Ausgate Founder, and Gatecon co-creator, Allan Gowen, returns to moderate a head-to-head trivia game between GateWorld’s Darren Sumner and Dial the Gate’s David Read. Trivia questions featured will be from Stargate SG-1 Seasons One to Five as we decide, once and for all, who is the supreme Stargate geek. At least as far as classic SG-1 trivia goes.

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David Read:
Hello, everyone and welcome to Episode 126 of Dial the Gate. Before we really get this one going, I wanted to introduce my parents’ dog. This is Chico. It’s OK. He doesn’t like to be held this way but this is my buddy. Can you say hi? Huh? Hi, world. This is Chico. He’s an adopted pet. Darren, hello, GateWorld Darren.

Darren Sumner:
Hello.

David Read:
I know how much you like dogs.

Darren Sumner:
I love doggies. I like looking at them over Zoom.

David Read:
There we go. And Allan. How are you, my friend?

Allan Gowen:
Good morning, David. How are you?

David Read:
Doing very well. Go back to Pop. Go back to Pop. Go on. Go on. Good boy. Wanted to make Chico a permanent part of Dial the Gate history. So, Trivia number Six. Thank you, gentlemen, so much for joining.

Allan Gowen:
You’re very welcome.

David Read:
What time is it in Australia?

Allan Gowen:
It’s just hit 8:00 AM.

David Read:
OK, so it’s not godawful.

Allan Gowen:
Not too bad.

David Read:
OK. Darren, you’re Pacific Coast?

Darren Sumner:
Pacific, we’re two o’clock straight up.

David Read:
OK, sweet. I appreciate you guys coming on here. Before we get started, if you like Stargate and you wanna see more content like this on YouTube, it would mean a great deal if you click the Like button. It makes a difference with YouTube’s algorithm and will definitely help the show continue to grow its audience. Please also consider sharing this video with a Stargate friend and if you wanna get notified about future episodes, click the Subscribe icon. Giving the bell icon a click will notify you the moment a new video drops and you’ll get my notifications of any last-minute guest changes. So, for this episode, it is live Stargate trivia. Allan Gowen of Ausgate and Gatecon has arrived with a series of questions for us from his Ausgate database. Am I right about that, Allan?

Allan Gowen:
You are correct, yes. We have over 27,000 quiz questions in the Ausgate database and we’re gonna give you a couple of them today, mainly from Season One to Five of SG-1.

David Read:
OK. These 27,000 quiz questions, do they encompass the entire Stargate franchise on Ausgate?

Allan Gowen:
They do. The only one that we don’t have on there just yet, but it’s coming soon, is Stargate Infinity.

David Read:
Wow.

Allan Gowen:
We’re just about ready to go with starting to design the questions for the new section. We’re having to redraw a lot of the graphics because it was a four to three, fairly low-resolution series. I’m in the middle of redrawing the Infinity Stargate to make it look good on the site.

David Read:
Allan, my perfectionist.

Allan Gowen:
We have all three normal Stargate series. We have Stargate Origins, done up as individual episodes, rather than the full Catherine movie. We have Stargate the Movie, the original movie. We have the two SG-1 movies and we have a section at the moment called Stargate Academy, where you get lots of really in-depth questions from Samantha Carter talking about astrophysics and things like that.

David Read:
Wow. I’ve got your logo up, your current logo in the main page here. Do you have to create an account in order to access this portal?

Allan Gowen:
You do. You create an account then you verify your email. Come in, you select a homeworld and then once you’re in you will start off at Season One Episode One, “Children of the Gods” at Jack’s place and it’s an adventure site. You literally travel through each location within each episode of every series of Stargate.

David Read:
You do not have to be an Australian to get in?

Allan Gowen:
No, you don’t have to be an Australian. There’s only actually a few Australians in there. Most of our members are from the US, UK, Canada, all around the world, so it’s good.

David Read:
I’m sure Darren can attest to this, looking at the analytics from all of our different dashboards, from YouTube to Google and everything else, how widespread the community is. Isn’t that right, Darren?

Darren Sumner:
Yeah, it’s fun to cover a franchise that’s really been global and it’s been global for a couple of decades. You can see the analytics cross the globe map depending on what time of day it is. There’s Stargate fans all over the place.

David Read:
Absolutely. Darren, before I get to you, Allan, I wanted to ask you how things are coming with Gatecon 2022. We’re getting pretty close.

Allan Gowen:
Yes. We’re finally getting there. We’re having our 2020 convention this year in 2022. It’s probably been delayed twice already, but we’re all go. We currently have 38 guests signed up. We don’t do things small.

David Read:
Jesus. No. This is true.

Darren Sumner:
Never.

Allan Gowen:
Our average is between 30 and 40 guests every year, so we have a lot of guests. We’re gonna be in Richmond, Vancouver, Canada from September 1st to 5th. We have shooting location bus tours, because Stargate was filmed in the area where we have the convention. We get people on buses and take them to all the popular shooting locations and even locations that you would never think of. We drive past Sam’s house and a lot of different locations. We still have tickets available; we still have a very few bus tour tickets available. We have a costume competition. We’ve just announced our cocktail competition where you can design your own cocktail, Stargate-themed cocktails.

David Read:
Wow.

Allan Gowen:
At our banquet, the guests try the cocktails and vote on the best cocktail. The hotel, the Richmond Inn, where we hold it, I think in 2018, actually took that cocktail and turned it into an over-the-bar drink.

David Read:
Seriously?

Allan Gowen:
Yeah, so that was pretty cool.

David Read:
Wow. Okay. Yeah, so tickets are now on sale for the Vancouver event.

Allan Gowen:
They are and it’s just simply www.gatecon.com.

David Read:
All right. Very cool. Darren?

Darren Sumner:
I’m excited to go to Gatecon. I’ve been waiting for this forever. My first Gatecon was the last one in 2018.

Allan Gowen:
Yeah, 2018. Yeah.

Darren Sumner:
I met Allan face-to-face and the rest of the Gatecon crew and I have just been waiting through the Netu that we’ve all been living through. If you’ve never been to a Stargate convention, this is the one to go to. You don’t have to live in the Vancouver area; people fly in from all over the place. If you’re comfortable flying and being in a ballroom full of people, this is the convention to go to, Gatecon.

David Read:
It is.

Darren Sumner:
It’s the first week of September this year. It’s going to be a blast.

Allan Gowen:
September 1st to 5th.

David Read:
It was the first convention of any kind that I had ever been to, the first one was 2003 for me. I thought that this was how they all were ad boy, was I mistaken. Others are perfectly serviceable events but there’s something about Gatecon that’s just pure magic. It’s the people, I think that’s largely to do with it.

Allan Gowen:
Thank you.

David Read:
Darren, when you joined in 2018, it was like my two Stargate worlds, pardon the pun, had collided. You and I had always talked about this event and I had always reported it when I was in my teens.

Darren Sumner:
Covered it in your daily mail.

