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[[Image:danieljackson.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Dr. Daniel Jackson]]
[[Image:danieljackson.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Dr. Daniel Jackson]]
==Summary==
==Summary==
Doctor Daniel Jackson is an archaeologist and linguist who found the key to open the Stargate.   
Doctor Daniel Jackson is an archaeologist and linguist who found the key to open the Stargate.   
He has been a member of SG-1 since its inception, except for his time ascended, and is on SG-1 now.
He has been a member of SG-1 since its inception, except for his time ascended, and is on SG-1 now.


==Biography==
==Biography Credits==
 
''Status: Complete Through Season 7''<br />
''Status: Complete Through Season 7''<br />
''Originally written by: Victoria River and Blue Cove, 2003''<br />
''Originally written by: Victoria River and Blue Cove, 2003''<br />
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''Updated to end of Season 7 by: Michelle, 2004''<br />
''Updated to end of Season 7 by: Michelle, 2004''<br />


===Stargate: The Movie===
==Dr. Daniel Jackson Visual History==
 
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Dr. Jackson's final attempt to convince the academic community to look
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at old evidence with new eyes cost him his career, but won him a place
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in a top secret government project: Stargate Command. He put a name to
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the device and figured out in two weeks what other researchers couldn't
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crack in two years - how to dial a complete interstellar address to
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another world. Thinking outside the box was his specialty, and looking
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at old theories in unconventional ways were both what lost him the
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respect of his peers and opened up a door to the universe.
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He was unquestionably brilliant and confident in his own abilities in
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spite of how little credit or validation  he had been given during his
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lifetime for that intelligence. This self assurance (which sometimes
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appears to be slightly arrogant), indifference to his own personal
safety  plus insatiable curiosity and a burning desire to go through
the gate - no matter what -  led him to claim emphatically  he could
get the first team home when, in fact, he had no idea whether or not he
would find the tablet he needed on the other side of the gate.
 
He went to Abydos and eventually succeeded in finding the way back
home, making significant personal discoveries as well. In spite of
living life as a sheltered academic and therefore having no training or
experience to draw upon he was able to discover within himself the
bravery and resourcefulness to become literally a man of action and the
person chiefly responsible for the ultimate success of the Abydos
mission, the liberation of the people of Abydos from the slavery of Ra,
and  saving the Earth from the malevolent alien's plans to eradicate it
and the descendants of the people who had rebelled against him and
exiled him from their planet.  Alone Daniel defied Ra, learned of his
plan to send Jack's bomb through the gate to Earth, turned the staff
weapon he'd been given to execute Jack and the team on Ra himself. He
thereby allowed all of them to escape with the help of Skaara and the
other boys.
 
His courage and fierce determination inspired the Abydonians to finally
rebel against their cruel and capricious master, providing Daniel and
Jack with a diversion and the time they needed to return the rigged
bomb back to Ra, blowing him up for good.  These experiences changed
Daniel's attitude toward life, and bonded him to a man almost his
direct opposite in nature: Col. Jack O'Neill.
 
Initially, Daniel chose to stay on Abydos with his new wife, Sha'uri
(also Sha're), where he was highly respected and practically worshipped
by the people who called him their saviour, much to his embarrassment.
But upon discovering the cartouche room with thousands of Stargate
addresses collected by Ra, he unburied the gate, eager to share - or
possibly to go exploring on his own. The advent of a box of tissues
tossed through the Stargate re-established his connection to Earth, and
once the empty box was returned, he welcomed further contact between
the two worlds. Unfortunately, Daniel's enthusiasm to share his
discovery also cost him personally, resulting in the kidnapping of his
wife by Apophis, another of the alien conquerors posing as gods.
Apophis offered Sha're to his mate, Amaunet, as her new host, and
Amaunet took her (1.01 "Children of the Gods"). Sha're remained her
unwilling host until Teal'c was forced to kill her in order to save
Daniel's life three years later (3.10 "Forever in A Day").
 
His contributions to the Stargate program are vast, and he has made an
indelible impression on all the lives he has touched during those years.
 
===Stargate SG-1 TV Series===
 
====Favorites====
 
'''Sport:''' While not terribly interested in sports, he once bet on curling,
and won the big bonspiel.  At least, that's what Jack told Sam,
although she had another theory (4.18 "The Light").
 
'''Drink:''' Coffee, definitely.
 
'''Breakfast food:''' Waffles (4.6 "Window of Opportunity").
 
'''Candy bar:''' 5th Avenue (Stargate, the Movie). He also enjoys SGC-issue
energy bars (4.08 "The First Ones", S7-07 "Enemy Mine").
 
'''Cookie:''' Chocolate walnut (3.10 "Forever in a Day").
 
'''Animals/Pets:''' Animals in general seem to like him (Stargate, the
Movie). He does keep a fish tank in his apartment (1.12 "Fire and
Water") which now is in his office, presumably taken there by Jonas, who
seemed to think they were his fish, but at any rate, returned custody
of them to Daniel as he left for Kelowna (7.02 "Homecoming Part 2"), and has
mentioned minor attempts to communicate with dogs (2.19 "One False
Step"). Jack is very fond of dogs and Cassandra has one, courtesy of the
colonel (1.15 "Singularity").  So presumably Daniel has had some contact with
them, but how he actually feels about them is unknown.
 
====Expressions====
 
'''When asked something he doesn't know:''' "I have no idea."
 
'''Upon tasting alien cuisine or eating MREs:''' "Tastes like chicken."
 
Other frequent Danielisms:
 
"The point is..."<br />
"Well, that's neither here nor there."<br />
"I'm Daniel Jackson."<br />
"We're peaceful explorers."<br />
"Just hear me out."<br />
"Good point."<br />
"Apparently."<br />
"...Per se..."<br />
"I don't think so."<br />
"What?"<br />
"I'm sorry."<br />
"Gee," "Wow," "Super," "God," "Oh God," "Um..."<br />
 
And the word he probably says more than any other, with varying degrees of
inflection, meaning, volume, and emotional content: "Jack."
 
====Hobbies====
 
Daniel's work is his hobby. He loves languages, books, translating,
researching, and learning about other cultures and customs. He rarely takes
time off from the job, often working around the clock. What
little social time we have observed him spending during the course of
the series has been with other members of his team.
 
====Family and Relationships====
 
Daniel is the son of Drs. Melburn and Claire Ballard Jackson, both
also archaeologists, who were crushed to death in a freak accident at
the New York Museum of Art, where they were setting up a tomb display
(2.04 "The Gamekeeper"). His maternal grandfather, Nicholas Ballard, was
a famous Dutch adventurer/archaeologist whose career was in full swing
when Daniel was orphaned at the age of eight. [This is implied by the
statement Daniel makes to Nick (3.21 "Crystal Skull"), but it was never
confirmed this was in fact how old he was when the accident occurred.]
It is certain that Nick refused to adopt him, choosing career over
family (3.21 "Crystal Skull"). Daniel was put into foster care, and his
reaction to seeing a photograph of his foster parents was guarded and
ambiguous, so it is unclear how close he was to them (Stargate, the Movie).
He has no known siblings.
 
Daniel confessed to having a 'problem' with heights (2.06 "Thor's
Chariot"), but it is unclear whether he was joking or has an actual fear
of heights.  He seemed to have no problem scaling the over 22 feet high
crate containing the Stargate in the DC warehouse in 1969 (S2-21,
"1969"). He also maintained an eighth floor apartment in Colorado Springs
and definitely did not seem to experience vertigo or otherwise react
when he realised his was standing on the wrong side of the balcony's
protective railing about to do something horrible before Jack arrived
(4.18 "The Light").
 
Marriage came to Daniel completely by surprise. While he was on Abydos,
Kasuf, the village elder, gave the explorer his daughter, Sha're, as a
gift, believing Daniel was a god or emissary of Ra. Not understanding
she'd in fact been given to him and was considered by the people to now
be his wife, and being an honourable man not inclined to take
advantage, he tactfully refused to allow her to literally 'give'
herself to him physically.  He did so in a way that did not shame
Sha're in the eyes of her people and without unduly hurting her
feelings. He did spend the night with her, as was intended, however
they communicated and remained platonic.  Sha're taught him how to
pronounce the Abydonian language, and he then learned about the true
nature of Ra and how he was exiled from Earth, information he passed
on to Sha're.  This single evening spent together was vitally important
in that it started a chain of events that led to the eventual success
of the mission and the defeat of Ra.  But it also served to forge an
important bond between Daniel and Sha're.  It was obvious Daniel was
already smitten when he was forced to leave her behind the next morning
and return with Jack and the team to the pyramid.  When later he
learned the true nature of their relationship, as far as the Abydonians
were concerned, he didn't reject either his new role as Sha're's
husband or her, and chose to remain with his new bride once the threat
of Ra had passed (Stargate, the Movie).
 
