Atlantis Season 3

Atlantis Season 3
Episodes	20
Original Channel	Sci-Fi Channel
Original Run	July 14, 2006-February 5, 2007
Showrunners	Brad Wright
Chronology
Preceded by	Atlantis Season 2
Followed by	Atlantis Season 4

The third season of Stargate: Atlantis was a time of change for the series. The cast experienced several changes in the latter part of the season, and the individual episodes focused more in this season on character development.

Episodes

Image	Title	Number	Airdate	Planet(s)	Race(s)	Enemies
	"No Man's Land (Part 2 of 3)"	301	July 14, 2006	Earth, Lantea	Asgard, Human-form Wraith, Wraith	Wraith Queen
	Two Wraith Hive Ships used the alliance to upgrade their hyperdrives to reach Earth. While the Daedalus and the Orion are sent to dispatch them, Dr. Rodney McKay and Ronon Dex escape from their cocoons, and Lt. Colonel John Sheppard uses his F-302 fighter-interceptor to attach himself on one of the ships to ambush them.
	"Misbegotten (Part 3 of 3)"	302	July 21, 2006	Earth, Lantea, M8G-352	Human-form Wraith, Wraith	Michael Kenmore
	The Atlantis expedition stopped the Wraith from reaching Earth, and now that they turned Human, they send them to an isolated world to teach them to administer the Iratus bug retrovirus themselves. However, some of them, including Michael Kenmore, are starting to remember their past.
File:Irresistible11.jpg	"Irresistible"	303	July 28, 2006	Lantea, Lucius' planet	Lucius' people	N/A
	The Atlantis expedition encounter Lucius Lavin, a highly obnoxious man, but everyone in his village seems to love him. After visiting Atlantis, Dr. Rodney McKay and Lt. Colonel John Sheppard notice that everyone in the city is starting to fall for him, and it is up to them to figure out why.
	"Sateda"	304	August 4, 2006	Keturah's planet, Lantea, Sateda	Keturah's people, Satedan, Wraith	Wraith Leader
	Ronon Dex is noticed by the villagers he once visited during his time as a runner. After getting turned in by the villagers to the Wraith, he is implanted with another Wraith tracker and dropped off on his abandoned homeworld, Sateda, where he is forced to become a runner again.
File:Progeny 385.jpg	"Progeny (Part 1 of 2)"	305	August 11, 2006	Asuras, Lantea	Ancient, Asuran	Oberoth
	The Atlantis expedition makes first contact with the Asurans, who claim that they are the last of the Ancients. However, after holding the team prisoner, they learn that they are not people, but machines; Replicators, and they plan to destroy Atlantis.
File:The Real World 11.jpg	"The Real World (Part 2 of 2)"	306	August 18, 2006	Lantea	Asuran	N/A
	Dr. Elizabeth Weir awakens in a psychiatric hospital outside Washington D.C. where she is told that she never left Earth, and the entire Stargate Program, and Atlantis never existed.
	"Common Ground"	307	August 25, 2006	Kolya's planet, Lantea, Unnamed, Unnamed, Unnamed	Genii, Wraith	Acastus Kolya
	Lt. Colonel John Sheppard is captured by Commander Acastus Kolya, who wants the expedition to hand over Ladon Radim, in exchange of returning Sheppard. Sheppard is also imprisoned with a Wraith feeding on him, and the two form an unlikely alliance to escape the base.
File:Mckay and Miller 11.jpg	"McKay and Mrs. Miller"	308	September 8, 2006	Earth, Lantea	Asgard	N/A
	Jeannie Miller, Dr. Rodney McKay's sister has thought up a theory to bridge two realities together. Stargate Command, and McKay convince her to come to Atlantis to reform Project Arcturus. However, soon, another McKay appears in front of everyone's eyes.
File:Phantoms 11.jpg	"Phantoms"	309	September 15, 2006	Lantea, M1B-129	Genii, Wraith	N/A
	Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team travels to M1B-129 to retrieve a missing team, but come across a Wraith Mind manipulator, making the team see things things that aren't there.
File:Gate-bridge.jpg	"The Return (Part 1 of 2)"	310	September 22, 2006	Earth, Lantea, New Athos	Ancient, Asuran, Genii	Cetus, Talus
	While testing the McKay/Carter Intergalactic Gate Bridge, the Daedalus picks up an Ancient warship, the Tria, who retake control of Atlantis, and the expedition is expelled to Earth. However, the Asurans are heading straight for Atlantis.
File:The Return part 2.jpg	"The Return (Part 2 of 2)"	311	November 20, 2006	Earth, Lantea, New Athos	Asuran	Cetus, Talus
	Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team reunites to take out the Asurans, who have taken control of Atlantis, and plan to use Niam, who is drifting in space over Lantea. Meanwhile, Major General Jack O'Neill and Richard Woolsey do their best to avoid capture.
File:Deadalus under fire.jpg	"Echoes"	312	November 27, 2006	Lantea	Ancient, Flagisallus	N/A
	Teyla Emmagan starts seeing "ghosts" of Ancients wandering Atlantis, and soon other people start seeing them also. The visit from a group of Flagisallus are related, when they use the "ghosts" to warn the expedition of a Coronal mass ejection.
File:Irresponsible11.jpg	"Irresponsible"	313	December 4, 2006	Lantea, M65-PL8	People of M65-PL8, Genii, Lucius' people	Acastus Kolya
	Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team travels to a planet to meet a "hero", only to find Lucius Lavin, who play-fights off Genii mercenaries to win the hearts of the villagers. However, the mercenaries soon contact Commander Acastus Kolya in order to capture Sheppard's team.
File:Tao of Rodney 11.jpg	"Tao of Rodney"	314	December 11, 2006	Lantea	N/A	N/A
	Dr. Rodney McKay gets "zapped" by a device, where his brain quickly evolves to that of the Ancients to achieve Ascension, and he gains super powers. However, he must learn to ascend, or he will die, but it isn't going to be easy.
File:TheGame11.jpg	"The Game"	315	December 18, 2006	Lantea, M4D-058	Geldaran, Hallonan	N/A
	Major Evan Lorne reports back from M4D-058 and tells them they encountered a race of humans who has Dr. Rodney McKay's face on their flag. They learn that a game McKay and Lt. Colonel John Sheppard were playing is actually happening in reality. However, this also causes friction between McKay and Sheppard's worlds, who are on the brink of war.
File:The Ark 11.jpg	"The Ark"	316	January 8, 2007	Jamus' homeworld, Lantea	Jamus' people	Jamus
	Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team discovers a moon base where the last of a race of Humans remain. They soon discover, however, the entire population is in danger when the station is damaged through the suicide of a recently awoken resident.
	"Sunday"	317	January 15, 2007	Lantea	N/A	N/A
	While the Atlantis expedition tries and relax on a regular Sunday, a mysterious explosion rocks the city, leaving three people dead. It is later revealed that a scientist is a walking time-bomb, and has to be stopped. However, the attempt to resolve the problem will result in the loss of an important figure in Atlantis.
	"Submersion"	318	January 22, 2007	Lantea	Wraith	Wraith Queen
	The Atlantis expedition explore a Mobile drilling platform under the ocean of Lantea. However, due to Teyla Emmagan's background, a Wraith Queen awakens after being stuck in a nearby crashed cruiser for 10,000 years.
File:Vengence25.JPG	"Vengeance"	319	January 29, 2007	Lantea, Taranian settlement	Bug People, Human-Wraith Hybrid, Taranian	Michael Kenmore
	The Taranians have failed to contact Atlantis, so Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team is sent to investigate. They find the settlement abandoned, and soon find them all dead, by Michael Kenmore's experimenting.
File:First strike.jpg	"First Strike (Part 1 of 3)"	320	February 5, 2007	Asuras, Lantea	Asuran	Oberoth
	The new Earth battle-cruiser Apollo arrives in Atlantis to launch a preemptive strike against an armada of Asuran ships preparing to take off to Earth. However, after the strike is finished, a weapons satellite appears above the city and attacks its shields. If they cannot find away out of the situation, Atlantis will be no more.

