Catherine Langford

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"Catherine Langford was more than just kind and generous. She had a gift of an endless, open-minded, child-like curiosity. She saw the world not for what it was, but for what it could be, and she saw potential in people that others failed to recognize. Like her father before her, her contributions to science have changed the world more than most people know. I, for one, have no idea where I would be today if I'd never met her. She changed my life in more ways than I ever could have imagined."

—Daniel Jackson at Catherine Langford's funeral.

Catherine Langford was the daughter of the archaeologist Professor Langford. Much of her life was influenced by a curious discovery her father made on the Giza plateau in 1928. She took her Eye of Ra medalion from the dig at that time. Catherine's father and her fiancée, Ernest Littlefield, did experiments on his unusual discovery in 1945. Catherine's father told her Ernest died in an accident, but in reality he traveled through the mysterious ring to another planet and was presumed lost.

It took Catherine forty years to reignite the military's interest in the artifact. In 1994, Daniel Jackson discovered the artifact was a Stargate and that it could take people and objects to other planets. She hired Daniel Jackson to open the Stargate and gave him her medalion for good luck.(Stargate) Later, he sent it back to her with O'Neill and when he next saw her, she had in fact gotten it back. In 1997, Daniel discovered that Ernest Littlefield was still alive and helped reunite the two of them.(SG1: "The Torment of Tantalus")

Catherine died in 2005. Many of her possessions were left to Daniel Jackson including her Eye of Ra medalion and her entire collection of artifacts which ultimatly led to a ZPM. Her niece said that Daniel was like a son to her. (SG1: "Moebius, Part 1")

[edit] Alternate realities

• In an alternate reality where Daniel Jackson refused to join the Stargate program, Dr. Catherine Langford supervised the team that discovered how to make the gate work. She continued to head the SGA until Apophis' forces invaded Earth. She was killed in the invasion of Cheyenne Mountain. When Daniel thanked her for helping him get home, she said since he helped the her from his reality reunite with Ernest, she considered them even in the grand scheme of things. (SG1: "There But for the Grace of God")

[edit] Notes

• Claims to have been 21 years old in 1945, placing her birth in 1923/1924.