When Apophis stole Sha're away from him as a host for his queen,
Amaunet, Daniel searched for her for nearly three years before finding
and losing her a final time. In the dream Sha're sent him through the
hand device during their final encounter, he returned to Abydos for her
burial and to speak for her in the funerary service, according to
Abydonian tradition.  Though it was not shown to occur in reality after
the dream, as Daniel loved her and respected her and her Abydonian
family, it is safe to presume that he attended a similar event and
spoke for her as she was respectfully interred on Abydos (3.10
"Forever in a Day").
 
That Daniel was utterly devoted to her is not in question.  Aside from
the fact he searched for her for three years, he was prepared to leave
the Stargate program and his friends and family of SG-1 when her death
meant she would no longer be - out there - for him to find.  He further
rededicated himself to her, promising her moments before Teal'c was
forced to kill her that he would find and protect her child (3.10
"Forever in a Day").
 
This was a promise he kept, throwing himself into this new quest with
his usual tenacity and determination. The clues he uncovered in the
course of his tireless research for the location of the mythical planet
Kheb took the team first to a rainy planet that didn't pan out (3.14
"Foothold") and led to their eventual discovery of the child and to
Daniel's fateful and important encounter with the enigmatic energy
being Oma Desala.  Daniel fulfilled his last promise to Sha're by
entrusting the child to Oma, realising her powers would give her the
ability to protect the baby far more effectively than he could (3.20
"Maternal Instinct").
 
After returning to human form and the SGC, Sha're's name was the first
he remembered on his own. He woke up with her name on his mind after
falling asleep in the VIP room with a picture of her, given to him by
Jack, who had 'kept some of his things alive.' When he awoke, he
hurried to find Teal'c to proudly inform him he remembered her name and
that he loved her very much.  From Teal'c's reaction, Daniel surmised
that Sha're was dead, though at that moment he did not remember the
events himself (7.01 "Fallen Part 1").
 
While Daniel doesn't consciously pursue romance, he has had a few
brushes with it in addition to his accidental marriage:
 
* After contracting an alien disease that regressed him to a primitive state, Daniel became an alpha male and claimed a young woman SG-1 had rescued on a previous mission to the planet. Whether he mated with her is not known, though likely (1.04 "The Broca Divide").
 
* Under the influence of Hathor's super pheromone, he mated with the Goa'uld queen, though this was completely against his will; the rape left him temporarily catatonic. Hathor subsequently re-established her control over him, and he continued to serve her until liberated by Capt. Carter and the other women on the base (1.13 "Hathor").
 
* After saving the life of a princess about to commit suicide, Daniel was forced to cater to her whims in an effort to establish a relationship with her father, Pyrus the god-slayer, so that Pyrus might free Daniel's friends from slavery and a slow death in the naquadah mines. He did eventually earn their release plus a small quantity of the mineral, but the price was addiction to the sarcophagus, which Shyla used as a means to try to keep him with her. How intimate their relationship was is not clear; however, he did promise to marry her, even though he was already married at the time (2.05 "Need").
 
* Soon after the death of Sha're, while helping the Vyans seek a cure for the amnesia that had befallen the entire population, Daniel flirted openly with Ke'ra, a brilliant scientist, and eventually succumbed to the mutual attraction. Only afterward did he learn she was actually a younger version of Linea, Destroyer of Worlds, whom SG-1 had encountered when they were sentenced to the prison planet of Hadante. Linea had escaped from the SGC for an unknown destination, having thwarted the SGC's attempts to stop her even once they knew what she was (2.03 "Prisoners"). The revelation that Ke'ra was Linea was personally devastating to Daniel. While having hope for her redemption, he immediately raised a significant objection to allowing her to continue to participate in the search for the cure for the Vorlaks.  Most determined in his unwillingness to trust Ke'ra at all was Jack.  Daniel argued passionately (and a bit hurtfully towards Teal'c) that the memory loss made her a different person and that Ke'ra should not be judged for Linea's sins.  Ke'ra secretly took the memory cure she had discovered in an effort to learn the truth, and discovered she was indeed a younger version of the evil Linea. She feared she would not be able to control that part of herself and was on the point of immolating herself when Daniel offered her another way to deal with being someone she despised.  She returned to Vyas, her memory of the past few days completely erased once more.  She no longer knew him or remembered him, and when she asked him if they knew each other, he replied that they never did (3.11 "Past and Present").
 
* A prior romance with Dr. Sarah Gardner wasn't exactly rekindled at the funeral of Daniel's mentor, Dr. Jordan, but they did re-establish a connection.  It was clear they had been romantically involved but that it had ended badly, though Sarah seemed very happy to see Daniel. Daniel later discovered she was possessed by the Goa'uld Osiris, who had been kept in stasis for thousands of years as punishment from other Goa'uld until being accidentally released by Sarah and Dr. Jordan.  Daniel sought a way to capture Osiris and free Sarah, but Osiris escaped (4.13 "The Curse").  He was again unsuccessful in his attempt to capture her after Osiris unexpectedly arrived at the Goa'uld System Lord summit he had infiltrated (5.16 "Last Stand Part 2").  After Daniel's return from ascension, Osiris returned to Earth and began secretly visiting Daniel at night, using a memory recall device to place him in dream-like memories of his time as a professor at the University of Chicago.  Aiming to tap into his subconscious and learn the location of the Lost City from him, Osiris immersed him in altered memories of their time together, starting when Sarah first arrived to be his research assistant and progressing through their relationship. In his dream-memories, Sarah was very forgiving of his workaholic tendencies. But, as Daniel explained to Sam and Teal'c, in reality, while she was in love with him, and he had feelings for her, his obsession with his research destroyed their relationship, and she broke up with him when he worked through their anniversary. SG-1 discovered what Osiris was up to and stopped him, finally freeing Sarah from her possession.  Daniel promised her they would help her get through the process of recovering from the horrible memories of what she had done while trapped as Osiris' host (7.15 "Chimera").
 
* There were no romantic overtones colouring Daniel's feelings toward android Reese, but the relationship between her and Daniel was intense. He spent a great deal of time working with her, trying to make friends and to reassure her she was welcome on Earth, but once it was discovered she was the source of the Replicators, he was appalled. Nevertheless, he sought desperately to make her understand what a threat her toys were, not only to Earth but also to the known universe. His efforts seemed to be failing until he went alone into the gate room to offer his friendship in exchange for her trust. When Jack killed the android, Daniel was devastated, though he appeared to understand that Jack had no other choice at the time (5.19 "Menace").
 
The other three members of SG-1 are Daniel's best friends and
confidantes.
 
=====Teal'c=====
 
His relationship with Teal'c started out badly, since the Jaffa was
directly responsible for choosing Sha're and giving her to Apophis for
Amaunet's consideration as a host. However, it was a random choice
which led to this traumatic event rather than any personal agenda on
Teal'c's part - at this point he hadn't met Daniel and had no way of
knowing the young woman he picked out of a crowd at the command of his
'god' was Daniel's wife.  After the Jaffa helped to free the humans
from Apophis' prison, Daniel came to understand this (1.01 "Children of the
Gods").
 
Daniel defended Teal'c during a trial for his life with a passionate
declaration of their deep friendship, exactly how it had developed, and
at what cost (1.15 "Cor-Ai"). Jack's insistence Daniel destroy Thor's
Hammer on Cimmeria - proving he would not put Sha're's welfare ahead of
their Jaffa teammate did not damage their developing friendship,
although it well could have (1.10 "Thor's Hammer"). When Teal'c was
forced to kill Sha're two years later, she sent Daniel a message
through the hand device before she died, explaining that his friend had
no choice and that Daniel must forgive him (3.10 "Forever in A Day").
Daniel did forgive Teal'c, and the bond between them grew ever
stronger.
 
Even after his ascension, he remained watchful, and when Teal'c lay
close to dying after an ambush on a distant planet, Daniel remained by
his side, offering his love and support (6.19 "Changeling"). Daniel's
concern for his friend was evident after Teal'c suffered a supreme lack
of confidence in the aftermath of a near fatal wound. Daniel not only
helped him regain his faith in himself once more, but an emerging
memory from the time he spent as an ascended being enabled the team to
rescue Bra'tac and Ry'ac, Teal'c's son, who unknown to SG-1 had been
imprisoned on the harsh planet Erebus. There, Jaffa were enslaved by
the System Lord Baal and forced to work until they died, as surely
would have happened to Bra'tac and Ry'ac had Daniel not remembered
them.  It was while meditating with Teal'c after the rescue that Daniel
admitted he felt at peace with being human again, and part of the SGC
(7.04 "Orpheus").
 
