Wraith characters in Stargate

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This is a list of Wraith characters in the television series Stargate Atlantis. The Wraith are a hive-based parasitic species that drove the Ancients out of the Pegasus Galaxy around 8000 BC.

Thus far, none of the Wraith to appear on Stargate Atlantis have had their true names revealed (Ellia doesn't count because she was named by Zaddik, see below), so it is thus far unclear if they even have names. Because of their unwillingness to speak their own names to humans, Lt. Colonel Sheppard often gives the captured Wraith amusing/generic earth names.

The majority of male leader, scientist and female queens have been played by the same actors, James Lafazanos and Andee Frizzell respectively. James Lafazanos has since left the show after the end of season 2. Other male wraiths have been played by Christopher Heyerdahl (season 3 onwards), Jeffrey C. Robinson (season 2), Dan Payne (season 3), James Bamford (season 3) and Brendan Penny (season 4).

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[edit] "Steve"

Stargate character

"Steve"
Steve
Race Wraith
Gender Male
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer James Lafazanos
First appearance "Suspicion"

Steve (a.k.a Steve the Wraith) appeared in several episodes of the TV show Stargate Atlantis. "Steve" was played by James Lafazanos, who also portrayed other Wraith characters (notably "Bob" the Wraith). Steve is considered very popular amongst fans. He has several music videos mourning his loss, and has created a fandom similar to the Klingon fandom amongst the Star Trek community though admittedly not to that size.

"Steve" was a Wraith commander tasked with tracking Teyla Emmagan via a short-range homing device embedded in her necklace. Upon this discovery, the Atlantis exploration team under Major John Sheppard set a trap for the Wraith, hoping to capture one to interrogate; "Steve" was the only survivor from Sheppard's trap.[1] "Steve" was held in a force field prison in the Atlantis base and it is assumed that he was under constant surveillance by two guards. While imprisoned, "Steve" unsuccessfully attempted to use telepathic hallucinations to distract the guards.

The captured Wraith would not reveal his true name, so Major Sheppard named him "Steve" while interrogating him (The Wraith replied to the name that all Sheppard needed to know was that the Wraith would be his death, prompting Sheppard to say "I prefer Steve"). Steve died after exposure to a prototype anti-Wraith vaccine,[2] developed by Dr. Carson Beckett and the Hoffans; tested on "Steve" with the permission of Dr. Elizabeth Weir, despite being a violation of the Third Geneva Convention regarding the treatment of prisoners of war. [3] Major John Sheppard originally rationalized the experiment by claiming that, when the Third Geneva Convention was assembled, the Wraith would have eaten the attendees if they had been present. Eventually, Weir was swayed to allow Steve to be used in the experiment. Steve was unable to feed on the test subject, but the vaccine caused a toxic reaction in Steve, causing his major organs to shut down simultaneously and kill Steve.

[edit] Quotes

  • "I am your death. That is all you need to know."
  • "Keeping me here will only hasten your doom."
  • "When I am free, you [Sheppard] will be the first that I feed upon"

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[edit] "Bob"

Stargate character

Bob, the Wraith Scout and Saboteur
Bob
Race Wraith
Gender Male
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer James Lafazanos
First appearance "The Siege (Part 1)"

Bob (a.k.a. "Bob the Wraith" to fans) was, like most male Wraith, played by James Lafazanos.

He was named "Bob" in the same manner that Sheppard named an earlier Wraith, "Steve", since "Bob" refused to disclose his true name.

Bob piloted a Wraith Dart on a reconnaissance mission to Atlantis ahead of the Wraith assault. To throw off the scent, as it were, Bob self-destructed the dart as he feinted an escape from pursuing Puddle Jumpers. [4] Unknown to the Atlantis team, he actually used the Dart's culling beam to transport into the city. There he proceeded to commit sabotage, badly injure Sgt. Bates and appear in Teyla Emmagan's dreams, during which she also saw herself as a Wraith. However it is unknown if this happened because of deliberate use of telepathic powers on Bob's part, or if she only had nightmares because of his presence. Bob was able to hide in Atlantis for approximately two weeks. Bob was finally discovered when Atlantis's biometric sensor array was calibrated to show Wraith life-signs. When he was confronted, Bob attacked Major John Sheppard with his stunner rifle. His intention to feed on Sheppard was thwarted by the arrival of Lieutenant Aiden Ford, who stunned the Wraith. Bob was then taken to a cell and interrogated. There, he refused to disclose any information about his mission, the approaching Wraith fleet, or even his true name. Teyla attempted telepathic contact with Bob, who responded by forcing himself into Teyla's mind. Sheppard was forced to shoot him several times. Since the damage was severe, and since it is possible that Bob had not fed in some time (Wraith healing ability is thought to be linked to feeding), Bob was unable to regenerate and died. [5]