Cast

Main characters

• Joe Flanigan as Lt. Colonel John Sheppard (20/20 episodes)
• Torri Higginson as Dr. Elizabeth Weir (20/20 episodes)
• Rachel Luttrell as Teyla Emmagan (20/20 episodes)
• Jason Momoa as Ronon Dex (20/20 episodes)
• With Paul McGillion as Dr. Carson Beckett (13/20 episodes)
• And David Hewlett as Dr. Rodney McKay (20/20 episodes)

Recurring characters

• David Nykl as Dr. Radek Zelenka (12/20 episodes)
• Chuck Campbell as Chuck (12/20 episodes)
• Mitch Pileggi as Colonel Steven Caldwell (6/20 episodes)
• Kavan Smith as Major Evan Lorne (6/20 episodes)
• Robert Picardo as Richard Woolsey (4/20 episodes)
• Gary Jones as CMSgt. Walter Harriman (4/20 episodes)
• Kirby Morrow as Captain Dave Kleinman (4/20 episodes)
• Beau Bridges as Major General Henry Landry (3/20 episodes)
• Bill Dow as Dr. Bill Lee (3/20 episodes)
• Connor Trinneer as Michael Kenmore (3/20 episodes)
• Trevor Devall as the voice of Hermiod (3/20 episodes)
• Richard Dean Anderson as Major General Jonathan J. O'Neill (3/20 episodes)
• John O'Callaghan as Niam (3/20 episodes)
• Donna Soares as Dr. Coleman (3/20 episodes)
• Robert Davi as Commander Acastus Kolya (2/20 episodes)
• Ryan Robbins as Ladon Radim (2/20 episodes)
• Richard Kind as Lucius Lavin (2/20 episodes)
• Brahm Taylor as Lathan (2/20 episodes)
• Panou as Cetus (2/20 episodes)
• David MacInnis as Talus (2/20 episodes)
• David Ogden Stiers as Oberoth (2/20 episodes)
• Heather Doerksen as Major Pat Meyers (2/20 episodes)