Teal'c was equally supportive of Daniel, trying to help him interpret his
dreams and sympathizing with the many strange experiences he had to dream
about from his life.  Teal'c was the first to wonder whether a Goa'uld was behind
the persistent, uncontrolled dreams, and perhaps saved Daniel from being killed
by Osiris (7.15 "Chimera").
 
=====Major Samantha Carter=====
 
From their initial meeting on Abydos, Daniel and Samantha Carter (whom
he affectionately called 'Captain/Doctor') proved to be kindred
spirits. During their conversation in the Cartouche room, Daniel
provided Sam with the insight as to why the gate on Earth was failing
to connect with any other gate than the one on Abydos.  She was then
able to update her dialling program with the planetary shift
information, thereby reintegrating Earth's Stargate into the gate
network and making it finally fully functional (1.01 "Children of the
Gods").
 
This first intellectual collaboration also set the pattern for their future
interaction as team members.  The 'science twins' have pooled
their considerable mental resources together more than once to come up
with the solution that saves the day, usually with Daniel using his
ability to think 'outside of the box' and see things everyone else has
missed to provide the vital clue or piece of information Sam then extrapolates upon and
puts into action.  Working together they've proven to be a highly
effective and invaluable component of SG-1 (1.01 "Children of the Gods",
1.07 "Cold Lazarus",
1.09 "Thor's Hammer",
1.12 "Bloodlines",
2.04 "The Gamekeeper",
2.06 "Thor's Chariot",
2.07 "Message in a Bottle",
2.19 "One False Step",
4.07 "Watergate",
4.12 "Tangent",
4.13 "Serpent's Venom",
4.14 "The Curse",
5.04 "The Fifth Man",
5.10 "2001",
5.17 "Fail Safe",
7.03 "Fragile Balance",
7.05 "Revisions"). 
 
Although both are unquestionably brilliant, their intellectual gifts
manifest in unique but complimentary ways, and their different
world views at times causes them to disagree
(1.09 "Thor's Hammer",
2.13 "Spirits",
4.02 "The Other Side",
4.09 "Scorched Earth",
4.17 "Absolute Power",
5.19 "Menace").
 
But they remain friends, frequently
commiserating with and confiding in one another.  Sam has turned to
Daniel for emotional support, and received it, on several occasions, as
she has similarly been there for him.  He knows more about her and
her personal life than any other member of SG-1 does, and she cares
deeply for him
(1.03 "Enemy Within",
1.06 "First Commandment",
1.07 "Cold Lazarus",
1.15 "Singularity",
1.17 "Enigma",
2.02 "In the Line of Duty",
2.04 "The Gamekeeper",
2.05 "Need",
2.18 "Holiday",
3.10 "Forever in a Day",
3.12 "Jolinar's Memories",
5.03 "Ascension",
5.21 "Meridian",
5.22 "Revelations",
7.01 "Fallen Part 1",
7.04 "Orpheus",
7.15 "Chimera").
 
Sam was able to convince an amnesiac Daniel to return with his former
team to the SGC after SG-1's reunion with their lost friend on Vis
Uban, and when he questioned her as the nature of their past
relationship she assured him while they hadn't had intimate feelings
for each other, they'd been very good friends (7.01 "Fallen Part 1"). Sam is
however, the only member of SG-1 who did not receive a 'visitation'
from Daniel while he was ascended.
 
=====Col. Jack O'Neill=====
 
As close as he is to the other members of SG-1 Daniel's longest,
closest and most intense relationship is his friendship with Colonel
Jack O'Neill.  They have a unique bond  which has its basis in a shared
history none of the other members of SG-1 participate in, going back to
the first mission on Abydos where Daniel gave his life for Jack,  and
helped convince him to want to go on living (Stargate, the Movie).  As
far as we know, Daniel is the only one Jack has confided in about his
son's death (Stargate the Movie, 1.01 "Children of the Gods"), and
Daniel is probably one of the few people who knows anything truly
personal about the emotionally reticent man or to whom Jack 'opens' up
and talks to (1.01 "Children of the Gods", 1.07 "Cold Lazarus", 4.05
"Divide and Conquer", 5.01 "Enemies", 7.01 "Fallen Part 1").  After serving
six months with SG-1, Sam was unaware not only of the fact Jack had been
married, but that he had had a son (1.07 "Cold Lazarus") and Daniel had to
explain to her that Jack was not one for casual confidences.  Three
years later, after Jack was stranded on Eudora for three months, Sam
still had to ask Daniel to interpret Jack's reaction for her.  She
didn't know how he was doing, but Daniel did (3.17 "A Hundred Days").
 
Daniel's trust and reliance on Jack manifests itself most strongly in
times of danger and anxiety.  Jack is always the one Daniel calls for
or turns to when he needs help (1.04 "Broca Divide", 1.12 "Fire and
Water", 3.04 "Legacy", 4.18 "The Light", 7.06 "Lifeboat").  During the
'visions' he's been granted at  the instigation of various alien
devices he is either interacting primarily  with Jack or the memory
focusses completely on Jack, which would seem to suggest Daniel
considers Jack to be the most formative and possibly formidable
influence in his life (2.22 "Out of Mind", 3.10 "Forever in a Day",
3.13 "The Devil You Know", 4.18 "Absolute Power").  Jack was also the
one Daniel trusted to help him when he wished to relinquish his earthly
body and ascend after receiving the fatal dose of radiation on
Kelowna (5.21 "Meridian"). 
 
Being polar opposites in personality and world view causes them to
argue frequently and sometimes spectacularly,
although sometimes as a result of external influences
(1.11 "Torment of Tantalus",
1.16 "Cor-Ai",
2.19 "One False Step",
3.05 "Learning Curve", 
3.18 "Shades of Gray",
4.02 "The Other Side",
4.09 "Scorched Earth",
4.14 "The Curse",
4.17 "Absolute Power",
4.18 "The Light",
4.20 "Entity",
5.05 "Red Sky",
5.19 "Menace").
 
However, their loyalty to one another and mutual respect and affection
remain steadfast.  Daniel demonstrated the particularly unflagging
character of this devotion most emphatically during the incident when
Jack had the knowledge of the Ancients downloaded into his brain.  He
worked with Jack to interpret for him, absolutely refused to abandon him,
and defended his inexplicable actions.  He argued from the strength of his
faith in Jack's character that he'd done 'nothing bad' - that he should be
allowed to see his plan through and go through the gate even though no
one, including Jack, understood why he had to do so (2.16 "The
Fifth Race").  After Jack refused to allow Daniel to take the download
in order to find the Lost City, Daniel again provided the help and
support Jack needed as the knowledge again began to take over his mind
and prevent him from communicating (7.21, "The Lost City Part 1").
 
During his ascension, Daniel remained loyal to Jack, keeping an eye on
him and visiting him when he was imprisoned and repeatedly tortured by
Ba'al. Daniel helped Jack in the only way he was allowed, by offering
to help him ascend.  However, Jack was unable to accept such a
possibility for himself, and asked Daniel to let him die instead.
Daniel found another way, inspiring Teal'c and perhaps others at the
SGC with a plan that gave Jack a chance to escape. In the worst moments
of his torture, Jack called for Daniel and was devastated to find him
gone.  Finally back at the SGC, he was grateful to Daniel and let him
know he would be missed (6.06 "Abyss").


Jack has returned Daniel's loyalty on several occasions. He refused to
accept the Kelownans' assertion Daniel was responsible for the accident
which killed him, shaming Jonas into confessing the truth and thereby
saving his friend's reputation.  Then, following Daniel's wishes, he
asked Jacob to stop his attempt to heal Daniel in order to allow him to
ascend (5.21 "Meridian"). After Daniel's return, when his body was
invaded by a host of alien consciousnesses, Jack stayed with him while
others tried to find a way to free him.  His passionate intervention on
Daniel's behalf persuaded the personality Pharrin to disobey his
sovereign's orders and take the steps necessary to remove the beings
from Daniel's mind (7.06 "Lifeboat"). Jack expressed his confidence in
Daniel to him and to others when Daniel asked for the chance to
negotiate and avoid further bloodshed with the Unas (7.07 "Enemy Mine").
When Daniel was declared missing on a mission to Honduras, it was
Jack who went to rescue him (7.11 "Evolution Part 1").


