Atlantis: Season Five
First Aired: September 5, 2008
First Aired: September 5, 2008
Sheppard and Beckett join a team investigating a hidden Wraith laboratory where Michael has been conducting genetic experiments.
In honor of Syfy’s pick-up of Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie’s new series Dark Matter, this week we’re rewatching one of their final Stargate Atlantis episodes!
“Whispers” Facts:
- To accomplish the episode’s moody, fog-covered environments, the crew staged the episode in-doors on a sound stage and fogged it manually.
- Nicole de Boer guest stars as Dr. Alison Porter, the latest in a long line of former Star Trek cast members to appear in the Stargate franchise. Her former Deep Space Nine co-stars to appear on Stargate include Armin Shimerman (“The Nox”), Rene Auberjonois (“The Other Side”), and Colm Meaney (“Underground”).
- Christina Cox‘s character, Anne Teldy, was named after a real-world fan of Stargate.
- Leela Savasta‘s character of Alicia Vega was originally scripted to have a significant supporting role in the fifth season premiere, and possibly an on-going role in the show. Instead, in “Whispers” she faces a quick and gruesome demise.
“Whispers” on GateWorld:
- Episode Guide
- Fan Reviews
- Episode Transcript
- Photo Gallery
- Screencap Gallery
- Discussion Forum
- Video Interview with Nicole de Boer (2008)
- Interview with Janina Gavankar (2008)
- “Whispers” Podcast
- Atlantis Season Five Podcast
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Rewatch “Whispers” this week! Then post your comments below, or head over to the episode discussion forum and see what people were saying back in the day. What are your favorite moments?
Each week we’re highlighting a favorite episode from Stargate’s 17 seasons. Watch the episode with us this week and join in the fun!
I just love a Carson episode, still a good exercise in suspense.
I remember being very excited for Alicia Vega and then being very disappointed with this episode.
If there wasn’t so much fore-knowledge who know how I would have felt. Overall, I think I got the feeling that this was a “cheap” horror one-off.
This was one of those “fun” episodes. A bit spooky but fun. I really enjoyed the carson aspects with his liking the one scientist and the other woman making comments about it.