Thor (Stargate)
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 Thor in Reckoning, Part I |
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| Thor | |
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| Race | Asgard |
| Gender | Asexual clone |
| Rank | Supreme Commander of the Asgard Fleet |
| Television portrayer | Michael Shanks (voice) |
| Key episodes | "Thor's Hammer (humanoid hologram)
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Thor is a recurring character in Stargate SG-1. He is voiced by Michael Shanks (who also plays the regular character Dr. Daniel Jackson on the series). Thor is the Supreme Commander of the Asgard Fleet.
Thor has risked his life multiple times in order to save SG-1 and Earth from both the Goa'uld and the Replicators, apparently seeing the Tau'ri as a very worthy race for an alliance. That alliance proved useful for him as SG-1 has saved him on many occasions from the Replicators [1] and once from Anubis himself. [2] Thor's friendship with SG-1 even led him to personally make an appearance at a secret meeting between members of Earth's UN Security Council taking place in the Pentagon, to speak on O'Neill's behalf. [1]
Like the rest of his race, Thor is an asexual clone, incapable of cellular meiosis (therefore infertile), and has no sexual organs. This has allowed him to cheat death on multiple occasions, by means of downloading his consciousness into a newer, younger clone body, but also makes him vulnerable to the slow, genetic degradation being suffered by the rest of the Asgard. This has become something of a running joke on the show; at one point, O'Neill remarks, "That just never gets old, does it?" [3]
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[edit] History
[edit] Early Encounters
A holographic recording of Thor was first encountered by SG-1 in 1997. Appearing as a humanoid Viking, a holographic message awaited all Goa'uld who visited Cimmeria after they were transported to an underground cavern by Thor's Hammer. When SG-1 visited the planet, both Teal'c and Jack O'Neill were transported to the cavern, where they were greeted by the intimidating hologram.
However, during Teal'c's escape, the Hammer was destroyed, leaving Cimmeria vulnerable to Goa'uld attack. [4] Heru-ur eventually invaded the planet, forcing the Cimmerians to become his slaves and worship him. However, Daniel Jackson and Samantha Carter sought Thor's help in saving the people from the System Lords in the so-called Hall of Thor's Might, an elaborate sequence of tests to gauge whether the people of Cimmeria had advanced enough in order to see the Asgard in their true form. Thanks to SG-1's artificial advancement, they were able to inform Thor about the situation on the surface, who soon came to save Cimmeria. Thor admitted to SG-1 that his race had visited the Tau'ri on many occasions, but still considered them too young of a race to ally with against the Goa'uld. [5]
After Jack O'Neill accidentally got the Ancient information of the Repository of Knowledge downloaded into his brain, he eventually managed to contact the Asgard, developing the beginnings of a friendship. [6] Thor eventually got Earth included in the Protected Planets Treaty, safeguarding the planet from a direct Goa'uld attack. [7]
[edit] Thor and the Replicators
In 2000, Thor's ship, the Beliskner was overtaken by the Replicators, who found the location of Earth, a planet with plenty of raw materials, in the ship's database. The Replicators set a course for Earth, while Thor attempted to stop the Beliskner from reaching the planet. He managed to sabotage the outbound transporters to prevent the Replicators from beaming down, but he got severely injured in the process. Before losing consciousness, he beamed up Jack O'Neill, for whom he had left several recordings with instructions. Eventually, Jack O'Neill, with help from Teal'c and Carter (Daniel Jackson was suffering from appendicitis at the time) was able to destroy the ship and escape through the Stargate which had been beamed aboard earlier. [8]
When the Asgard homeworld was threatened by Replicators some time later, Thor, who was impressed by SG-1's primitive but effective tactics to destroy the Replicator-infested Beliskner menacing Earth, came back to Earth by Stargate to request help. He enlisted Carter's help and "less-advanced" ways of thinking in order to save his world. Eventually, Carter came up with the idea of luring away the approaching Replicator-infested ships by using the prototype for the extremely advanced O'Neill class battleship, and then destroying the ship, taking the chasing vessels with it. Thor subsequently rescued O'Neill and Teal'c at the last minute, who were battling Replicators on board a Russian submarine at the time. He promised to one day help the Tau'ri defeat the Goa'uld in return for saving his homeworld. [9]
[edit] Thor in SG-1's debt
