Stargate 101

"Hello. I'm Daniel Jackson and behind me is a Stargate."

- Dr. Daniel Jackson

An educational Stargate video is a documentary hosted and narrated by Doctor Daniel Jackson, developed for the use of providing detailed information about the Stargate program to those being introduced to it. The video details a number of topics, including how the Stargate works (explaining the symbols, Gate addresses), the Ancients, the founding of Icarus Base with its purpose to dial an nine-symbol address, and hyperspace. In 2009, Eli Wallace, a Tau'ri civilian with no immediate knowledge on the Stargate program, was given a crash course in it. However, due to the video's length, he got board and halted watching it after the mention of the hyperspace topic. Nicholas Rush later said there were more than one videos, one of which explained the ascension process.