As their relationship has developed, Jack has on numerous
==Dr. Daniel Jackson Biography==
occasions expressed his confidence in and respect for Daniel's
* [[Daniel_Jackson:_Stargate_Movie|The Stargate Movie]]
abilities and instincts (1.09 "Brief Candle", 3.03 "Fair Game"), more
* [[Daniel_Jackson:_Academic_Credentials_And_Skills|Academic Credentials And Skills]]
than once declaring 'Daniel is always right' (3.02 "Seth", 3.21 "Crystal Skull"),
* [[Daniel_Jackson:_Characteristics_And_Motivations|Characteristics And Motivations]]
informing and extremely hostile and unreceptive Col.
* [[Daniel_Jackson:_Family_And_Relationships|Family And Relationships]]
Edwards 'he's usually right about these things' (7.07 "Enemy Mine"). He
* [[Daniel_Jackson:_Civilian_Consultant_To_The_U.S._Air_Force|Civilian Consultant to the U.S. Air Force]]
told Daniel himself he had grown to admire him (5.21 "Meridian").
* [[Daniel_Jackson:_Injuries_Received|Injuries Received]]
 
* [[Daniel_Jackson:_Favorites|Favorites]]
In fact, his affection for Daniel has at times caused him to accede to
* [[Daniel_Jackson:_Expressions|Expressions]]
a course of action he did not necessarily believe in (1.08 "The Nox",
* [[Daniel_Jackson:_Hobbies|Hobbies]]
1.16 "Cor-Ai", 1.22 "Within the Serpent's Grasp", 2.06 "Thor's Chariot",
* [[Daniel_Jackson:_Key_Episodes|Key Episodes in Daniel's Character Arc]]
2.07 "Message in a Bottle", 3.4 "Legacy", 3.11 "Past and Present", 3.20 "Maternal Instinct",
4.08 "The First Ones", 4.10 "Beneath the Surface",
5.05 "Red Sky", 5.07 "Beast of Burden", 5.21 "Meridian", 6.22 "Full
Circle").  In fact, even an alternate universe Jack O'Neill that Daniel
encountered on his journey through the mirror who had never met the Daniel
in that universe proved to be just as susceptible to the force
of Daniel's persuasive personality when he agreed to go on what he
knew would be a suicide mission in order to buy Daniel the time
he needed to escape back to our universe and save our
Earth (1.20 "There But for the Grace of God").
 
The two men function well in tandem.  Their rapport, built on years of
trust and familiarity, causes them to appear at times to be almost
telepathic and enables them to play off each other extremely effectively
when it comes to working the natives in a variety of offworld scenarios
(1.08 "the Nox", 2.11, 2.12 "The Tok'ra Part 1 and 2", 2.13 "Spirits",
2.14 "Touchstone", 3.07 "Deadman Switch", 3.15 "Pretense", 5.07 "Beast of
Burden", 5.09 "Between Two Fires", 7.08 "Space Race"). Both men are
passionate about their convictions and at times can be loose cannons,
behaving recklessly and at times dangerously because of the force of
their beliefs.  But one can often only be persuaded to back off from their
extreme and unwise positions by the other (1.11 "Torment of Tantalus",
1.16 "Cor-Ai", 4.02 "The Other Side", 5.5 "Red Sky", 5.07 "Beast of
Burden", 7.07 "Enemy Mine").
 
===Academic Credentials and Skills===
 
Dr. Jackson's academic record brought him to the attention of Catherine
Langford, thereby setting the course of his future with the Stargate
program, which wouldn't even have gotten off the ground without him,
(Stargate the Movie, Children of the Gods).  But his unorthodox theories
have also been the source of great embarrassment for him. His mentor,
Dr. David Jordan, considered Daniel his most brilliant student (4.14 "The Curse"),
but after Daniel's disgrace at a lecture on The Old Kingdom and
the IV Dynasty, Daniel distanced himself from the academic world and
devoted himself wholeheartedly to the pursuit of knowledge via the
Stargate program. He has not published any papers since that time, as
his work became classified. During his dissertation, Dr. Robert Rothman
was his research assistant (3.10 "Forever in a Day"). While working
with Dr. Jordan, his associates were Dr. Stephen Raynor and Dr. Sarah
Gardner, who was also his girlfriend at the time (4.14 "The Curse"). While
it is certain that he has at least one doctorate, most likely in
archaeology, he may well have others in such fields as linguistics,
anthropology (1.03 "Emancipation") and possibly geology (3.17 "A
Hundred Days"). He has, however, never referred to himself as an
anthropologist or linguist, but only ever as a Doctor of Archaeology
(3.07 "Deadman Switch").
 
He has exhibited some in-depth knowledge of the latter two subjects,
and while the full extent of languages in his skill set is not known,
he has admitted to speaking 23 languages which are known to include:
English, ancient Babylonian -- which he also reads in cuneiform (5.08
"The Tomb", 1.13 "Fire and Water"), Linear 'A' - which Teal'c claimed
was an obscure Goa'uld dialect (1.09 "Brief Candle"), Phoenician ( 4.13
"Serpent's Venom"), Norse Runes (2.06 "Thor's Chariot"), Aztec (3.05
"Learning Curve", 3.21 "Crystal Skull"), Middle English (3.08
"Demons"), Welsh, (5.10 "2001"), Ancient Egyptian/Abydonain/Goa'uld
including being able to read Hieroglyphs and write apology letters in
Goa'uld (Stargate the Movie, 1.01 "Children of the Gods", 1.14
"Hathor", 1.20 "There But for the Grace of God", 2.17 "Serpent's Song",
3.03 "Fair Game", 3.04 "Legacy", 3.10 "Forever in a Day", 4.04
"Crossroads", 4.12 "Tangent", 4.14 "The Curse", 4.17 "Absolute Power",
4.18 "The Light", 5.01 "Enemies", 5.02 "Threshold", 5.06 "Rite of
Passage", 5.15, 5.16, "Summit Part 1", "Last Stand Part 2", 5.18 "The Warrior", 5.21
"Meridian", 7.01, 7.02 "Fallen Part 1", "Homecoming Part 2"). He also has
demonstrated a familiarity with Russian and German (2.21 "1969", 5.08
"The Tomb"). He speaks Spanish, since he had participated in a dig in
the Yucatan Peninsula and related well with the natives there (1.08
"Brief Candle"). He communicated quite effectively in Spanish with the
natives during his expedition to Honduras with Dr. Lee and
recognized the writing in the ruins to be Ancient Mayan (7.11
"Evolution Part 1").
 
He is also learning to communicate with the Unas (4.08 "the First Ones",
5.07 "Beast of Burden", 7.07 "Enemy Mine"). He may also be making some
impressive inroads on understanding the language and culture of the
Gadmeer. We don't know for sure if Lotan kept his promise to supply
Daniel with any relevant cultural material he wanted but as they seem
to have parted on very good terms it's reasonable to assume he received
something of the Gadmeer to study (4.09 "Scorched Earth"). His
grandfather is Dutch, and this language may also be included (4.02 "The
Other Side") on the list as conjecture. While at the time not fluent in
Latin, he had a working knowledge of the language that allowed him to
interpret for Col. O'Neill while Jack was under the influence of the
Ancients' database. Their knowledge had been downloaded into his brain,
and was slowly re-writing it to think in and understand their language,
which bore many similarities to medieval Latin (2.15 "The Fifth Race").
Dr. Jackson consequently became fluent in this dialect, as he has been
called upon many times to translate items left behind by the Ancients,
such as a time altering device (4.06 "Window of Opportunity").
 
His increased understanding of the language of the Ancients since his
ascension became invaluable in advancing the efforts of the SGC to
counter the growing threat of Anubis and to continue their search for
the Ancients' Lost City (6.22 "Full Circle", 7.01 "Fallen Part 1").  His
understanding was strained when he tried to decipher the coded location
of the Lost City under Osiris' urging (7.15 "Chimera"), though he used
his skills again when Jack once again took the Ancients download (7.21
"The Lost City Part 1", 7.22 "The Lost City Part 2").
 
Among Daniel's other skills is midwifery. While on a dig in the Yucatan, he
delivered a baby. That knowledge came in handy during a visit to Argos
(P3X-8596) when SG-1 encountered a young woman in the throes of labor.
Daniel delivered the child, which was consequently named after him
(1.08 "Brief Candle"). The next opportunity he had to practice this
skill was an emotionally devastating experience, as the child he was
bringing into the world was the offspring of the host of Apophis and of
his own wife, Sha're (2.09 "Secrets").
 
Daniel has a piano in his apartment, and although we have never seen
him play it, during the effort to break through the force field
protecting the malfunctioning Sentinel device, he demonstrated an
affinity for and familiarity with music that suggests he not only has an
'ear' for it but some musical training as well (5.20 "The Sentinel").
He also has a very nice singing voice (3.16 "Urgo").
 
===Characteristics and Motivations===
 
Daniel is a natural explorer, and his thirst for knowledge knows few
boundaries. While he initially undertook the post at the SGC as a means
to search for his kidnapped wife, the thrill of discovery kept him
going during the ordeal and after her death. Because of what happened
to Sha're, for many years Daniel's attitude toward the Goa'uld was one
of pure hatred, and he sought any opportunity to destroy them, at times
possibly unwisely (1.12 "Bloodlines").  However, he is also
sympathetic to the beings who are their unwilling hosts. When the team
captured Apophis and brought him back to the base as a prisoner,
severely injured, Daniel visibly relished taunting the symbiote, but,
when the host regained control of mind and body, Daniel was gentle and
understanding with him (2.18 "The Serpent's Song").
 
