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== Précis ==
== Précis ==


SG-1 gets involved once again with time travel.
{{continuumprecis}}


== MGM Official Summary ==
== Solutions Summary ==


''The official summary is not yet available as this movie has yet to be produced.''
SG-1 and General O'Neill gather on a Tok'ra planet to witness the extraction of the last known Ba'al symbiote from its host. In fact, it is not the last Ba'al, but only the last clone. Before the extraction can take place, the real Ba'al travels back in time and changes the future by shipwrecking the ''Achilles'', the ship that transported the Egyptian Stargate to the United States in 1939. In the altered present, humans and Tok'ra disappear from the room, and the clone Ba'al gets free and kills O'Neill. SG-1, minus Teal'c and Vala, make their way to the gate and dial Earth.


== Spoilers ==
Because of the altered timeline, instead of landing in the SGC, Mitchell, Daniel, and Carter arrive on board the shipwrecked ''Achilles'', in frozen waters near the Arctic Circle. They manage to escape and are rescued by a nuclear submarine and Special Ops Colonel Jack O'Neill, who knows nothing about the Stargate Program and only knows Carter because, to him, she is a dead astronaut. Due to frostbite suffered on the sunken ship, Daniel has his left leg amputated below the knee.


'''Note:''' Latest updates are <font color="#AC4516">in color</font>.
The three are interrogated and eventually convince General Landry they are telling the truth about what has happened to their timeline. Landry refuses to let them try to fix it, however, believing it would be arrogant to change so many lives. He orders that they each be settled in different parts of the country and not allowed to contact each other. Meanwhile the Navy works without their help to activate the Stargete in Antarctica in case their predictions of an invasion by Ba'al come to pass.


===Storyline===
A year later, the invasion by Ba'al's huge armada of Goa'uld ships begins. Ba'al has consolodated his power and is in charge of all the System Lords. Qetesh, hosted by Vala, is his consort, and Teal'c his First Prime. Ba'al's plan is for a benevolent takeover of Earth, although Qetesh and the others would prefer to devastate the planet.


SG-1 gets involved once again with time travel.
The US President asks SG-1 for help in fighting back. They embark on F-15s to Antarctica with a desperate plan to use the Stargate to gate to Taonas and get a ZPM so they can return and power the Ancient defense chair.


"While SG-1 attends the execution of Ba'al, the last of the goa'uld system lords, Teal'c and Vala inexplicably disappear into thin air. Carter, Daniel and Mitchell race back to a world where history has been changed: the Stargate program has been erased from the timeline. As they try to convince the authorities what's happened, a fleet of goa'uld motherships arrives in orbit, led by Ba'al, his queen, Katesh, (Vala) and his first prime, Teal'c. SG-1 must find the Stargate and set things right before the world is enslaved by the goa'uld." &mdash; Business Wire, ''MGM Greenlights New Stargate Movies'', January 15, 2007.
Meanwhile, Qetesh grows so distrustful of Ba'al and his unexplained knowledge of Earth that she stabs him and tortures him to death, but not before learning of his time machine and where it is. She orders the Antarctic Stargate and defense chair to be destroyed and an all-out attack on Earth's cities to commence. She speeds her mothership to Praxyon so that she can take control of the time machine. Teal'c meanwhile wants to get there as well, to carry out Ba'al's last order, to avenge his death and free his Jaffa.


===Production Notes===
Both SG-1 and Teal'c learn separately that the Russians have recovered the sunken Stargate, and they encounter each other in Russia. They agree to ally and travel to Praxyon together, reaching it ahead of Qetesh. Carter studies the time machine and looks for an opportunity to go back and fix what Ba'al has done. Qetesh's forces arrive by ring from her mothership and attack in waves. Carter dials the gate to send travelers to Earth in 1929, ten years before the timeline has to be fixed. She, Daniel and Teal'c all perish in the battle with Qetesh's Jaffa, but Mitchell makes it through the gate before it shuts down. Teal'c kills Qetesh and destroys the time machine as his final act.


