David Hewlett
Two of our favorites from the cast of Stargate Atlantis are headed for SGU! As we told you last week, a pair of Atlantis actors have been signed for a crossover guest appearance on Stargate Universe (story). Now those two have been announced, at today’s SGU panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
David Hewlett and Robert Picardo will be the Atlantis residents to appear, according to reports out of the convention hall.
Hewlett’s Dr. Rodney McKay certainly makes for an obvious choice, seeing as he is an expert on Ancient technology (though a much later version of it) and one of the planet’s all-around smartest people. Destiny has previously sent away for experts to visit via communication stone, including Dr. Brightman for surgery (“Divided”) and Dr. Amanda Perry for engine repairs (“Sabotage”).
Picardo’s Richard Woolsey is also a logical choice, considering that his employer — the International Oversight Advisory — plays a significant role on the show through Camille Wray’s presense on Destiny, and politics back at Homeworld Command in Washington.
Robert Picardo
Hewlett and SGU actor David Blue (Eli Wallace) joked about the appearance via Twitter — Hewlett asking, “Why is it that everyone assumes Eli and McKay aren’t going to get along?” and Blue responding, “Let the slash fiction begin!”
But it’s not yet known whether one or both characters will indeed be visiting Destiny herself, or will appear on Earth (or elsewhere) — as was the case with all of the Season One appearances by SG-1 cast members, with the exception of Jack O’Neill’s (Richard Dean Anderson) brief visit to the ship in “Subversion.”
The characters will appear in “Seizure,” currently slated as the fifteenth episode of the new season and set to air sometime in the first half of 2011.
Syfy Channel also premiered a new trailer for the second season of SGU, which premieres this fall. That should be available at Syfy.com very soon, and we’re hoping to be able to host it here at GateWorld, as well.
Stick with GateWorld for more on this week’s Comic-Con news, and all summer long for more on the upcoming season of Stargate Universe!
(Thanks to Denise and drbond01 for the tip)
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Ahahahahaa, let the fandom anger burn. :D
Fifteenth? I can barely hold my excitement. Dang Dondles, I'm so excited I got to wear shades; on account of the future being so bright and all, hopefully I won't be dead, or gone mad due to the long wait for such a promising episode, sure to wet the appetite for all things syfy. Candle sticks and razzle dazzle :P
I like both these guys, hope SGU does well by them.
I won't be watching till the clips come out on YouTube or somewhere as the xover casting still does not entice me enough to tune in live.
(if it would have been Flanigan and Hewlett back for a little McKay/Shep banter, that I would have had to tune in for...) ah well
SWEET!!! I figured it was going to be these two!! I read this and I was jumping up and down in my seat!!! I am so excited to see McKay on SGU and I do hope they use the com stones with them and they actually go to Destiny!!!
Picardo yes. How about making Hewlett disappear. Didn't like him since SG-1 and the main reason I did not watch Atlantis. Hope his appearance will be a one time thing
I expect... nay, DEMAND... plenty of Voyager jokes.
Jokes about the ship being stranded away from Earth, jokes about the similarities between the SGC personnel with the Starfleet crew and the members of the Lucian Alliance with the Maqui.
Jokes about the lack of a holographic doctor, or at least the state of their medical bay.
It's great to see McKay-But Atlantis was about Colonel Shepperd, this sucks he's not on-I like Woolsey, but for a guest appearance, c'mon, it's like having Spock show up with Yeoman Rand--who cares, right?
I have to reiterate, this sucks if Shepperd is not going to guest.
YES!!!!This has made my week. Oh the possibilities. I really hate having to wait, but I have too... I know everything is going to work out great.
Picardo is no more an atlantis actor than Tapping.