*[[Ellie Gall]] (''Origins'')<ref>[https://www.stargatecommand.co/feeds/an-important-stargate-origins-announcement Official announcement on StargateCommand.co]</ref>
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*[[Nancy McClure]] (''young'')
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*[[Glynis Davies]] {{Cite|SG-1|1969}}
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*[[Kelly Vint]] (''child in movie'')
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*[[Viveca Lindfors]] (''movie'')
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{{quote|Catherine Langford was more than just kind and generous. She had a gift of an endless, open-minded, child-like curiosity. She saw the world not for what it was, but for what it could be, and she saw potential in people that others failed to recognize. Like her father before her, her contributions to science have changed the world more than most people know. I, for one, have no idea where I would be today if I'd never met her. She changed my life in more ways than I ever could have imagined.|[[Daniel Jackson]] at Catherine Langford's funeral.|Moebius, Part 1}}
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'''Catherine Langford''' was the daughter of the [[archaeologist]] [[Professor]] [[Paul Langford]]. She dedicated her life to unraveling the mystery of what would become known to [[Earth]] as the [[Stargate]], a device she witnessed her father discover in Giza in [[1928]].
The daughter of the [[archaeologist]] [[Professor Langford]], much of Catherine Langford's life has been influenced by a curious discovery her father made on the Giza plateau in 1928. Catherine's father and her fiancée, [[Ernest Littlefield]], did experiments on hisunusual discovery in 1945. Catherine's father told her Ernest died in an accident, but in reality he travelled through the mysterious ring to another planet and was presumed lost.
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===1928===
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[[File:CatherineLangford kid.png|left|thumb|Catherine having found a necklace with the Eye of Ra symbol in 1928.]]
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Much of Catherine's life was influenced by her father's discovery of the Stargate, on the [[Giza]] plateau in [[1928]] when she was a young girl. It was at the Stargate's excavation site where she discovered an [[Eye of Ra]] medallion - a deeply cherished item that she would wear for the rest of her life. {{Cite}}
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===1938===
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It took Catherine forty years to reignite the military's interest in the artifact. In [[1994]], [[Daniel Jackson]] discovered the artifact was a [[Stargate]] and that it could take people and objects to other planets. In [[1997]], he discovered in Ernest Littlefield was still alive and helped reunited the two of them.
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Catherine and her father have been studying the Stargate for some time, but up to that point they had been unsuccessful in learning what it is or what its purpose is. During this time, she had met [[James Beal]], a captain in the British Military, at a market and was involved in a romantic relationship with him. He later went through the [[Stargate]] with her to help her rescue her father.
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===1945===
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Catherine died in [[2005]]. Many of her possessions were left to Daniel Jackson. ([[SG1]]: "[[Moebius, Part 1]]")
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[[File:Vlcsnap-2014-09-13-20h39m46s204.png|thumb|right|Catherine as a twenty-one-year-old woman in 1945.]]
Catherine's father and her fiancée, [[Ernest Littlefield]], did experiments on the Stargate in [[1945]]. Catherine's father told her Ernest had died in an accident, but in reality he traveled through the mysterious ring to [[Heliopolis|another planet]] and was presumed lost. {{Cite|sg1|The Torment of Tantalus}}
[[File:CatherineLangford1969.png|thumb|left|Catherine Langford in 1969.]]
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There was a Catherine Langford in the [[alternate Realities|alternate reality]] [[Daniel Jackson|Daniel]] went to in "[[There But for the Grace of God]]". See [[Catherine Langford (alternate)|here]] for more.
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In [[1969]], Catherine received a brief visit from two strangers, one of whom claimed to be the son of [[Heinrich Gruber]], her father's partner in the original dig in Giza and researcher on the [[Stargate]] in 1945. She was able to tell her visitors where the Stargate was currently being stored. In reality, the visitors were [[Captain]] [[Samantha Carter]] and [[Dr.]] [[Daniel Jackson]] who, along with [[Teal'c]] and [[Colonel]] [[Jack O'Neill]], had been accidentally transported back in time. It's possible that Jackson and Carter's visit prompted Catherine to begin pressing the military to reopen its research on the Stargate. By this time, her father had died. {{cite|SG1|1969}}
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===1996===
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[[File:Viveca-lindfors-stargate-catherine-langford-04.jpg|thumb|right|Catherine Langford in 1996.]]