One time characters

• Christopher Heyerdahl as "Todd" (1/20 episodes)
• Claire Rankin as Kate Heightmeyer (1/20 episodes)
• Jewel Staite as Jennifer Keller (1/20 episodes)

Crew

Created by

• Brad Wright
• Robert C. Cooper

Supervising Producers

• Martin Wood
• Martin Gero

Co-Executive Producer

• Carl Binder

Executive Producers

• N. John Smith
• Joseph Mallozzi
• Paul Mullie
• Brad Wright
• Robert C. Cooper

Creative Consultants

• Damian Kindler
• Alan McCullough
• Ken Cuperus ("Common Ground", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Game", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Submersion", "Vengeance", "First Strike")

Post Production Consultant

• R. Michael Eliot

Casting

• Paul Weber

Canadian Casting

• Sean Cossey
• Stuart Aikins

Production Manager

• George Horie

First Assistant Directors

• Alex Pappas ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Irresistible", "The Real World", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Ark", "Vengeance")
• Ryan Kosmynka ("Sateda", "Progeny", "Common Ground", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "The Game", "Sunday", "Submersion", "First Strike")

Second Assistant Director

• Steve Eathorne

Music

• Joel Goldsmith
• Neal Acree ("Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Game", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Submersion", "Vengeance", "First Strike")

Directors of Photography

• Michael C. Blundell ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Irresistible", "The Real World", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Ark", "Submersion", "Vengeance")
• Brenton Spencer ("Sateda", "Progeny", "Common Ground", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "The Game", "Sunday", "First Strike")

Production Designer

• James CD Robbins

Editors

• Brad Rines ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Progeny", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Echoes", "Tao of Rodney", "Submersion")
• Mike Banas ("Irresistible", "Common Ground", "Phantoms", "The Ark", "Sunday", "First Strike")
• Jeremy Presner ("Sateda", "The Real World", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Irresponsible", "The Game", "Vengeance")

Supervising Art Director

• Thom Wells

Art Directors

• Eric Norlin ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Irresistible", "Sateda", "Progeny", "The Real World", "Common Ground", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Game", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Submersion", "Vengeance")
• Richard Cook ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Irresistible", "Sateda", "Progeny", "The Real World", "Common Ground", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Game", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Submersion", "Vengeance")
• Mira Caveno ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Irresistible", "Sateda", "Progeny", "The Real World", "Common Ground", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Game", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Submersion", "Vengeance")
• Melanie Cassidy

Set Decorators

• Mark Davidson
• Robert Davidson

Costume Designer

• Christina McQuarrie

Special Effects Coordinator

• Wray Douglas

Camera Operators

• Nathaniel Massey ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Irresistible", "Sateda", "Progeny", "The Real World", "Common Ground", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "Irresponsible")
• Ryan Purcell ("Tao of Rodney", "The Game", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Submersion", "Vengeance", "First Strike")

Chief Lighting Technician

• Bruno Bittner

Key Grip

• John Zulinski

Sound Mixer

• Kevin Sands

Paint Coordinator

• Steve Craine

Property Masters

• Dean Goodine ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Irresistible", "Sateda", "Progeny", "The Real World", "Common Ground", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Game", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Submersion")
• Pat O'Brien ("Vengeance", "First Strike")

Makeup Artist

• Leah Ehman

Prosthetic Animatronic Operator

• Morris Chapdelaine ("No Man's Land", "McKay and Mrs. Miller")

Puppeteer

• Nicholas Podbrey ("Vengeance")

Hairstylists

• Lisa Leonard ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Irresistible", "Sateda", "Progeny", "The Real World", "Common Ground", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms")
• Pauline L. Tremblay ("Phantoms", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Game", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Submersion", "Vengeance", "First Strike")

Production Coordinator

• Jennifer Roe Emery

Script Supervisors

• Terry Murray ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Irresistible", "The Real World", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Ark", "First Strike")
• Linda Strathdee ("Sateda", "Progeny", "Common Ground", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "The Game", "Sunday", "Submersion", "Vengeance")