[edit] Wraith Survivor

Stargate character

Wraith Survivor
Wraith Survivor
Race Wraith
Gender Male
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer James Lafazanos
First appearance "The Defiant One"

In the first season episode "The Defiant One," the Atlantis crew encountered a crew member of a Wraith "supply ship" that had crash landed on an uninhabited planet with no stargate, containing hundreds of captured humans in suspended animation. He had survived over 10,000 years by feeding on the cargo of humans as well as his fellow Wraith crew members. He was eventually killed after a prolonged battle with Sheppard, when a team coming to rescue Sheppard and McKay launched a drone weapon at him.

The Wraith Survivor was noticeably more durable than previous Wraith encountered, regenerating within minutes from more than 20 bullets of P90 fire and even a direct blast from a detonated wraith grenade. He was only eventually stopped when completely obliterated by an ancient drone weapon. Dr. McKay theorized that the Wraith's rapid regeneration was due to the fact it had fed recently, while Sheppard thought that there was something significant about this particular Wraith. Since similar traits where also seen in a Wraith Queen who had survived in similar circumstances for a similar timeframe, it is possible that this process had weeded out all weaker wraith leaving only the very strongest. Alternatively, the cannibalism of other wraith may have strengthened him in some way. He was also far more sadistic than other wraith and took obvious pleasure when feeding on a human, although this may have simply been a result of 10,000 years of isolation.

[edit] Ellia

Stargate character

Ellia
Ellia
Race Wraith
Gender Female
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer Jewel Staite
First appearance "Instinct"

Ellia is a young female Wraith who has been raised as a human. Appearing in the second season episode "Instinct," Ellia is played by Jewel Staite.

Encountering a primitive people who claimed they are being fed upon by a mysterious beast, but who otherwise seem ignorant of the Wraith, the members of the Atlantis team begin to search the surrounding forest for what they have deduced is a lone Wraith soldier. While searching in the woods for the Wraith that had been terrorizing the village, the Atlantis team meets a man named Zaddik and his adopted daughter Ellia, a Wraith whom he rescued as a young child. A lone Wraith Dart had crashed on the planet years ago and, though the villagers had slain all Wraith that survived the crash, Zaddik spared the baby he found because of its apparent innocence. Raised with compassion and love, treated as no different from any human daughter, Ellia demonstrates typical human emotions and characteristics (Including fear and guilt). According to Zaddik, Ellia has never fed on a human. When she first began craving human life force, Zaddik began experimenting and developed a serum as an alternative.

Dr. Beckett visits Zaddik and Ellia's home to study the serum, and Ellia overhears him mention a retrovirus he is developing to potentially turn Wraith into humans. Ellia hates being a Wraith, and takes the drug without Dr. Beckett's knowledge, despite the fact that it isn't yet ready. The retrovirus has the exact opposite effect intended, and increases the effects of the Iratus bug on her DNA.

Ellia confesses to Zaddik that his serum has never worked and she has been feeding on humans in the village for years. Another Wraith survived the crash, an adult male, and Ellia had been following him to feed whenever he did, hiding her involvement by only picking the scraps he left behind. The effects of the retrovirus appear to grow in intensity over time, and she becomes increasingly violent. She throws Zaddik against a tree and runs away. As he is dying, he reveals that while he was developing the serum he allowed Ellia to feed on him to relieve her hunger. He was, in fact, the missing son of one of the villagers; and his apparent age is only a result of the feeding of Ellia. Colonel Sheppard tracks Ellia down, and though he tries to convince her to return with him and be treated to reverse the effects of the retrovirus, she attacks him and begins feeding on him, and he and Ronon are forced to kill her. [6] Her attack on Sheppard, though, had consequences since she infected him with the retrovirus [7].

