Stargate Atlantis - GateWorld: The Best of...

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We're celebrating five years of Stargate Atlantis with a count-down of our favorite ...



The Best of John Sheppard

Monday, January 5 (FEATURES)

Our favorite five Sheppard episodes!



The Best of Teyla Emmagan

Tuesday, January 6 (FEATURES)

Today it's our favorite Teyla episodes, as we celebrate five years of Stargate Atlantis and count down to the finale!



The Best of Elizabeth Weir

Wednesday, January 7 (FEATURES)

Our five favorite Weir episodes.

Stargate Atlantis - SciFi Wire: Atlantis' Higginson Bows Out

From SciFi Wire:

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12:00 AM, 03-JULY-08

Atlantis' Higginson Bows Out

Joseph Mallozzi, executive producer of SCI FI Channel's original series Stargate Atlantis, told SCI FI Wire that it's unlikely former series regular Torri Higginson would return as Dr. Elizabeth Weir in the upcoming fifth season, though her storyline was left hanging. But Jill Wagner's renegade leader Larrin may return in a future season.

Higginson turned down a script that brought back her character, Mallozzi said in an interview. (Fans recall that Weir died and was resurrected as a human-form Replicator and leader of the surviving Replicators in season four.)

**snippage**

Stargate: Atlantis' fifth season premieres July 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

--Mike Szymanski

Stargate Atlantis - GateWorld: Picardo: Woolsey reinvents himself

From GateWorld:

http://gateworld.net/news/2008/04/picardo_woolsey_reinvents_himsel.shtml

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Picardo: Woolsey reinvents himself



TUESDAY, APRIL 15 (ACTORS)

Actor Robert Picardo tells GateWorld why he was excited to take on the mantle of leader of Atlantis.


A brief excerpt:

Many fans, some who were just beginning to adjust to the absence of Elizabeth Weir , are now mourning the departure of Samantha Carter from Stargate Atlantis. In four seasons the base has already had two leaders. Now, Season Five, it will take on a third, most unlikely candidate: Richard Woolsey.

"The [International Oversight Advisory] decides to replace the military commander because it was always going to be a science expedition," Robert Picardo told GateWorld. "In the interim I become the commander while they're basically head-hunting. I'm doing a sufficient-enough job that I get to stay on."

**snippage**

Stargate Atlantis - GateWorld: Higginson out for Season Five

From GateWorld:

http://gateworld.net/news/2008/02/higginson_out_for_season_five.shtml

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Higginson out for Season Five

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 (ACTORS)



Actress Torri Higginson ("Elizabeth Weir") won't be back next season after all.

Stargate Atlantis - MGM Stargate: Close Up: Torri Higginson

From MGM Stargate:

http://stargate.mgm.com/news_detail.php?id=44

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Close Up: Torri Higginson



December 10, 2007 (Actors)

When we left the Pegasus galaxy at the end of season three, no one knew what fate had in store for Doctor Weir...

**snippage**

Story by Sharon Gosling

Stargate Atlantis - MGM Stargate: NEW Poll Dec 10 '07

From MGM Stargate:

http://stargate.mgm.com/index.php

STARGATE POLL

Did you expect the real Weir to die?

1. Yes. It was inevitable.
2. No. Say it isn't so!
3. Like the Terminator she'll be back.

Stargate SG-1 / Atlantis - Jack O'Neill in SYNDICATION Oct. 27/28

Please check your local listings for channel, date and time.

Airing in US Syndication the weekend of October 27/28, Brigadier General Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) guest-stars in BOTH episodes of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis!

In Stargate SG-1's 200th broadcast episode, "200," Jack O'Neill joins SG1 for a special mission. In Stargate Atlantis' third season episode, "The Real World," Jack O'Neill assists Dr. Elizabeth Weir in a time of crisis.

Stargate Atlantis - GateWorld: Audio Interview with Torri Higginson

From GateWorld:

http://www.gateworld.net/interviews/leaders_legacy.shtml

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LEADER'S LEGACY

GateWorld Talks With Torri Higginson



She has lighted a path as Atlantis's caretaker for three years. Now, in the season to come, Dr. Elizabeth Weir will make the greatest sacrifice of all. GateWorld spoke with the woman who could tell us all about it. It is our privilege to bring you another interview with Torri Higginson.

Much like McGillion as Dr. Carson Beckett, the news of Higginson's departure from series regular was a shock to many fans. In this candid interview, Torri tells GateWorld why she feels this has happened, and why she refuses to put all the blame on the show runners. She talks about highlight episodes from Season Three, teases us of what's to come, and wholeheartedly expresses her love to her fans.

GateWorld's interview with Torri Higginson has been made available to you in MP3 format for easy listening. It is over 23 minutes long. Prefer not to listen? We've also transcribed it [at the site]!

**snippage**

Stargate Atlantis - SGA - Multichannel News: Another Weir Rides the Bus

From Multichannel News:

http://www.multichannel.com/blogger/2805.html

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KENT GIBBONS blog

Another Weir Rides the Bus

September 10, 2007

Stargate Atlantis has the Stargate spotlight all to itself on Sci Fi Fridays, so no more comparisons from reviewers like moi privy to the first two episodes of season four.

But the new setup isn’t all good for all cast members, as fans of the Sci Fi Channel drama already know – and as has been nagging at me since seeing the review disk. Torri Higginson’s character, Dr. Elizabeth Weir, the civilian leader of a key U.S. Air Force installation in another galaxy in the ancient city of Atlantis, has been reduced to a “recurring” role.

Taking Weir’s place in the star firmament of Atlantis is Amanda Tapping, who was the female lead in Stargate SG-1, the MGM show originally starring Richard Dean Anderson that premiered on Showtime in 1997 and spent its last five seasons on Sci Fi Channel. Sci Fi didn’t renew SG-1 for season 11, so MGM is producing SG-1 movies for DVD instead.

Sci Fi tried to promote Higginson, showing off her humor in interviews and behind-scenes videos and showing off her figure a little more in costume on the show. Tapping remains a bigger star, though, even after taking maternity leave in 2005.

My opinion: Tapping’s character of Samantha Carter, the brainy and weapons-trained astrophysicist and Air Force officer, deserves her continued service on Sci Fi in Atlantis’s Pegasus galaxy. Carter’s been tough, brilliant and gorgeous in Stargate roles longer than Weir, and has a big following.

But it would seem there ought to be room for both Carter and Weir, who was badly injured in an explosion during last season’s cliff-hanger ending.

**snippage**

Higginson is expected to return for Atlantis’s midseason finale on Dec. 7.

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