Thor's Chariot
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| Stargate SG-1 episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 6 |
| Guest star(s) | Tamsin Kelsey as Gairwyn Douglas H. Arthurs as Heru'ur Andrew Kavadas as Olaf Mark Gibbon as Thor |
| Writer(s) | Katharyn Powers |
| Director | William Gereghty |
| Production no. | 206 |
| Original airdate | July 31, 1998 |
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"Thor's Chariot" is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.
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[edit] Plot
A connection is made to the Earth stargate but since no iris deactivation code is received the iris is left closed and something impacts it. Investigations reveal that the impacting object was not organic but contained high levels of Iridium. Carter is convinced that the object was the Sagan Institute Greeting, which was left with the Cimmerians to give to Thor, should he show up. They assumed that he had gotten it.
A MALP is sent and shows dead Cimmerians, Jaffa, and Gairwyn (who SG-1 met on their previous visit)[1] pleading for help because the "Ettins" (the Goa'uld) have come. SG-1 feel responsible as they destroyed Thor's Hammer to free Teal'c, leaving the planet open to the Goa'uld. On arriving on Cimmeria, SG-1 find a large Goa'uld presence under the command of Heur-ur (Son of Ra and Hathor) and retreat with Gairwyn to the caves where the population are hiding. After discussion, Jackson and Carter with Gairwyn as a guide go to look for Thor's Hall which they suspect contains weaponry, whilst O'Neill and Teal'c start a fight with the Jaffa using conventional weapons (principally claymore mines).
Carter, Jackson and Gairwyn find Thor's Hall and are faced with a hologram of Thor demanding they complete his challenges to "prove their worth". Having successfully completed the challenges they are faced with what Carter believes is another hologram, this time of Thor in his real form (a Roswell Grey), Thor explains that in fact this is a real time communication device. Jackson and Carter tell Thor how his Hammer was destroyed to save Teal'c and apologise, then ask where the weapons are. Thor tells them that the tests were not to protect any weapons, they were to check that the Samarians were advanced enough before revealing the true nature of the Asgard. Carter and Jackson find themselves transported back to the planet surface, Gairwyn has vanished.
Disappointed, they retreat to the caves where they meet O'Neill and Teal'c who have returned from fighting the Jaffa. Unfortunately, the caves have been discovered and SG-1 are forced to surrender themselves in order to save the remaining Cimmerians.
As they are escorted back to the Goa'uld mothership, an even larger spaceship appears in the sky which they realise must be Thor's Chariot - all the Jaffa and their ships disappear as they are touched by white rays emanating from Thor's Chariot (This phenomenon will later be revealed as the Asgard beaming technology in later episodes[2]). Heru-ur escapes through the Stargate at the last minute.
Gairwyn materialises next to them (having received an extreme Asgard makeover) and tells them that Thor gave her a message: "Thor's new hammer will make an exception for the one called Teal'c".
[edit] Notes
- This episode marks the first time that we see the true form of the Asgard.
- While the voice of Thor in this episode is provided by Mark Gibbon, in later episode it will be provided by Michael Shanks, who plays Daniel Jackson.
- After Gairwyn's reappearance at the end of the episode, she mentiones that Thor has remarked that the Tauri are still too young to converse with the Asgard on a level of equality. The events of The Fifth Race change their minds, informing the Asgard that the Tau'ri have advanced further than they had previously believed.
[edit] Further reading
- ^ "Thor's Hammer." Writ. Katharyn Michaelian Powers. Stargate SG-1. 1997-09-26. No. 10, season 1.
- ^ "Fair Game." Writ. Robert C. Cooper. Stargate SG-1. 1999-07-09. No. 3, season 3.
[edit] External links
- Official Stargate SG-1 site. MGM. Visited June 8, 2006. Most of site requires Flash.
- Screenplay (PDF). Distributed by MGM. Prepared by Casablanca Continuity. Retrieved on 2006-10-15. Linked to from Official Stargate SG-1 site. Also see Google's cache.
- Summary from SciFi. Visited June 5, 2006. Requires Flash.
- Summary from GateWorld. Visited May 13, 2006.
