Janet Frasier
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| Stargate character | |
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 Dr. Janet Fraiser |
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| Janet Fraiser | |
| Race | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Rank | Captain/Major |
| Birthplace | US, Earth |
| Relatives | Cassandra (adopted daughter) Unnamed ex-husband |
| Portrayer | Teryl Rothery |
| First appearance | "The Broca Divide" |
Dr. Janet Fraiser, played by Teryl Rothery, was Chief Medical Officer of the SGC under Major General Hammond. She held the rank of Captain when she first appeared, and was promoted to Major in Season 3. Prior to joining Stargate Command, Dr. Janet Fraiser served as chief of the Aeromedical Services at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Her medical education includes a B.A. magna cum laude in chemistry and biology and an M.D. at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Janet was married before she came to the SGC, but it ended badly. She told Carter that her husband "took the term 'this man's army' a bit literally."
As the Chief Medical Officer of Stargate Command, Dr. Fraiser was responsible for maintaining the health of the SG teams, as well as the SGC's support staff and base personnel. On many occasions Fraiser was also responsible for the health of alien refugees to Earth, including Goa'uld symbiotes. She took the lead role in identifying infectious diseases, which are a constant threat when exploring new worlds, and developed various medical solutions to the problems faced when caring for alien beings. She defended her medical principles as strongly as her patients, sometimes in contradiction to near-term mission goals and regardless of the identity of her patients. Over her years with the SGC, Janet became the foremost expert on Goa'uld symbiotes. She pioneered numerous technological advancements, and became an expert at regulating and administering Tretonin.
Janet Fraiser first appeared in season one, when she endeavored to find a cure to an alien disease that turned humans into caveman-like creatures. She succeeds in developing a cure based on anti-histamine medication both she and Daniel Jackson take for allergies.[1] Later in the season, Dr. Fraiser is one of several women enlisted by then-Captain Carter to capture the Goa'uld queen Hathor from the brainwashed males at the SGC. In this episode, she reveals her ex-husband was a chauvinist, taking the slogan 'this man's army' a little too literally.[2] Soon after, Fraiser adopted Cassandra - an alien orphan whose people had been exterminated by the Goa'uld System Lord Nirrti. Later, in season five, we see more of the relationship between Janet and Cassandra. Strained as it may be, Janet cares for Cassandra as if she were her own daughter.[3][4]
When a film crew comes to document the SGC in late season seven, Fraiser was interviewed for Emmett Bregman's documentary celebrating the 1000th trip through the Stargate. During a shared meal with the documentarian, Fraiser was called away to a medical emergency on P3X-666 where she treated Senior Airman Simon Wells for a staff blast wound. Fraiser was shot by a Jaffa who had penetrated the guards' perimeter - the blast killed her instantly. Dr. Jackson, who had been filming a message for Airman Wells' wife, caught the incident on camera. Her loss greatly affected all SGC personnel, and was noted to the very top of the U.S. Administration as a tragic loss.[5] Airman Wells survived thanks to Dr. Fraiser and named his daughter "Janet" in honor of Dr. Fraiser. Carter spoke at Janet Fraiser's memorial inside the Embarkation Room at Stargate Command:
| “ | Janet Fraiser was an extraordinary person. She was kind and funny and talented. Above all, she was courageous. Try as I might, I could not find the words to honour her, to do justice to her life. Thankfully, I got some help. While words alone may not be enough, there are some names that might do. We often talk about those that give their lives in the service of their country, and while Janet Fraiser did just that, that's not what her life was about. The following are the names of the men and women who did not die in service, but who are in fact alive today, because of Janet. Major Samantha Carter. Doctor Daniel Jackson. Colonel Jack O'Neill. Teal'c. Sergeant Connie Smith. Major Ian Hules. Senior Airman Simon Well... (fades) | ” |
Fraiser appeared in an alternate timeline in the future, and as a character from an alternate reality. In the year 2010 (in an alternate timeline), Fraiser and Carter discover a conspiracy on Earth engineered by the Aschen to sterilize the entire population so as to eventually have uncontested control of the planet. In the alternate timeline, Fraiser had become obsolete after the arrival of the Aschen, who brought far more advanced medical technology with them. It is because she still maintains her 'old' equipment that Carter and Fraiser begin to suspect the Aschen are sterilizing the population, and she and SG-1 are eventually able to alter the timeline to prevent the Aschen from gaining a foothold on Earth.[6] Fraiser also returned in season nine, as a parallel universe version of Dr. Fraiser that appears when several SG-1 teams from alternate realities are pulled together; in her reality, she survived the mission and joined SG-1 as a regular member. In an emotional moment, Carter, Jackson and Teal'c are able to say goodbye to her as they could not do before her death.[7]
