{1559}{1664}Welcome to Vancouver, British Columbia,|Canada, and the set of Stargate SG-1.
{1679}{1727}I'm Richard Dean Anderson.
{1727}{1811}And I'm Brad Wright,|executive producer of Stargate SG-1.
{1811}{1883}This is the gate room,|where we shoot our show.
{1883}{1988}What we're gonna do is take you on a|behind-the-scenes look at Stargate SG-1.
{1991}{2051}We're gonna interview cast and crew,...
{2051}{2123}...and you'll get a look at the show|you've never seen before.
{2123}{2204}- Where d'you wanna start?|- Why not at the beginning?
{2207}{2261}- Such a writer.|- I know.
{2363}{2411}Colonel Jack O'Neill?
{2411}{2446}Retired.
{2459}{2504}I'm Major Samuels.
{2507}{2579}I'm underorders to bring you|to see General Hammond, sir.
{2579}{2652}- Never heard of him.|- He replaced General West.
{2675}{2755}He says it's important.|Has to do with the Stargate.
{2855}{2938}I got a call from John Symes,|who was president of MGM.
{2975}{3059}He talked to me about|this title that he had, Stargate,...
{3059}{3159}...and this concept that they were|trying to make into a television series.
{3239}{3322}Actually, his pitch to me|over the phone made sense,...
{3323}{3395}...cos it sounded like|it would make a good TV series.
{3395}{3493}Actually, a broader and more interesting|series than the actual movie.
{3539}{3623}The thing that intrigued me|about the original Stargate movie...
{3623}{3717}...was that it took a concept|that had been battered about a lot,...
{3719}{3788}...by science fiction people in particular:
{3791}{3882}that ancient Egypt was partially|or completely built by aliens.
{3911}{4019}The Stargate movie took that theory and|turned it into a science fiction movie,...
{4019}{4103}...which I thought was a lot of fun.|I wish I had thought of it!
{4103}{4187}When I found out they were|planning on doing Stargate,...
{4199}{4304}...I approached MGM on my own|and said "I'd really love to write the pilot."
{4379}{4491}Jonathan had also approached MGM and|said "I'd really love to do this project",...
{4499}{4599}...so John Symes, the clever man|that he is, decided to make us partners.
{4631}{4739}So he called us and said "How'd you like|to do it together?" We said "Great."
{4763}{4881}John just called me and said "I want you|to do this project." And I said "What is it?"
{4895}{4992}He said that MGM had purchased|the rights to the Stargate franchise...
{5051}{5135}...and were developing a series,|and he wanted me to be a part of it.
{5135}{5244}So I looked at the movie a couple of times|and saw great potential for a series,...
{5291}{5381}...because of all the elements involved.|So I signed on for it.
{5387}{5459}It was originally supposed|to be a two-year gig.
{5459}{5568}Showtime ordered 44 episodes. During|the first season they ordered another 44,...
{5591}{5678}...so the ball started rolling|successfully pretty early on.
{5687}{5748}But my involvement was by request.
{5759}{5845}I told them "If we're gonna try|and get Rick involved,...
{5879}{5977}...then he's gonna have to have|a lot more leeway with the character."
{5987}{6068}I had to make sure|they were willing to put up with -
{6071}{6131}well, endure - my sense of humour...
{6131}{6216}...and somehow infiltrate it|into the character subtly,...
{6239}{6287}...or with a sledgehammer.
{6287}{6352}- "Lucy, I'm home!"|- I am not Lucy.
{6383}{6449}For crying out loud,just open the door.
{6503}{6587}Once all the pieces were|put into place to create the series,...
{6587}{6701}...a big task still lay before us: to create|a story that stayed true to the feature,...
{6707}{6766}...but was unique in its own way.
{6767}{6815}And I think we pulled it off.
{6815}{6881}Well, it wasn't without its challenges.
{6971}{7082}To get the ball rolling and to execute|the vision that we all had for this series...
{7163}{7240}...was sizing up to be|a pretty monumental task...
{7271}{7357}...because Stargate is|a heavily visual-effects-laden show.
{7668}{7750}The movie ended with|Daniel Jackson stuck on Abydos...
{7764}{7869}...and Jack O'Neill having left the military,|and everything kind of shut down.
{7908}{8015}So the fun thing about the pilot was|actually having the Stargate mothballed,...
{8064}{8135}...and figuring out that it goes other places.
{8160}{8266}And figuring out how to get Dr Jackson|back, cos he was a wonderful character.
