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Claudia Black joined the cast full time in season 10.
Had Stargate SG-1 not been picked up for a new season, the producers would have considered the character for a spin-off series.
To justify the character in a regular capacity, the producers toned her down and tried to find a suitable balance of sexual tension, fun and friendship.
Claudia Black was convinced that Vala's actual stay with Stargate Command was justified despite the character's personality.
Vala's renegade qualification to infiltrate the Ori served as a useful complement to the military-oriented SG teams, and Vala had already proven a degree of allegiance through her actions in " Beachhead ", holding off an immediate invasion of the enemy.
The writers tested this loyalty through confrontation in the story, and writer Damian Kindler later compared Vala's character growth in season 10 to smuggler Lando Calrissian from Star Wars, a " former swindler who's gone legit ".
Careful to never have Vala become too earnest, Kindler never saw Vala " as the type of character who should be on the show for five, six, seven years.
But definitely the sort of character who could come in for a couple seasons, spice things up and then move on and come back and forth.
" Evolving the relationship between Vala and the other SG-1 members, the producers also grew comfortable with pairing Browder's and Black's characters more often, and even teased ( and misled ) viewers about them " end up in a motel room bed together " in the episode " Memento Mori ", involving underwear, " handcuffs as well as creamy Twinkies ".
A scene in the milestone episode " 200 " also parodied the show's connection to Farscape.
In hindsight, Claudia Black would see season 10 as a personal challenge as her baby deprived her of sleep during the filming period.
Her relocation to Vancouver and sickness in the family put her on a self-confessed personal and professional low.
She nevertheless tried to stay true to her character " and not go for the cheap laugh ".

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