His general indifference to his own personal safety and his sometimes
unreasoning hatred for the Goa'uld have also caused him to engage,
extremely recklessly, in 'snake-baiting' or mouthing off to the Goa'uld
as well as physically seeking to thwart them.  Such actions have earned him more
than one back-hand (2.09 "Secrets", 3.13 "Devil You Know"). However,
while he might hate the Goa'uld with an unreserved passion he has also
demonstrated he is capable of putting aside his personal prejudices for
the greater good of the mission and his other team mates. While he may
be heedless of consequences to himself he does not knowingly endanger
anyone else through thoughtless or reckless actions (Stargate the Movie,
2.17 "Serpent's Song", 3.3 "Fair Game", 3.06 "Point of View", 4.22 "Exodus",
5.15 "Summit Part 1", 5.16 "Last Stand Part 2"). Moreover, it is likely his
first-hand experience of the absolutely corrupting influence of the
Goa'uld racial memory given to him in a dream by Shifu (4.17 "Absolute
Power") has caused him to question the wisdom of allowing his hatred to
poison his soul. That he has considered modifying his position seems to
be indicated by his response to Teal'c in which he said if Apophis were delivered into
his power rather than succumbing to the desire for revenge, he hoped he
would be able to chose the more rational option (4.22 "Exodus").
 
For the most part, Dr. Jackson is eager to make new friends among the
aliens they discover. His gift for communication extends even to those
cultures that have no concept of language (2.19 "One False Step"), as
well as to those whose languages are not easily discernible (4.08 "The
First Ones"). He is adept at turning enemies into friends, and in fact
has succeeded in taming more than one 'savage beast' and making an
extremely favourable and influential impression on many of the aliens
the team has encountered (1.04 "Emancipation", 1.06 "The First
Commandment", 1.10 "Thor's Hammer", 1.16 "Cor-Ai", 1.13 "Fire and
Water", 1.17 "Enigma", 2.06 "Thor's Chariot", 2.07 "Message in a Bottle",
2.09 "Secrets", 2.13 "Spirits", 2.18 "Holiday", 2.19 "One False Step",
3.20 "Maternal Instinct", 4.05 "Divide and Conquer", 4.08 "The First
Ones", 4.9 "Scorched Earth", 4.21 "Double Jeopardy", 7.07 "Enemy Mine",
7.10 "Birthright") not to mention two alternate versions of people he
knows well in our reality but who had never met him (1.20 "There But
For the Grace of God", 3.06 "Point of View"). He's also very good at
recognizing when apparent friends are not what they seem (4.02 "The
Other Side").
 
His understanding of right and wrong have made him the moral center of
his team, reminding them when the military solution is not always the
key to the proper end, and finding alternatives to problems that seem
to have no positive solution (4.09 "Scorched Earth"). In order to
ensure the right course of action is followed and completely uncaring
of personal consequences, he does not hesitate to question or defy any
authority figure on world, off world, or at times members of his own
team.  Neither does he hesitate to throw himself into the breach,
risking his life, and at times - giving it. He seems unconcerned with
his own life when the lives of others hang in the balance, and
willingly places himself in danger in order to search for answers to
impossible questions. On more than one occasion, he has offered up his
own life to save others, and has actually died several times, although
fortunately for us so far it hasn't proven to be a permanent condition:
 
* On the first mission to Abydos, he stepped in the way of a staff blast meant for Col. O'Neill, and was killed. Ra subsequently placed him in his sarcophagus and revived him (Stargate, the Movie).
 
* Killed by a Jaffa staff blast while trying to capture Apophis, he was revived by the Nox (1.07 "The Nox").
 
* Dealt a mortal wound by a Jaffa while aboard Klorel's ship bound for the destruction of Earth; after urging Jack to leave him behind and proceed with the mission, Daniel managed to drag his dying body to Klorel's sarcophagus and heal himself, returning to Earth through the Stargate (2.01 "The Serpent's Lair Part 2").
 
* Crushed by a rock slide, Daniel was placed in the sarcophagus of Pyrus the god-slayer. He was also consequently coaxed into using it repeatedly while healthy, and became addicted to its effects (2.05 "Need").
 
* After Ma'chello switched bodies with him, Daniel slipped into a coma and very nearly died in the old man's body before his eloquent plea for his own rights reminded the bitter alien he had become what he most despised and persuaded him to relinquish Daniel's body to him (2.17 "Holiday").
 
* After visiting a Goa'uld pleasure planet, Daniel became physically addicted to the machine that controlled the light room. Back on Earth and suffering from withdrawal, he almost committed suicide, but was coaxed off his balcony by Col. O'Neill and taken to the base infirmary. His condition deteriorated until he fell into a coma and flat lined, but returning him to the planet revived him. The condition was reversed with a gradual turning down of the machine (4.18 "The Light").
 
* Daniel's final heroic action saved the people of Kelowna and his teammates, but resulted in his body being flooded with a massive dose of naquadria radiation. Headed for death, he was visited by alien entity, Oma Desala, and given the option of ascension. She guided him through the process, and his body vanished in a fountain of radiant energy, taking him to a higher plane of existence (5.21 "Meridian").
 
* Although it doesn't count as an official 'death' because he didn't actually die after being subdued by Nem, the rest of SG-1 were implanted with false memories and returned to Earth believing Daniel had in fact been killed on the mission. All of the members of SG-1 were deeply distressed by his death, and disturbing flashbacks caused them to start questioning their memories until Carter, after submitting to hypnotic regression, recalled the events on Nem's planet as they had actually occurred. They returned to Oannes to happily discover their friend was very much alive (1.13 "Fire and Water").
 
Daniel tends to be very hard on himself -- to remember his failures more than his
successes.  When faced with the chance to ascend, he admitted he felt his life
had been a failure, and that his actions had led to Sha're's suffering and death.  Only
after Oma reminded him that his intentions had always been good was he able to
believe he was worthy of ascension (5.21 "Meridian").  He appears embarrassed
when receiving praise, as if he doesn't like to be the center of positive attention
(7.04 "Orpheus", 7.07 "Enemy Mine").  At the same time, since his return from
ascension, he seems to have come to terms with his life, to believe that finally
he has found his place in the world (7.04 "Orpheus").
 
When it comes to grief and personal loss, Daniel often keeps his feelings
to himself, though there is no question he feels losses deeply.  In his dream
of Sha're's death, he was reluctant to discuss his grief with his teammates
and tried to keep from crying in front of them.  Rather than turn to them for
comfort, he decided to leave the SGC (3.10 "Forever In A Day").  After witnessing
the death of his friend and doctor, Janet Fraiser, Daniel again sought no
comfort, grieving quietly and alone in the room where she had tried to save
him from radiation poisoning.  Yet he turned his grief into concern for
Janet's legacy, in the end insisting that the video of her death be
made available to the documentarians.  He overcame his own sorrow to help
Airman Wells deal with his feelings of guilt over Janet's death, and he
was there to help welcome Wells' daughter Janet into the world, again honoring
Janet's life and what she meant to him.  In all those events we
never saw him seek comfort from anyone, though we hope it was given at
some point (7.18 "Heroes Part 2").
 
===Civilian Consultant to the Military===
 
While initially at a loss how to fit in during the Abydos mission,
Daniel plunged headlong into the role of soldier once he understood the
lives of everyone on the planet were at risk. He may have had some
training just prior to leaving Earth, but his familiarity with the
pistol suggests that he had made use of such weapons long before he
arrived at Cheyenne Mountain. He still thinks like a civilian, but as
time has passed and his experience in the field with SG-1 has grown, he
has become increasingly competent and able to play his part in battle,
even if occasionally expressing nervous discomfort about the dangers
the team faces (4.03 "Upgrades", 4.07 "Watergate", 5.08 "The Tomb").
Since his descension and return to SG-1 he has continued to serve as a
fully integrated, skilled and trusted member of the premier team of the
SGC, participating in all missions with unflagging courage, without a
thought for himself if others are threatened.
 
Following Daniel's return to Earth after the second Abydos mission, he
was given free rein at the SGC and counted upon to add his expertise to
mission preparation and analysis. While it has never been firmly
stated, his position on the primary exploration team, SG-1, indicates
that Dr. Jackson may well be the head of the academic team that works
both behind the scenes in research and on the front line, going
off-world on missions with military teams to explore the worlds
connected to the Stargate system.
 