[edit] Michael

Stargate character

Michael in "The Kindred"
Michael
Race Wraith/Human hybrid
Gender Male
Rank Renegade, possibly originally some sort of Scientist
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer Connor Trinneer (except "Allies")
Brent Stait in "Allies"
First appearance "Michael"

Michael Kenmore is the name of the Wraith who was transformed into a human by the crew of the Atlantis expedition. Michael is played by Connor Trinneer, except in "Allies" where he was played by Brent Stait.

The transformation was made possible by using a retrovirus developed by Dr. Carson Beckett and his team. It suppresses the Wraith DNA and allows the human DNA that the Iratus bug absorbed to come through.

When he turned into a human, he lost all of his former Wraith memories as well. The Atlantis team thought it wiser not to divulge this information to him.

Michael eventually learned about his Wraith origins and returned to the Wraith [8], only to later return in a bid to join forces with the Atlantis team to help destroy the Wraith. It was later found out that they were not intending to join forces at all, but simply trying to learn Earth's coordinates and how to modify their hyperdrive. [9]. He was not made privy to the plans made by the Hive Queen in this regard.

His transformation back into a Wraith was not a complete process, and he resembled a human being more than other Wraith, which made him a pariah among the Wraith. Fearing for his life, he decided to help Col. Sheppard rescue Dr. McKay and Ronon in exchange for getting him off the hive ship. [10]

Following his return to Atlantis, Michael was stunned by Ronon Dex and then given an updated dosage of the retrovirus, then shipped off to a quarantine planet. Whilst there, he was one of a few of the humanized Wraith who began to revert to their original forms, contacted a nearby Hive Ship, overpowered the guards, and imprisoned Dr. Beckett. It was assumed that he and the other Wraith on the planet were killed in the ensuing attack by the then-Human-controlled Hive Ship.

It was later discovered that Michael had indeed survived the attack and was transported onto the other Wraith Hive Ship that arrived on the scene. However, after being rescued, Michael was seen with suspicion by the other Wraith who realized that he was not 'clean' or 'pure' due to the Human taint in his DNA. He barely managed to escape with his life from the Hive Ship after which he began making several bases on various worlds.

Within these locations he would begin genetic experiments on the Iratus bug with the goal of creating a powerful creature that would serve him. These creatures had the Iratus bug qualities enhanced to make them appear more insectile, vicious and ruthless in battle. He would create the creatures by feeding Humans to the Iratus bug and would then begin manipulating the eggs of the creatures. Numerous failures were done until he finally succeeded in breeding a warrior species for himself. He would journey between his bases through the use of a Wraith Dart. The Taranian people were one civilization that fell before Michael's creatures until the Atlantis Expedition arrived and discovered his work. He managed to escape from the world with several hundred of his creatures.[11]

Several months later a number of seemingly random outbreaks of a disease with a projected 30% mortality rate come to the attention of the Atlantis team, particularly when Dr. Keller's analysis reveals the disease is a variant of the Wraith-poisoning inoculation developed by the Hoffans and Carson Beckett. An exchange of information between Atlantis and "Todd" reveals that Michael is most likely behind the random seeding of the inoculation. Michael admits this to Teyla after abducting her, and reveals that it is part of his plan to oust the Wraith as the dominant species in the galaxy. Taking their place will be a Human-Wraith hybrid race with all the strengths of the Wraith, but lacking their one weakness: the need to feed on humans. While explaining his plan to Teyla, Michael reveals that he has already undergone this change, showing her that his hand no longer bears the Wraith feeding organs. [12]. Michael also reveals that he was the one responsible for abducting Teyla's people, and that he is turning them into hybrids like himself.

In the alternate future during the events of "The Last Man", he kills Teyla after she gives birth, as he had no further use for her. Using her baby, he is finally able to fulfil his plans for Galactic domination. He went on to give every human world in the galaxy the Hoffan Anti-Wraith drug. The Wraith began to fight each other and within a year, Michael had brought the Wraith to their knees, even beheading the last remaining Wraith Queen and parading the head in front of his followers. He then turned his attention back to the human worlds and turned the stronger inhabitants into hybrids, and destroyed every planet with weaker people. He succeeded in ruling the Galaxy.