* Announcement of the movie was made online by TV Guide, October 11, 2006:
Mitchell bides his time on Earth until the cross-Atlantic mission in 1939, when he stows away on the ''Achilles''. He lies in wait for Ba'al and his Jaffa to come through the gate, and kills them all, thus restoring the future.
:Stargate SG-1 may be winding down its 10-year-run this spring, but here’s some exciting news for its fans. MGM has granted a green light — and enough money — to produce two movies, most likely for DVD, executive producer Brad Wright tells TV Guide. The first flick will tie up most of the finale’s loose threads — “It’s the climax of the Ori story line” — and will be written-directed by exec producer Robert Cooper. The second film, penned by Wright, will involve time travel, and both projects should debut in the fall of 2007. Though no deals are signed, SG-1’s stars are said to be “very eager” to continue.  


:“They’re not big-budget [films] by any definition, but for us it’s pretty good,” says Wright. “As we’ve proven over the years, just give us little more money and we can make pretty good television, or DVDs.
In the present, the timeline returns to its original state. The clone Ba'al is freed of his symbiote, and Vala stays to support him. After returning to Earth, O'Neill takes the rest of the team to lunch.
 
:“There’s a sense of an era for us ending,” Wright continues, “but at the same time, we’re all positive because of the prospect of continuing forward with movies and the introduction next year of Stargate Worlds, a massive multiplayer online game.”
 
*Michael Shanks comments on his interest in being a part of these movies: "Oh yeah, absolutely," he says. "We know that it's going to be a better way to take some time and tell some good stories instead of what we've been doing a lot of years - telling some good stories and some not so good. This time we can really take our time and I think it's a dream fulfilled for a lot of people. Certainly a better wish would be to do a big budget feature film, but to do things like this, with less time commitment and more care taken, is something that we all are very interested in doing; especially if this is going to be the end of the road, then this is a great way to go out." &mdash; Michael Shanks, "Skating Past The Gate" Interview on Michael Shanks Online, October 2006.
*"Asked about the DVD movies, he [Michael Shanks] said he doesn't know much, but one is supposed to resolve the Ori storyline, while the other one, being written by Brad Wright, is about time travel-Ba'al-submarines. He doesn't know much and only found out the movies had been green-lit on the internet while he was in Bulgaria." &mdash; Solutions Features: Burbank Creation Con Report by Michelle, November 2006.
*"He's [Cliff Simon who plays Ba'al] excited about the movies that are going to be shot next year. He has a "yes" on one and a "maybe" on the other, but it's a Hollywood yes, meaning no contract yet. He's heard that filming will take place in May and June of '07. He expects the movies to be really good story-wise and in terms of special effects." &mdash; Solutions Features: Burbank Creation Con Report by Michelle, November 2006.
*"As a matter of fact, just last night Brad [Wright] and I were talking about how we're going to work live orchestra into the movies. And we were just discussing that and how, logistically, we were going to do that. Because there is a little more budget on that. So we can do it." &mdash; Joel Goldsmith, composer, Interview at Gateworld, December 2006.
*IGN Interviews Michael Shanks, published December 18, 2006:
:'''IGN TV:''' Though there isn't going to be a next season, there was an announcement that movies would be in the works. Are you set to appear in the movies and is there anything you can tell us about what the movies will center around? I didn't know if you'd got those scripts yet or not. I know I heard something about filming starting in April and June.
 
:'''Shanks:''' I just finished negotiations - I think most of the cast has finished for appearances in movies - as far as I know, you guys by reading stuff on the Internet know as much as I do, because all we knew were we were going to do two movies, and Rob and Brad were going to pull away from the Atlantis franchise and focus on doing these movies - Rob was going to write one and Brad was going to write one. Rob was going to direct one and I think Martin Wood was going to direct the other.
 
:We know the first shoot date of the first movie is April 15th and the second is around June 1st. [...]
 