He often briefs his own team prior to missions, participates in
off-world digs (4.08 "The First Ones"), or is temporarily assigned to
other teams in order to aid them in missions requiring his input or
special skills (2.15 "Matter of Time", 4.18 "The Light", 4.19
"Prodigy", 4.21 "Double Jeopardy", 7.09 "Avenger 2.0"). SG teams are
aware he should be informed when artefacts are uncovered during mineral
and planetary surveys (7.07 "Enemy Mine").  He has served the SGC in a
diplomatic/ambassadorial capacity, been responsible for drafting a
treaty between the Tok'ra and Earth, and has represented the Earth's
interests off world with our alien allies on numerous occasions.  He
was also involved in some delicate onworld negotiations with the
Russian government in order to save Teal'c's life when he became
trapped in the Stargate (3.03 "Fair Game", 3.05 "Learning Curve", 3.15
"Pretense", 3.18 "Shades of Grey", S4-5 Divide and Conquer, 5.09
"Between Two Fires", 5.10 "2001", 5.14 "48 Hours", 5.21 "Meridian",
7.07 "Enemy Mine", 7.08 "Space Race"). His linguistic expertise has
been requested by our allies (4.13 "Serpent's Venom") and has uniquely
qualified him to embark on covert missions (5.15 "Summit Part 1", 5.16
"Last Stand Part 2", 7.01 "Fallen Part 1", 7.02 "Homecoming Part 2").
All of his combined skills were required to retrieve the Telchak fountain of
youth device, and to survive the experience along with Dr. Lee
(7.11 "Evolution Part 1", 7.12 "Evolution Part 2").
 
Daniel's commitment to his team and his world is never in question. He
has been instrumental in rescues of his teammates on several occasions,
and has helped save the planet and other alien civilizations:
 
*  The first time was during the Abydos mission, when Ra was killed (Stargate, the Movie).
 
*  When Jack and Sam went missing on a return trip to Earth, Daniel worked tirelessly in an attempt to figure out what had happened to them. Eventually, he realized that they had been diverted to another Stargate, one that had been previously undiscovered in Antarctica (1.17 "Solitudes").
 
*  Another direct attack, planned by Apophis, was thwarted when Daniel, as part of SG-1 along with Master Bra'tac of the Jaffa, succeeded in blowing up both ships just before their attack on Earth began (2.01 "The Serpent's Lair Part 2"). Daniel was forewarned of the attack due to an accidental visit to an alternate universe, in which the attack had already begun (1.19 "There But For the Grace of God").
 
*  He played diplomat after a fashion, and negotiated for the release of his friends from enslavement in a naquadah mine, at great cost to himself (2.05 "Need").
 
*  In order to contact the Asgard to help the Cimmerians fend off an attack by the Goa'uld, Daniel, with Sam's help, solved a complicated set of riddles and tests of character in the Hall of Thor's Might (2.06 "Thor's Chariot").
 
*  When Jack and the SGC base were under attack by an alien organism, Daniel hypothesized that the beings might be trying to communicate through Jack. When he was proven correct, he offered the aliens another primal world as their new home, and successfully negated their threat to his friend and the planet (2.07 "Message in a Bottle").
 
*  The SGC had just moved the Enkaarans to a new home world, only to discover that it was being terraformed by a rival species, the Gad-meer. Daniel refused to give up negotiation until a solution favourable to both species was found; this nearly cost him his life, but resulted in the Enkaarans being returned to their original homeworld so that the Gad-meer could continue terraforming the planet to support their colony (4.09 "Scorched Earth").
 
*  The Goa'uld set a large meteor with a core of solid naquadah on a collision course for Earth, an attack disguised as a natural disaster to try to circumvent their treaty with the Asgard. SG-1 was sent to blow it up, but upon discovering the core properties and how disastrous exploding it would be, Carter figured a way to use the Tok'ra cargo ship they were piloting to tow the meteor through the Earth via a hyperspace window (5.17 "Fail Safe") after a leading suggestion by Daniel.
 
*  After discovering Reese, an android SG-1 found on an alien world, was the creator of the Replicators, Daniel worked hard to gain her trust and get her to shut the Replicators down. She did so just before expiring after being shot by Col. O'Neill (5.19 "Menace").
 
*  As a final act of courage, Daniel sacrificed his own life to prevent a naquadria bomb from going critical and destroying the capital city of Kelowna. The action resulted in his receiving a lethal dose of radiation. At Oma Desala's invitation, he ascended to a higher plane of existence, consequently becoming formless energy in order to continue his journey of enlightenment (5.21 "Meridian").
 
*  When Jack agreed to become a temporary host to Kanan of the Tok'ra, he inadvertently became prisoner of the Goa'uld, Ba'al, who tortured and repeatedly killed the colonel, reviving him in his sarcophagus in an attempt to extract information from him. Daniel appeared to Jack to try to help him ascend as a means of escape, but Jack's reluctance to accept this way out forced Daniel to try an alternate method of freeing his friend. He planted an idea in Teal'c's subconscious during a session of kel'no'reem, which subsequently gave Jack an opportunity to escape (6.06 "Abyss").
 
*  While struggling to stay alive until he could be rescued, Teal'c began to dream about an alternate life, in which Daniel visited him and comforted him, helping him to hang on until his team found him. When the Jaffa was recovering in the infirmary, Daniel paid a final visit to him to assure him that he had been there with him, watching over him, during his ordeal (6.19 "Changeling").
 
*  When it was clear that rescue would not come in time to prevent disaster at the hands of captors under the influence of the Telchak device, Daniel led Dr. Lee to escape into the jungle.  Under pursuit, he then hid Lee in safety, drawing the pursuers away from him.  He surely would have died if not for the arrival of O'Neill and Burke (7.12 "Evolution Part 2").
 
For these acts of heroism and self sacrifice, he has received no medals
or commendations that we know of.
 
Daniel often has a problem with military strategies, goals and
objectives when they conflict with his own moral imperatives. When such
instances occur, he has been known to openly defy direct orders given
by Col. O'Neill, his commanding officer on SG-1, and Gen. Hammond as
well. Owing to his position and perhaps his recognized value to the SGC,
he managed to get away with these instances of insubordination:
 
*  After rescuing alien refugees who possessed various objects of extremely advanced technology from their dying planet, none of the members of SG-1 were willing to turn them over to the authorities for questioning and study. As a civilian and therefore not subject to military discipline and the only one able to flagrantly disobey orders (and for once being insubordinate with the tacit blessings of Jack and General Hammond), he helped the stranded Tollan to escape through the Stargate to the world of the Nox, who welcomed the them and helped them reach their new homeworld (1.16 "Enigma", 3.15 "Pretense").
 
*  Due to information he received after travelling through a quantum mirror, Daniel insisted that an attack on Earth was imminent and convinced SG-1 to defy the order to shut down the Stargate program, and go through the gate on an unauthorized mission. This action saved the Earth from destruction by Apophis and Klorel (2.01 "The Serpent's Lair").
 
*  While Col. O'Neill was under the influence of the Ancients' database, Gen. Hammond sent SG-1 on a mission to try to uncover any additional information that might be useful in helping Jack regain control of his mind. Daniel flatly refused to leave Jack, citing his abilities as a translator would be O'Neill's only way of communicating and he was unwilling and flatly refused to abandon Jack. "I can't leave him like this, and I won't" (2.15 "The Fifth Race").
 
*  Under the influence of the Atanik armbands, Daniel -- along with the rest of SG-1 -- disobeyed a direct order from Gen. Hammond to remain on the base, and went off on a mission to destroy a new space ship being built by Apophis (4.03 "Upgrades"). When the super powers of the armband suddenly disappeared, he and the team were nearly captured by the Jaffa guarding the ship, but they managed to escape with Teal'c's able assistance.
 
*  Knowing that a bomb had been placed in the path of a Gad-meer terraforming vessel, Daniel went aboard the ship in an effort to find an alternative solution to the problem of two races competing for the same planet. He placed his own life in jeopardy to try to save both the Enkarans and the Gadmeer, and came up with a successful resolution to the problem in the nick of time (4.09 "Scorched Earth").
 
*  Daniel was recruited by the Tok'ra to go on a convert mission to a Goa'uld System Lord Summit near the Hassara System in order to assassinate all the attendees and thereby break the power of the Sytem Lords. However, when Osiris/Sarah appeared, he discovered that taking the Goa'uld hierarchy out would result in a shift in power to a single, all-powerful false god: Anubis. He chose to scrap the mission in order to maintain the balance of power and save the life of his former girlfriend Sarah, whom he also tried, unsuccessfully, to rescue (5.15 "Summit Part 1"/ 5.16 "Last Stand Part 2").
 
