Introduction

The first season of the military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 commenced airing on the Showtime channel in the United States on 27 July 1997, concluded on the Sci Fi channel on 06 March 1998, and contained 22 episodes.

The show itself is a spin-off from the 1994 hit movie Stargate written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich.

Stargate SG-1 re-introduced supporting characters from the film universe, such as Jonathan “Jack” O’Neill and Daniel Jackson and included new characters such as Teal’c, George Hammond and Samantha “Sam” Carter.

The first season was about a military-science expedition team discovering how to use the ancient device, named the Stargate, to explore the galaxy.

However, they encountered a powerful enemy in the film named the Goa’uld, who are bent on destroying Earth and all who oppose them.

Outline

11,000 years ago, the inhabitants of the planet On Altair (P3X-989) were forced underground by deadly radiation, and eventually transferred their minds into exact android duplicates to survive.

By the time SG-1 visits their planet, there is only one remaining individual, Harlan, who creates android replicas of the Earth team to aid him.

When this is discovered, the androids must accept that they will stay off-world, and the real SG-1 returns home.

Stargate Franchise

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Jimmy Kaufman.
• Writer(s): Jeff F. King.
• Release Date: 13 February 1998.
• Running Time: 45 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.