Stargate Atlantis Season 3
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Stargate Atlantis Season 3 | ||||||||
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![]() Last DVD set of Season 3 | ||||||||
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No. of episodes | 20 | |||||||
Broadcast | ||||||||
Original channel | Sci Fi Channel | |||||||
Original run | July 21, 2006 (Sci Fi) — February 5, 2007 (The Movie Network) | |||||||
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DVD release | ||||||||
Region 1 | September 18, 2007 | |||||||
Region 2 | January 14, 2008 | |||||||
Region 4 | September 26, 2007 | |||||||
Season chronology | ||||||||
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List of episodes | ||||||||
Season three of Stargate Atlantis began airing on July 21, 2006 on the US-American Sci Fi Channel. The third season concluded after 20 episodes on February 5, 2007 on the Canadian The Movie Network. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, who also served as executive producers. Season three regular cast members include Joe Flanigan, Torri Higginson, Jason Momoa, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, and David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay.
Production[edit | edit source]
- Richard Kind, who played Lucius Lavin in "Irresistible" and "Irresponsible", also played a minor role as Gary Meyers in the original Stargate film. He is the only actor to appear in both the film and Stargate: Atlantis.
- "Common Ground" introduces the "Todd" Wraith character that plays an important role in the later seasons.
- "Sunday" marks the last to feature Paul McGillion as a regular cast member, although he is still in the opening titles for the rest of Season 3.
- "First Strike" introduces Jewel Staite as new Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jennifer Keller. Staite had already the character of Ellia in the Season 2 episode "Instinct".
Awards[edit | edit source]
"No Man's Land" won a Gemini Award for "Best Visual Effects". For "McKay and Mrs. Miller", writer Martin Gero was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Writing in a Dramatic Series".[1]
Cast[edit | edit source]
Main characters[edit | edit source]
Actor | Character | Number of episodes |
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Joe Flanigan | Major/Lt Col John Sheppard | 20 episodes |
Torri Higginson | Dr. Elizabeth Weir | 20 episodes |
Rachel Luttrell | Teyla Emmagan | 20 episodes |
Jason Momoa | Ronon Dex | 20 episodes |
With Paul McGillion | Dr. Carson Beckett | 14 episodes |
and David Hewlett | Dr. Rodney McKay | 20 episodes |
Recurring characters[edit | edit source]
Actor | Character | Number of episodes |
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David Nykl | Dr. Radek Zelenka | 12 episodes |
Chuck Campbell | Chuck | 12 episodes |
Mitch Pileggi | Colonel Steven Caldwell | 6 episodes |
Kavan Smith | Major Evan Lorne | 6 episodes |
Robert Picardo | Richard Woolsey | 4 episodes |
Gary Jones | CMSgt. Walter Harriman | 4 episodes |
Kirby Morrow | Captain Dave Kleinman | 4 episodes |
Beau Bridges | Major General Henry Landry | 3 episodes |
Bill Dow | Dr. Bill Lee | 3 episodes |
Connor Trinneer | Michael Kenmore | 3 episodes |
Trevor Devall | Voice of Hermiod | 3 episodes |
Richard Dean Anderson | Major General Jack O'Neill | 3 episodes |
John O'Callaghan | Niam | 3 episodes |
Donna Soares | Dr. Coleman | 3 episodes |
Robert Davi | Commander Acastus Kolya | 2 episodes |
Ryan Robbins | Ladon Radim | 2 episodes |
Richard Kind | Lucius Lavin | 2 episodes |
Brahm Taylor | Lathan | 2 episodes |
Panou | Cetus | 2 episodes |
David MacInnis | Talus | 2 episodes |
David Ogden Stiers | Oberoth | 2 episodes |
Heather Doerksen | Major Pat Meyers | 2 episodes |
Episodes[edit | edit source]
Image | Title | Number | Airdate | Planet(s) | Race(s) | Enemies |
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"No Man's Land" (Part 2 of 3) | 3.01 | July 14, 2006 | Earth, Lantea | Asgard, Wraith | Wraith Queen |
The team desperately attempts to stop two Wraith hive ships from reaching Earth. Sheppard must rely on an old foe to rescue McKay and Ronon. | ||||||
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"Misbegotten" (Part 3 of 3) | 3.02 | July 21, 2006 | Earth, Lantea, M8G-352 | Asgard, Human-form Wraith, Wraith | Michael Kenmore |
The Atlantis team must decide the fate of a colony of Wraith they have turned into humans. Dr. Weir must defend her leadership when she is evaluated by the I.O.A. | ||||||
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"Irresistible" | 3.03 | July 28, 2006 | Lantea, Lucius' planet, M6H-491 | Lucius' people, Wraith | N/A |
Sheppard's team meets an obnoxious man who is adored by all thanks to a secret that he carries — and who has an unexpected effect on them. | ||||||
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"Sateda" | 3.04 | August 4, 2006 | Keturah's planet, Lantea, Sateda | Keturah's people, Wraith | Wraith Leader |
