Touchstone (Stargate SG-1)
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| “Touchstone” | |
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| Stargate SG-1 episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 14 |
| Guest stars | Tom McBeath as Col. Maybourne Matthew Walker as Roham Jerry Wasserman as Whitlow Tiffany Knight as La-Moor Eric Breker as Maj. Reynolds |
| Written by | Sam Egan |
| Directed by | Brad Turner |
| Production no. | 214 |
| Original airdate | October 30, 1998 |
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"Touchstone" is an episode from Season 2 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.
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[edit] Plot
SG-1 returns to the planet Medrona, where they intended to study a device on the planet called a Touchstone, a device that controls the planet's weather. However, upon returning to the planet, SG-1 is accused by the natives of stealing the Touchstone, who claim that men dressed in Stargate Command uniforms stole the device. Without the Touchstone, Medrona's weather is spinning violently out of control.
The team quickly reports back to Stargate Command and General Hammond of the accusation. After checking the base computer's mainframe, Samantha Carter discovers that the Earth's second Stargate is being used -- but not by Stargate Command. Carter explains that the gate is being used at the precise moment the S.G.C.'s gate is used to prevent detection.
After unsuccessful attempts to contact the president, Hammond begins to believe someone is controlling the president's schedule. Daniel also has suspisions -- after noticing unusual weather on Earth, he realizes the cause must be the Touchstone. Carter has also learned more about the situation. She confirms the location of the second Stargate -- Nevada. Hammond then reveals that Harry Maybourne has been transferred to Area 51, located in Nevada.
SG-1 then leaves for Area 51 to confront Maybourne. While there, the team learns that the second gate, supposedly under 24-hour guard, has been replaced with a replica. In an attempt to track the second gate, Daniel and O'Neill return to Medrona to overpower the gate and send a M.A.L.P. through. With the M.A.L.P., Stargate Command is able to find that the second gate is located somewhere in southern Utah. Calling in a favor, Hammond learns that a C5 airplane was used to secretly transport something to a particular airfield in southern Utah.
The team is sent to the airfield, where they find the second gate. They recover the Touchstone, but four men jump through the gate before the team is able to learn their destination. SG-1 returns the Touchstone to Medrona, where the people faced a deadly winter storm. Thanks to the return of the device, weather is restored. The second Stargate is once again moved, this time to the S.G.C., where a permanent iris is installed on the gate to ensure it is never used again.
[edit] Quotes
- Maybourne: Teal'c! It's good to see you well.
Teal'c: In my culture, I would be well within my rights to dismember you.
[edit] Contradictions with other episodes
- O'Neill refers to the people theoretically in charge of the covert use of the second Stargate as "Dark Side Guys," yet he reveals in the season five episode Ascension that he has never seen Star Wars.
- SG-2 was supposedly on a planet whose Stargate was "several galaxies" away from the Stargate on Madrona; however, it is later revealed that to dial outside the Milky Way Stargate network requires extraordinary power and an altered dialing program.
[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 October 15, 2006. 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.
