Watergate

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Watergate is the seventh episode of the fourth season of Stargate SG-1.

Contents 1 Plot 2 References 3 Notes 4 Sources

[edit] Plot

After discovering that the SGC can't use its Stargate, it is learned that the Russians have recovered the Stargate that was onboard Thor's ship when it crashed on earth from a Replicator attack. The Russian gate is "stuck" on an outgoing wormhole, preventing the American gate from being activated. At the request of one Dr. Svetlana Markov, SG-1 is sent to investigate why this is. When they arrive at the Russian base, they discover that everyone there is dead. After turning off the Russian Stargate, Markov, Jackson and Carter go through to the same planet to figure out what was keeping it on, while O'Neill and Teal'c look around the base. They manage to find Colonel Maybourne in a freezer, but when they take him out, he is miraculously revived, and small, watery alien beings come out of him. The water vapor alien then enters Teal'c, and use him to go to the stargate. O'Neill attempts to stop him, but Teal'c opens the gate, and the aliens come out of Teal'c and go through the Stargate. Meanwhile, on the other side, it is discovered that the water that has submerged the civilization are actually aliens, the same kind that infected Maybourne. After the beings go through the stargate to their homeworld, Markov, Daniel and Carter are sent back to earth, having had their sub crushed and having been captured by the aliens. The Russian Stargate program is then shut down, and Maybourne is arrested.

[edit] References

Alpha Gate; Enkarans; Kuybyshev Airbase; Nemesis; Nuclear powered reconnaisance drone; Pacific Ocean; Russia; Switzerland; Water-based life form; Water planet

[edit] Notes

• Kurt Russell, who played Jack O'Neill in the original Stargate movie, visited the SGC set during filming of this episode.
• The Russians' possession of a DHD is used to gain some influence in the SGC up until it is destroyed in the season 5 episode 48 Hours.
• According to the DVD commentries, the actual ending of the show where O'Neill proposes that the two races had just exchanged hostages was not the intended ending, which is why the episode appears to end so abruptly.
• In the first scene, when the Stargate is being dialed, the point of origin symbol seen on its ring is that of the Alpha Gate. However, the Stargate installed at the SGC at this point is the Beta Gate, which has a different point of origin symbol. (SG1: "Solitudes") This is the same production error that was previously seen in the immediately preceding episode, "Window of Opportunity".
• Most Russian text seen in this episode contains numerous spelling errors. When Svetlana turns on the computer on the base, the "words" that appear on its monitor are meaningless sequences of Russian letters.
• According to this episode, the Russian Stargate facility is set up at the Kuybyshev Airbase in Siberia. There does indeed exist a town named Kuybyshev in Siberia (more precisely, in the Novosibirsk Oblast); however, the coordinates given for it in the episode are completely off.
• Svetlana is female, yet her surname (Markov) is written in the masculine form. A more authentic choice would be "Markova". This mistake was corrected in the Russian dub of Stargate SG-1.
• Marina Sirtis, the actress that played Dr. Svetlana, previously played Counselor Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• The set used for the Russian Stargate facility is the same one used for Harlan's factory in the season 1 episode Tin Man.
• Jack O'Neill remarks that he has never been in a submarine before, apparently playing into Svetlana's "Russian Humour," since both parties know that he was aboard a Russian submarine earlier in the season.
• Strange how Dr. Svetlana claimed that the sub would be of superior quality because it's of Swiss design, noting that Switzerland is a land-lock nation and that Russia is one of the leading submarine-using countries.
• Dr. Svetlana mentions that there are 47 personnel on the base. This is likely a reference to the frequent use of the number 47 on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

[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 (2000-08-07). Retrieved on October 15, 2006. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site. Also see Google's cache.
• Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 13, 2006.
• Epsisode guide from rdanderson. Visited May 13, 2006.
• Review from GateWorld. Reviewed by Debra Kraft. Visited May 13, 2006.
• [1] from Memory Alpha. . Visited August 17, 2009.

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