Daniel was duplicated on P3X-989 (Altair), along with the rest of his
team. Initially the doubles were forced to remain there, because the
station where they were housed provided them with continuous power. If
they left, their power supply would steadily diminish over a period of
a few hours (1.18 "Tin Man"). However, the artificial Carter created a
portable power supply which would allow them up to 48 hours away from
Altair, and they subsequently began going out on "missions." The
Jackson android was destroyed on Juna (P3X-729) by order of Cronus
(4.21 "Double Jeopardy"). The rest of the Altair team was also
destroyed. This android encounter did not change Daniel's inherent
respect for life in all its various forms. When SG-1 discovered the
android Reese, he immediately related to her as if she were a human
being. Her childlike innocence both charmed and alarmed him when he
discovered that she was the creator of the Replicators, but he strove
valiantly to create a sense of trust between them in order to get her
to shut her "toys" down before they destroyed his planet. This
consequently led to deeply painful angst between himself and Jack when the
colonel shot Reese to prevent a take-over of the base and the planet by
her Replicator bodyguards/army (5.19 "Menace").
 
===Injuries Received in the Line of Duty===
 
Participation in the voyage of discovery through wormhole travel is a
dangerous endeavour. On several occasions, Daniel has endured hardships
including injuries and inadvertent addictions.
 
====Off-world Missions====
 
'''Abydos:''' Killed by staff weapon blast, and consequently revived for the
first time in a sarcophagus belonging to Ra (Stargate, the Movie).
 
'''Chulak:''' Knocked out by a ribbon device wielded by Apophis (1.01 "Children of the Gods").
 
'''P3X-797 (Land of Light):''' contracted parasitic histaminolytic
virus which regressed him to a primitive state, and was consequently
cured with heavy doses of antihistamines (1.04 "The Broca Divide"). He
also sustained minor cuts and bruises from scuffles with other males
while in the primitive state. Under the influence of the virus Jack
also tried to punch his lights out and got a few good ones in before he
was dragged off Daniel and locked up in isolation.
 
'''P3X-774:''' Killed by Jaffa troops under Apophis; resurrected by the Nox
(1.07 "The Nox").
 
'''P3X-866 (Oannes):''' Along with the rest of the team stunned by an
energy blast from Nem's weapon, blasted a second time, but not into
unconsciousness and subjected to painful brain stimulation to recover a
buried memory. His team had false memories implanted making them
believe he was dead (1.12 "Fire and Water").
 
'''P4A-771:''' Sustained a concussion after being knocked unconscious while
exiting the Stargate at high velocity, but later recovered (1.17 "Solitudes").
 
'''P3X-989 (Altair):''' Stunned and knocked unconscious, and consequently
duplicated, his consciousness copied into the mechanical double (1.18 "Tin Man").
 
'''P3R-233:''' Received electrical shock from contact with quantum
mirror. Also sustained a painful and very obvious burn from a staff
weapon blast (tangible proof of his story which was ignored) when the
alternate version of Teal'c took a shot at him as he was running for
his life into the event horizon to make his escape from the alternate
SGC back to the quantum mirror (1.19 "There But For the Grace of God").
 
'''Hadante:''' Unjustly incarcerated by the Taldor, all of SG-1 were sent to
a prison colony where, during a struggle for domination, Daniel was
strangled into unconsciousness (2.03 "Prisoners").
 
'''P3R-636:''' Crushed in a rock slide, he was placed in a sarcophagus by
Princess Shyla. Her interest in him prompted her to coax him into using
the sarcophagus even when healthy, resulting in a severe addiction that
left his body chemistry seriously affected (2.05 "Need").
 
'''PXY-887:''' Shot by Salish tranquilizer dart, which rendered him
unconscious (2.13 "Spirits").
 
'''P3W-924:''' Tricked into touching an alien device created by Ma'chello,
Daniel's mind was transferred into the body of the old man. He was
knocked unconscious by the transfer, and taken to the SGC infirmary,
where he suffered from acute pulmonary damage and slipped into a coma
before being returned to his own body (2.17 "Holiday").
 
'''PJ2-445:''' Severe headache and aggravated irritability due to ultrasonic
assault from injured plant life. This affliction only existed while on
the planet, or when listening to tapes recorded there. Once back on
Earth, the condition vanished (2.19 "One False Step").
 
'''Hathor's planet (designation not known):''' Daniel was cryogenically
frozen and implanted with a Tok'ra memory stimulation device. The
device was later removed (2.22 "Out of Mind Part 1"/ 3.01 "Into the Fire Part 2"). He
later received a deep gash on the lower right leg, caused by shrapnel
from an explosion while attempting to
help rescue the others on his team.
 
'''PY3-948:''' Infected by one of Ma'chello's Goa'uld-eradicating devices.
Since he had no symbiote, the organism caused symptoms resembling
schizophrenia, and he was consequently placed on heavy medication and
committed to a mental institution. The organism left his
body to invade Teal'c's, and both eventually recovered (3.04 "Legacy").
 
'''PJ6-877:''' Walked into an invisible forcefield and bumped his nose
(3.07 "Deadman Switch").
 
'''Unnamed/designated world:''' Struck by lightning (3.08 "Demons").
 
'''Unnamed/designated world:''' Shot by an intar (3.09 "Rules of Engagement").
 
'''P8X-873:''' Severely injured by a ribbon device wielded by Amaunet (3.10 "Forever in a Day").
 
'''Netu:''' Forced to drink the Blood of Sokar, a powerful narcotic that
causes very realistic hallucinations. Back-handed by a Jaffa when he
provoked him by taking a swing at him, using the assault as a cover for
swiping the confiscated communication device from under their noses
thereby saving the team's bacon by allowing them to communicate with Teal'c so
he could rescue them (3.13 "The Devil You Know").
 
'''P4X-884:''' Though this event also might not qualify as an injury,
Jackson's brain was implanted with a device designed to record
information from gate explorers, but the device malfunctioned, allowing
him and the other members of SG-1 to interact with the device's
consciousness, called Urgo. Both when the device was implanted and
later when it was removed, he had no memory of Togar, the creator of
the device (3.16 "Urgo").
 
'''P2X-416 (Bedrosia/Optrica):''' Rendered unconscious by a Bedrosian
force field, and consequently taken prisoner. Daniel and the rest of
SG-1 were rescued by Teal'c and an alien, Nyan, and returned to Earth.
He was tazered, manhandled and seems to have also been tortured in an
attempt by the Bedrosians to extract information from him (3.19 "New
Ground").
 
'''P7X-377:''' While not exactly an injury, Daniel was rendered temporarily
invisible by an interrupted burst of muon radiation emitted by a
crystal skull (3.21 "Crystal Skull"). He was considered missing in
action until the team returned with the skull to the alien temple and
the process was allowed to finish.
 
'''P3X-888:''' Knocked unconscious and hauled off by an Unas seeking to prove
himself in what Daniel believed was a rite of maturity. He managed to
befriend the alien on the way back to his caves, and avoided being
killed; however, he sustained a deep scratch on the left cheek when the
creature clawed him (4.08 "The First Ones").
 
'''P3R-118:''' Given a memory stamp to make him a willing slave in an
underground heat-producing plant for an alien city. Due to differences
in physiology, he and the rest of SG-1 began to reject the stamps and
their memories returned (4.10 "Beneath the Surface").
 
'''P4X-347:''' Addiction to the hypnotic light-projecting device on a Goa'uld
pleasure planet, and subsequent withdrawal upon returning to Earth.
Daniel almost committed suicide by leaping off the balcony at his
apartment, but Jack stopped him and took him to the infirmary, where he
later lapsed into a coma and flatlined. Returning Daniel to the planet
revived him, and the team eventually discovered a gradual reduction in
the output of the device would allow them a painless withdrawal,
whereupon they would be free to leave the planet (4.18 "The Light").
 
'''P7S-441:''' Though not exactly an injury, his memory was affected by
an alien chemical which made him think the alien Reol travelling with
the team was one of his teammates. He was also shot with a zat'nik'tel
by the alien as he attempted to escape (5.04 "The Fifth Man").
 
'''Unnamed/designated world:''' Shot with a zat'nik'tel and tortured with a
firestick after trying to free primitive Unas from their human slave
masters (5.07 "Beast of Burden").
 
'''Tollana:''' Knocked back by a ribbon device (5.09 "Between Two Fires").
 
'''P3X-4C3 (Kelowna):''' While stopping a naquadria bomb from exploding,
Daniel received a fatal dose of radiation from direct contact with
the device. He suffered with tremendous pain as his body began to
degrade, but eventually ascended to a higher plane, continuing on as
pure energy (5.21 "Meridian").
 
'''P2A-347:''' While investigating a crashed spaceship, his mind was
overtaken by the consciousnesses of a dozen doomed souls.  Daniel's
consciousness retreated before the unwelcome invasion of the other
minds, and he placed himself in a protective coma while the different
personalities fought for dominance over his body. With the help of a
revived crewmember his mind was freed of the others, and other than a
headache Daniel suffered no ill effects from the ordeal.
 