David Read:
And you’d never been.

Darren Sumner:
Yeah, it was worlds coming together. You remember the first time that we interviewed Teryl Rothery? You interviewed Teryl Rothery, and I was in the room, and we referred to her as sort of the long-lost aunt that we had never met before.

David Read:
Right, very much so.

Darren Sumner:
It felt like family.

David Read:
We had just lost Don at that point, too.

Darren Sumner:
We had just lost Don. When I went to Gatecon in 2018, it was the same thing. It was like an extended family reunion of all these family members that I hadn’t actually met or hadn’t seen since I was a kid; it’s got that sort of atmosphere.

David Read:
Yeah, if you have an opportunity to be there, if you have the geographic advantage of being a few hours away from Vancouver, please consider going. Allan, you ready for us?

Allan Gowen:
Yes, sir. I’m ready.

David Read:
Before we get that started, Darren, any updates from GateWorld? Big story you just published about the done-deal merger.

Darren Sumner:
Yeah.

David Read:
Anything else?

Darren Sumner:
What, this old thing?

David Read:
Oh, look at that! Thank you.

Darren Sumner:
Oh. No, I just picked this up. I just picked this up on dialthegate.com/merch. It’s nothing.

David Read:
Oh my gosh. Thank you.

Darren Sumner:
It was fast and easy and I’m not being paid to say this.

David Read:
That’s great. I was this close to wearing my GateWorld shirt today. This close. I was like, “You know what? Should I?” That’s great.

Allan Gowen:
Yeah, good for you.

Darren Sumner:
We’ll bring you back on, on the GateWorld channel, and we’ll have you wear some GateWorld.

Allan Gowen:
I’ve got my Gatecon one on.

David Read:
Oh wow. Look at this.

Allan Gowen:
And yes, that is a hidden message, but I cannot divulge what it says.

David Read:
Okay. Have to pull that apart. Darren, you just wrote this huge op-ed for the announcement that MGM has finally completed the purchase. Do you wanna talk about that at all?

Darren Sumner:
This was the big news coming down that obviously all Stargate fans have been watching since last May when Amazon and MGM announced that Amazon was buying the company. With the company comes Stargate. Boy, we’ve been kind of twiddling our thumbs, I feel like, waiting for MGM to decide what it’s gonna do with our favorite franchise. We knew that once Amazon was buying the studio, everything was very likely gonna be on hold until the deal was closed. The big news this past week, week and a half, is that the deal is closed. It’s gone through, at least for now, as long as the FTC doesn’t come back and decide they’re gonna challange it in court and drag it out a bit more. For now, it’s closed and MGM owns Stargate. On GateWorld.net we’ve done some analysis and we’ll have, obviously, a lot more to say between now and then. On the one hand, there’s no news about a new Stargate show yet, but on the other hand, I am really excited, because it feels like the dam has finally broken and now the water is rolling downhill again, and something, I think, is gonna happen.

David Read:
Well, permission, at least, has been given for new content, so to speak. We’ll see what happens next. We’ll see where Stargate is in that cafeteria line, about getting served the goods. Assets, financial, personnel, it’s like, “let’s go for it.” That’s not why we’re all here. We’re here because we need to see who is the king of classic Stargate SG-1 trivia.

Darren Sumner:
Let’s set the context here.

David Read:
Yes.

Darren Sumner:
David and I co-wrote – David probably pulling the lion’s share of the work – for the Stargate Omnipedia, which has been online at GateWorld for… When did we start this, 20 years ago?

David Read:
Oh man, it was, 2000, 2002, I believe was when we really started kicking that one around. Production of Season Seven was happening so is that 2003? That’s 2003.

Darren Sumner:
2003, yeah.

David Read:
That’s when we started really producing that one.

Darren Sumner:
The Omnipedia’s almost 20 years old. So, this is the trivia throwdown for classic SG-1 trivia between the two guys who wrote the encyclopedia.

David Read:
Geez.

Darren Sumner:
I’ve been rewatching this show with my kids.

David Read:
So, you probably have a leg up.

Darren Sumner:
We watched “Urgo,” we watched “100 Days,” “Shades of Grey” is up next.

David Read:
So, you’re really recent, OK.

Allan Gowen:
I’m now worried that some of these answers will probably be too easy.

David Read:
As long as they’re correct, that’s all I care about.

Allan Gowen:
They are correct.

David Read:
There we go.

Allan Gowen:
Definitely correct.

Darren Sumner:
Challange the audience to play along with us.

David Read:
Absolutely. Even if you know the answer, don’t leap on it immediately. Give them a chance to have some fun with it. All right.

Allan Gowen:
All right, what I did, David and Darren, from Season One to Five, I selected 40 questions. I randomized them and have taken the top 30 for both of you. Then, if we need any tie-breakers, we have an extra 10 questions there. It was completely random so hopefully one side doesn’t get harder questions than the other.

Darren Sumner:
OK, are we getting different questions?

David Read:
We’re getting different questions.

Allan Gowen:
Yes, different questions.

David Read:
If you can’t answer it, or you get the wrong answer, I want the other guy to have a shot at stealing it.

Allan Gowen:
Yes.

Darren Sumner:
Perfect.

David Read:
You don’t forfeit your turn or anything.

Allan Gowen:
The other person can steal if you get it incorrect. OK, are we ready to go?

David Read:
I’m set. Darren, you’re the guest, so the first question is to you.

Allan Gowen:
I’m gonna go Darren first. In Season Two Episode Two, “In the Line of Duty,” who was Captain Carter going to visit at the USAF Academy Hospital?

Darren Sumner:
Who was Carter going to visit? It’s one of those where the answer feels obvious, so I need to stop and think about it, because it’s probably wrong. Alan, you’re stumping me right out of the gate, I feel like. She went to the US Air Force hospital not to visit a patient. I think she went to visit Janet.

Allan Gowen:
Incorrect.

Darren Sumner:
All right.

Allan Gowen:
You can try and steal.

David Read:
Was it Cassandra?

Allan Gowen:
It was Cassandra, yes.

Darren Sumner:
It was Cassandra. See, that’s what I thought he was gonna say.

David Read:
The hospital was almost a trick addition.

Darren Sumner:
No, it was Cassandra at the hospital.

Allan Gowen:
Cassandra was in Janet’s office.

David Read:
‘Cause Janet was staying there. She was working there at the time with the Nasyans.

Allan Gowen:
That’s correct.

David Read:
I think it was the Nasyans.

Darren Sumner:
OK, I just overthought that.

Allan Gowen:
Nasyans.

David Read:
I would have said Janet as well. I thought she had gone to see Janet and not to see Cassandra.

Darren Sumner:
She’s on her way looking for Cassandra, I think.

Allan Gowen:
OK, David. Your episode is Season 2 Episode 21, “Show and Tell.” I would like the full name, not the initials, of the weapon the Tok’ra used to detect the Reetou.

David Read:
It was introduced in this episode.

