stargate

Season Four

Episode Number: 76

Episode Title: Beneath the Surface

Air Date: 09-01-00

Syndication Air Date: 09-17-01

First SciFi Syndication Air Date: 02-10-03

Chad's Summary: SG-1 are captured and conscripted into the work force of an alien world [P3R-118]. With the exception of Teal'c, the members of SG-1 have no memory of being a team called SG-1. The government of the planet misleads the SGC into believing that SG-1 are lost in the ice fields on the planet. SG-1 and the other workers toil away in impoverished conditions below the surface in mines. The workers manufacture power for the people living, above the surface, in a city. The city dwellers live in luxury. The miners are under the mistaken impression that they are helping to end an ice age overtaking their planet. After a search for SG-1 in the ice fields, General Hammond questions the government's explanation of events. Daniel Jackson raises questions about the group's true identity. General Hammond orders a covert search and rescue mission to find SG-1. Meanwhile, SG-1 begin to remember their real lives. Administrator Caulder (Laurie Murdoch) wants to exile SG-1 to the surface of the planet. Before their conscription, SG-1 realized that the government had enslaved its' own people to work in the mines. Then, SG-1 was taken hostage and their memories were altered to protect the government's secret. SG-1, with the help of Brenna (Alison Matthews), gain the upper hand on their captors. The workers realize the truth and are taken to a tropical planet. Brenna is taken to Earth for medical aid.

Guest Cast:

Teryl Rothery as Dr. Janet Fraiser

Gary Jones as Sgt. Tech. Walter Harriman

Alison Matthews as Brenna

Kim Hawthorne as Kegan

Laurie Murdoch as Administrator Caulder

Russell Ferrier as Major Griff

Brian Drummond as Attendant

Jason Griffith as Worker #1

Bruce Campbell as Worker #2

Production Credits:

Developed for Television: Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner

Executive Consultant: Jonathan Glassner

Creative Consultant: Peter DeLuise

Producers: Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie

Co--Executive Producers: Robert C. Cooper & N. John Smith

Writer: Heather E. Ash

Director: Peter DeLuise

Executive Producers: Michael Greenburg, Richard Dean Anderson, & Brad Wright

Production Manager: Andy Mikita

First Assistant Director: Bill Mizel

Second Assistant Director: Ryan Kosmynka

Music: Joel Goldsmith

Original Stargate Themes: David Arnold

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

Production Designer: Richard Hudolin

Editor: Rick Martin

Art Director: Bridget McGuire

Costume Designer: Christina McQuarrie

Make-Up Artist: Jan Newman

Unit Manager: John G. Lenic

Recurring Characters:

* This is Teryl Rothery's (Janet Fraiser) 41st Episode.

* This is Gary Jones' (Walter Harriman) 27th Episode.

* This is Russell Ferrier's (Griff) 2nd Episode.

Actor Notes:

Alison Matthews appeared as a Physician in the horror film Final Destination 2 (2003). On the TV series Tru Calling (2003 to 2005), she played Marjorie in the episode "Closure." In the "Freak Nation" episode of Dark Angel (2000 to 2002), Matthews portrayed the Female Newscaster. She appeared as Dr. Martina Tyler in the "Afterlife" episode of Night Visions (2001). On The Immortal (2000 to 2001), Matthews appeared as Agent Audrey Welles in the episode "Flight 666." She portrayed the CZN Reporter in the episode "Brother, Can You Spare a Bomb?" episode of the Seven Days (1998 to 2001) TV series. On First Wave (1998 to 2001), Matthews played Maya in the episode "The Decision." She appeared in the role of The Doctor in The X-Files (1993 to 2002) episode "Synchrony." Matthews played Sandy Geiger in the "Walkabout" episode of Millennium (1996 to 1999). On the series Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996 to 1999), she portrayed Miss McHugh (aka: Kat's Teacher) in the episode "The Reckoning." Matthews appeared as Karen Dunn in the "Worlds Apart" episode of The Outer Limits (1995 to 2002).

Laurie Murdoch appeared as a Project Destiny Engineer in the science fiction film The Core (2003). He also appeared in the TV mini-series Steven Spielburg Presents: Taken (2002) as a Researcher. Murdoch appeared in two different roles on The Outer Limits (1995 to 2002). First, he portrayed Lawrence in the episode "The Vaccine." Secondly, Murdoch portrayed Quisling in the episode "Patient Zero." On the series Dead Man's Gun (1997 to 1999), he appeared as the Manager in the episode "The Regulator." On the series The X-Files (1993 to 2002), Murdoch appeared in two different roles. First, he played the Coroner in the episode "Schizogeny." Secondly, Murdoch portrayed Lydon in the episode "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man." Murdoch also appeared in two different roles on the series Millennium (1996 to 1999). First, he appeared as Father Schulz in the episode "Kingdom Come." Secondly, Murdoch portrayed Jock Hauser in the episode "TEOTWAWKI." On the series The Sentinel (1996 to 1999), he played Hank in the episode "Ice Man."

Connections:

* Actors Laurie Murdoch, Brian Markinson, and Alessandro Juliani (both from Scorched Earth) all worked together on Steven Spielburg Presents: Taken (2002).

* Actors Laurie Murdoch and Richard Dean Anderson first worked together on Anderson's series MacGyver (1985 to 1992).

Destination:

* Planet P3R--118 has a seemingly frozen surface, a domed city, and a murky underground. The planet is home to city dwellers and workers.

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