Sci-Fi Storm

GateAngel writes “Lexa Doig who has joined the cast of Stargate: SG-1 for season 9 as Dr. Carolyn Lamm the civilian CMO of the SGC, also has a recurring role on the New USA hit series The 4400, playing a teacher. Read more about it and see an image gallery from her first episode ‘Voices Carry’ at http://www.totallyshanks.net“ Looks like Lexa is filling up her schedule to keep busy.

GateAngel writes “According to the article on page 55 of the new official scifi magazine “The
Stars Are Ours’ about the addition of the new cast members, Michael Shanks has apparently been replaced in Season 9… by some guy named Daniel Jackson! Yep, according to the article the new cast members will be joining Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge and Daniel Jackson on the show.

On the bright side, if you’ve met Michael Shanks..but never had the opportunity to meet Daniel Jackson in person, you have a chance to win a walk on part on SG1 and SGA. The URL for the contest is the same as the for last year http://www.scifi.com/getinthegate and internet access to the new contest is set to commence on the premiere date of both series, which is July 15, 2005 and will run until 8/27/05″ …When I win this time, I’ll keep a running blog.. 🙂

SCI FI Wire has in its News Briefs sidebar that Lexa Doig (Rommie/Andromeda on Andromeda) will have a recurring role in the upcoming ninth season of Stargate SG-1 as Dr. Carolyn Lam, the new Chief Medical Officer in the SGC, and the daughter of General Landry (Beau Bridges, joining as a regular character). I hadn’t heard this before, so I checked Gateworld which also didn’t have it, but a Lexa fan site has the news as far back as February. Lexa is the wife of Michael Shanks (Dr. Daniel Jackson).

Some press reports in the UK media have reported that Billie Piper, who plays Rose in the new Doctor Who, maye not stick around for the whole second series. The BBC’s Doctor Who page essentially confirms the reports, but says that it is “unconfirmed” how many episodes she may appear in, as they are still getting scripts. Side note: I’ve added BBC’s Doctor Who RSS feed to the site – you may need to re-customize to see it. Also, looking for trivia: who was the longest lasting companion? My first guess is Sarah Jane Smith (18 episodes), but I counted and Tegan Jovanka had 19 episodes. I’m not familiar enough with earlier companions, and I’m not sure K-9 should count as there were actually two of them (three if you count K-9 and Company)

dugh writes “It looks like Spike TV will be making a made for television Blade movie. Anyone want to venture a guess that Wesley Snipes isn’t involved?” Well, considering the lawsuit, I doubt it…

Both ABC and the WB are expected to pick up several series: ABC will take Invasion (“a spooky thriller about strange goings-on in a Florida town after a hurricane”) and a remake of The Night Stalker, while the WB takes on Supernatural, about two brothers seeking the otherworldly.

July 15th will mark the return of the SCI FI Channel’s big three – Stargate: SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica. One cast change I hadn’t heard before: Jason Momoa (Baywatch, North Shore) is joining the cast of Atlantis – no details, but IMDB lists him as “Ronan Dex”. Also in the announcement is the new reality show Master Blasters starting July 27th, which sounds like a rocket-specific version of Scrap Heap/Junkyard Wars, and the return of Ghost Hunters and Tripping the Rift (With Carmen Electra replacing Gina Gershon as Six).

Farscape twosome Claudia Black and Ben Browder talk about their roles on the upcoming season of Stargate SG-1, but thusfar they have not had a scene together. Black is reprising her role of Vala for the first six episodes, making Dr. Jackson’s life “a misery.” Browder is joining the regular cast as a new member of SG-1, Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell. The new season will begin in July on the SCI FI Channel.

George Lucas made an appearance at Celebration III this weekend in Indianapolis – and dropped a bombshell of sorts. Two TV series are in the works – a 3D animated half-hour show (report say it will be a remake of the Clone Wars animated shorts) and a live-action series set between Episodes III and IV, which will feature some characters we’ve seen (but not the main characters).

Rapidly running out of regenerations, the Doctor better start figuring out how to get around it. The BBC has named the 10th actor to play Doctor Who as David Tennant, who was the odds-on favorite (I like the British bookmakers – you can bet on anything – I remember seeing a line on how many prison escape attempts would occur that day). Tennant is currently starring in Casanova, which was also written by current Who writer/exec Russell T. Davies.