Allan Gowen:
It was.

David Read:
And you don’t want the initials?

Allan Gowen:
No, I don’t want the initials, I want the full name.

Darren Sumner:
He’s probably got one behind him.

David Read:
I don’t have it. I have never had one of these. It’s cool, but I’ve never said, “Ooh, I want one of those.” This is a TER, also known as a Transphase Eradication Rod, for whatever reason.

Allan Gowen:
Correct. David currently leading two-nil. OK. We’re onto Darren again. Your episode is Season Two Episode Three, “Prisoners.” What was the name of the prisoner who attacked Daniel, tried to strangle him and was later killed by Linea?

Darren Sumner:
His name is Vishnoor.

Allan Gowen:
Correct.

David Read:
Very good. Thank you, Vishnoor. He also fed her, at least for a little while.

Darren Sumner:
He was the body man who made sure she got the first scoop of mush.

Allan Gowen:
David, your episode is Season One Episode One, “Children of the Gods.”

David Read:
Wow. OK.

Allan Gowen:
OK, for this one, I will take part of a name ’cause it might not be obvious what the full name is. What was the name of the female soldier taken by Teal’c in the opening sequence?

David Read:
I have come across the name, but it’s been a while. Is her first name canon?

Allan Gowen:
Her first name was revealed in the novelization. Only her surname was revealed on her uniform. Her name was not revealed in the end credits. She was just known as guard number three.

David Read:
Guard number three. That’s pretty significant. Guard number three got undressed and everything. You think that they could’ve bothered to give her a name plate. Man, it’s been so long since I did the Omnipedia.

Darren Sumner:
Now that I have the show in Blu-ray, it makes me wanna go back ’cause we can see all these uniform names that we couldn’t see when we were making the Omnipedia. Now a bunch of these background players have canon names ’cause they’re visible.

Allan Gowen:
This one is visible in SD as well. I can confirm this

David Read:
It was, but you had to go frame by frame to get it. It’s Jennings or something. I can’t think of it off the top of my head.

Allan Gowen:
Incorrect.

David Read:
Darren, do you know it?

Darren Sumner:
Think I got this. I might be off by a letter. But I think it’s Wetering, or Weddering. You are off by one letter.

David Read:
It’s Weterings.

Allan Gowen:
Weterings. No. It’s not.

David Read:
It’s not Weterings?

Allan Gowen:
No, it’s Keterings.

David Read:
Keterings? What the heck kind of a name is that?

Allan Gowen:
I don’t know about that. I will find a screenshot right now.

David Read:
I’m pretty sure it’s Weterings.

Allan Gowen:
No, it’s Keterings.

Darren Sumner:
OK, I’ll let the point go. Our Gate Master’s in charge.

Allan Gowen:
That was a zero. If you wanna research and you do find that it’s different…

Darren Sumner:
Let the chat research it. I think we move on.

David Read:
I always thought it was Weterings.

Allan Gowen:
No, it’s Keterings.

David Read:
Keterings?

Allan Gowen:
I backed that up. I did research that on the Stargate Omnipedia, it says Keterings. Actually, that says Ketering without the S. But the name plate actually…

David Read:
So, on SG Command, it’s Carol Weterings. I would prefer if we go ahead and give him that point.We all need a clearer version of that shot anyway. Because it is out there as Weterings, I do want him to have that.

Allan Gowen:
I think you’ll find, in the novelization, the full name is Sergeant Carol Keterings.

David Read:
I’m not disputing that, for sure.

Allan Gowen:
Who are we up to? We’re up to Darren?

Darren Sumner:
Let’s also say, there’s some of these weird names out there in canon where, especially if you’re going by the uniform patch…

Allan Gowen:
They don’t match.

Darren Sumner:
… with other faces in the franchise, they change over time.

Allan Gowen:
Walter.

David Read:
Walter, Davis, Harriman, Norman, anyone? Geez.

Allan Gowen:
Where are we up to? Darren.

Darren Sumner:
Yes.

Allan Gowen:
Darren. Season Three Episode Two. This should be a really easy one. What is the name of Sam’s brother?

Darren Sumner:
Sam’s brother? I wanna hear some Jeopardy music here to build the tension. The chat is gonna pull this one out. Sam’s brother is Mark.

Allan Gowen:
Correct.

David Read:
Neither of us are looking at the chat, Darren. OK, good.

Darren Sumner:
That’s the Zoom window.

David Read:
That’s right.

Allan Gowen:
OK. For David.

David Read:
Yes, sir.

Allan Gowen:
Your episode is Season Three Episode Seven, “Dead Man’s Switch.”

David Read:
OK.

Allan Gowen:
This is a fun question if you can get it right. What was the voice command used to open [Aris Boch’s cargo ship]?

David Read:
Beetlejuice. No, I’m kidding.

Darren Sumner:
I’ll be very impressed if we get this one, either of us.

Allan Gowen:
Really?

David Read:
He said Barokna.

Allan Gowen:
Correct.

Darren Sumner:
Nice job.

Allan Gowen:
That’s good. OK, we’re currently three apiece.

David Read:
All right.

Allan Gowen:
We’re tied. Darren.

David Read:
This is question seven?

Allan Gowen:
This is question seven, yes.

David Read:
OK. I’m just checking on our math. OK.

Allan Gowen:
Season Three Episode Five, “Learning Curve.” What is the name of the procedure the Urrone children go through?

Darren Sumner:
The procedure that the Urrone children go through? It’s the Averium.

Allan Gowen:
Correct.

David Read:
Is that like a graduation? That is an approximate definition. I just watched this one last night. I’m glad you got the question.

Allan Gowen:
Did you?

David Read:
Yeah. We just had Brittany Irvin on an hour ago.

Allan Gowen:
Cool.

David Read:
She was great.

Allan Gowen:
Where are we? David, Season 2 Episode 22, “Out of Mind.” Major General Trofsky informs Jack that he has been in cryogenic hibernation for how many years?

Darren Sumner:
Ooh.

David Read:
Number question. Dammit.

Darren Sumner:
A number question.

David Read:
I’m gonna say ’67.

Allan Gowen:
Incorrect.

David Read:
OK.

Allan Gowen:
Darren.

Darren Sumner:
I’m pretty sure it was in the 70s. I wanna say 78 years.

Allan Gowen:
So close. It was 79.

David Read:
Those damn number questions.

Allan Gowen:
Yep, all right.

David Read:
It’s either right or it’s wrong.

Darren Sumner:
Two months ago, I just watched it.

David Read:
Wow.

Darren Sumner:
That’s on me.

Allan Gowen:
Darren. I’ve got it color-coded, I just can’t see the colors. Season Two Episode 18, “Holiday.” What color were the curtains that covered Ma’chello’s inventions?

David Read:
What the hell? Oh, gosh.

Darren Sumner:
What color were the curtains? Not the ones, the drapes, that were hanging in the room, but specifically the cloth that was over the…

Allan Gowen:
The cloth that was over the inventions.

