Poisoning the Well

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"Poisoning the Well" is the seventh episodes of the first season of Stargate Atlantis.

Contents 1 Plot 1.1 References 2 Notes 3 External links

[edit] Plot

The Atlantis team discover the Hoffans, a race of humans that have advanced to a technological level similar to that of Earth during the 1st World War. Their knowledge is stored in several hidden libraries to prevent total destruction with each Wraith culling. They have been working on an inoculation which will prevent the Wraith from feeding on them. Major John Sheppard volunteers Dr. Carson Beckett's help, and Beckett helps a Hoffan scientist, Perna, to complete the drug ahead of schedule. To the reluctance of Dr. Elizabeth Weir, they are eager to test the drug, using a terminally ill Hoffan volunteer as a human trial. They inoculated him with the drug and test him against Steve, the Wraith Sheppard captured two episodes before. The drug works better than they thought: Steve was killed by it.

Beckett wants to run more tests but the Hoffans start mass-production and mass-inoculation immediately. It's then discovered that the drug has a severe side effect: a 50% mortality rate. After a planet-wide vote proves that a 96% of Hoffans are willing to risk it so the Wraith can't feed from them, the Hoffan leader asks for the Atlantis team help distribute the medication to other worlds. The team, appalled by the society's ruthlessness, refuses to cooperate and leaves.

[edit] References

Hoff; Chancellor; Druhin; Geo-thermo energy; Hoffan drug; Doctor McCoy; biochemistry; physiology; molecular biology; Perna; Ferrel Mylan; protein; Wraith fleet; Hoffans; Athos; Steve; Scotland; Geneva Convention; Jumper Two; Merell; Hoffan Council; Winston Churchill

[edit] Notes

• Dr. Carson Beckett is compared to Star Trek's Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy for his fear of traveling through the Stargate (Much like McCoy hated travelling by transporter).
• The Hoffan drug introduced here plays a prominent role in later seasons, when the Wraith/human 'hybrid' Michael Kenmore forces a clone of Doctor Beckett to produce it on a large scale as part of his campaign agianst the Wraith, although Beckett is able to reduce the fatality rate to only 30% rather than the 50% presented here.

[edit] External links

• Poisoning the Well on the official Syfy website.
• Official Stargate Atlantis site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006.
• Transcript from GateWorld. Transcribed by Callie Sullivan. Additions by Calico. Visited May 14, 2006.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Taylor Brown. Visited May 14, 2006.
• Production from GateWorld. Visited May 14, 2006.
• Gatenoise from Moon-catchin'. Visited June 23, 2006.

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