Stargate Series

The premise of any Stargate series is that a large double-ring made of a material alien to earth was found in Geza in 1928. After being studied over the next seventy odd years an anthropologist and team of U.S. Air Force scientists interpreted the symbols to represent locations around the universe.

Initially requiring six symbols to determine the destination combined with a seventh as the point of origin, the dialing allowed instantaneous transportation to planets, moons and ships around the galaxy through the use of a DHD (dial home device) or a Gerry-rigged computer by the brilliant physicist, Dr. Samantha Carter. Discovering an eighth symbol expanded it to neighboring galaxies because the eighth functioned as an area code. Every gate has the circle and the internal rotating ring that locks on the locations in sequence and produces, as Colonel Jack O’Neill described it, ‘a sideways-flushing toilet’ vortex that settles into an event horizon (a shimmering watery-appearing plane) through which one steps into worlds full of crises and excitement.

These ‘stargates’ were created by an alien race, referred to as the Ancients, or Asurans, who now have become ascended beings who refrain from assisting the intrepid and often floundering explorers.

The series are the brain childs of Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner when they sought the rights to the original movie, Stargate. Joseph Mallozi and Paul Mullie came on board to help produce. Richard Dean Anderson's role from the start was a huge draw as an executive producer and lead in the SG-1 series.