Darren Sumner:
Inventions to fight the Goa’uld.

David Read:
That’s right. “No, I am Daniel Jackson.”

Allan Gowen:
That’s a good impression.

David Read:
Thank you.

Darren Sumner:
That was a great performance from Michael.

David Read:
Oh, man.

Darren Sumner:
So, I’m gonna go with red.

Allan Gowen:
Correct.

David Read:
Wow.

Darren Sumner:
Thank you.

David Read:
I would not have guessed that.

Darren Sumner:
79!

Allan Gowen:
All right. Sorry to do this to you, David. You get another number question.

David Read:
Ugh.

Allan Gowen:
I think it’s the only other number question. All right. Season Four Episode Six, “Window of Opportunity.” How many worlds are included in the simultaneous link where all the Stargates are connected?

David Read:
Including Alaris.

Allan Gowen:
Yes.

David Read:
Is it 33?

Allan Gowen:
No.

Darren Sumner:
What is Alaris?

David Read:
Alaris is one of the other planets that they dial in from, that’s when one of them is injured.

Darren Sumner:
When what… I gotta re-watch.

David Read:
“One of them will be injured.” It’s the one planet that continues to dial in to every time loop because it’s trapped inside of the bubble with them.

Darren Sumner:
I did not remember that ever got named. This is one, to me now it’s a number.

Allan Gowen:
Yes.

Darren Sumner:
The number of planets that were in that little time bubble?

Allan Gowen:
Loop. Bubble.

Darren Sumner:
I wanna say it was a smaller number, like 10.

Allan Gowen:
So close. It was 14.

Darren Sumner:
14.

David Read:
14. All right, man.

Allan Gowen:
OK, that’s the end.

David Read:
Suck at number questions.

Allan Gowen:
Hopefully that’s the end of the number questions.

David Read:
I hope so.

Allan Gowen:
Darren, Season Three Episode Seven, back to “Dead Man’s Switch.” What is the name of the drug the Goa’uld made Aris’ people dependent on?

Darren Sumner:
Very good, very good. The drug that he’s pouring into his water and Aris calls it…

David Read:
Flavor.

Darren Sumner:
It was called Roshna.

Allan Gowen:
Correct.

David Read:
You know what I think?

Darren Sumner:
What are you drinking, Allan?

Allan Gowen:
It’s an iced coffee.

David Read:
An iced coffee. No Roshna in that coffee. You know what I think?

Allan Gowen:
It’s too hot for hot coffee.

David Read:
“I think you care and I don’t think that you like what you do as nearly as much as you pretend to.”

Darren Sumner:
That’s a good episode.

Allan Gowen:
It is.

Darren Sumner:
Boy, most of these still hold up, having just re-watched them with my kids.

Allan Gowen:
On the Ausgate side, our trader’s name is Aris. We named him after Aris. OK, we are at David.

David Read:
Been trying to get Sam J on the show for a while now.

Allan Gowen:
Season Four Episode Eight, “The First Ones.”

David Read:
Chaka.

Allan Gowen:
Chaka. No, that’s not the answer. What name does Robert Rothman give the primordial Goa’uld queen found at the dig site?

David Read:
I have her downstairs on my wall.

Allan Gowen:
Do you? Wow.

Darren Sumner:
The original or a replica?

David Read:
No, it’s not a replica, it’s one of the last. It was taken from the same mold and it was a pouring of, I believe it is Cleo.

Allan Gowen:
Correct.

Darren Sumner:
So, if they do another one from the same mold that was used on the set, what is the technical term for that? Is it called a reproduction or something?

David Read:
It’s a cast of it. It’s a duplicate mold. I guess you could call it a replica, ’cause it’s not the original.

Darren Sumner:
It’s not screen printed.

Allan Gowen:
But if it’s from the original mold then it wouldn’t be a replica.

David Read:
It is from the original mold.

Darren Sumner:
By Stargate Productions.

David Read:
The mold was so old, I think it tore after this one was done. It had so much dirt collected on it that when we poured the resin into it, the dirt actually transferred into, and the dust and the debris transferred into the resin and it made it look almost like it was pulled out of the ground. It’s really cool.

Darren Sumner:
Wow.

David Read:
It’s an irregular shape.

Darren Sumner:
An advantage.

David Read:
When I do a tour of my Stargate collection, I will show it.

Allan Gowen:
Cool. I would like to see that. Darren, your episode is Season Two Episode Eight, “Family.” At the end of the episode, what does Jack give Rya’c before they departed the SGC?

David Read:
Aw.

Darren Sumner:
What does Jack give Rya’c? Oh, boy. Your first answer I know is wrong. This is not my answer. You wish he gave him a dog.

David Read:
He gave someone else a dog.

Darren Sumner:
He gave someone else a dog. He likes giving kids dogs.

David Read:
Purple dogs.

Darren Sumner:
He rules that all kids on Earth have to have a dog. But Rya’c’s not gonna live on Earth, so he gets a baseball glove instead.

Allan Gowen:
Excellent. Well done. Yes, he gave him a baseball glove and ball.

David Read:
Was it supposed to be Charlie’s?

Allan Gowen:
I don’t know if that was implied or not.

David Read:
It wasn’t one way or the other. But I like to think that it was Charlie’s.

Allan Gowen:
We are at David.

David Read:
‘Cause ball was his game.

Allan Gowen:
You’re gonna get a nice hard one here, David. Your episode is Season 5 Episode 17, “Fail Safe.” When the asteroid was discovered, in which constellation was it visible?

David Read:
I’m gonna say Leo.

Allan Gowen:
Incorrect. Darren?

Darren Sumner:
Total shot in the dark, Orion.

Allan Gowen:
Incorrect as well.

David Read:
There’s a Stargate connection to Orion.

Allan Gowen:
It was Cassiopeia.

David Read:
Cassiopeia. All right then. I’m the junior member of the something something county something society. I forget what it was that he was a member of. “I happen to know what I’m talking about. Here are the big black vehicles. Gotta go. Bye.”

Allan Gowen:
Darren, your episode is Season Three Episode Five, “Learning Curve.” Major Carter finally got the naquadah reactor to work by doing what?

David Read:
Even I know that’s unfair.

Darren Sumner:
I should know this. It’s rough, but I should be able to pull it out.

David Read:
I watched it last night and I don’t remember it. She bypasses something, but I don’t remember what it was.

Darren Sumner:
The question’s here because it’s a great sci-fi throwback. She reverses the polarity.

Allan Gowen:
Very good. Correct.

Darren Sumner:
Do I have to get any more specific than that?

Allan Gowen:
No, that’s exactly it.

David Read:
Wow.

Allan Gowen:
She reversed the polarity.

David Read:
That’s pretty sweet.

Allan Gowen:
Do you want a score update?

David Read:
Yes, please. Yes.

Allan Gowen:
Darren, do you want a score update? David, you don’t want a score update.