However, Dr. McKay set a plan into action. Everyone believed Colonel Sheppard to be dead after he disappeared following a mission, but Rodney knew he had been sent into the future. He creates a hologram of himself and when Sheppard reaches the future, the hologram tells him where Teyla was found. Rodney knew that through doing this, Sheppard and the expedition of the past could save her and stop Michael getting his hands on her baby. When Sheppard returns from the future, he leads a team to one of Michael's main facilities where he was planning for Teyla to have the baby. But they were early, and Michael had booby-trapped the building Sheppard's team was in. The trap is triggered, causing the building to collapse, trapping Sheppard, McKay, Ronon, Lorne and several others.

[edit] Hive Keeper

Stargate character

Hive Keeper in "Rising"
Hive Keeper
Race Wraith
Gender Female
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer Andee Frizzell
First appearance "Rising"

The first female Wraith that the Atlantis team meets is the "hive keeper". It is not clear if she is a full "Queen" or not, though she does command all of the handful of Wraith in her ship who are not hibernating. She takes one Athosian and then Colonel Sumner for questioning. Upon interrogating Sumner, she learns of Earth, with its huge population. Sumner refuses to give her Earth's Stargate address, so she starts draining his life away when he refuses to answer. Major Sheppard, who lead a rescue party onto the hive ship that their friends were taken to, finds Sumner having his life sucked out of him by the Keeper and shoots him to spare him more suffering. Sheppard is captured, and the Keeper finds the Lantean life signs detector on him. But right before the Keeper starts feeding on him, Ford appears and shoots her Wraith warriors. Sheppard frees himself and rams a Wraith stunner into the Keeper's stomach. Just as Ford and Sheppard start to leave the Keeper says that by killing her they will awaken all the other Wraith, and then she dies. Within seconds, the entire hive begins to awaken—and each one is aware that there is a rich new feeding ground available, and the only way to get to it is through Atlantis. [13]

[edit] Wraith Queen 1

Stargate character
Wraith Queen 1
Race Wraith
Gender Female
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer Andee Frizzell
First appearance "The Lost Boys"

The first Queen seen in the series, appears in "The Lost Boys" and "The Hive" played by Andee Frizzell.

When Lt Col Sheppard, and former Lt Ford combined their teams to assault a Wraith Hive-Ship, they were captured and Sheppard was brought before the Hive Ship Queen [14]. Inflicting similar mind control techniques on him as the Wraith keeper used on Col. Sumner, she tried to interrogate him, wanting to know where he obtained the Wraith Dart he used to board the Hive. She left when she sensed another Hive ship had pulled up alongside her own. Sheppard and the remnants of his team later escaped, only to be captured again and put into separate cells. Sheppard was put in a cell with a young woman who appeared to be a victim, but turned out to be a Wraith worshipper and was attempting to gain information from him. When Sheppard was brought before the Queen again, he revealed that he had figured out the Queen's plan. He also claimed to be a worshipper (or rather, a business partner) of the Queen of the other Hive that was currently traveling along with them and that they were planning on attacking (a lie which worked to Sheppard's advantage later, resulting in the destruction of both Hive ships). Infuriated with Sheppard, the Queen was about to feed on him when Lt Ford, having escaped his own cell, shot her with Ronon's blaster, killing her instantly. [15]

[edit] Wraith Queen 2

Stargate character
Wraith Queen 2
Race Wraith
Gender Female
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer Andee Frizzell
First appearance "Allies"

Appears in "Allies" and "No Man's Land", played again by Andee Frizzell.

She came to Atlantis under the pretenses of wanting the retrovirus. When Atlantis asked why they wanted to talk, the Wraith sent their jamming codes to Atlantis. They had the retrovirus tested on an enemy hive ship. When the "friendly" Wraith were searched the virus was found and the Wraith were killed. The enemy hive opened fire on the "friendly" hive. They returned to Atlantis to repair their ship. She gave the Wraith database to Atlantis in exchange for help in repairs. The Wraith later betrayed them by including a piece of spyware that forwarded the location of Earth, as well as the Aurora mission report (which contained how to convert hyperdrives to intergalactic hyper drives).[9] She later ostracized Michael by claiming him to be "polluted". She was killed by Sheppard after luring Major Lorne into a trap. [10]

The retrovirus did not work on her and she did not change into a human. Dr. McKay says that Dr. Beckett wondered that the females may be immune to the retrovirus. [10]

[edit] Wraith Queen 3

Stargate character
Wraith Queen 3
Race Wraith
Gender Female
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer Andee Frizzell
First appearance "Submersion"

Appears in "Submersion" and played by Andee Frizzell.