{8268}{8362}So that's what we set about to do,|and we wrote a pilot about that -
{8364}{8476}about getting Jack O'Neill back into the|military, getting Jackson back to Earth,...
{8496}{8574}...and discovering that|the gate goes other places.
{8736}{8808}Permission to take a team|through the Stargate, sir?
{8808}{8886}Consider yourself recalled|to active duty, Colonel.
{8892}{8988}The one thing that we knew|we had to do was create this cartouche...
{9072}{9144}...that showed there were|hundreds of Stargates out there.
{9144}{9247}And we stayed true to the myth that|the Stargate was used to pull humans...
{9264}{9336}...through the wormhole|to other planets as slaves.
{9336}{9394}(distorted) Goodchoice, Teal'c.
{9396}{9440}Perfect specimen.
{9528}{9624}For the pilot, we shot in the largest|sound stage in North America...
{9624}{9697}...because we had|such massive sets to put up.
{9708}{9792}And the Stargate facility itself|is two storeys tall,...
{9852}{9928}...um... and it's got|all these different levels.
{9948}{10059}The Stargate itself is 22 feettall, so|in order to shoot up at it with a camera,...
{10104}{10164}...the set has to be almost twice that tall.
{10164}{10236}So we pulled off|some pretty big stuff there,...
{10236}{10312}...and we had an amazing team|behind us doing it.
{10356}{10429}I remember Michael Shanks|and I walking in...
{10440}{10516}...and seeing the Stargate|for the very first time.
{10524}{10571}My God! Look at this!
{10632}{10728}The energy the gate must release|to create a stable wormhole! It's...
{10752}{10824}It's... astronomical,|to use exactly the right word.
{10824}{10934}Just walking in and suddenly seeing the|Stargate, we both went "Wow, it's huge!"
{10980}{11066}You can actually see the fluctuations|in the event horizon.
{11088}{11149}We were actually quite blown away.
{11160}{11272}Oddly enough, the original Stargate had|been stored out in the Californian desert...
{11328}{11405}...and had completely|fallen apart, disintegrated.
{11412}{11496}It was junk at that point,|but it was still being stored.
{11496}{11610}What I was able to get from it was that we|could at least get a mould for the detail...
{11628}{11717}...and we didn't have to start|from scratch sculpting a mould.
{11724}{11780}So we built our own Stargate.
{11784}{11868}(Glassner) Our guys had to engineer|a Stargate that would work.
{11868}{11961}I mean, it doesn't have a wormhole|that goes to other planets,...
{11964}{12063}...but it actually turns, the chevrons lock.|It's computer controlled,...
{12072}{12179}...so we can program in addresses and|the right ones will go to the right place.
{12180}{12273}There's a 30-foot gear inside that thing,|so everytime it spins...
{12288}{12390}In four seasons that chevron has never|missed. It's computer operated now.
{12432}{12492}We can turn it anywhere|and it locks on a dime.
{12492}{12594}So our special-effects people did|a great job in putting that part together.
{12684}{12791}A huge part of the appeal of Stargate SG-1|is the action and the visual effects.
{12840}{12946}But all of that would be meaningless,|if it wasn't for our strong ensemble cast.
{12984}{13077}Which I believe is the most important|element of all movie making.
{13080}{13140}It's clearly the most important thing.
{13140}{13186}Yes. Yes, the cast.
{13416}{13480}General Hammond, Colonel Jack O'Neill.
{13488}{13523}Retired.
{13536}{13572}I can see that.
{13572}{13620}Me, I'm on my last tour.
{13620}{13692}Time to get my thoughts together,|write a book.
{13692}{13776}You everthink of writing about|your exploits in the line of duty?
{13776}{13824}I've thought about it.
{13824}{13904}But then I'd have to shoot anyone|that actually read it.
{13944}{13980}That's a joke, sir.
{13980}{14021}Yes, of course.
{14028}{14137}The Jack O'Neill of the film - played by|Kurt Russell - went into a dark place,...
{14172}{14268}...and his adventure with Daniel Jackson|brought him out of it again.
{14268}{14352}Kurt did a phenomenal job|for that O'Neill and that movie.
{14352}{14439}You can get away with it|in just a one-movie character arc.
{14460}{14544}But for Rick to be interested|in a long-running series,...
{14544}{14641}...he has to have a much broader range|for it to be interesting to him.
{14724}{14796}Just remember, I retired.|You wanted me back.
{14820}{14900}When I met Rick...|He's got such a natural presence.
{14928}{15027}He's got such a natural sense of humour.|He's flip. He's a little glib.
