Robert Rothman

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Like his colleague Daniel Jackson, Dr. Robert Rothman was an archaeology expert assigned to the SGC. He tended to be more skeptical, however, and not nearly as quick to consider extraordinary explanations to scientific puzzles. At one point, Daniel believed that Rothman would take his place as on SG-1 if he were to leave the program. He also believed that if Rothman did take his place, O'Neill would most certainly object.

Despite being a decathalon champion in college, Rothman was often bogged down with frustration and self-defeat, and had a tendency to slow down others around him.

While on an archaeological dig with Jackson on P3X-888 (the original Goa'uld homeworld), Rothman became infested with a local Goa'uld symbiote. It clandestinely kept up the appearance of being Robert Rothman, but eventually made its move. Dr. Rothman was shot by Colonel O'Neill when he tried to attack the SG team, and died in the line of duty.

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Robert Rothman is named after Jonathan Glassner's lawyer. ^{[citation needed]}

A symbiote heals its host of disease and ailments, including eye problems.(SG1: "Full Alert") Yet Rothman was wearing glasses the whole time while he was blended with the symbiote, not only should he have been unable to see with his glasses after his eyes had healed, wearing the wrong prescription is painful to the eyes and Rothman shouldn't have been able to see and walk around.