Torrell

From The Stargate Omnipedia

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Appointed "chief" of Olesia's island prison population, sentenced to the island for murdering eight people. According to Eldon he has since murdered three more on the island. Intelligent and crafty, he conducted the firing squad that successfully shot down a Puddle Jumper piloted by John Sheppard after it emerged from the Stargate -- located on the prison island.

Once on the ground, he ordered Rodney McKay and Eldon to commence repairs, threatening to kill all of the new prisoners until there was no one left.

Torrell soon learned how to operate the Jumper's supply of P-90s as well as two-way radios, which he eventually used to his advantage, placing one in the prison shack to monitor their plans for escape. He allowed Eldon, without his knowledge, to set them free and head for the Stargate where he and his men attempted to ambush the team.

With the arrival of a fleet of Wraith cruisers Colonel Sheppard had Elizabeth Weir's Puddle Jumper dial one of the planets that was considered for Atlantis's Alpha Site -- freeing Torrell and saving most, if not all, of the prison population from death at the hands of the Wraith.

DETAILS

PLAYED BY - Christian Bocher
FIRST APPEARED - Condemned

KEY EPISODE

Condemned - Torrell and his gang of prisoners use primitive weaponry to shoot the Puddle Jumper out of the sky, which he plans to use to make his escape.