{15036}{15083}That's Jack O'Neill.
{15084}{15163}Anybody with a snake in their head,|raise their hand.
{15204}{15216}Damn!
{15216}{15269}- What now?|- Now we die.
{15300}{15348}Well, that's a bad plan.
{15348}{15420}Lately I get this weird feeling|when I'm near Teal'c.
{15420}{15456}Hey, who doesn't?
{15456}{15491}Well,...
{15504}{15528}...this sucks.
{15528}{15598}I wanna make sure|you get one thing right.
{15600}{15653}It's O'Neill, with two Ls.
{15672}{15772}There's another Colonel O'Neil with one L.|He has no sense of humour at all.
{15816}{15881}Kurt Russell is just a phenomenal guy.
{15888}{15952}He did a great job with the character.
{16008}{16101}But I knew, just by looking at his hair,|that I couldn't do that.
{16128}{16195}I mean, who can do that with their hair?
{16200}{16284}The type of humour I appreciate most|is mostly British humour,...
{16284}{16372}...but my favourite show on television|is The Simpsons, and...
{16416}{16509}Partly because it's a cartoon,|first of all, but it's also smart.
{16596}{16643}I remember something.
{16680}{16723}There was a man.
{16764}{16835}He's bald|and wears a short-sleeved shirt...
{16836}{16902}...and somehow he's very important to me.
{16956}{17009}I think his name is Homer.
{17052}{17099}Doesn't ring a bell.
{17196}{17283}When Jonathan and I were|first conceiving her character,...
{17304}{17405}...I was concerned - and arguably so -|that we were creating a superwoman.
{17424}{17503}She was a military officer,|she was a physicist,...
{17532}{17597}...she was beautiful - she was perfect.
{17628}{17725}She had a lot of those attributes|that make a character ring false,...
{17772}{17833}...if it's not portrayed correctly.
{17844}{17898}Sam Carter was very linear.
{17940}{18045}She was one-dimensional, in that she was|this out-to-prove-herself feminist...
{18084}{18181}...sitting on her soap box|with this raging diatribe about equality,...
{18192}{18293}...which I personally, as a feminist,|found really tired and really boring.
{18300}{18399}I take it you're Colonel O'Neill.|Captain Samantha Carter reporting, sir.
{18432}{18488}But, of course, you go by Sam?
{18492}{18564}Don't worry, Major.|I played with dolls when I was a kid.
{18564}{18671}So I talked to the writers about it|and said "A: women don't talk like this,...
{18684}{18752}...B: why can't she just be in the team...
{18756}{18843}...without constantly|raising the flag that she's a woman?"
{18852}{18899}That was refreshing!
{18900}{18970}She's, I think, an integral member of SG-1.
{19008}{19100}She loves the people that she works with|and would die for them.
{19116}{19206}And that's something I like about her:|her incredible loyalty.
{19224}{19306}And she's starting to warm up a bit|and have some fun.
{19332}{19374}What you doin'?
{19380}{19484}They salvaged a couple of replicator|pieces from the ocean. I'm having a look.
{19596}{19636}Is that wise?
{19644}{19745}There's no discernible energy being|emitted. It's safe to say they're dead.
{19764}{19805}Well, I'm off.
{19824}{19880}- Still going fishing?|- Yep.
{19920}{19976}- Still stayin'here?|- Yeah.
{19992}{20037}- OK.|- Have fun.
{20088}{20136}Yah sure, you betcha.
{20148}{20196}They should never be together.
{20196}{20304}Sure there's potential for us to fall in love.|We're definitely attracted to each other.
{20304}{20416}And that's fine, but we need to temper it|with the fact that it's not going anywhere.
{20424}{20484}We had sort of a three-episode arc...
{20484}{20578}...where you see they admit|there's deeper feelings for each other.
{20580}{20624}I didn't leave...
{20724}{20805}...because I'd have rather|died myself than lose Carter.
{20940}{21002}- Why?|- Because I care about her.
{21120}{21178}A lot more than I'm supposed to.
{21204}{21288}We leave it at "OK, we admit it,|we finally said it out loud."
{21288}{21384}"I love you, you love me", or "I would|die for you, you would die for me."
{21384}{21453}And not just because we're in the military.
{21468}{21521}This is as far as it goes.
{21528}{21579}What are you smiling at?
{21600}{21635}Nothin'.
{21636}{21743}I don't wanna dismiss the idea that there'd|ever be a future for the two of them.
{21780}{21836}Who knows? Tune in next week.
{21876}{21959}Carter! Uh... I'm sorry.|I didn't know you were in here.
