S9 Spoilers: "Avalon Part 2"

Script Coordinator Alex Levine shares his trade secrets in SciFi.com blog

Fire!Fire! In an upcoming scene in Avalon Pt. 2, our fearless SG-1 Stunt Coordinator Dan Shea caught on fire! Yep, it’s true. A wider shot selection forced him out of his fire-retardant garb so he could be in the shot and near the ‘burn’ (the fire-stunt). When Dan went to put the ‘bridge’ down over the flames to let the actress out of the ring of fire, the fire was accidentally blown toward him and he caught on fire. Stop, drop and roll! Thankfully he wasn’t hurt.

Factoid: the village from Avalon Pt. 2 is entirely within our Effects stage — it’s not outside at all. There will be a behind the scenes featurette called ‘It Takes a Crew to Raise a Village’ on the DVD’s for season 9, which, among other interesting things, shows the village being built via time-lapse photography.

Oh, speaking of dirt. If you’re thinking the Stargate powers that be don’t pay enough attention to detail, you’ll be amazed to learn that the network took issue with the color of the dirt in the village set. Thankfully, the matter was resolved. The producers and the network settled on brown. Now that’s keeping it real.

Alex Levine’s July 20th Blog Entry: “Keeping it real…” (Atlantis spoilers present as well)