Season Two

Episode Number: 36

Episode Title: Touchstone

Air Date: 10-30-98

Syndication Air Date: 01-17-00

First Sci-Fi Syndication Air Date: 12-02-02

Chad's Summary: SG-1 returns to a planet they've visited before to find that the Touchstone, a device that controls weather, was stolen by people dressed much as they are. On General Hammond's order, Carter checks the dialing computer, and SG-1 realize that the second Stargate is in operation. General Hammond informs them that the second Stargate is located at Area 51. SG-1 goes to Area 51 to investigate. They ask Col. Maybourne about the Touchstone, and he denies any knowledge of the Touchstone. The team then inspect the second Stargate, and they discover that it is plastic. After O'Neill's argument with Maybourne, SG-1 returns to the SGC. Then, they return to the planet and dial the gate address for Earth. To send a M.A.L.P. through the second gate, they send enormous amounts of energy through the gate. After the M.A.L.P. reaches the location of the second gate, the M.A.L.P. is destroyed. General Hammond talks to a friend and gets the location of an NID landing site. The site also corresponds to the location of the second Stargate. SG-1 goes to the site and retrieves the Touchstone. The four people guarding the Touchstone retreat through the second gate. The Touchstone is returned to the planet. An iris is welded over the second gate, and it is placed under guard. The guards are SGC personnel.

Guest Cast:

Tom McBeath as Col. Maybourne

Matthew Walker as King Roham

Tiffany Knight as Princess La Moor

Jerry Wasserman as Whitlow

Tiffany Knight as La Moor

Eric Baker as Maj. Reynolds

Conan Graham as NID Man

Production Credits:

Developed for Television: Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner

Co--Producer: Robert C. Cooper

Producer: N. John Smith

Writer: Sam Egan

Director: Brad Turner

Executive Producers: Michael Greenburg Richard Dean Anderson 

Executive Producers: Jonathan Glassner & Brad Wright

Story Editor: Tor Alexander Valenza 

Production Manager: Andy Nikita

First Assistant Director: Bill Mizel

Second Assistant Director: Kathy Houghton

Music: Kevin Kiner

Original Stargate Themes: David Arnold

Director of Photography: Peter Woeste, C.S.C.

Production Designer: Richard Hudolin

Editor: Richard Benwick

Art Director: Bridget McGuire

Costume Designer: Christina McQuarrie

Make-Up Artist: Jan Newman

Assistant to Producer: John G. Lenic

Recurring Characters:

* This is Tom McBeath's (Harry Maybourne) 3rd Episode.

SG Teams:

* A rouge SG team exists and is not under the command of General George S. Hammond or the SGC. The team stole advanced technology capable of controlling weather. The team operates out of a secret location using the second Stargate. 

Destination:

* Madrona is home to a people known as the Madronans who are completely dependant on a device known as the Touchstone to regulate and maintain their planetary climate. The Madronans' culture is not known. The SGC computer designation for the planet is PX7--941.  

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