{22080}{22132}What the hell is goin'on?
{22140}{22199}- I want you.|- Why? I mean, no!
{22212}{22297}Carter, this is a little outta line,|don't you think?Agh!
{22308}{22351}For cryin'out...
{22464}{22500}Cha'hari!
{22560}{22596}Cha'hari.
{22608}{22650}Lower your guns.
{22716}{22755}Hello, Jack.
{22776}{22820}Uh, welcome back.
{22944}{23040}Michael Shanks walks in and does|a perfect imitation of James Spader.
{23076}{23162}He portrayed the Daniel Jackson|from the future perfectly.
{23208}{23291}And, um... I knew that|that was a great place to start.
{23328}{23433}And I also knew that that meant he was|gonna be capable of going much farther.
{23460}{23542}And I think over the course of|the last four seasons...
{23544}{23639}...Daniel has grown from|the archaeologist nerd that he began as,...
{23676}{23724}...and he's become a capable soldier.
{23724}{23824}You see him with a P-90 running down|the halls in episode 1 of season 5.
{23880}{23976}I think the best way to put it is he is|a type of moral conscience for the team.
{23976}{24085}He started off being that token translator,|but, due to the nature of our show,...
{24096}{24183}...we can't have every alien race|speaking another language.
{24204}{24276}He's become more of|a moral centre to the team.
{24276}{24355}He's the person|who tries to see outside ofthe box.
{24384}{24468}We've only seen one side of this.|Do we know why they're fighting?
{24468}{24552}- For their lives.|- Yes. I was all forsaving those lives.
{24552}{24626}But we're about to go|way, way, way beyond that.
{24636}{24732}We're about to turn the tide of a world war|that we know nothing about,...
{24732}{24804}...against an enemy|that we know nothing about.
{24804}{24909}Is that the right way to get technology?|Yes. But is it the right thing to do?
{24912}{25015}He adds that other dimension of "Let's|look at this more as human beings...
{25020}{25104}...than as some people who have|to follow orders to achieve a goal."
{25104}{25193}So I think he's the naive one,|he's the more innocent one,...
{25260}{25345}...but he's also the believer|in the best of human nature.
{25368}{25439}Don't! Don't, don't, don't shoot! Ka! Ke ka!
{25512}{25572}- Daniel?|- What did you just say?
{25572}{25660}- I think I asked him not to kill me.|- And they're buyin' that?
{25848}{25942}He's the only guy out of the cast -|when we were picking everyone -
{25944}{26047}who we all saw and went "OK. Teal'c.|Good. Moving on." It was so obvious!
{26064}{26174}He's got the voice and presence, his arms|are as thick as my waist. He was the guy.
{26208}{26239}You!
{26256}{26366}It's very difficult to write for Teal'c. He|doesn't make suggestions or make jokes.
{26448}{26554}He doesn't share in the same banter|that the other three often participate in.
{26580}{26691}But he is, in so many ways, the centre,|the still one. He's the centre of the group.
{26712}{26791}- How did she fly, son?|- Within expected parameters.
{26820}{26855}Woo-hoo!
{26892}{26989}Sorry, sir. I couldn't help but|get caught up in Teal'c's enthusiasm.
{27000}{27111}I think in the beginning Teal'c was very|focused on his people and their plight,...
{27180}{27230}...and his wife and son.
{27252}{27357}He didn't care to assimilate with human|beings or anyone else he came across.
{27408}{27501}I think he was very single-minded|in his quest to help his people.
{27552}{27598}- Father!|- Rya'c!
{27624}{27683}I never meant to hurt you, Father.
{27780}{27826}Rya'c has returned.
{27828}{27888}Don't you think this was a little too easy?
{27888}{27957}Yeah, that was an awfully fast turnaround.
{27972}{28068}My son is strong. His mind has overcome|the lies Apophis placed there.
{28092}{28175}I think "Cor-ai" was the show|where you really saw...
{28200}{28280}...what an honourable|and honest character Teal'c is.
{28392}{28481}- So you were following orders?|- Hanno's father died by my hand.
{28524}{28565}No one else's.
{28584}{28628}I am responsible.
{28656}{28738}What I did while serving Apophis,|I will not hide from.
{28752}{28836}- Even if the punishment is death?|- Then that is what I deserve.
{28836}{28896}Teal'c, you sound like you wanna die.
{28896}{28989}Colonel O'Neill, have you ever faced|the crying eyes of a child...
{28992}{29055}...whose father you have just murdered?
{29112}{29151}Not exactly.
