In the Stargate franchise, the TV show that followed the original film established the main antagonist from that film, the now-deceased Ra, as part of an alien species called the Goa ' uld, establishing many more instances of that species as enemies as the series progressed.

Created by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, the film is the first release in the Stargate franchise.

Devlin and Emmerich gave the rights to the franchise to MGM when they were working on their 1996 film Independence Day ( the rights to the Stargate film are currently owned by StudioCanal, with Lions Gate Entertainment handling most distribution in terms of international theatrical and worldwide home video releases ); however, MGM retains the domestic television rights.

** Aurora class battleship, a ship in the Stargate franchise

In contrast to many other fictional FTL technologies, such as a " jump drive " or the Infinite Improbability Drive, the warp drive does not permit instantaneous travel between two points ; instead, warp drive technology creates an artificial " bubble " of normal space-time that surrounds the spacecraft ( as opposed to entering a separate realm or dimension like hyperspace, as is used in the Star Wars, Stargate franchise, Warhammer 40, 000, Babylon 5 and Andromeda universes ).

* Stargate: Continuum, a 2008 direct-to-DVD movie of the Stargate franchise

* Stargate, a Canadian-American military science fiction media franchise running from 1994, 1997 – 2011

* Wraith dart, a starship in the Stargate franchise

Within the Stargate franchise universe, force fields function in much the same way.

* Goa ' uld, a fictional race in the Stargate franchise

Stargate Infinity ( often abbreviated as SGI or just Infinity ) is an American animated science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's ( MGM ) Stargate franchise, but is not considered official Stargate canon.

The writers and producers of Stargate SG-1 and the main canon of the Stargate franchise were not involved with Infinity, and neither MGM, the production teams nor the fans of Stargate consider Infinity to be an official part of the Stargate universe.

It is also a story line in the Stargate franchise with the ascension of Daniel Jackson and the Ancients.

the supreme ruling entity of the Asgard race in the fictional Stargate franchise

Sky2's programming mostly features sci-fi programming such as Futurama, the Stargate franchise and Star Trek Enterprise.

The Goa ' uld ( pronounced ; commonly shortened to or ) are a fictional symbiotic race of ancient astronauts from the American-Canadian military science fiction television franchise Stargate.

) is a fictional character in the Stargate franchise.

Davis turned towards painting and sculpting, but continued to work in the film and television industry including the Stargate franchise, continuing to appear in every season of Stargate SG-1.

* In the Stargate SG-1 fourth season episode " Scorched Earth ", a Human society known as the Enkarans are threatened on their new homeworld by an alien ship that is terraforming the planet to be suitable for the sulfur-based Gadmeer species.

* In the Stargate Atlantis fifth season episode " Remnants ", a device is found whose purpose was to seed a planet with silicon-based life.

In the Canadian-American military science fiction series Stargate SG-1 and later in the series Stargate Atlantis, Daedalus is the name for the second interstellar and first intergalactic spaceship built by Homeworld Security.

Well known cinematic movies, which deal with Khufu or at least have the Great Pyramid as a theme, are Howard Hawks ' Land of the Pharaohs from 1955, a fictional account of the building of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, and Roland Emmerich ´ s Stargate from 1994, in which an extraterrestrial device is found near the pyramids.

James Todd Spader ( born February 7, 1960 ) is an American actor best known for his eccentric roles in films such as Pretty in Pink ; Less Than Zero ; Sex, Lies, and Videotape ; Crash ; Stargate ; and Secretary.

* In the Stargate universe, neutronium is a substance which is the basis of the technology of the advanced Asgard race, as well as a primary component of human-form Replicators ; and apparently occurs naturally as a mineral in the crusts on some earthlike planets.

Rarer are shows based on space travel without vehicles ; Stargate SG-1 is the prime example.

The robotic Cylons in the new version of Battlestar Galactica are usually animated characters, while the Asgard in Stargate SG-1 are animated when they are shown walking around or more than one is on screen at once.

Stargate ( French: Stargate, la porte des étoiles ) is a 1994 American French epic adventure-military science fiction film released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( MGM ) and Carolco Pictures.

While these humans eventually rebelled and buried the Stargate, thousands of others had been taken to the other planet through the Stargate and used to mine the quartzite-like mineral on which all of Ra's technology is based.

Ra reveals his intention to send the atomic bomb brought by O ' Neil, which was to be used to destroy the Stargate to prevent invasion if a threat is discovered, back to Earth ; its destructive power is now to be enhanced 100-fold with an accompanying shipment of his quartzite-like material to produce cataclysmic results.

Jackson decides to remain on the planet with Sha ' uri, and the team is able to return to Earth through the Stargate.

Jack O ' Neill is a fictional character in the Stargate film and television series.

An episode of Stargate SG-1 is named after the story, The Torment of Tantalus.

* In the Sci-Fi TV series Stargate SG1, Unas is a species of sentient homonid and original host to the parasitic goa ' uld-the main antagonist species throughout the story arc.

* Erebus is the name of a planet in the Stargate universe.

Another example of this is in two episodes of the popular sci-fi show Stargate SG-1 an alien race known as the Aschen befriend humans and share their advanced technology and medicine freely in exchange for stargate addresses.

There are also weapon systems based on the surface of planets occasionally, as in Stargate SG-1 where the hero uses an Ancient weapon in Antarctica to destroy the villain's invading fleet from the ground ; others are simpler, including ground based fighters, as in the case in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope where single-manned fighters defended a rebel base against a moon-sized Death Star.

* Apophis ( Stargate ), a Stargate SG-1 character based on the Egyptian demon

* Stargate SG-1 In the TV series, the system Lord Yu Huang Shang Ti is reportedly based on this Emperor.

** Freyr ( Stargate ), a fictional character in Stargate SG-1, based on this god

* A story within which that story ( or a story based on it ) is a work of fiction ( e. g. Stargate SG-1's " Wormhole X-Treme!

Big Finish has released audio dramas based upon other works as well, including Sherlock Holmes, Dark Shadows, Stargate, classic dramas, and also a line of works featuring newly written plays.

* Stargate # 742 ( 1995 ) – based on the Stargate movie

Cox, based in Vancouver, Canada, has made a few guest appearances in Stargate SG-1 and its spin-off Stargate Atlantis, as well as bit parts in series such as ER and Psych.

* Ra ( Stargate ), a character from the film Stargate, based on the Egyptian god

It has been mentioned though that the Ancients have an Octal counting system, meaning based on 8, not like the decimal system of the Tau ' ri, based on 10, although the Stargate Universe symbols include symbols for 8 and 9.

The core of the Stargate Program is Stargate Command ( SGC ), based at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station near Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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