When Adara II, a planet protected by the Protected Planets Treaty, was attacked by Anubis some time later, Thor was dispached in a single Beliskner class cruiser. However, Thor's weapons were insufficient to combat Anubis' newly upgraded Ha'taks, and he was subsequently captured. Anubis probed Thor's mind to find out about Asgard technology, However, Thor managed to tap into the ship's systems instead and render assistance to Jack O'Neill and Teal'c who had come to save him. After the two destroyed the Ha'tak's shield system, the three were beamed back and rescued by two Asgard battleships, although Thor's body lapsed into a coma. [2] Apparently, Thor had downloaded his consciousness into the Ha'tak's database, which he later commandeered and piloted to Earth, where his consciousness was salvaged and later transferred into a new body. [10]
Thor asked again for SG-1's assistance some weeks later after his people's plan to trap the Replicators inside a time-dilation field on the planet Hala backfired. Thor asked the SG-1, using the relatively primitive Prometheus, to land on the planet, discover what went wrong, and rectify the situation by resetting the time-dilation device. Although SG-1 came in contact with the first human-form Replicators, they were eventually successfull in activating the device, trapping the Replicators on the planet. [11] In return, Thor personally made an appearance at a secret meeting between members of Earth's UN Security Council taking place in the Pentagon, to speak on O'Neill's behalf and ensure the SGC retained control over the Earth Stargate. [1]
He later rendered assistance to SG-1 after Jack O'Neill had been cloned by Loki against the wishes of the Asgard High Council. [12]
[edit] Later appearances
As the Asgard realised the time-dilation device on Hala would not keep the Replicators bottled up for ever, Thor was sent to collaps Hala's star into a black hole. However, some Replicators were able to escape before Hala itself crossed the black hole's event horizon, which later almost infested the new Asgard homeworld, Orilla. Luckily, O'Neill, who recently had the information contained in the Ancient Repository of Knowledge again downloaded into his brain, managed to came up with an effective weapon to combat the scourge, the Replicator Disruptor. The Replicators were eventually forced to retreat from Orilla. [13]
After Replicator Carter contacted the SGC with false information that Fifth had devised a way to shield the Replicators from the Disruptor, Thor delivered a Disruptor satellite to the Alpha Site, and instructed Teal'c how to position the device. However, the entire plan was an elaborate ruse so that RepliCarter could make her brethren resistant against the Replicator Disruptor. [14]
Some weeks later, the Replicators launched an all-out attack against the Goa'uld, and the SGC was forced to ask Thor for assistance. Thor and Carter devised a way to again modify the Disruptor, although the Replicators quickly adapted. They realised the only way to defeat them would be to destroy all Replicators in one strike using the Dakara Superweapon although Thor's ship was boarded before the plan could be put into action. He was forced to beam Carter down and leave Earth, although he again downloaded his consciousness into the ship's database and later transferred it to a new clone body. [3]
After the SGC became a hub for several alternate realities, Thor was unable to render assistance to SG-1 as he was dealing with a "sensitive matter" in a neighbouring galaxy with Heimdall. Instead the Asgard sent the less likeable Kvasir in Thor's place. [15]
[edit] Quotes
- "Fair Game":
- Thor: "I am offering Earth a membership in our Protected Planets Treaty."
- O'Neill: "I don't know. A few of these babies we can- (Thor looks at him) Or we can try the negotiations thing."
- O'Neill: "Full well expected the other shoe to fall."
- Thor: "We can only hope that this is the final footwear to descend."
- "Revelations":
- Thor: "I am using the ship's internal communications systems to synthesise my voice."
- "Disclosure":
- Thor: Senator Kinsey. O'Neill suggested I send you to a distant planet for your actions here. I am reasonably certain his statement was in jest."
- Kinsey: "I'm sure it was Commander..." (pointing to Thor with his index finger)
- Thor (interrupting): "Supreme Commander."
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Disclosure" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Revelations" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Reckoning" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Thor's Hammer" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Thor's Chariot" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "The Fifth Race" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Fair Game" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Nemesis" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Small Victories" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Descent" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Unnatural Selection" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Fragile Balance" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "New Order" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Gemini" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Ripple Effect" (Stargate SG-1)
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