Catherine Langford

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Stargate character
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Catherine Langford as portrayed by Elizabeth Hoffman in Stargate SG-1
Catherine Langford
Race Human
Gender Female
Rank None
Birthplace Unknown
Film portrayer Viveca Lindfors (younger version by Kelly Vint)
Television portrayer Elizabeth Hoffman (younger versions by Nancy McClure and Glynis Davies)
Key episodes "Stargate" (first appearance)

Catherine Langford, Ph.D is a fictional character depicted in the film Stargate by Viveca Lindfors and in two episodes the spin-off television series Stargate SG-1 by Elizabeth Hoffman. She is the daughter of the archaeologist who discovered the Stargate in 1928.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Catherine was present at the excavation of the Stargate, where she acquired an amulet depicting the Eye of Ra, which she still wore in old age; however, she gave it to Daniel Jackson when he first went through the Stargate to Abydos. In the early 1940s, her father and her fiancé, Ernest Littlefield, did experiments on the Stargate. She was not involved in these, though she overheard conversations about their progress.

In 1945, they finally managed to open the Stargate and Ernest volunteered to be the one sent through it. Ernest vanished and was presumed lost until he was discovered by the SG-1 team fifty years later. His disappearance was enough to shut down the Stargate program. It took Catherine forty years to start up the program again, and by then, the knowledge of how to open the gate had been lost.

In the mid-1990s, she discovered Daniel Jackson and recognized his abilities. Daniel managed to figure out how to open the Stargate again and was sent through with the team led by Jack O'Neill. About a year and half later, after Catherine had retired, Daniel came back to her with old footage from the experiments done in 1945.

Catherine recognized the man sent through the gate as Ernest and realized her father had lied to her about Ernest dying in an accident. Catherine accompied SG-1 on their mission to discover if Ernest was still alive. Despite many setbacks, the mission was ultimately successful.

Catherine Langford's death was announced in the eighth-season episode Moebius, Part 1. Langford's personal collection of documents and artifacts -including the golden medallion of Ra -relating to the Stargate program was passed on to Daniel Jackson after her death.

In the episode There But For the Grace of God, Daniel Jackson discovered that in an alternate universe, he refused Catherine's offer to work on the Stargate and that she continued to head the program after the creation of the SG teams. In the episode 1969, a middle-aged version of the character was portrayed by Glynis Davies.

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In the episode The Torment of Tantalus, it was clearly stated Catherine was twenty-one in 1945, which would make her about four years old in 1928. However, she is much older in the opening sequence of the film, which is set in 1928.

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Recurring characters on Stargate SG-1 Edit
Tau'ri Malcolm Barrett | Jacob Carter | Chekov | Adrian Conrad | Paul Davis | Paul Emerson | Louis Ferretti | Janet Fraiser
Walter Harriman | Charles Kawalsky | Robert Kinsey | Carolyn Lam | Catherine Langford | Bill Lee
Harry Maybourne | Lionel Pendergast | Robert Rothman | Frank Simmons | Pete Shanahan | Siler | Richard Woolsey
Other Humans Cassandra | Kasuf | Linea | Ma'chello | Martin Lloyd | Sha're | Shifu | Skaara
Goa'uld Amaterasu | Amonet | Anubis | Apophis | Ba'al | Camulus | Cronus | Hathor | Heru-ur
Nerus | Osiris | Ra | Sokar | Tanith | Yu | Zipacna
Jaffa Bra'tac | Gerak | Ishta | Rya'c
Other Adria | Chaka | Fifth | Harlan | Lotan | Oma Desala | Reese | Replicator Carter | Thor
Lists by race All | Tau'ri | Ancient, Aschen, Asgard, Goa'uld, Jaffa, Langaran, Lucian Alliance
Ori, Replicator, Tok'ra, Tollan, System Lord
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