David Read:
That’s okay.

Allan Gowen:
Darren is currently eight and David is four.

David Read:
Wow.

Darren Sumner:
Oh, wow.

David Read:
Really? OK.

Darren Sumner:
I’ve been getting some rough number questions here. David, my question for you, the internet wants to know, in what episode was…what is that? The Enterprise A behind you?

David Read:
This is the 1701.

Darren Sumner:
Allan’s got one too. What’s yours?

Allan Gowen:
No, sorry, that’s the Kelvin…

David Read:
That’s the Kelvin Enterprise?

Allan Gowen:
That’s the Kelvin Enterprise.

David Read:
This is Wrath of Khan, 1701.

Darren Sumner:
Am I wrong? That’s the only non-Stargate item behind you?

David Read:
No. I’ve got Battlestar Galactica here.

Darren Sumner:
OK, it’s just blocked by your chair.

David Read:
Correct. I think everything else is…

Darren Sumner:
What’s the top left, the crystal next to the Ha’tak?

David Read:
That’s a kino.

Darren Sumner:
That’s your kino?

David Read:
Yeah.

Darren Sumner:
Cool.

David Read:
In here, no one’s ever asked this, but I might as well show it because you’re bringing it up.

Darren Sumner:
There’s a ring dangling in it. Is the ring the prop?

David Read:
Yeah. This is Don S. Davis’s, this is Hammond’s wedding ring.

Darren Sumner:
You’re kidding.

Allan Gowen:
Wow.

David Read:
There were two used in production.

Darren Sumner:
Don didn’t wear his own?

David Read:
No. Hammond had his own wedding band. What did his wife die of, Darren?

Darren Sumner:
Hammond’s wife? Was it cancer?

David Read:
Yeah. I keep this on my set. All right.

Allan Gowen:
All right. Sorry. Reflecting there.

David Read:
All good.

Allan Gowen:
I was remembering…

David Read:
Don. You have some good memories with Don.

Allan Gowen:
I actually had the chance to drink beer out of his fridge and play with his dog. It was pretty, pretty damn cool.

David Read:
What kind of a dog did he have?

Allan Gowen:
It was a big one. It was really big. It was huge. I can’t remember the breed.

David Read:
Amanda had a Bouvier at that point.

Allan Gowen:
Don was there. The ropes that you’re holding, the dog holds, and you try and pull it away to strengthen their teeth. Don was in great shape. He was doing it and his arms were huge. Big, pulsing muscles and everything. That was a really good night at Don’s place.

David Read:
Cool memory. We got together a couple of times too.

Allan Gowen:
Back to the questions. OK. We have David. Season Two Episode Two, “In the Line of Duty.” Which SG team was accompanying SG-1 to Nassya?

David Read:
It was one other SG team?

Allan Gowen:
One other SG team.

David Read:
Is it SG-3?

Allan Gowen:
Incorrect.

Darren Sumner:
This, again, is rough.

David Read:
That’s a number question.

Darren Sumner:
I don’t pay attention to the SG number. I will say SG-2, I think, doesn’t show up for years, does it, after Kawalsky’s death?

Allan Gowen:
Pretty much correct.

Darren Sumner:
After a long time. I’m gonna guess SG-6.

Allan Gowen:
Excellent, well done.

David Read:
Seriously, yo? Wow.

Allan Gowen:
Unbelievable.

Darren Sumner:
There were only six choices left.

Allan Gowen:
OK, Darren. OK. Your episode is Season Two Episode Three, “Prisoners,” again. When comparing Hadante to a penal colony, Daniel incorrectly states that the original name of Sydney Harbor was what?

Darren Sumner:
The original? Boy.

Allan Gowen:
What he said in the episode was incorrect.

David Read:
Factually incorrect.

Darren Sumner:
Historically, factually incorrect.

Allan Gowen:
Factually incorrect.

Darren Sumner:
Botany Bay.

Allan Gowen:
Correct.

Darren Sumner:
Is that right?

David Read:
Yeah, that is correct.

Allan Gowen:
That is correct. Botany Bay is actually about seven or eight kilometers south of Sydney Harbour. Sydney Harbour’s original name was Port Jackson. The indigenous name was Wurr-Wurran or Wurrang.

David Read:
Isn’t it Cape Everard now?

Allan Gowen:
Sorry?

David Read:
Isn’t it Cape Everard now?

Allan Gowen:
I’ve never heard of that name.

David Read:
Cape Everard is down there.

Darren Sumner:
Botany Bay would not have entered my FRON if you had not just mentioned the Wrath of Khan.

David Read:
Wrath of Khan. That had also occurred to me as well. It was fresh.

Allan Gowen:
I have a hint written on my spreadsheet here and the hint is, “Khan.”

Darren Sumner:
“Oh, no. We have to get out of here.”

Allan Gowen:
Very good. Very good. “Botany Bay? Botany Bay?” That’s me as a really bad Chekov.

Darren Sumner:
“Now, damn.” Seven-year-old Darren was scandalized to hear Chekov say, “Damn.”

David Read:
The Earwigs really did me in. All right.

Allan Gowen:
We are at David. Your episode is Season One Episode One, “Children of the Gods.”

David Read:
All right.

Allan Gowen:
What motorized unit accompanies SG-1 and S-G2 through the Stargate to Chulak?

David Read:
It’s called a F.R.E.D.

Allan Gowen:
Correct. That’ll do.

David Read:
A Field Remote Expeditionary Device, something like that?

Allan Gowen:
Perfect. Well done.

David Read:
There we go.

Allan Gowen:
That was good. That was exact. I was hoping no one was gonna fall into the M.A.L.P. trap there.

Darren Sumner:
Very well done.

Allan Gowen:
The M.A.L.P. were used for quite a few episodes later.

Darren Sumner:
I wanna ask both of you, we know what M.A.L.P. stands for. Is the full name of F.R.E.D in canon somewhere?

David Read:
No.

Allan Gowen:
No.

David Read:
GDO is Garage Door Opener, but it’s never expressly stated.

Allan Gowen:
It’s never used.

Darren Sumner:
My kids laughed hysterically when I told them what a GDO stood for.

Allan Gowen:
OK. We are at Darren. Your episode is Season Two Episode Seven, “Message in a Bottle.” What does Daniel compare the terrain of the Orb planet to? That’s P5C-353.

Darren Sumner:
What does he compare the terrain to?

Allan Gowen:
Yes.

Darren Sumner:
Based on the opening shot and what we as the audience see when they’re on the planet, my only guess is the moon.

Allan Gowen:
Correct. Well done.

David Read:
That’s right. It’s very moon-like.

Allan Gowen:
Wow. It’s very, very moon-like. David, your episode is Season Two Episode Eight, “Family.” Where are Drey’auc and Rya’c sent to so they can live in safety at the end of the episode?

David Read:
The Land of Light.

Allan Gowen:
Correct.

David Read:
Where you can play and misbehave.