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In [[1996]], she hired Daniel Jackson, this time fully aware of who he was, to re-translate the texts discovered with the strange ring. It was Daniel who discovered that the artifact was called a Stargate. Later, through linking star signs with glyphs on the object, Daniel made the intuitive leap that made it work for the second time, which was the first time as far as Catherine or anyone else involved in [[Project Giza]] knew. She gave Daniel the Eye of Ra medallion for good luck when he went through the gate. Catherine said that she had no desire to travel through the 'Gate herself – now that she knew what it was for and how it worked, she felt "complete".
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Although Daniel remained behind on the other side of the Stargate, he sent her medallion back with O'Neill, asking him to tell Catherine "it brought [him] luck." {{Cite}}
In [[1997]], Daniel discovered the Stargate had been successfully activated in the 40s and went to visit Catherine for answers. She was pleased to see Daniel, and confirmed for the first time that the Eye of Ra had been returned to her. Upon realizing that Littlefield might still be alive, she accompanied [[SG-1]] to the planet [[Heliopolis]]. Once there she was reunited with Ernest and they traveled back to [[Earth]] together. {{Cite|sg1|The Torment of Tantalus}}
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Catherine died in [[2005]]. Daniel gave a eulogy at her funeral that was well received by her niece, [[Sabrina Gosling]]. Sabrina said that Daniel was like a son to Catherine, and returned the Eye of Ra medallion to him. Gosling later arranged for Daniel to receive the rest of his inheritance from Catherine, which, much to his shock, turned out to be her entire collection of artifacts. Catherine's legacy turned out to have one more boon, as her collection ultimately led to the discovery of a [[Zero Point Module]] which was instrumental in saving the [[Atlantis expedition]]. {{Cite|SG1|Moebius, Part 1}}
*[[File:CatherineLangford alternate.png|thumb]]''In an [[alternate reality]] visited by [[Daniel Jackson]] in [[1998]], Dr. Catherine Langford attempted to recruit the [[Daniel Jackson#Alternate realities|Daniel Jackson]] of her reality into the [[Stargate Program]]. However, he rejected her offer and she described him as being "quite rude" in doing so. She supervised the team that discovered how to make the gate work and [[Jonathan J. O'Neill#Alternate realities|Jack O'Neill]] led the [[Abydos Mission|first mission]] through the Stargate to [[Abydos]]. She continued to head the [[Stargate Command#Alternate realities|SGA]] until [[Apophis#Alternate realities|Apophis's]] forces invaded [[Earth#Alternate realities|Earth]] in 1998. She was killed in the invasion of [[Cheyenne Mountain#Alternate realities|Cheyenne Mountain]]. When Daniel thanked her for helping him get home, she said since he helped the Catherine from his reality reunite with [[Ernest Littlefield]], she considered them even in the grand scheme of things.'' {{Cite|sg1|There But for the Grace of God}}
***"[[The Torment of Tantalus]]" <small>(Flashback)</small>
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***"[[1969 (episode)|1969]]"
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*''[[Stargate (movie)|Stargate]]''
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*''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
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**[[SG-1 Season 1|Season 1]]
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***"[[The Torment of Tantalus]]"
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**[[SG-1 Season 7|Season 7]]
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*Catherine claims to have been 21 years old in 1945, placing her birth in 1923 or 1924. This would mean she was four or five years old at the discovery of the Stargate in 1928, 44 or 45 when meeting with a disguised Sam and Daniel in 1969, and 81 or 82 at her death in 2005.
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*Catherine Langford was the focus of the series ''[[Stargate Origins]]''.
