When we did that, I hoped we would end up on a planet that was distinctly different from the last one, so that it perhaps felt like we were in an inhospitable place that would make survival a bit more challenging. Then, of course, we eventually had to land the city.
I’m not sure why we didn’t do that, but there must have been a good reason. I actually wanted us to be out there for seven or eight episodes.
I love the idea of the city having to leave home and be marooned in space. “ were fun to do, and there are some big surprises in store for our viewers. If it were up to me I’d love to have everyone on the show. I have to say, too, that I miss Paul McGillion, you know? It’s not a case of either or. Jewel is very good at that as well, and I think she and Amanda both have a fan base that will hopefully widen the circle of our fan base. To Amanda’s credit she’s such a pleasure to work with and able to tackle all that incredibly crappy exposition that I want to avoid. I didn’t want to become ‘SG-2’, and, again, that fear was unfounded. “I will have to admit that I had an unfounded initial fear of having Amanda on the show, which was Atlantis losing its distinction from SG-1. Which episodes were your Top 5 choices for SGA Season Four? pollingįrom “The Fourth Protocol” in Starburst #354 (Sept. Please cast your votes in our poll for your favorite episodes: Teal’c was there to say goodbye to Carter in “Reunion” and he was invited by her to Atlantis to help Ronon Dex gain approval from Earth’s bureaucratic IOA in “Midway.”
Of special note to fans of SG-1 were the two guest appearances made by Christopher Judge this season. Cooper and Wright were very busy putting together the two direct-to-video SG-1 movies, Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum, but the two still were able to write, and in Cooper’s case direct, episodes for Atlantis. Cooper handed the showrunning duties off to writing and production partners Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, who had joined the writing staff during SG-1‘s Season Four. Not only were there these major changes in front of the cameras, but behind them as well. (Staite was added to the regular cast in Season Five.) Also, Firefly star Jewel Staite began a major character arc during this season as the new Chief of Medicine on Atlantis Base, Dr. We’re back to walking down only one path in our Thirteen Weeks for Thirteen Years (13-4-13) series since Stargate Atlantis went it alone starting in Season Four after the mother show Stargate SG-1 ended its ten-year run.īut Atlantis had more than a solo act to be concerned with this year another change in the regular cast was in store as Torri Higginson and Paul McGillion were removed (but both had guest appearances this season) and Amanda Tapping was added.
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