Working real life into story arcs
Alex Levine, script coordinator, has revealed in his blog on SciFi.com that Claudia Black is expecting a baby! Her pregnancy was worked into the Stargate SG-1 story arc for her character Vala Mal Doran in the episode “Crusade” because the producers and SciFi wanted Vala to return this season!
In “Crusade”, written by Robert C. Cooper, Vala is stranded in the Ori’s home galaxy and is pregnant without having had sexual intercourse. She believes that the Ori have something to do with it, but puts her condition aside in order to warn Earth about the fleet of ten Ori spaceships which will be sent to the Milky Way Galaxy in order to convert humanity to Origin or destroy them for their refusal.
No word on when Black’s baby is due, but Levine says that the nature of Vala’s pregnancy will not be explored until Season Ten, “if there is a Season 10.”
See the full blog entry at SciFi.com
9.19 “Crusade Part 1” Episode Guide
[Thanks to ShardsGlass for the tip — DeeKayP]