Darren Sumner:
They use the Land of Light a bunch.

David Read:
They did.

Darren Sumner:
Weird.

David Read:
Thank you, my lord.

Darren Sumner:
One of those planets they never mentioned again after that.

David Read:
I know, and they never explained how the orbits made it what it was. I assumed it was not a curse or something, I assumed it was some kind of a moon that was locked in a fixed orbit, but then with the sun and everything, astronomically, you have to wonder how it worked.

Allan Gowen:
OK. We are on Darren again. Your episode, Season 2 Episode 13, “Spirits.” Which SG team was sent to mine trinium on Tonane’s planet, PXY-887?

Darren Sumner:
Now this is one of the other SG teams that I should know, because it’s a pretty substantial part of the episode. They go and they get themselves in trouble.

David Read:
Captain Connor.

Darren Sumner:
They’re Captain Connor’s team. Captain Connor was the head of… Oh, boy.

David Read:
I happen to know this one. At least I think I do. I don’t know why.

Darren Sumner:
SG-7.

Allan Gowen:
Incorrect.

David Read:
SG-11.

Allan Gowen:
Correct.

David Read:
Now why I know that one and not “In the Line of Duty,” I don’t know.

Allan Gowen:
OK. We are on David.

David Read:
“OK, Tonane, I’m not gonna lie to you. Something’s gone wrong. We have to find Jack.” “OK.” “He’s not in here?” This is one of my favorite. Oh God, that cracks me up every time.

Allan Gowen:
It is one of my most favorite episodes.

David Read:
I’d love to get the actor on.

Allan Gowen:
It’s right up there. OK, we are back to David after a steal. Your episode is Season Four Episode Six, “Window of Opportunity.”

David Read:
“In the middle of my backswing, yo?”

Allan Gowen:
When Jack and Teal’c are golfing in the gate room, what is the brand of the golf bag?

David Read:
Oh, God. Apparently, Brad was wanting a new set of clubs, so goes the rumor.

Darren Sumner:
There’s a story behind this.

Allan Gowen:
They lit the names specially.

David Read:
Ugh, I’m not a golfer. It’s Calypso or something.

Allan Gowen:
Nah, incorrect. Darren, can you do the steal?

Darren Sumner:
I am also not a golfer, but I was scrutinizing this scene fairly recently, so I have a half-decent guess. I wanna say that the golf bag says Callaway.

Allan Gowen:
Correct.

David Read:
Wow.

Allan Gowen:
Very good. Steal from Darren. OK. We’re back with Darren. Your episode is Season Three Episode Six, “Point of View.” What was the alternate reality SGC base called? Easy one.

Darren Sumner:
Easy. In the parallel universe that Doctor Carter and Charlie Kawalsky come from, is the SGA.

Allan Gowen:
Correct. OK.

David Read:
What is the off-world site called?

Darren Sumner:
The off-world site that they were evacuating to. Did they have it in this one?

Allan Gowen:
Yeah, they did. Was it the beta site?

David Read:
Correct. It’s the beta site.

Allan Gowen:
Yeah, it was the beta site.

David Read:
Because alpha site was Earth.

Allan Gowen:
Yep. OK.

David Read:
Apparently, a new set of Callaway golf clubs goes for $1,200.

Darren Sumner:
That’s not bad.

David Read:
That’s not too bad.

Allan Gowen:
I feel as though it’s one of the really expensive ones.

David Read:
That’s a nicer one. That’s a nicer set. You can get them for cheaper. I expected thousands.

Darren Sumner:
You and me could go in on a set of those. Just have to learn how to play golf.

David Read:
I can swing, but golf is accuracy.

Allan Gowen:
I’ve played twice. I sucked both times. OK, David, Season 2 Episode 14, “Touchstone,” SG-1 takes a helicopter to an NID landing strip at which airport.

David Read:
Is it my turn?

Allan Gowen:
Yes, it is.

Darren Sumner:
SGA was my question.

David Read:
OK. I apologize for cutting you off, Allan. Please repeat.

Allan Gowen:
Yup. That’s all right. All right; you want that again? SG-1 takes a helicopter to an NID landing strip at which Air Force base?

David Read:
Mother puss bucket. They’re not at Nellis, are they?

Allan Gowen:
No, they’re not. It was an NID landing strip.

Darren Sumner:
This is the secret NID landing strip that Hammond hears about from his contact.

David Read:
To go and retrieve the Touchstone at the end.

Allan Gowen:
Yes.

David Read:
I still wouldn’t have gotten it.

Darren Sumner:
I don’t think I’m gonna be able to pull it out, ’cause I was thinking Nellis as well.

David Read:
It’s green. I think.

Darren Sumner:
I don’t have it.

Allan Gowen:
Worth taking a guess.

Darren Sumner:
Callaway.

Allan Gowen:
Callaway. Well done. No, it was Hill Air Force Base.

David Read:
It was where?

Darren Sumner:
Hill?

Allan Gowen:
Hill.

David Read:
Hill Air Force Base?

Allan Gowen:
H-I-L-L.

Darren Sumner:
One of those details that…

David Read:
That don’t stick.

Darren Sumner:
I’m paying attention to.

David Read:
SG-11, for whatever reason.

Allan Gowen:
OK, this one I threw in ’cause it’s a bit of fun. I’ve got one behind-the-scenes question each for you. First one is for Darren. Which Stargate producer/director often rewarded people with toonies for correct answers to questions on set? So, a toonie being a Canadian $2 coin.

Darren Sumner:
A coin. I feel like I’ve heard this anecdote somewhere. One of the directors paid actors for doing a good job.

Allan Gowen:
Yep, with toonies.

Darren Sumner:
With toonies specifically. I think that I’ve heard other stories, probably on Dial the Gate, of larger sums of money. So, those are Peter DeLuise stories. I’m gonna go with Peter DeLuise for toonies.

Allan Gowen:
Correct, yes. I saw it happen first person when we were doing a set tour.

David Read:
Really?

Allan Gowen:
We were doing a set tour with Peter back in 2000 and early something, with the Gatecon owners. Peter directed us and told us how to step through the Stargate. It is technical. You cannot step on the Event Horizon. You cannot put your foot there. You have to step over it. Then we were on the bridge of a Goa’uld mothership and Peter asked a question. Richard from Gatecon got it correct and Peter whipped out a toonie and gave it to Richard. That was pretty cool.

David Read:
That’s legit.

Darren Sumner:
Am I remembering right, David? Did Peter tell you a story of giving an actor a hundred bucks or something?

David Read:
I think so. I know that Jeff Gulka was on and he said he was given a Sega Genesis game.

Allan Gowen:
That’s right.

Darren Sumner:
Was it Dan Payne’s stunt, his buried alive stunt?

David Read:
I wouldn’t be surprised.

Allan Gowen:
How he passed out.

David Read:
‘Cause he held his breath for a certain period of time and almost passed out.

Allan Gowen:
Wow.

