SGU Cast Photos
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How could you forget Teryl Rothery?
Fraiser is definitely dead though. Alive in an alternate universe but, quite dead in main SG continuity.
I don't know. It wasn't a deliberate snub, I was just thinking of regulars, otherwise I would have included her.
If you are going by that line of thinking, you should include the likes of Apophis, Martouf, Anubis, etc.
By sheer number of appearances, none of those characters come close to Janet, and two are antagonists.
What difference does it make if it is an antagonist?
It goes to the number of episodes they'll appear in. Villains have come and gone on Stargate, and their presence was often felt and not seen, relegating them mostly off screen. Peter Williams was the series' main antagonist in the first, second, third, and fourth seasons (yes, he died, but that was quickly reversed). Yet in all that time he only made 16 appearances (some of those minor, such as a small voice over in 'Tangent'). He would appear four more times in seasons five, six, and eight.
Recurring characters that were protagonists were seen much more regularly, because nearly every episode was set in part at Stargate Command. And the most regular were Janet (until the end of the seventh season) and Walter (throughout). These actors may not have been contractually signed as regular players, but they appeared so frequently alongside the series regulars (and, arguably, just as often were on screen as Richard Dean Anderson was during seasons six-eight) that you can't just disregard them as recurring players along the same likes of Apophis and the like. Replacing Janet was a big deal, unlike replacing Apophis or Selmak (who was a protagonist, my mistake, but only appeared in a handful of episodes).
Recurring characters that were protagonists were seen much more regularly, because nearly every episode was set in part at Stargate Command. And the most regular were Janet (until the end of the seventh season) and Walter (throughout). These actors may not have been contractually signed as regular players, but they appeared so frequently alongside the series regulars (and, arguably, just as often were on screen as Richard Dean Anderson was during seasons six-eight) that you can't just disregard them as recurring players along the same likes of Apophis and the like. Replacing Janet was a big deal, unlike replacing Apophis or Selmak (who was a protagonist, my mistake, but only appeared in a handful of episodes).
Speaking of Walter, anyone know where he went to during seasons 2 and 3...he barely appeared. I know during those seasons he was nothing more than wallpaper, but he went MIA and was replaced with another, female gate tech (who, I think, was referred to as "Davis" - which is interesting as Walter's last name during the early years was also Davis).
He left the Stargate program during those years just so he could find himself, you know? He does seem more mellow when he came back, so it must have worked.
Sean
That "photo" is just completely made of win.
You know, the size of this cast is larger than anything Stargate has ever done. The most regulars Stargate SG-1 had was in the tenth season, when there were six. Stargate Atlantis also maxed out at six regulars, at various times. This new series has nine regulars in the line-up. Either there will be a few deaths early on, or some of these characters are going to be underdeveloped. Hell, these writers had trouble developing fewer regulars on the two previous series.
There's another really good season 5 one out there where it looks like the cut-and-pasted the Atlantis team onto a stair case. It looked terrible, especially Woolsey who was supposed to look like he was standing on two stairs, but one of his feet is nowhere near the other stair.
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