Ronon Dex is captured by the Wraith and returned to his homeworld, where he is haunted by his past as he is forced to once again become their prey. | ||||||
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"Progeny" | 3.05 | August 11, 2006 | Asuras | Asuran | Oberoth |
Weir and the team visit an advanced civilization that split off from the Lanteans thousands of years ago, but discover that they may not have left Atlantis in peace. | ||||||
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"The Real World" | 3.06 | August 18, 2006 | Lantea | Asuran | N/A |
Elizabeth Weir wakes up in a mental institution, where she is told that the expedition to Atlantis and the Stargate are figments of her imagination. | ||||||
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"Common Ground" | 3.07 | August 25, 2006 | Kolya's planet, Lantea, Unnamed | Genii, Wraith | Acastus Kolya |
Colonel Sheppard finds himself the prisoner of a Genii commander, along with a desperately hungry Wraith who has been separated from his hive. | ||||||
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"McKay and Mrs. Miller" | 3.08 | September 8, 2006 | Earth, Lantea | Asgard | N/A |
Rodney McKay is reunited with his estranged sister back on Earth, who has given up a brilliant career as a scientist to raise a family. | ||||||
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"Phantoms" | 3.09 | September 15, 2006 | Lantea, M1B-129 | Genii, Wraith | N/A |
Sheppard and Ronon are influenced by a mind-altering device created by the Wraith while on a mission to rescue a lost team. | ||||||
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"The Return", Part 1 (Part 1 of 2) | 3.10 | September 22, 2006 | Earth, Lantea, New Athos | Ancient, Asuran, Genii | Cetus, Talus |
The Atlantis expedition is stunned to learn that a ship full of Ancients is returning to reclaim their lost city. | ||||||
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"The Return", Part 2 (Part 2 of 2) | 3.11 | November 20, 2006 | Earth, Lantea, New Athos | Asuran | Cetus, Talus |
The Atlantis team goes against orders to try and save Atlantis from Replicator control — and to rescue General O'Neill and Richard Woolsey, who are trapped in the occupied city. | ||||||
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"Echoes" | 3.12 | November 27, 2006 | Lantea | Ancient, Flagisallus | N/A |
The inhabitants of Atlantis begin to suffer ill effects when the planet's whale population begins migrating to the island city, bringing an unexpected harbinger of doom. | ||||||
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"Irresponsible" | 3.13 | December 4, 2006 | Lantea, M65-PL8 | People of M65-PL8, Genii | Acastus Kolya |
The team finds Lucius Lavin manipulating the people of another hapless planet, using Ancient technology to pose as an invincible hero. | ||||||
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"Tao of Rodney" | 3.14 | December 11, 2006 | Lantea | N/A | N/A |
After an Ancient device gives Rodney superhuman powers, his enhanced brilliance is checked only by his impending death — unless he can learn how to ascend. | ||||||
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"The Game" | 3.15 | December 18, 2006 | Lantea, M4D-058 | Geldaran, Hallonan | N/A |
Sheppard and McKay discover that their competitive video game has been controlling a planet of real people, who now stand on the brink of war. | ||||||
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"The Ark" | 3.16 | January 8, 2007 | Jamus' homeworld, Lantea | Jamus' people | Jamus |
The team discovers the last of a civilization in suspended animation, whose survival is at risk when their station is critically damaged. | ||||||
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"Sunday" | 3.17 | January 15, 2007 | Lantea | N/A | N/A |
The team tries to relax during a mandatory day off, until an explosion leaves three people dead — and reveals that one scientist is a walking time bomb. | ||||||
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"Submersion" | 3.18 | January 22, 2007 | Lantea | Wraith | Wraith Queen |
The team discovers an Ancient drilling station deep beneath the surface of the ocean, only to find that a Wraith queen is still alive there. | ||||||
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"Vengeance" | 3.19 | January 29, 2007 | Lantea, Taranian settlement | Bug People | Michael Kenmore |
The Atlantis team investigates the disappearance of one of their allies, only to find an old enemy engineering a race of powerful monsters. | ||||||
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"First Strike" (Part 1 of 3) | 3.20 | February 5, 2007 | Asuras, Lantea | Asuran | Oberoth |
An unstoppable energy weapon leaves Atlantis under seige after Earth launches a preemptive attack against the Replicator home world. |
References[edit | edit source]
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