The Tomb

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The Tomb is the eighth episode of the fifth season of Stargate SG-1.

Contents 1 Plot 2 References 3 Notes 4 Sources

[edit] Plot

SG-1 must reluctantly join a fellow Russian team in a daring mission to uncover the fate of a lost Russian team and a powerful Goa'uld device. Upon entering the tomb they discover the remains of a previous Russian team that has been apparently gnawed upon. After a short amount of time Lieutenant Tolinev is attacked and bitten by a strange and alien creature. After finding the journal of one of the lost Russians, Daniel concludes that the first team released the creature from a sealed sarcophagus. Whatever the creature is, it killed the Russians and worst of all, Sam senses a Goa'uld symbiote inside it. But when Sam and Teal'c encounter the creature it drops dead from an earlier wound, and Teal'c uses a knife to conclude that the symbiote is no longer present (by cutting open the creature's neck).

Meanwhile, Daniel studies the writings on the walls of the tomb to realise that there is a ring transporter in the temple. Colonel O'Neill and Colonel Zukhov are stuck in a standoff, suspecting each other of being hosts until the real Goa'uld approaches (in Vallarin) and attacks Jack with a hand device. It demands the "Eye of Tiamat", an allegedly powerful piece of Goa'uld technology of unknown function. Zukhov found it earlier with the journal, and pretends to give it to the Goa'uld. Instead, he arms a grenade and tosses it to him. The Goa'uld realises too late and the explosion buries the host, Zukhov and the Eye. Jack is unharmed.

Teal'c locates a secret panel that exposes Goa'uld control crystals, which allow SG-1 to activate the ring transporter. As they get ready to leave, the Goa'uld shows up to threaten his revenge. As the ring transporter dematerialises the 4 members of SG-1 and Tolinev, Major Carter activates a ten second timer on a large quantity of C4, killing the host Goa'uld and collapsing the already highly unstable tomb. If the Goa'uld survived the initial explosion, he would soon suffocate under the tons of stone and dust that would subsequently bury him. Back on Earth, in the SGC briefing room, the surviving Russian backs up O'Neill's account to her superior, but the debriefing Russian Colonel suspects that the SGC is hiding something, and they are clearly disappointed at the failure to recover the Eye of Tiamat. Jack tells the Russian not to expect another joint mission, since their priority should have been the rescue part of the rescue mission, not the Eye of Tiamat part.

[edit] References

Serbia

[edit] Notes

• Colonel Chekov appears for the first time in this episode, returning in later seasons to deal with the SGC on behalf of the Russian government.
• The line right before the introduction of Russian team said by Major Vallarin translates as "The strongest country in the world... and they can't make a decent coffee".
• Lieutenant Marchenkos surname and facial traits sugest his Ukrainian heritage. This marks the second time in the show that (first being Small Victories) an officer of Ukrainian ancestry is portrayed in Russian military.
• In Full Circle, Daniel says that the Eye of Tiamat is one of the Eyes that Anubis is using to power his new superweapon.
• Marduk was first mentioned in "Thor's Hammer", as the Goa'uld who took Kendra from her homeworld.
• Lieutenant Tolinev's surname is in the incorrect (masculine) form. Since she is female, it should have been Tolineva. This error was corrected in the Russian, Spanish and German dubs of Stargate SG-1.

[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 (2001-07-10). Retrieved on October 15, 2006. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site.
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 13, 2006.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Debra Kraft. Visited May 13, 2006.

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