Script Coordinator

• Alex Levine

U.S. Casting Associate

• Ivy Isenberg

Extras Casting

• Sandra Couldwell

Legal Council

• Carol Horn

Production Accountants

• Julie Rieder
• Pauline Hooge

Unit Manager

• Rick Fearon ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Irresistible", "Sateda", "Progeny", "The Real World", "Common Ground", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "Sunday")

Location Manager

• Heather Vedan

Transportation Coordinator

• David R. Anderson

Stunt Coordinator

• James Bamford

Assistant to Executive Producer

• Lawren Bancroft-Wilson

Visual Effects Supervisors

• Mark Savela ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "Sateda", "Progeny", "Common Ground", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "The Game", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Submersion", "Vengeance", "First Strike")
• Shannon Gurney ("Irresistible", "The Real World")
• Geoff Anderson ("Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney")

Post Production Coordinator

• Heather Nevin

Assistant Editors

• Ryan Malone ("No Man's Land", "Sateda", "Progeny", "Common Ground", "Phantoms", "The Return, Part 1", "Irresponsible", "The Ark", "Vengeance")
• Steve McLeod ("Misbegotten", "Irresistible", "The Real World", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "The Game", "Sunday", "Submersion", "First Strike")

Visual Effects Coordinators

• Shannon Gurney ("No Man's Land", "Misbegotten", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Vengeance")
• Geoff Anderson ("Irresistible", "Sateda", "Progeny", "The Real World", "Common Ground", "The Return, Part 1", "Submersion", "First Strike")
• Sonia Gilmore ("The Game")

In House Digital Effects Supervisor

• Christopher Stewart ("Progeny", "The Return, Part 2", "The Ark", "First Strike")

In House Visual Effects Coordinator

• Janice Groom ("The Game", "First Strike")

In House Lead Artist

• Jamie Yukio Kawano ("The Return, Part 2")

In House Lead Compositors

• Erica Henderson ("The Return, Part 2")
• Adam Bagatto ("The Game")

In House Compositors

• Kodie Mackenzie ("Sateda", "The Ark", "First Strike")
• Erica Henderson ("The Return, Part 2", "The Ark", "First Strike")
• Jon Anastasiades ("Progeny")

In House Lead 3D Artists

• Jamie Yukio Kawano ("The Ark")
• Michael Lowes ("The Ark")
• Jeremy Hampton ("The Ark")

In House 3D Artists

• Michael Lowes ("Progeny", "First Strike")
• Jamie Yukio Kawano ("First Strike")
• Jeremy Hampton ("First Strike")
• Adam Bagatto ("First Strike")

Playback Supervisor

• Krista McLean

On-Set VFX Technician

• Jonathan MacPherson ("Phantoms", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Game", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Submersion", "Vengeance", "First Strike")

Sound Supervisor

• Steve Smith

Sound Editors

• Matthew Wilson ("No Man's Land", "Irresistible", "Common Ground", "The Return, Part 1", "Irresponsible", "The Game", "Vengeance")
• Kirby Jinnah ("Misbegotten", "Progeny", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "The Return, Part 2", "The Ark", "Sunday", "First Strike")
• Jay Cheetham ("Sateda", "The Real World", "Phantoms", "Echoes", "Tao of Rodney", "Submersion")

Music Editor

• Rick Chadock

Re-Recording Mixers

• Paul A. Sharpe ("No Man's Land", "Phantoms")
• Dave Hibbert ("No Man's Land", "Sateda", "Progeny", "The Real World", "Common Ground", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "Phantoms", "The Return, Part 2", "Tao of Rodney", "The Game", "The Ark", "Submersion", "First Strike")
• Gord Hillier ("Misbegotten", "Sateda", "Progeny", "The Real World", "Common Ground", "McKay and Mrs. Miller", "The Return, Part 1", "The Return, Part 2", "The Game")
• Iain Pattison ("Misbegotten", "The Return, Part 1", "Vengeance")
• Kelly Cole ("Irresistible", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "Tao of Rodney", "The Ark", "Sunday", "Submersion", "First Strike")
• Bill Mellow ("Irresistible", "Echoes", "Irresponsible", "Sunday")
• Kevin Belen ("Vengeance")

Awards

Wins

• Won "WGC Showrunner Award" (Brad Wright)

Trivia

• Season 3 of Atlantis aired concurrently with SG-1 Season 10.
• This is the only season in which Jason Momoa (Ronon Dex) appears in every episode.

Media

DVD

• Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Third Season

Novels

• Stargate Atlantis: Casualties of War (Preceded by The Real World and followed by Common Ground)
• Stargate Atlantis: Blood Ties (Preceded by Sunday and followed by Submersion)

External links

• Stargate Atlantis (season 3) on Wikipedia
• Atlantis Season Three on GateWorld