:And Brad is writing one, as far as I know, is a bit more standalone that will involve some kind of time travel and has something to do with our main mustache twiddling villain Baal doing something in the past that alters…he basically finds a way to lift the stargate from Earth so the Stargate Program never happens, and I imagine the characters will have to go through some process to reset the clock and fix everything over the course of two hours. Quite frankly that is as much as I know. I haven't even talked to the guys about it. They told us these pitches in September, so I haven't talked to anyone since then so that could've changed overnight, I have no idea. Everybody is very excited to close the book on the show and maybe it will introduce the possibility of continuing the franchise in the DVD format or taking it to another level and boosting it up to a feature film or it just might be on closing the book on it or another spinoff - who knows. There is a lot of potential for the franchise and it would be a shame just for it to end, but it has been a wonderful run.
*"Regarding yesterday's post, SG-1 Forever writes: 'Jack would be awesome! Can you tell us if he's in the movies, Joe?' Answer: Nothing to report on this front (sorry)..." &mdash; Joseph Mallozzi in his personal blog, January 10, 2007.
*Solutions Blog: ''Cooper, Wright Talk Stargate's Future'', January 14, 2007:
**MGM has financed the movies based only on projected DVD sales, but are looking for broadcast deals as well. The funding for each of the 2 DVD movies is more than it would be for 2 episodes, but still nowhere near a feature-type budget, so they will be using their creativity to make it look big on a TV-movie budget. All of the main cast have signed for the movie, and they have contacted RDA about appearing as O’Neill in one or both movies. No work on whether that will work out business-wise or not.
**The second movie is more of a standalone story, although, if the actors are available, it will bring back a lot of fan favorites. The intention is to get fans used to the idea of SG-1 movies, to whet their appetites for more.
**The movies will not be tied to an exact length, so they can edit them to have all the scenes and shots that make sense for the stories, rather than being tied to 44:15 like they were for episodes. They will also be shot in widescreen 16×9 format without ‘protecting’ the center of the screen, for a movie-like feel.
**The movies will keep RCC and BW busy until the summer time. They are writing now, planning of 4 weeks of shooting for each starting in mid April, then the usual post-production.
**The second DVD movie will be called ''Stargate Continuum''. It will be a time travel story. He [Brad Wright] wants to prove it could be the first in a string that could continue the SG-1 legacy. It will feature characters who are dead in current show canon, but can be brought back because of time travel. He would really like RDA to be in one or both movies, but it’s up to RDA and the business side to work it out. At the time of the interview, Beau Bridges was not yet signed for the movies. Wright hopes that Martin Wood will direct the second movie. 
**He [Brad Wright] does not feel going direct to DVD for the movies is a bad thing. As home theaters become so good, more and more people prefer to watch movies on DVD. The 16×9 widescreen format gives them a lot more freedom to film in a movie style as well, rather than having to keep all the action in the center of the screen for 4×3 TV’s.
*"While SG-1 attends the execution of Ba'al, the last of the goa'uld system lords, Teal'c and Vala inexplicably disappear into thin air. Carter, Daniel and Mitchell race back to a world where history has been changed: the Stargate program has been erased from the timeline. As they try to convince the authorities what's happened, a fleet of goa'uld motherships arrives in orbit, led by Ba'al, his queen, Katesh, (Vala) and his first prime, Teal'c. SG-1 must find the Stargate and set things right before the world is enslaved by the goa'uld." &mdash; Business Wire, ''MGM Greenlights New Stargate Movies'', January 15, 2007.
*"Anonymous #5 writes: “I read in Variety that Beau Bridges is going to be starring in a new show for Fox. Does this mean General Landry won't be in the movies?” Answer: Congratulations to Beau who is hilarious on My Name is Earl and I’m sure will prove just as hilarious on his new series. And, yes, General Landry will be making an appearance in both SG-1 movies." &mdash; Joseph Mallozzi, Personal Blog, February 21, 2007.
*"Today was the big Arctic briefing for Stargate: Continuum. Those heading up North for the shoot were regaled with sobering warnings on thin ice, wandering polar bears, and wind gusts that freeze exposed skin in less than three seconds. But assurances were made that everyone would be accompanied by “someone with ice experience”. Like, say, a shotgun-toting Dorothy Hamel?" &mdash; Joseph Mallozzi, Personal Blog, February 27, 2007.
*"David McKee writes: “What does your Magic 8 Ball say about the prospects for Jacob Carter returning in "Continuum"?” Magic 8 Ball says: Outlook not so good." &mdash; Joseph Mallozzi, Personal Blog, March 4, 2007.
*<font color="#AC4516">From ComingSoon.net's "''Stargate: Continuum'' to Film Scenes in the Arctic," March 14, 2007:
:MGM is teaming with the U.S. Navy to capture a series of bone chilling adventure scenes for the studio's upcoming "Stargate SG-1" direct-to-video, "Stargate: Continuum." Cast members, including Ben Browder ("Stargate SG1's" Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell) and Amanda Tapping (Lt. Col. Samantha Carter) will travel to the sub-zero climate of the Arctic to shoot at the Navy's Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station (APLIS) for the week of March 23 through 29. Martin Wood, Director of over 70 "Stargate SG-1" and "Stargate Atlantis" episodes, is confirmed to direct "Stargate: Continuum."
 