David Read:
It’s a great shot. They got the shot.

Darren Sumner:
It’ll be in “Death Knell.”

Allan Gowen:
That’s the one where he’s all under the dirt and he has to rise up through it.

Darren Sumner:
The Kull Warrior.

David Read:
He had no breathing apparatus or anything while he was doing that. He was just under the dirt. He held it in and then rose out.

Allan Gowen:
We were lucky enough to see… Did we see it? Yes, we did. We saw that costume before it was actually released in an episode. Dan brought the costume to Gatecon.

David Read:
Yes, he did. That was 2003.

Allan Gowen:
We did the big pantomime intro to Gatecon that year, where I was dressed as a Tok’ra. Dan comes on and attacks me, lifts me up to the ceiling.

David Read:
The Kull Warrior had been introduced a few months earlier with the first episode.

Allan Gowen:
It was just introduced, was it?

David Read:
The second part had not aired so that was really cool.

Allan Gowen:
He dragged me into the corridor and then you could hear this big fight in the corridor and the next minute I come dragging…

David Read:
By the nose.

Allan Gowen:
… the warrior back into the stage. So, I won the war. Yay. That was fun. He’s a good bloke. OK, where are we up to? David. Here’s your behind-the-scenes. It’s also relevant to Season Four Episode Six, “Window Of Opportunity” as well. OK. Richard Dean Anderson’s regular stand in, Bill Nikolai, also has a reoccurring role in Stargate SG-1. What is the name of his character?

David Read:
It’s Vern.

Allan Gowen:
Correct. I’ll take that.

David Read:
Vern something.

Allan Gowen:
Vern Alberts.

David Read:
Alberts, that’s it.

Allan Gowen:
Technician Vern Alberts, Season One.

David Read:
“Hey, Vern, how’s the wife?” “Fine, sir.”

Allan Gowen:
Exactly. It’s very easy to miss. I had to listen back to it. Even though I had the question there, I had to listen back four or five times. “What is he saying?” OK. Correct, correct, correct. We are onto Darren. OK. It’s another number question, sorry.

David Read:
Oh, boy. That’s my problem.

Allan Gowen:
You do see it written down. Season 2 Episode 20, “1969,” what time and date will SG-1 be going home? What is the second date on the piece of paper?

Darren Sumner:
You don’t just see the note, but it’s read out loud. I can get the month. I’m not gonna be able to get this. It’s August 12th. Am I wrong already? I’m wrong already.

David Read:
August 13th.

Allan Gowen:
No, sorry, Darren, you’re closer.

David Read:
August 11th.

Allan Gowen:
It’s August 11th.

David Read:
Isn’t that interesting?

Allan Gowen:
I’ll give the point for the time.

David Read:
11:59 AM?

Allan Gowen:
No.

David Read:
No? Darren, what’d you say?

Darren Sumner:
10:15 AM.

Allan Gowen:
No. It was 6:03 PM.

David Read:
6:03 PM.

Allan Gowen:
On August 11th.

David Read:
Interesting.

Allan Gowen:
OK, so nothing there.

David Read:
Nothing, nothing.

Allan Gowen:
Nothing. We’ve had four zero questions. That’s not too bad. Next time I’ll stick away from number questions.

Darren Sumner:
“Not too bad,” he says.

Allan Gowen:
David. Season Two Episode Four, “Gamekeeper.”

David Read:
“You are ruining the garden.”

Allan Gowen:
What did the keeper call his people?

David Read:
“Portals are always open to my residents.”

Allan Gowen:
Very good.

David Read:
Yes. “What’s it like outside?” “It’s blooming.”

Allan Gowen:
Darren, you’re gonna hate me. Here’s another number question.

David Read:
Ah.

Darren Sumner:
David got two, this will even us out.

Allan Gowen:
Your episode, again, is Season 2 Episode 20, “1969.” Upon their return to the present, how much money did Jack owe General Hammond in 1999?

David Read:
I hate this question. I get this all the time.

Darren Sumner:
Fans tend to ask this in convention trivia competitions, don’t they?

David Read:
I know the cents; I know the cents.

Darren Sumner:
I think it was in the 500s. $524.11.

Allan Gowen:
You know what I’ll do? I’ll give the person closest the point.

David Read:
That’s fair.

Allan Gowen:
You said 500 and…

Darren Sumner:
500 and… What did I say? $524.11.

Allan Gowen:
That’s Darren. David, what were you saying?

David Read:
$524.10. No, I’m kidding. $420.50. I know it’s 50 cents.

Allan Gowen:
You were correct about the 50-cent part, but Darren was pretty close actually.

David Read:
Closer?

Allan Gowen:
It was actually $539.50.

Allan Gowen:
You were only you were only $15 off.

David Read:
Wow, that’s pretty cool.

Allan Gowen:
So, I’m gonna give that point to Darren.

Darren Sumner:
We should do this on stage at Gatecon and then you have to pay me for six months.

Allan Gowen:
Here’s question 30 of 30.

David Read:
Oof.

Allan Gowen:
And we are on David. Ooh.

David Read:
Ooh?

Allan Gowen:
Ooh. Your episode is Season Four Episode Nine, “Scorched Earth.” What is the name of the species that built the terraforming ship?

David Read:
The Gadmeer.

Allan Gowen:
Very good. Correct. So, that’s 30 questions done, would you like a score?

David Read:
He’s walloped me.

Darren Sumner:
We better hear it.

David Read:
I don’t know.

Darren Sumner:
Back-to-back number questions. Though he did get a point after that last one, didn’t he?

Allan Gowen:
Yeah. OK, David. You had eight correct and two steals for 10 points. Darren, you had 13 correct and two steals for 15 points. So, sorry to say, David, Darren’s way smarter than you.

Darren Sumner:
Or he’s watched the episodes more recently.

David Read:
Less recently, you mean?

Darren Sumner:
Darren’s watched them more recently.

David Read:
Darren has. You’re talking about yourself.

Darren Sumner:
There’s a lot of Season Two and Season Three, which is very fresh to me.

Allan Gowen:
Two and three?

David Read:
Well done.

Allan Gowen:
A lot of them, they’re sort of Season One, Two and Three heavy, these questions. Actually, more Two and Three, not many Season Ones at all.

David Read:
This was solid.

Allan Gowen:
So, how did you rate the quality of questions, boys?

David Read:
The after trivia survey. The host was exceptional. The quality of questions was 8 out of 10.

Allan Gowen:
A solid eight?

David Read:
Yeah.

Darren Sumner:
I’m gonna go 9. 9 out of 10 on the questions.

Allan Gowen:
Wonderful. Thank you very much.

David Read:
The next times that we do trivia, I want more of the kind of, what was the example that I gave? One of the questions that I had was why is Daniel smiling at Cameron in the men’s locker room in “Crusade?” The answer is an explanation. It’s not a person, place, or thing. The answer is, you have to have context.

Allan Gowen:
Vala was inhabiting him.

