New Ground

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New Ground is the nineteenth episode of the third season of Stargate SG-1.

Contents 1 Plot 1.1 Refrences 2 Notes 3 Sources

[edit] Plot

The team goes to a new planet where two rival factions, Bedrosians and Optricans, each living on different continents, fight over their rival theories. Bedrosians believe that they were created by Nefertum (a Goa'uld). Optricans believe that they were brought through a "gateway" by Nefertum as slaves. The SGC make contact through the newly uncovered Stargate which, according to Sam, previously could not be connected to, presumably because it was buried. Sam created a "cold-dialing" program to redial these stargates in case they become uncovered again. After sending a telemetry probe, SG-1 arrives. One member of the archaeological team which uncovered the Gate, Malan, tells the Bedrosian military that people have come through a circle of stone. The military arrives, and capture Jack, Sam and Daniel, but Teal'c and the other archaeologist (Nyan) escape. The officer in charge brutally interrogates the prisoners, hoping to catch their missing comrade and preserve the lie upon which his religion is based.

Shot by a Bedrosian soldier's weapon, and wounded by the effects of his own staff blast, Teal'c is injured and blind, with his symbiote likewise damaged. Too badly hurt to heal both, the symbiote must focus on healing itself before healing Teal'c. Though Teal'c has proven all his beliefs to be wrong, Nyan helps Teal'c with a device that restores his vision partially, recognizing that, as a scientist, it is just as exciting to be proven wrong as it is to be proven right. With Nyan's help, Teal'c recovers to stage a dramatic rescue of the SG-1 team. They, along with Nyan (whom Teal'c returned to save), escape to Earth, where Nyan becomes Daniel's research assistant. Nyan hopes that someday the situation on his planet will improve, and he will be able to return there and reveal his discoveries to his people.

[edit] Refrences

Bedrosians; Bedrosian Central Registry; Bedrosian shuttle pod; Nefertum; Optrican

[edit] Notes

• When the stargate is shown being uncovered at the beginning of the episode, it is shown to have a symbol that resembles the Earth Point-of-Origin symbol on it.
• When dialing the planet, "chevron 4 locked" is said, but throughout the series the term locked is only used for the final chevron, the previous chevrons are "encoded".
• The weapon used by the Bedrosians is later used as the basic design for one of the Wraith stunners.
• This episode shares its title with a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode.
• Despite becoming Daniel's research assistant at the end of the episode, Nyan is never seen again.
• Richard Ian Cox went on to appear in the season 1 Stargate Atlantis episode The Defiant One as Dr. Brendan Gall.

[edit] Sources

• Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
• Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Casablanca Continuity (2000-01-14). Retrieved on October 15, 2006. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site. Also see Google's cache
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 7, 2006.

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