:"Stargate: Continuum," which is being co-financed by MGM and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, will shoot a variety of scenes on location in the Arctic ice, located approximately 200 nautical miles north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. In addition to the frigid outdoor environments, the filming will also involve U.S. Navy submarine ''USS Alexandria'' (SSN-757). Among the most visually stunning and dramatic scenes to be filmed at the location involves the submarine as it bursts through the ice and into the cold Arctic air with temperatures hovering around 50 degrees below zero.
*Playback Magazine reported that Richard Dean Anderson will be in the movie. "Stargate goes nuclear", March 17, 2007.</font>
 
'''Note that all spoilers are subject to change before the finished film is produced.'''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Amanda Tapping]] as [[Samantha Carter|Lt. Col. Samantha Carter]]
* [[Amanda Tapping]] as [[Samantha Carter|Lt. Col. Samantha Carter]]
* [[Christopher Judge]] as [[Teal'c]]
* [[Christopher Judge]] as [[Teal'c]]
* [[Ben Browder]] as [[Cameron Mitchell|Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell]]
* [[Ben Browder]] as [[Cameron Mitchell|Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell]] and [[Captain Mitchell]]
* [[Claudia Black]] as [[Vala Mal Doran]]
* [[Claudia Black]] as [[Vala Mal Doran]] and [[Qetesh]]
* [[Don S. Davis]] as [[George Hammond|Lt. Gen. George Hammond]]
* [[Beau Bridges]] as [[Hank Landry|Gen. Hank Landry]]
* [[Beau Bridges]] as [[Hank Landry|Gen. Hank Landry]]
* [[William Devane]] as [[Henry Hayes]]
* [[Cliff Simon]] as [[Ba'al]]
* [[Cliff Simon]] as [[Ba'al]]
* [[Steve Bacic]] as [[Camulus]]
* [[Gary Jones]] as [[Walter Harriman|Sgt. Walter Harriman]]
* [[Jacqueline Samuda]] as [[Nirrti]]
* [[Peter Williams]] as [[Apophis]]
* [[Dan Shea]] as [[Siler|Sgt. Siler]]
* Darcy Cadman as Russian Officer
* Peter John Prinsloo as Alex
* [[Ron Halder]] as [[Cronus]]
* Alison Matthews as Interviewer
* David Kaye as Interviewer
* O.L. Bramble as Jaffa Leader
* Reese Alexander as Jaffa Pilot
* Mark Pawson as Jaffa Pilot
* Tracy Trueman as Neighbor
* Jason Benson as Officer
* Kristen Williamson as Officer
* Campbell Lane as Older Man
* [[Vince Crestejo]] as [[Yu]]
* [[Jay Williams]] as [[Ra]]
* Lebrone Flippin as Ba'al's Jaffa
* Duke Shoebotham as Ba'al's Jaffa
* Mike Roselli as Qetesh's Jaffa
* Rob Boyce as Qetesh's Jaffa
* [[Colin Cunningham]] as [[Paul Davis|Maj. Paul Davis]]
* Adrian Huges as Peltac Jaffa
* Jacqueline Becher as Lady Shopper
* CDR Michael Bernaccchi USN as Commanding Officer
* CMDCM (SS) Wesley K. Koshoffer USN as COB
* LCDR Jason M. Geddes USN as Officer of the Deck
* LTjg Alan M. Roche USN as Officer of the Guard
* Barry Campbell as Crewman on Sail
* [[Charles Cohen]] as Daniel's Doctor
'''Arctic Shoot: ''USS Alexandria'' and U.S. Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory:'''
* Electronics Technician 2nd Class Courtney D. Miler, a longtime Stargate fan, played an extra.
* Barry L. Campbell, head of operations at the San Diego-based U.S. Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory, presented the idea to Executive Producer N. John Smith at a Stargate convention in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has a speaking role in the film.