This Wraith Hive Queen is over 10,000 years old and was present in the first wave of Wraith ships that laid siege to Atlantis during the time. She was said to be a Queen of a powerful alliance, however, during the battle her cruiser's drive system was damaged and crashed onto the planet Atlantis is located on. Crashing into the sea and buried at the bottom, she remained there, attempting to survive. She cannibalized her own crew in order to accomplish this and went into hibernation in hope of living long enough until a rescue could be mounted for her but none came.

This changed when she awoke and felt the presence of members of the Atlantis Expedition who were journeying to a nearby Lantean mobile drilling platform. Her mind was invaded by Teyla, through the use of her own telepathic abilities granted by her Wraith DNA. However, the Queen was the stronger mind and she 'possessed' Teyla and made her accomplish her goals. The Hive Queen swam from her cruiser, whose depth would have killed an unprotected human, however, her regenerative abilities as well as determination kept her alive. As part of a contingency plan, she activated her cruisers self destruct system which, along with being present over a geothermal vent that was weak, would have caused catastrophic devastation to the planet. Upon reaching the drilling station, she made Teyla sabotage the facility before disengaging telepathic contact. She fed on two scientists at which point she encountered a Puddle Jumper, however, she did not possess the Lantean gene that would have allowed her to pilot the craft. She attempted to force Colonel John Sheppard, through telepathy, to pilot the ship to the nearest Stargate in order for her to rejoin her kind, however, it was damaged when Ronon Dex fired at the window, letting water to surge in and leaving the Queen unconscious.

She would be drugged and probed for information by Teyla at which point her self destruct plan for her cruiser was revealed. She would goad Teyla into probing her mind and succeeded in repossessing her. However, she learns that the Atlantis Expedition had repaired her ships engines and she planned to journey back to her kind in the cruiser. She travelled by to her ship and deactivated the self destruct and attempted to feed on Colonel Sheppard however she was ambushed and killed. It was revealed that the cruisers engines had never been repaired and that Teyla had implanted a false memory in her mind in order to deceive the Queen.

She is eventually killed by Sheppard and McKay who both noted that it took a lot more fire-power to kill her than the previous Hive Queen and the Keeper they had killed. A full clip of a P90 from McKay and several rounds from Sheppard's 9mm was required to finish her. This could be an indication that the more powerful a Wraith Female's mental powers are the greater rate of regeneration they possess.

Another theory that could be taken from this character is that a Wraiths mental powers are somehow related to their age. This can't really be proven however as other documented Queen encounters has made no reference to their age.[16]

[edit] Wraith General

Stargate character
Wraith Leader
Race Wraith
Gender Male
Rank Unknown, possibly some sort of Leader
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer Dan Payne
First appearance "Sateda"

Appears in "Sateda" and is played by Dan Payne.

The Wraith General, more commonly known to fans as the "Wraith King", who appeared in the episode Sateda, was the presumed leader of a hive that captures Ronon Dex. This Wraith took a very personal interest in Ronon, offering a village exemption from all future cullings in return for Ronon's capture (a deal he later went back on, after capturing Ronon the village was culled). When Ronon was captured, the General had a new transmitter placed in Ronon's back and released him on the ruined world of Sateda, where Ronon was hunted by ever increasing numbers of Wraith. However Ronon defeated all the hunters (with some help from John Sheppard and Teyla). Eventually, after Ronon taunting him via a Wraith probe, the General engaged Ronon in a one-on-one fight. Ronon forbade Sheppard or Teyla from interfering, threatening them with death (Teyla apparently dismissed his remark, but told Sheppard that Ronon might never forgive them if they interrupted the fight). However it soon became clear that the injured Ronon was no match for the Wraith General and Rodney McKay and Carson Beckett (who were unaware of Ronon's threats to Sheppard and Teyla) ended the fight by firing a drone from their cloaked jumper and killing the General. Beckett was the one who fired the drone but once he was sure Ronon wasn't angry with them for interfering, Rodney claimed to have come up with the idea.