David Read:
Correct. Vala has taken over his mind. Those are the kinds of questions that I like to go for because it makes you think a little bit more and it’s not just a straight textbook person, place, or thing answer. This was great, Allan. This was terrific.

Allan Gowen:
Here’s one for you that didn’t randomly make the top 30.

David Read:
We should ask Allan.

Allan Gowen:
No points for this one. I wanna see if anyone knows it. This is Season four Episode 11, “Point of No Return.” According to the headline on the magazine Teal’c was reading, where was a headless alien found?

David Read:
I remember this. You don’t remember, Darren?

Darren Sumner:
No. No.

David Read:
Headless alien found in Topless Bar.

Allan Gowen:
Excellent. Well done.

David Read:
Oh, man.

Allan Gowen:
Nice. For next time, if you’ll have me back, I definitely won’t do number questions.

David Read:
Allan, one for you. When Ernest finally catches up with Catherine in that one episode, “The Torments of Tantalus,” what does he say to her after he says her name? What is his response to seeing her?

Allan Gowen:
He goes, “Hmm” and walks away.

David Read:
That’s exactly right.

Darren Sumner:
I just watched “100 Days.”

Allan Gowen:
Heliopolis.

David Read:
Heliopolis.

Darren Sumner:
So, Allan, here’s my question for you, having just watched “100 Days,” what did they call fire rain on Chulak?

Allan Gowen:
It’s where they’re sitting up on the cliff watching the…

David Read:
Falling star.

Allan Gowen:
Nah, watching the shooting stars. No. I can see the scene; I can watch it happening. No. You’ve got me.

David Read:
On Chulak they call it Tel’pac’rai.

Allan Gowen:
Which means falling star.

David Read:
That’s funny.

Darren Sumner:
I love that scene and I love that episode.

Allan Gowen:
It’s a really good episode. That’s back to the Bill Nikolai question I had. They had the great transition where Jack rows off in the boat and then the camera pans around and that was Bill Nikolai in the boat.

David Read:
Bill Nikolai’s in the boat?

Allan Gowen:
Yeah, Bill Nikolai’s in the boat. Bill Nikolai is probably most recognizable as Jack, the back of Jack’s head. What’s it called? The one where you’ve got the robot SG-1s.

David Read:
“Double Jeopardy.”

Allan Gowen:
“Double Jeopardy” and Jack’s fighting Jack. The behind shots are all Bill Nikolai.

David Read:
Dan Shea also did stand-ins for him as well. I’m pretty sure Dan Shea was the one who was in “Abyss” when Jack’s back is to the camera; all those shots where Cliff is reacting to Jack. He’s reacting to Dan Shea.

Allan Gowen:
This is Season One to Five-type thing. I’m not sure. My knowledge is also sort of Season One to Five. One to Six, sort of the early seasons as well.

David Read:
I don’t know, you pulled the Vala question right out.

Darren Sumner:
If they just need a photo double and not a stunt, then I imagine they’re getting Bill Nikolai in costume.

David Read:
Cliff Simon said he’s still wants to do time with Dan Payne in Season Six.

Darren Sumner:
If Dan Shea’s already there for stunts…

David Read:
Dan Shea, I mean.

Darren Sumner:
Then they’ll shoot the back of him.

David Read:
That’s true.

Allan Gowen:
Dan’s always there and Alex was always there. They’re always there in some form.

David Read:
Dan Payne and Alex Sahara. Michael Greenburg and RDA were there. Then Greenburg and Rick retire in Season Eight and we don’t see much of those guys anymore, which is unfortunate. Gentlemen, anything further to add before I wrap this one up?

Allan Gowen:
No, I really enjoyed that. It was a good first attempt at the questions.

David Read:
It was a great outing.

Darren Sumner:
I had a blast. Thank you, Allan.

Allan Gowen:
It’s been good.

Darren Sumner:
And everybody go to dialthegate.com/merch.

David Read:
10 out of 10 for fun. That’s great. Thank you.

Darren Sumner:
And check out GateWorld.net and GateWorld on YouTube.

David Read:
Yes, absolutely.

Allan Gowen:
And GBatecon.com. We’d love to see you there in September.

Darren Sumner:
We will.

Allan Gowen:
We still have tickets available. We’ve probably still got more guests to announce as well.

David Read:
I hope so.

Allan Gowen:
If you really wanna come along just to see a single special guest, we have guests like David Read on stage.

David Read:
That’s true.

Allan Gowen:
Empire Movie Props are going to be there as well, Empire Movie Memorabilia.

David Read:
They came on Dial the Gate last year and showed off a lot of their collections. Really cool. They’re gonna have whole setups, aren’t they?

Allan Gowen:
Yes, and this year they’re helping us design the stage. The main stage.

David Read:
You’re redoing the stage. OK.

Allan Gowen:
We’re working in conjunction with them. We’re gonna have a pretty cool stage at Gatecon, as we always do. David, I always like to do the theatrical stage set. You did some filming when I did the high-res Egyptian temple tomb, which was a lot of fun.

David Read:
Suanne wants you to send her her section that has the rugby ball.

Allan Gowen:
OK, that set is now in the basement of Barry Campbell.

David Read:
No, she wants the digital art.

Allan Gowen:
The digital art? I have the digital art.

David Read:
Yes, she wants that.

Allan Gowen:
The actual set, we gave it to Barry Campbell.

David Read:
Barry’s got it.

Darren Sumner:
Barry’s got it set up in his basement?

Allan Gowen:
Yeah.

Darren Sumner:
You hosting a trip on that?

David Read:
In southern Indiana.

Allan Gowen:
Yeah.

David Read:
Geez, that would be great.

Allan Gowen:
Yes, definitely. I’ll get a high-res of that to Suanne.

David Read:
She’d be thrilled. All right, folks. Gentlemen, Darren Sumner of GateWorld.net, Allan Gowen of Ausgate and Gatecon, thank you guys so much for joining me. This was a great show.

Allan Gowen:
You’re very welcome. It’s always great catching up with you, David. Good to see you again, Darren and we will see you at Gatecon, won’t we?

Darren Sumner:
Thanks so much. We’ll see you in September.

Allan Gowen:
Excellent. Wonderful. Thank you.

David Read:
Thank you, guys. Thank you for tuning in. It’s been an interesting time getting my ass whooped, but it’s all good. I’m glad everyone had fun. Yes, merchandise is available at dialthegate.com/merch. Thanks so much to my producer, Linda GateGabber Furey and my moderating team. We have Summer, Tracy, Keith, Jeremy, Rhys and Antony. A big thanks to Frederick Marcoux at ConceptsWeb, he’s our web developer for Dial the Gate. I finished the last episode saying that my name was Dial the Gate. I don’t know why I did that, but my name is actually David Read. Thanks so much for tuning in to Dial the Gate. We’ll see you next week with Joseph Mallozzi discussing SGU Season One right here on youtube.com/dialthegate and I’ll see you on the other side.