== Production ==
== Production ==
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* Written by [[Brad Wright]]
* Written by [[Brad Wright]]
* Directed by [[Martin Wood]]  
* Directed by [[Martin Wood]]  
* Filming: March 23-29, 2007 in the Arctic; resuming May 22, 2007 in Vancouver.
* Filming: March 23-29, 2007 in the Arctic; May 22-June 14, 2007 in Vancouver.
* International DVD (and Blu-ray HD) Release Schedule:
** July 29, 2008: North America
** August 6, 2008: Australia
** August 18, 2008: UK
** July 29, 2008: North America
** September 10, 2008: France
** September 10, 2008: Italy
** September 12, 2008: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
** October 27, 2008: Czech and Slovak Republic
* [[Stargate: Continuum Production Gallery and Notes]]
* [http://stargate.mgm.com/news_detail.php?id=116 MGM: Continuum Wins HD Award, November 12, 2008.]
* [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/2009/05/continuum-and-atlantis-roar-at-the-leos/ Continuum and Atlantis Roar at the Leos, May 11, 2009.]


== Related Articles ==
== Related Articles ==
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=== Keywords ===
=== Keywords ===


* [[Achilles]]
* [[Alternate Timelines|Time Travel]]
* [[Alternate Timelines|Time Travel]]
* [[Antarctica]]
* [[Cloning]]
* [[Goa'uld]]
* [[Goa'uld]]
* [[Qetesh]] (Katesh)
* [[Jaffa]]
* [[Praxyon]]
* [[Ring Transporter]]
* [[SG-1]]
* [[Stargate]]
* [[Stargate]]
* [[Stargate Program]]
* [[Stargate Program]]
* [[Symbiote]]
* [[System Lord]]
* [[System Lord]]
* [[Praclarush Taonas|Taonas]]
* [[Tok'ra]]
* [[Zero Point Module (ZPM)]]


=== Other ===
=== Other ===
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* [http://www.stargatesg1.com/ MGM Stargate SG-1]
* [http://www.stargatesg1.com/ MGM Stargate SG-1]
* [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0929629/ IMDB]


===Fan===
===Fan===
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* [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/ Stargate SG-1 Solutions]
* [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/ Stargate SG-1 Solutions]
* [http://www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/forum/index.php?board=25.0 Solutions On-Site Forum Discussion Board]
* [http://www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/forum/index.php?board=25.0 Solutions On-Site Forum Discussion Board]
 
* [http://community.livejournal.com/sg1_solutions/tag/movies Solutions LJ Community: Movies]
== Further Reading ==
 
* [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/?p=692 Solutions Blog: TV Guide: 'Gate Expectations: SG-1 OK'd for Two Films]
* [http://www.michaelshanks-online.com/archives/msol/msskating.shtml Michael Shanks Online: "Skating Past The Gate" Interview, October 2006]
* [http://www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/features/creation_burbank_06.shtml Solutions Features: Burbank Creation Con Report by Michelle, November 2006.]
* [http://www.gateworld.net/interviews/gate_harmonics_part_1_of_2.shtml Gateworld Interview with Joel Goldsmith: "Gate Harmonics", Part 1 of 2, December 2006.]
* [http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/751/751455p3.html IGN Interviews Michael Shanks (page 3), published December 18, 2006.]
* [http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2007/01/january-10-2007.html Joseph Mallozzi's Blog, January 10, 2007.]
* [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/?p=734 Solutions Blog: Cooper, Wright Talk Stargate's Future, January 14, 2007.]
* [http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070115005421&newsLang=en# Business Wire: MGM Greenlights New Stargate Movies: Studio Continues Record Breaking Franchise by Releasing “Stargate: The Ark of Truth” and “Stargate: Continuum”, January 15, 2007.]
* [http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2007/02/february-21-2007.html Joseph Mallozzi's Blog, February 21, 2007.]
* [http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2007/02/february-27-2007.html Joseph Mallozzi's Blog, February 27, 2007.]
* [http://josephmallozzi.blogspot.com/2007/03/march-4-2007.html Joseph Mallozzi's Blog, March 4, 2007.]
* [http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19350 ComingSoon.net: ''Stargate: Continuum'' to Film Scenes in the Arctic, March 14, 2007.]
* [http://www.csg2.navy.mil/Alexandria/alexandria.htm USS Alexandria SSN 757]
* [http://www.apl.washington.edu/ Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station (APLIS)]
* [http://www.playbackmag.com/articles/daily/20070319/stargate.html Playback Magazine, "Stargate goes nuclear", March 17, 2007.]
* [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/?p=771 Solutions Blog: SG-1 Spoilers: Wright and Anderson on Continuum, March 21, 2007.]
* [http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/?p=772 Solutions Blog: SG-1 Spoilers: Tapping on Filming Continuum, March 21, 2007.]