Before his appearance it was assumed that all Wraith Hives were run by Queens, however in the episode he was shown as a leader of the Hive, even sitting in the throne that the queen in No Man's Land had occupied. There is no Queen shown in the episode, so it is unknown if this character was the actual leader of the hive ship, or if he was simply some sort of Hunt Leader. The IMDB listing for Dan Payne records the character as "Big Wraith".

Dan Payne has appeared numerous other times in Stargate - he played the original Kull Warrior or Supersoldier and over the years made many appearances as one of Anubis' new supersoldiers. He will be playing another male Wraith in season 4 of Stargate Atlantis.

[edit] "Todd"

Stargate character

Captive Wraith/"Todd"
Captive Wraith/"Todd"
Race Wraith
Gender Male
Rank Unknown, possibly some sort of Leader or Scientist
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer Christopher Heyerdahl
First appearance "Common Ground"

"Todd" first appears in the third season episode "Common Ground", returning in the fourth season as a recurring character, which also formally introduces his "name" as Todd. He is played by Christopher Heyerdahl and distinguished by a starburst-shaped tattoo centered around his left eye. Information released by Joe Mallozzi in his blog implied that he would play a role throughout the season, and revealed the name "Todd" before it was actually used on screen.

Before his capture, Todd was a Wraith of some political standing; after being freed he is in loose command of about a dozen Hive Ships (out of at most 60 in the galaxy), and these had remained loyal to him during his imprisonment, implying that he used to command even more. He notes that his time spent in Commander Kolya's prison diminished his standing among the Wraith, further supporting the notion that he held a great deal of influence beforehand. He's also an adept scientist, having a significant understanding of nanite coding and Wraith technology in general.

Todd's personality is unusual for a natural pure-blooded Wraith, serving in many ways as the Wraith equivalent to the Goa'uld System Lord Yu, as both were known to ally themselves with humans when faced with a significant enough threat. He is reasonable, surprisingly loyal, and to a degree quite honorable, keeping his bargains rather than manipulating them. He is far more willing to make compromises and deals with humans and acts far less arrogantly in their presence. During his imprisonment with Sheppard, he commented that it would be worth escaping just to see the stars again, implying that he has a sense of beauty and appreciation of freedom. He also seems to regard the act of feeding as more of a necessity than an act of sadistic pleasure. More recently, due to his continued presence among the Atlantis teams, he seems to have developed a grudging respect for the teams' various abilities. During Teyla's telepathic struggle with a Queen, he is seen looking on with a degree of surprised admiration. It is unknown how much of his personality is due to his long imprisonment and contact with humans. He still retains considerable standing among the Wraith, although it has significantly waned.

When first introduced, Todd (then unnamed) is a prisoner of Genii forces loyal to Commander Acastus Kolya. As part of their plan to get the Atlantis expedition to turn over Ladon Radim, the current leader of the Genii, they have him periodically feed on, but not completely drain, Colonel John Sheppard. He feeds on Sheppard three times before they conspire to escape from the prison, Sheppard having given Todd a new sense of hope. Working together, the two overpower their guards and escape, only to be cornered as they approach the Stargate. In order to gain the strength to fight them off, Todd almost completely drains Sheppard, leaving him barely alive but allowing Todd to easily kill the Genii soldiers. To repay Sheppard for freeing him, he drains the three soldiers and uses their life-force to regenerate Sheppard; Doctor Rodney McKay even claims that Sheppard looks younger than he did before. Sheppard, in turn, leaves Todd on another planet to link up with his hive. Both he and Sheppard agree that, should they meet again, they would be enemies.

Todd returns in "The Seer" to forge an alliance with Atlantis against the Asurans, informing Atlantis of their new strategy of wiping out every human in the galaxy to deprive the Wraith of a food supply. Since the efforts of the Atlantis personnel have rendered the Wraith's previous virus ineffective in shutting off the Asuran Wraith-attack command, he needs their help to adjust it, jokingly offering to to secure their truce with a handshake. He is stranded on Atlantis after the Hive Ship which brought him is destroyed by another suspicious Hive. He remains in Atlantis custody for several episodes, working with McKay on the nanite coding. During this time he hacked McKay's computer and took the macro for the Carter-McKay gate bridge allowing the Wraith to attack Midway Station and Stargate Command.

