Brendan Gall

This article is about the tau'ri. For the actor of the same name, see Brendan Gall (actor).

Brendan Gall
Biographical information
Race	Tau'ri
Home planet	Earth
Gender	Male
Died	2004
Political information
Rank	Doctor
Allegiances	Atlantis expedition
Out of universe information
Appearances	Stargate: Atlantis *"The Defiant One"
Actor	Richard Ian Cox

Dr. Brendan Gall was a scientist and member of the Atlantis expedition.

Biography

2004

He and Dr. Abrams accompanied Dr. Rodney McKay and Major John Sheppard to investigate a Lagrangian Point satellite that he discovered on Atlantis's sensors.

Sheppard, however, was more interested in the Wraith distress signal his Puddle Jumper was detecting from a nearby planet. After consultation with Dr. Elizabeth Weir, the Jumper was rerouted to the surface. While investigating the inside of the Wraith supply ship, Gall and Abrams discovered a Wraith commander that had awoke from hibernation. It pushed Gall aside and attacked Abrams, feeding off his life and killing him.

Gall was wrapped in webbing, taken to be interrogated, and fed upon later. After moving to a different part of the ship the Wraith fed upon him until he gave up information about their Puddle Jumper. It deliberately left enough life inside him to keep McKay occupied while Sheppard, now down to one man, went off to try and fight the Wraith. Gall, who had known McKay before this particular field expedition, found Rodney's opinion about self-preservation had changed; he wanted to get into the fight to help the Major.

Realizing that's exactly what the Wraith didn't want to happen, and that Rodney's field training was not going to save him, Gall used the remainder of his depleting energy to take his own pistol and shot himself in the head much to McKay's horror. (SGA: "The Defiant One")

Equipment

This section requires expansion

Weapons

• M9 pistol: To be added

Other equipment

• Atlantis expedition uniform: To be added
• Tactical vest: To be added
• Radio: To be added
• Flashlight: To be added

Behind the scenes

• Richard Ian Cox previously played Nyan in the Stargate SG-1 episode "New Ground".
• Character was named after Stargate actor Brendan Gall.
• Despite being called Brendan Gall in both the official subtitles for the episode "The Defiant One" and again in Stargate Atlantis: The DVD Collection 72 and on the official Sci-Fi Channel and MGM websites, the character is called Gaul in Stargate: Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 1. The reason for this discrepancy is unknown, but it is possible that the author of the Companion simply made a mistake.

Links and navigation

• GateWorld's article on Brendan Gall in The Stargate Omnipedia