series Stargate Atlantis will focus heavily on the Wraith–with a side trip to Las Vegas to commemorate the show’s 100th episode, producers told SCI FI Wire during a visit to the show’s sets in Vancouver, Canada, on May 16. (Spoilers ahead!)

Other key developments: Teyla (Rachel Luttrell) will have her baby in the fifth season. The character became pregnant last season to accommodate Luttrell’s real-life pregnancy. Luttrell has given birth, so her character can follow suit. The baby is delivered on camera by Dr. McKay (David Hewlett). (Inside word is it’s a boy!)

Teyla also sees her abilities get out of hand in an episode in which she touches the mind of a Wraith Queen, which activates her Wraith DNA. According to Luttrell, Teyla “embodies” the Wraith Queen–the actress will appear in full Wraith makeup–and becomes “the leader of an alliance of Wraith.”

Also look for the return of the Wraith-worshipping Satedan Tyre (Mark Dacascos) in an episode in which he captures Ronon (Jason Momoa) and attempts to sacrifice him to the Wraith. Ronon is given so much Wraith enzyme in the episode that he gives in completely to his dark side and apparently does some serious damage to Sheppard (Joe Flanigan).

You can read the full article at SciFi Wire

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The Stargate franchise is well-represented in the nominations in the second annual Constellation Awards:

Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode: Amanda Tapping for her performance in SG-1’s Season Ten’s “The Road Not Taken”

Best Science Fiction Television Series of 2007: Stargate Atlantis
Outstanding Canadian Contribution to Science Fiction Film or Television in 2007: Stargate SG-1

Source:  stargate-sg1-solutions.com 

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Stargate is lending its talent to the Waterkeeper Alliance in support of their Charity Buzz Earth Day Auctions!

Items up for Auction are

Lunch with Joe Flanigan (“Colonel John Sheppard”) on the StarGate Atlantis Set

Lunch with Jewel Staite (“Dr. Jennifer Keller”) on the StarGate Atlantis Set

A signed double kayak paddle from the casts of SG-1 and Atlantis

Lunch with  Amanda Tapping (“Colonel Samantha Carter”) on the set of her new television series, Sanctuary.

Last but not least, Richard Dean Anderson “General Jack O’Neill” has made himself available in Vancouver for lunch as well.

Visit the Charity Buzz Web site to view the current bids! All auctions close on April 29.

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