{29172}{29271}The notion of honesty and being|accountable for things in your life,...
{29304}{29372}...no matter what the repercussions are,...
{29424}{29495}...I think that's the pure essence of Teal'c.
{29508}{29567}Teal'c, look scary and take point.
{29772}{29810}General,...
{29844}{29948}...maybe we should consider using the|Stargate as a strategic weapons platform.
{29976}{30056}We already tried to send a team through.|It won't work.
{30096}{30194}And I can't think of any military reason|to wipe out the people of Chulak.
{30204}{30275}Since I am no longer|wanted or needed here,...
{30336}{30438}...I respectfully request permission|to join a team headed for the Alpha site...
{30456}{30501}Permission denied.
{30516}{30583}The idea is to send the best and brightest.
{30600}{30703}When the time comes, you'll stand with|the men and women of this command,...
{30708}{30768}- ...in defence of this facility.|- But, sir...
{30768}{30825}I ask no more or less ofmyself.
{30864}{30901}Dismissed!
{30912}{30999}The biggest compliment to Don|that I can think of is that...
{31020}{31093}...he truly does portray a military officer,...
{31128}{31211}...especially a command|military officer, with accuracy.
{31212}{31292}He's not bombastic,|he doesn't throw orders around...
{31296}{31389}...like most television generals,|or film generals for that matter.
{31392}{31457}He's a thoughtful, considerate man,...
{31464}{31554}...and I think that lends|a lot of credibility to the character.
{31572}{31632}You've all been briefed on the mission...
{31632}{31681}...by Colonel Makepeace.
{31728}{31774}You know the enemy.
{31800}{31846}You know the risks.
{31920}{31974}What I'm trying to sayis...
{31980}{32040}...I would rather not order you to do this,...
{32040}{32136}...so I would like all of those willing|to attempt the rescue of SG-1...
{32184}{32232}...to take one step...
{32256}{32354}His strengths are his intense loyalty|to his people and to his family.
{32400}{32472}There is an episode|called "Chain Reaction"...
{32472}{32556}...in which some people threaten|to kidnap his grandchildren,...
{32556}{32638}...and, as a result, he resigns.|He leaves the command.
{32688}{32796}Regardless of how much he's invested|in it and how much he loves the service,...
{32808}{32865}...he will not cross that line.
{32916}{33002}Let me just say it's been a pleasure|serving with all of you.
{33048}{33095}We'll miss you, sir.
{33264}{33328}It won't be the same without you, sir.
{33444}{33551}On Chulak, when a great warrior retires,|it is customary to sing a song of lament.
{33684}{33744}Fortunately we are not on Chulak.
{33888}{33938}Take care of yourselves.
{33948}{34037}That episode, when he commits|a court-martiallable offence...
{34044}{34155}...to go save SG-1, going through the gate|himself and using aliens to save SG-1,...
{34272}{34323}...there's no way that,...
{34332}{34417}...other than his superiors|caring that much about him,...
{34476}{34573}...that he could get away with that.|And yet he'll give up everything.
{34584}{34652}What did he mean by|threading the needle?
{34656}{34691}Observe.
{34932}{34964}Fire!
{35160}{35199}Yeehaaaaaaa!
{35256}{35366}I think that those people are people you|want to invite into your house every week.
{35376}{35460}And they are people that|obviously care about each other.
{35460}{35533}And I think that|comes through on the show...
{35544}{35649}...in a way that the longer it's on the air|the more their bonds grow more firm.
{35676}{35733}And I think that's invaluable.
{35844}{35876}Well?
{36108}{36204}Hopefully you've gained more insight|into our show and its characters,...
{36204}{36252}...and enjoyed their adventures.
{36252}{36312}Oh, time flies. Say what, Bradley?
{36312}{36361}Yes, it does, Richard.
{36372}{36473}Our goal continues to focus on taking|these characters in new directions.
{36504}{36605}Which, by the way, I think is the most|important aspect of all production.
{36612}{36671}You're right again. That's true.
{36684}{36721}Thank you.
{36816}{36869}I'm Richard Dean Anderson.
{36924}{36983}Which, apparently, is very funny.
{37008}{37059}So where shall we start?
{37104}{37145}The beginning!
{37176}{37248}Welcome to Vancouver,|British Columbia, Canada,...
{37248}{37303}...and the Stargate set of...
{37320}{37414}Look, I could dig my way out of it,|if you wouldn't laugh so much.
{37428}{37516}I have a way. Some have a way|with words, some not have way.
{37536}{37580}I are one of them.