Carson Beckett
Summary
Dr. Carson Beckett, a medical doctor, was assigned to conduct research at that Ancients' Antarctic Outpost. He discovered the gene which Jack O'Neill possessed in order to activate the defense systems. He then joined the Atlantis Expedition to the Pegasus Galaxy and served as the city's chief surgeon and physician. Beckett was killed in an explosion after having served the Expedition for nearly three years.
Character Biography
The team's medical doctor, Beckett was a Scottish man with a witty sense of humor. Beckett became an expert in xenobiology when he joined the Expedition to the Pegasus Galaxy, and he learned that he was the reluctant possessor of the rare gene that allowed him to use the Ancients' technology. (Season One)
In the fight against the Wraith, an insect-human hybrid, Beckett engineered a retrovirus which suppressed the insect DNA to allow the human DNA to dominate. The actual use of the retrovirus against Wraith brought up serious ethical issues, however. (Season Two, Season Three)
Beckett was killed in the accidental detonation of an explosive tumor he had surgically removed from one of Atlantis's scientists who had been exposed to a rare form of radiation in the city. (Season Three)
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