"Catherine Langford was more than just kind and generous. She had a gift of an endless, open-minded, child-like curiosity. She saw the world not for what it was, but for what it could be, and she saw potential in people that others failed to recognize. Like her father before her, her contributions to science have changed the world more than most people know. I, for one, have no idea where I would be today if I'd never met her. She changed my life in more ways than I ever could have imagined."
Catherine Langford was the daughter of the archaeologistProfessorPaul Langford. She dedicated her life to unraveling the mystery of what would become known to Earth as the Stargate, a device she witnessed her father discover in Giza in 1928.
Catherine having found a necklace with the Eye of Ra symbol in 1928.
Much of Catherine's life was influenced by her father's discovery of the Stargate, on the Giza plateau in 1928 when she was a young girl. It was at the Stargate's excavation site where she discovered an Eye of Ra medallion - a deeply cherished item that she would wear for the rest of her life. (Stargate)
1938
Catherine and her father have been studying the Stargate for some time, but up to that point they had been unsuccessful in learning what it is or what its purpose is. During this time, she had met James Beal, a captain in the British Military, at a market and was involved in a romantic relationship with him. He later went through the Stargate with her to help her rescue her father.
Catherine's father and her fiancée, Ernest Littlefield, did experiments on the Stargate in 1945. Catherine's father told her Ernest had died in an accident, but in reality he traveled through the mysterious ring to another planet and was presumed lost. (SG1: "The Torment of Tantalus")
1969
Catherine Langford in 1969.
In 1969, Catherine received a brief visit from two strangers, one of whom claimed to be the son of Heinrich Gruber, her father's partner in the original dig in Giza and researcher on the Stargate in 1945. She was able to tell her visitors where the Stargate was currently being stored. In reality, the visitors were CaptainSamantha Carter and Dr.Daniel Jackson who, along with Teal'c and ColonelJack O'Neill, had been accidentally transported back in time. It's possible that Jackson and Carter's visit prompted Catherine to begin pressing the military to reopen its research on the Stargate. By this time, her father had died. (SG1: "1969")
In 1996, she hired Daniel Jackson, this time fully aware of who he was, to re-translate the texts discovered with the strange ring. It was Daniel who discovered that the artifact was called a Stargate. Later, through linking star signs with glyphs on the object, Daniel made the intuitive leap that made it work for the second time, which was the first time as far as Catherine or anyone else involved in Project Giza knew. She gave Daniel the Eye of Ra medallion for good luck when he went through the gate. Catherine said that she had no desire to travel through the 'Gate herself – now that she knew what it was for and how it worked, she felt "complete".
Although Daniel remained behind on the other side of the Stargate, he sent her medallion back with O'Neill, asking him to tell Catherine "it brought [him] luck." (Stargate)
1997
In 1997, Daniel discovered the Stargate had been successfully activated in the 40s and went to visit Catherine for answers. She was pleased to see Daniel, and confirmed for the first time that the Eye of Ra had been returned to her. Upon realizing that Littlefield might still be alive, she accompanied SG-1 to the planet Heliopolis. Once there she was reunited with Ernest and they traveled back to Earth together. (SG1: "The Torment of Tantalus")
2005
Catherine died in 2005. Daniel gave a eulogy at her funeral that was well received by her niece, Sabrina Gosling. Sabrina said that Daniel was like a son to Catherine, and returned the Eye of Ra medallion to him. Gosling later arranged for Daniel to receive the rest of his inheritance from Catherine, which, much to his shock, turned out to be her entire collection of artifacts. Catherine's legacy turned out to have one more boon, as her collection ultimately led to the discovery of a Zero Point Module which was instrumental in saving the Atlantis expedition. (SG1: "Moebius, Part 1")
Catherine claims to have been 21 years old in 1945, placing her birth in 1923 or 1924. This would mean she was four or five years old at the discovery of the Stargate in 1928, 44 or 45 when meeting with a disguised Sam and Daniel in 1969, and 81 or 82 at her death in 2005.
Catherine Langford was the focus of the series Stargate Origins.