In the episode "Be All My Sins Remember'd", Todd secures his freedom when he convinces seven Wraith Hive Ships to join with Atlantis' two Daedalus-class battlecruisers in an assault on the Asuran homeworld. Todd uses the battle as a distraction to covertly steal several ZPM's from the Asuran homeworld in order to power a massive Wraith cloning facility. However, he is betrayed and imprisoned by a rival hive in "Spoils of War", set to be fed upon by a Wraith Queen once he outlives his usefulness. Sheppard's team locates his damaged ship and frees Todd, and together they destroy the facility by ramming it with the damaged Hive-Ship. He escaped this hive ship on a dart separately from Sheppard's team.

Later, it is revealed that Todd provided information to a Wraith faction allowing them to attack the Midway station and Stargate Command in the episode "Midway", implying that he conducted espionage on the expedition during his stay in Atlantis, and that he is still alive. This is later confirmed in the episode "The Kindred" when random outbreaks of a modified version of the Wraith-poisoning inoculation prompt Todd to arrange another collaboration in order to stop the threat to both races. When confronted with his apparent involvement in the Midway incident Todd admits to stealing information from McKay's laptop, but insists that the Wraith who planned the Midway occupation stole the information from him in turn.

In the alternate future Sheppard learned about when he traveled forwards in time in "The Last Man", it was revealed that Todd died fighting alongside Ronon Dex in an attempt to destroy one of Michael's research facilities, the two sacrificing themselves to allow Ronon's strike force to escape before setting off the C4 explosives.

[edit] Wraith Queen 4

Stargate character
Wraith Queen 4
Race Wraith
Gender Female
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer Andee Frizzell
First appearance "Spoils of War"

Appears in "Spoils of War" and played by Andee Frizzell.

This Wraith Queen made use of at least one captured ZPM, confiscated from Todd, to spawn newborn Wraith warriors on a massive scale, with thousands of warriors being incubated in a cloning facility. Such facilities had been instrumental in the defeat of the Lanteans. A number of Wraith warriors were born, then cloned en masse. The Queen planned to kill Todd after he he had completed his work, however her mind was overpowered by Teyla and her body was forced to release the captured Sheppard, McKay and Ronon. The Queen's consciousness discovered the presence of Teyla's baby during this connection and began to attack him psychically. She was killed by Sheppard before she could snuff out the unborn child. Sheppard made his escape and demolished her base by ramming it with a captured Wraith Hive-Ship

[edit] Wraith Queen 5

Stargate character
Wraith Queen 5
Race Wraith
Gender Female
Birthplace Unknown
Portrayer Andee Frizzell
First appearance "The Last Man"

Appears in "The Last Man" and like all Wraith Queens, was played by Andee Frizzell.

The second Wraith queen to appear in season 4, has a brief appearance during the season fianale, The Last Man. She is one of the surviving queens during the civil war between the Wraith. After Michael begins to destroy the Wraith armada, the Wraith have been brought to their knees. The queen is brought into Michael's tent, and is held down by his hybrids. Her words to Michael are: "You will pay for this," To which he responds: "You still have your pride, good for you," before he slits her throat, and decapitates her. He holds up her head to his soldiers, to show that he has beaten the Wraith.

[edit] References

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  2. ^ "Poisoning the Well". Stargate Atlantis.
  3. ^ "Letters from Pegasus". Stargate Atlantis.
  4. ^ "The Brotherhood". Stargate Atlantis.
  5. ^ "The Siege, Part 1". Stargate Atlantis.
  6. ^ "Instinct". Stargate Atlantis.
  7. ^ "Conversion". Stargate Atlantis.
  8. ^ "Michael". Stargate Atlantis.
  9. ^ a b "Allies". Stargate Atlantis.
  10. ^ a b c "No Man's Land". Stargate Atlantis.
  11. ^ "Vengeance". Stargate Atlantis.
  12. ^ "The Kindred". Stargate Atlantis.
  13. ^ "Rising". Stargate Atlantis.
  14. ^ "The Lost Boys". Stargate Atlantis.
  15. ^ "The Hive". Stargate Atlantis.
  16. ^ "Submersion". Stargate Atlantis.

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