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Précis

While SG-1 attends the execution of Ba'al, the last of the Goa'uld System Lords, Teal'c and Vala inexplicably disappear into thin air. Carter, Daniel and Mitchell race back to a world where history has been changed: the Stargate program has been erased from the timeline. As they try to convince the authorities what's happened, a fleet of Goa'uld motherships arrives in orbit, led by Ba'al, his queen, Qetesh (Vala), and his first prime, Teal'c. SG-1 must find the Stargate and set things right before the world is enslaved by the Goa'uld.

Movie Guide | Transcript |  Production Notes

Solutions Summary

SG-1 and General O'Neill gather on a Tok'ra planet to witness the extraction of the last known Ba'al symbiote from its host. In fact, it is not the last Ba'al, but only the last clone. Before the extraction can take place, the real Ba'al travels back in time and changes the future by shipwrecking the Achilles, the ship that transported the Egyptian Stargate to the United States in 1939. In the altered present, humans and Tok'ra disappear from the room, and the clone Ba'al gets free and kills O'Neill. SG-1, minus Teal'c and Vala, make their way to the gate and dial Earth.

Because of the altered timeline, instead of landing in the SGC, Mitchell, Daniel, and Carter arrive on board the shipwrecked Achilles, in frozen waters near the Arctic Circle. They manage to escape and are rescued by a nuclear submarine and Special Ops Colonel Jack O'Neill, who knows nothing about the Stargate Program and only knows Carter because, to him, she is a dead astronaut. Due to frostbite suffered on the sunken ship, Daniel has his left leg amputated below the knee.

The three are interrogated and eventually convince General Landry they are telling the truth about what has happened to their timeline. Landry refuses to let them try to fix it, however, believing it would be arrogant to change so many lives. He orders that they each be settled in different parts of the country and not allowed to contact each other. Meanwhile the Navy works without their help to activate the Stargete in Antarctica in case their predictions of an invasion by Ba'al come to pass.

A year later, the invasion by Ba'al's huge armada of Goa'uld ships begins. Ba'al has consolodated his power and is in charge of all the System Lords. Qetesh, hosted by Vala, is his consort, and Teal'c his First Prime. Ba'al's plan is for a benevolent takeover of Earth, although Qetesh and the others would prefer to devastate the planet.

The US President asks SG-1 for help in fighting back. They embark on F-15s to Antarctica with a desperate plan to use the Stargate to gate to Taonas and get a ZPM so they can return and power the Ancient defense chair.

Meanwhile, Qetesh grows so distrustful of Ba'al and his unexplained knowledge of Earth that she stabs him and tortures him to death, but not before learning of his time machine and where it is. She orders the Antarctic Stargate and defense chair to be destroyed and an all-out attack on Earth's cities to commence. She speeds her mothership to Praxyon so that she can take control of the time machine. Teal'c meanwhile wants to get there as well, to carry out Ba'al's last order, to avenge his death and free his Jaffa.

Both SG-1 and Teal'c learn separately that the Russians have recovered the sunken Stargate, and they encounter each other in Russia. They agree to ally and travel to Praxyon together, reaching it ahead of Qetesh. Carter studies the time machine and looks for an opportunity to go back and fix what Ba'al has done. Qetesh's forces arrive by ring from her mothership and attack in waves. Carter dials the gate to send travelers to Earth in 1929, ten years before the timeline has to be fixed. She, Daniel and Teal'c all perish in the battle with Qetesh's Jaffa, but Mitchell makes it through the gate before it shuts down. Teal'c kills Qetesh and destroys the time machine as his final act.

Mitchell bides his time on Earth until the cross-Atlantic mission in 1939, when he stows away on the Achilles. He lies in wait for Ba'al and his Jaffa to come through the gate, and kills them all, thus restoring the future.

In the present, the timeline returns to its original state. The clone Ba'al is freed of his symbiote, and Vala stays to support him. After returning to Earth, O'Neill takes the rest of the team to lunch.

Cast

In Stargate Wiki Character Order:

Arctic Shoot: USS Alexandria and U.S. Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory:

  • Electronics Technician 2nd Class Courtney D. Miler, a longtime Stargate fan, played an extra.
  • Barry L. Campbell, head of operations at the San Diego-based U.S. Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory, presented the idea to Executive Producer N. John Smith at a Stargate convention in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has a speaking role in the film.

Production

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