SG-1: Season Eight
First Aired: August 13, 2004
First Aired: August 13, 2004
Teal’c is trapped in a virtual reality simulation, in which he must defend the base from a Goa’uld super-soldier incursion — but his inability to defeat the scenario eventually takes its toll.
“Avatar” Facts:
- For those just joining us: the virtual reality chairs are alien tech, pulled from P7J-989 and retrofitted by Earth scientists in the six years since “The Gamekeeper.” (The chairs can be spotted in Area 51 storage in the opening scene of Season Three’s “Point of View.”)
- Andrew Airlie guest stars as Dr. Carmichael, his second role on the series. You might recognize him as Kalan, the Orbanian leader from the third season episode “Learning Curve.”
- Dr. Carmichael was one of a number of new doctor characters tried out after Janet Fraiser was killed off the previous year. This is his only episode.
- The computer-generated video game footage you can see in the episode was created by Perception, the Australia-based studio that was developing the video game Stargate SG-1: The Alliance at the time. (The game itself was scrapped late in production.)
“Avatar” on GateWorld:
- Episode Guide
- Episode Review
- “In the Making” (by Joseph Mallozzi)
- Episode Transcript
- Photo Gallery
- Screencap Gallery
- Discussion Thread
- Season Eight Podcast
- Interview with Christopher Judge (2004)
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i felt this was a really good teal’c episode! instead of just focusing on his courage and strength, it highlighted his insecurity and fears, and that was something new.
it also highlighted great team bonding and friendship!
~alone, we lose. together, we will win!
This was one of my more favorite episodes. I felt bad for Teal’c though. I probably would’ve gave up a lot sooner then he did. Teal’c realized something was wrong early on but kept going. I wouldn’t have. I would’ve laid on the ground. Lol. Good episode to watch again.
This was a great Episode. It so made me want to play the game, but sadly it was never released.
With all of the great possibilities for a game from Stargate. It’s a true shame nothing good at least by console/PC standards has ever been made by a big publisher. The best I’ve seen is a mod for Star Wars Empire at War called Stargate Empire at war.
“Walter is never actually seen on screen in the episode, either inside the game or outside.”
Incorrect. He gets zapped by Daniel while dialing the gate to get rid of the overloading generator.