Bill Lee

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Dr. Bill Lee

Summary

Dr. Bill Lee is one of the civilian scientists working for Stargate Command. He mostly works in the labs of the base, but has been known to do field research, either on Earth (7.11 "Evolution Part 1", 7.12 "Evolution Part 2", and 7.19 "Resurrection") or off world (4.19 "Prodigy", 6.15 "Paradise Lost", and 9.08 "Babylon"). What particular field(s) Bill Lee has his doctorate(s) in has never been established. His main focus at the SGC has been alien technology. He has studied Goa’uld, Ancient, and other aliens’ technology in his tenure at the SGC. Unfortunately, as can be seen in the examples below, Dr. Lee’s experiments often get away from him, but this may be the nature of working with unknown technology. He is often assigned to vitally important projects.

Character Biography

updated through episode 9.10 "The Fourth Horseman Part 1".

Dr. Bill Lee first appeared as a member of the scientific expedition to M4C-682 (4.19 "Prodigy"). He was ordered by Dr. Hamilton to create a mechanism to trap one of the indigenous energy life forms for study, and he succeeded by creating a magnetic cage. Later, he witnessed the life forms attack and kill his colleague, Dr. Bill Thompson. When the life forms attacked en masse, Major Samantha Carter, Colonel Jack O'Neill, and Teal’c rescued the group using information extrapolated from Lee’s experiment. Before Lee left the planet, he made a point to thank O'Neill for risking his life for the group.

Lee next was involved in the search and rescue effort to find Colonels O'Neill and Maybourne when they disappeared on a planet (6.15 "Paradise Lost"). Despite running various tests, they were unable to find any trace of the men, nor could Lee and the other scientists discover any way to access the alien technology that caused the men to disappear. Lee gave up, and got into a heated verbal battle with Major Carter, the commander of the search and rescue, when he refused to continue. His report of the incident was later used as evidence against SG-1 during one of Kinsey’s attempts to take over the SGC (7.20 "Inauguration"), though Sam Carter and Bill Lee have since worked together with no apparent residual animosity.

Hammond ordered Dr. Lee to accompany Dr. Daniel Jackson to Central America when they were searching for an alien device that could be instrumental in defeating Anubis’s Kull Warriors (7.11 "Evolution Part 1" & 7.12 "Evolution Part 2"). Risking their lives, Drs. Jackson and Lee retrieved the Telchak device from a Mayan temple, but were kidnapped by anti-Honduran revolutionaries and tortured. Lee broke under the torture, later confessing to Daniel he told the rebels “everything.” However, the leader, Rafael, appeared not to know everything when he questioned Daniel again. Bill and Daniel eventually escaped. When Bill could no longer breathe to run, Daniel hid the weakened Lee and led the rebels away from him. Col. O'Neill and a CIA agent named Burke rescued the pair, and Drs. Lee and Jackson returned to the SGC with the Telchak device.

Lee was also instrumental in a project to develop better vest protection against the Jaffa weaponry as part of the SGC uniform (7.17 "Heroes, Part 1"). The new vests were worn by SGC personnel in a rescue mission and were credited in saving Col. O'Neill’s life when he was hit by a staff blast (7.18 "Heroes Part 2").

While O’Neill was off-duty recovering from the staff blast wound, SG-1 was called in by Agent Barrett to investigate a rogue NID project utilizing Goa’uld technology in California. They requested Dr. Lee assist them (7.19 "Resurrection"). Samantha Carter referred to him as “the best” to study Goa’uld technology, even with Dr. Daniel Jackson and Teal’c present. They were able to diffuse a Goa’uld bomb and prevent a naquadah-enhanced explosion. Lee felt comfortable enough around Teal’c to try and high-five him when they succeeded.

Lee’s enthusiasm for his work with alien technology sometimes gets the best of him. He at first was excited at the growth potential of the alien plant, dreaming at the potential of eradicating world hunger (8.04 "Zero Hour"). He was not fully concerned with losing complete control of the plant’s growth until it started affecting power and communications in the SGC. Lee and his team figured out that gamma radiation killed the alien plant. This treatment had a beneficial side effect, because the radiation revealed that a recently obtained half-powered ZPM was booby-trapped. Lee was able to warn General O'Neill before they sent the power source to Antarctica.

One of Lee’s long term projects was studying the virtual reality chairs from the Gamekeeper’s planet (8.06 "Avatar"). He and other scientists developed a computer training game program for personnel which they tested on themselves. However, when the game was played by Teal’c with his extensive field experience, it was found lacking. The nature of the chairs’ programming “learned” from the user, and Lee requested Teal’c continue to play the scenario to improve it. When the game would not let Teal’c out, Dr. Lee and Col. Carter, inspired by a comment by Gen. O'Neill, exploited a fluke in the system. This gave Dr. Jackson a two second advantage, so he could join the game and help Teal’c.

The following year, when Vala snapped the kor mak bracelet on Daniel’s wrist, Lee was the one who was tasked to try and release the device (9.01 "Avalon Part 1"). He was able to monitor a low energy reading that didn’t exist before, and broke three electric saw blades trying to cut the bracelet off of Daniel. To Daniel’s frustration, there was nothing Lee could do to release the bond. Even after Vala removed the bracelets, the link connecting them remained, stymying Lee and causing Daniel and Vala to snap at Lee in frustration (9.04 "Ties That Bind"). Lee theorized that their experience with another alien device bonded Daniel and Vala even after the bracelets were removed, and the bond may just have to wear off. This theory was later independently confirmed by the alien scientist Arlos.

The other alien device complicating the bond between Daniel and Vala was the Ancient Communications Terminal (9.02 "Avalon 2" and 9.03 "Origin"). Lee had conducted all possible tests, and the only remaining option was to try and activate the device. Lee did not expect Daniel and Vala to lose consciousness when they activated the device, but theorized this may be what was supposed to happen. He remained with Dr. Lam monitoring Daniel’s and Vala’s conditions while they were mentally attached to the device, and physically blocked Lt. Col. Mitchell’s efforts to shoot the device for fear of endangering the two, or even causing a surge that could destroy the base.

Dr. Lee assisted Lt. Col. Carter in their efforts to find the missing Lt. Col. Mitchell when he was captured by the Sodan (9.08 "Babylon"). He was shocked by several volts from an Ancient transportation device’s self defense mechanism when he tried to override it. Apparently, the feeling returned to his legs within a few days.

He appeared healthy when helping Sam Carter try and come up with a way to short circuit the Priors’ extra-sensory abilities (9.10 "The Fourth Horseman Part 1"). The basis for their research into possible counters to the Prior’s powers was obtained from information discovered from the study of the DNA manipulation device, but were also hurried by a short deadline. Both jovially teased each other as they worked long hours on this project, which was completed with help from the formerly ascended Orlin. Daniel Jackson and Cameron Mitchell were openly skeptical of their results, but headed out to field test the anti-Prior weapon on the Sodan planet.

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--Aurora Novarum 19:55, 08 Nov 2005 (EST)

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