====Aboard Alien Vessels====
 
'''Apophis' ha'tak:''' Shot by ribbon device (1.21 "Within the Serpent's
Grasp"), blinded and knocked unconscious by Goa'uld shock grenade, and
dealt a mortal wound to the chest with a staff weapon (2.01 "The
Serpent's Lair Part 2"). He managed to heal himself in a sarcophagus and escape
back to earth via a Stargate just before the ha'tak was destroyed.
 
'''Aboard a ship under construction:''' Passed out when his immune
system succeeded in neutralising the alien virus in his system, thereby rendering
the armband giving him super powers inert (4.03 "Upgrades").
 
'''Lord Yu's cargo ship:''' Knocked about when the ship crash landed on
Revanna (5.16 "Last Stand Part 2").
 
====Earth, SGC Base====
 
* Subjected to Goa'uld mind control via a super-hormone and tranquilizer-like substance which makes its victim susceptible to post-hypnotic suggestion. He was also raped by the Goa'uld queen and left temporarily catatonic (1.13 "Hathor").
 
* Alternate Earth, SGC base: Just as he was leaving through the Stargate to return to P3R-233 where he had found the quantum mirror, an alternate-world Teal'c shot him in the back right shoulder with a staff weapon (1.19 "There But For the Grace of God").
 
* Gate room: While being held hostage by the ashrak sent to kill the symbiote carried by Capt. Carter, Daniel was shot with a zat'nik'tel by Teal'c (2.02 "Line of Duty").
 
* Second Alternate Earth, SGC base: Daniel was beaten and shot with a zat'nik'tel (3.06 "Point of View").
 
* Infirmary: Sedated, then sent to sublevel 23 to be duplicated by an alien machine and placed in suspended animation. He was awakened from that state when the alien linked to him was killed (3.14 "Foothold").
 
* Suffered appendicitis and was operated on in the base infirmary to remove the infection (3.22 "Nemesis Part 1").
 
* Using the Atanik armband, he was subjected to a viral infection that caused fever, but the results were increased metabolism, strength, speed, and memory retention. The armbands also provided a euphoric reaction, which caused him and the other human team members to make irrational decisions. As their bodies developed an immunity to the virus, the powers faded and the armbands fell off (4.03 "Upgrades").
 
* After bringing Shifu, the Harsesis child, back from Abydos, the boy rendered Daniel unconscious that he might learn in a dream the consequences of awakening the knowledge of the Goa'uld. Daniel was unconscious for a long period, possibly several days (4.17 "Absolute Power").
 
* Hammond's Office: Shot with an intar by Lt. Satterfield (5.13 "Proving Ground").
 
* Holding room: Received a minor head injury requiring stitches after the android Reese threw him into a bookcase. She also severely twisted his wrist in the gate room (5.19 "Menace").
 
====Other Earth Locations====
 
'''Near Seattle, WA:''' Infected with nish'ta, a chemical which makes
the mind extremely pliable. This event caused him to temporarily become
one of Seth's followers, until jolted with an electric shock from a
device implanted for just that purpose. He was also hit by Seth's
ribbon device and rendered unconscious (3.02 "Seth").
 
'''Billings, Montana:''' Drugged by aliens trying to keep their
presence on Earth a secret (4.11 "Point of No Return").
 
'''Egypt:''' Injured by a Goa'uld ribbon device wielded by Osiris (4.13
"The Curse").
 
'''Honduras:''' Beaten and tortured with electric shocks by Honduran
revolutionaries trying to get him to divulge the secrets of the Telchak
device.  Shot in the right thigh by one of the rebels while trying to
escape, just before being rescued (7.12 "Evolution Part 2").
 
'''At Home:''' His dreams were manipulated by Sarah/Osiris for several
days, and once she realized he did not know the location of the Lost
City, she attacked him with her ribbon device, rendering him
unconscious until Jack and Teal'c stopped the attack (7.15 "Chimera").
 
==Episodes==
 
===Key Episodes In Daniel Jackson's Arc===
'''(In which major character development occurred, something big happened to him, or we learned something big about him or his past.)'''
 
* [[1.01 "Children Of The Gods Part 1" Episode Guide|1.01 "Children Of The Gods Part 1"]]
* [[1.02 "Children Of The Gods Part 2" Episode Guide|1.02 "Children Of The Gods Part 2"]]
* [[1.10 "Thor's Hammer" Episode Guide|1.10 "Thor's Hammer"]]
* [[1.11 "The Torment Of Tantalus" Episode Guide|1.11 "The Torment Of Tantalus"]]
* [[1.13 "Fire And Water" Episode Guide|1.13 "Fire And Water"]]
* [[1.14 "Hathor" Episode Guide|1.14 "Hathor"]]
* [[1.20 "There But For The Grace Of God" Episode Guide|1.20 "There But For The Grace Of God"]]
* [[1.22 "Within The Serpent's Grasp Part 1" Episode Guide|1.22 "Within The Serpent's Grasp Part 1"]]
* [[2.01 "The Serpent's Lair Part 2" Episode Guide|2.01 "The Serpent's Lair Part 2"]]
* [[2.04 "The Game Keeper" Episode Guide|2.04 "The Game Keeper"]]
* [[2.05 "Need" Episode Guide|2.05 "Need"]]
* [[2.06 "Thor's Chariot" Episode Guide|2.06 "Thor's Chariot"]]
* [[2.09 "Secrets" Episode Guide|2.09 "Secrets"]]
* [[2.16 "The Fifth Race" Episode Guide|2.16 "The Fifth Race"]]
* [[2.17 "Serpent's Song" Episode Guide|2.17 "Serpent's Song"]]
* [[2.18 "Holiday" Episode Guide|2.18 "Holiday"]]
* [[3.04 "Legacy" Episode Guide|3.04 "Legacy"]]
* [[3.10 "Forever In A Day" Episode Guide|3.10 "Forever In A Day"]]
* [[3.11 "Past And Present" Episode Guide|3.11 "Past And Present"]]
* [[3.15 "Pretense" Episode Guide|3.15 "Pretense"]]
* [[3.20 "Maternal Instinct" Episode Guide|3.20 "Maternal Instinct"]]
* [[3.21 "Crystal Skull" Episode Guide|3.21 "Crystal Skull"]]
* [[4.08 "The First Ones" Episode Guide|4.08 "The First Ones"]]
* [[4.14 "The Curse" Episode Guide|4.14 "The Curse"]]
* [[4.17 "Absolute Power" Episode Guide|4.17 "Absolute Power"]]
* [[4.18 "The Light" Episode Guide|4.18 "The Light"]]
* [[5.01 "Enemies Part 2" Episode Guide|5.01 "Enemies Part 2"]]
* [[5.07 "Beast Of Burden" Episode Guide|5.07 "Beast Of Burden"]]
* [[5.19 "Menace" Episode Guide|5.19 "Menace"]]
* [[5.21 "Meridian" Episode Guide|5.21 "Meridian"]]
* [[6.06 "Abyss" Episode Guide|6.06 "Abyss"]]
* [[6.22 "Full Circle" Episode Guide|6.22 "Full Circle"]]
* [[7.01 "Fallen Part 1" Episode Guide|7.01 "Fallen Part 1"]]
* [[7.04 "Orpheus" Episode Guide|7.04 "Orpheus"]]
* [[7.07 "Enemy Mine" Episode Guide|7.07 "Enemy Mine"]]
* [[7.11 "Evolution Part 1" Episode Guide|7.11 "Evolution Part 1"]]
* [[7.12 "Evolution Part 2" Episode Guide|7.12 "Evolution Part 2"]]
* [[7.18 "Heroes Part 2" Episode Guide|7.18 "Heroes Part 2"]]


==Related Characters==
==Related Characters==
* [[Jack O'Neill|Brigadier General Jack O'Neill]]
* [[Jack O'Neill|Brigadier General Jack O'Neill]]
* [[Samantha Carter|Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter]]
* [[Samantha Carter|Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter]]
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==Related Links==
==Related Links==
* [http://www.scifi.com/stargate/cast/jackson.html SciFi Bio of Daniel Jackson]
* [http://www.scifi.com/stargate/cast/jackson.html SciFi Bio of Daniel Jackson]
* [http://www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/episoderedux/team.shtml#daniel Fan Essays about Daniel Jackson]
* [http://www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/episoderedux/team.shtml#daniel Fan Essays about Daniel Jackson]
==Further Reading==


==Actor==
==Actor==

Revision as of 12:21, 28 June 2004

Dr. Daniel Jackson

Summary

Doctor Daniel Jackson is an archaeologist and linguist who found the key to open the Stargate. He has been a member of SG-1 since its inception, except for his time ascended, and is on SG-1 now.

Biography Credits

Status: Complete Through Season 7
Originally written by: Victoria River and Blue Cove, 2003
Revised by: PhoenixE, 2004
Updated to end of Season 7 by: Michelle, 2004

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