By Jonathan Klotz
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Stargate has its share of fan-favorite characters throughout the varied motion pictures and collection, from SG-1’s Samantha Carter and Jack O’Neil, Rodney McKay in Atlantis, Ronald Greer in Universe, and truthfully, numerous others, however none is sort of just like the bureaucratic Richard Woolsey, who went from a one-episode look meant to be annoying, to turning into a hero as a staff chief. Performed by Star Trek: Voyager’s Robert Picardo, followers even have a special collection to thank for bringing him into the franchise: The Outer Limits. If it wasn’t for the sci-fi anthology collection taking pictures so near Stargate SG-1’s residence studio in Vancouver, Picardo would have by no means been part of one more hit sci-fi franchise.
One-Time Look To Sequence Lead
The Outer Limits, a sci-fi model of The Twilight Zone, first aired in 1963, however it was introduced again in 1995 for an extended run, ending in 2002. Stargate SG-1’s taking pictures schedule allowed for Robert Picardo to make the fast journey to the studio whereas filming the episode “Sarcophagus,” through which he performs a person wanting on the monetary worth of a uncommon alien discovery to justify betrayal. It’s additionally totally different from his function as Woolsey, which has extra in frequent together with his efficiency as The Physician on Voyager.
Regardless that The Physician wound up a really totally different character after a number of seasons of non-public development and loads of episodes discussing the ethics and rights of his existence as a hologram, should you glided by Richard Woolsey’s debut, you’d by no means have thought that years later, Robert Picardo can be again because the chief of the Stargate: Atlantis expedition. Woolsey was introduced again just a few occasions throughout SG-1’s run to be, on objective, an annoying bump within the highway for the staff and a recurring annoyance for the viewers. As Picardo stated in an interview with Gateworld again in 2008, “he principally got here in as a battle character.”
The Evolution Of Woolsey
Richard Woolsey’s second look, in “Inauguration,” caused an vital change to the character by including a brand new dimension, as Robert Picardo himself described the Stargate SG-1 episode, “they started their rehabilitation of the Woolsey character by displaying that he actually meant effectively and had a ardour concerning the significance of getting civilian oversight of secret army operations.” It was an vital second for the character and planted seeds for a way the character would develop, although amazingly, throughout the remainder of his appearances, he stayed true to himself. It’s simply the world that modified round him.
By the point Stargate: Atlantis was going via a solid upheaval following Amanda Tapping’s determination to go away, there was a really brief checklist of potential stars to usher in to exchange her, with Robert Picardo on the high, in what turned out to be a second of brilliance. From a bureaucrat questioning the necessity for the SG-1 program to a pacesetter who understands it’s okay to toss out the guide for the nice of the women and men beneath his command. The Woolsey that violates a number of safety protocols in “The Seed” is much, far faraway from his first look in “Heroes, Half 2,” and legions of Stargate followers wouldn’t have it every other method, and it’s all as a result of The Outer Limits and Stargate SG-1 each filmed in Vancouver.
