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== Précis ==
== Précis ==
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== MGM/SciFi.com Official Summary ==
== MGM/SciFi.com Official Summary ==


'''The official summary is not available as this episode has not yet aired in the United States.'''
Teyla's teammates fear that she's hallucinating when she claims to have encountered a ghostly Ancient woman and the specter of a badly burned Ancient man in the hallways of Atlantis. Soon, however, Weir glimpses the burned man, too. Beckett then spots an ethereal Ancient medical team working on the man in the infirmary. Even the pragmatic Ronon admits that he has witnessed ghostly scientists consulting one another. All the apparitions speak a strange, garbled language as they haunt the city's corridors.


===Spoiler Summary===
Meanwhile, McKay discovers a pair of huge whale-like fish swimming near the city. When he and Sheppard fly a Puddle Jumper into the ocean to investigate, the creatures swim frighteningly close to them. Simultaneously, Sheppard and McKay are slammed with terrible headaches. Their ears start bleeding, and McKay passes out.


The whales of Lantia's oceans congretate around the city and their whalesong creates adverse effects on the Expedition members. When various members of the Expedition start to see ghostly images of Ancients, they are asked to speak with the city's psychiatrist. But, McKay has a theory that the whales are attempting to communicate and that they are trying to warn the city of an impending disaster.
Sheppard barely flies the ship back to Atlantis. Intense, low-frequency pulses and electromagnetic fields emitted by the creatures have perforated his and McKay's eardrums. Worse, hundreds of the creatures are now swimming toward the city. As they draw near, more and more expedition members collapse under the crippling headaches caused by the creatures' proximity.
 
Certain that the creatures and the ghostly Ancients are connected, McKay and Sheppard drag themselves out of the infirmary and seek out a hitherto unexplored lab where the Ancients studied the planet's animal life. There, McKay discovers that the ghostly apparitions have been generated by the creatures, who receive and project information through acoustic and electromagnetic vibrations. The Ancients, knowing of the creatures' abilities, built a device to translate their communications — the garbled speech of the apparitions — into Ancient.
 
The creatures have a frantic warning to deliver. Approximately 15,000 years ago, this system's unstable sun convulsed with a coronal mass ejection, emitting an enormous burst of radiation. A courageous Ancient pilot — the burned man — warned the city of the danger before dying of radiation burns. Using their three Z.P.M.s, the Ancients then extended their shield to protect a huge section of the planet and its sentient aquatic creatures until the deadly radiation faded.
 
The whale-like creatures have sensed that another coronal mass ejection is imminent. The images they have been projecting as warnings were received by their ancestors 15,000 years ago, then passed down through genetic memory until now. This time, however, the city lacks the multiple Z.P.M.s needed to extend the shield. Atlantis's new inhabitants must find a totally different way to defend the planet — something even the Ancients never tried.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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== Guest Stars ==
== Guest Stars ==


* [[Claire Rankin]] as [[Kate Heightmeyer|Dr. Kate Heightmeyer]]
* [[David Nykl]] as [[Radek Zelenka]]
* [[Mitch Pileggi]] as [[Steven Caldwell|Col. Steven Caldwell]]
* [[Mitch Pileggi]] as [[Steven Caldwell|Col. Steven Caldwell]]
* [[David Nykl]] as [[Radek Zelenka]]
* Patricia Nudd as Ancient Woman
* [[Claire Rankin]] as [[Kate Heightmeyere|Dr. Kate Heightmeyer]]
* David Neale as Ancient Pilot
* David Quinlan and Amanda Burke as Scientists
* Michael Chase as Medical Technician


== Production ==
== Production ==


* Written by  
* Story by [[Brad Wright]] and [[Carl Binder]]
* Directed by  
* Teleplay by [[Carl Binder]]
* Directed by [[William Waring]]


== Related Articles ==
== Related Articles ==
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* [[Atlantis]]
* [[Atlantis]]
* [[Lantia]]
* [[Lantia]]
* [[Puddle Jumper]]
* [[Zero Point Module (ZPM)]]


=== Other ===
=== Other ===
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== Related Links ==
== Related Links ==
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--[[User:DeeKayP|DeeKayP]] 08:09, 28 November 2006 (PST)
--[[User:DeeKayP|DeeKayP]] 08:09, 28 November 2006 (PST)

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Précis

The whales of Lantia congregate around the city and their whalesong creates serious side effects on the Expedition members. Are they there to communicate or to destroy?

Guide | Transcript

MGM/SciFi.com Official Summary

Teyla's teammates fear that she's hallucinating when she claims to have encountered a ghostly Ancient woman and the specter of a badly burned Ancient man in the hallways of Atlantis. Soon, however, Weir glimpses the burned man, too. Beckett then spots an ethereal Ancient medical team working on the man in the infirmary. Even the pragmatic Ronon admits that he has witnessed ghostly scientists consulting one another. All the apparitions speak a strange, garbled language as they haunt the city's corridors.

Meanwhile, McKay discovers a pair of huge whale-like fish swimming near the city. When he and Sheppard fly a Puddle Jumper into the ocean to investigate, the creatures swim frighteningly close to them. Simultaneously, Sheppard and McKay are slammed with terrible headaches. Their ears start bleeding, and McKay passes out.

Sheppard barely flies the ship back to Atlantis. Intense, low-frequency pulses and electromagnetic fields emitted by the creatures have perforated his and McKay's eardrums. Worse, hundreds of the creatures are now swimming toward the city. As they draw near, more and more expedition members collapse under the crippling headaches caused by the creatures' proximity.

Certain that the creatures and the ghostly Ancients are connected, McKay and Sheppard drag themselves out of the infirmary and seek out a hitherto unexplored lab where the Ancients studied the planet's animal life. There, McKay discovers that the ghostly apparitions have been generated by the creatures, who receive and project information through acoustic and electromagnetic vibrations. The Ancients, knowing of the creatures' abilities, built a device to translate their communications — the garbled speech of the apparitions — into Ancient.

The creatures have a frantic warning to deliver. Approximately 15,000 years ago, this system's unstable sun convulsed with a coronal mass ejection, emitting an enormous burst of radiation. A courageous Ancient pilot — the burned man — warned the city of the danger before dying of radiation burns. Using their three Z.P.M.s, the Ancients then extended their shield to protect a huge section of the planet and its sentient aquatic creatures until the deadly radiation faded.

The whale-like creatures have sensed that another coronal mass ejection is imminent. The images they have been projecting as warnings were received by their ancestors 15,000 years ago, then passed down through genetic memory until now. This time, however, the city lacks the multiple Z.P.M.s needed to extend the shield. Atlantis's new inhabitants must find a totally different way to defend the planet — something even the Ancients never tried.

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--DeeKayP 08:09, 28 November 2006 (PST)

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