Svetlana Markov

Svetlana Markov
Biographical information
Race	Tau'ri
Home planet	Earth
Gender	Female
Political information
Rank	Doctor
Allegiances	Russian Intelligence
Out of universe information
Appearances	Stargate SG-1 *"Watergate" *"The Tomb" (Mentioned)
Actor	Marina Sirtis

Svetlana Markov was the Russian envoy to SG-1, assigned to take the team to Siberia to determine why the Giza Stargate was unable to deactivate in 2000.

Biography

Background information

Markov had been given files on Stargate Command by Colonel Harold Maybourne, who was hiding in Siberia. Markov spent extensive time in Siberia, at the Russian Stargate facility, having known the men and women of the Russian Stargate team. Returning to the facility and discovering the entire group of personnel to be dead (either by gun shot or some other means) was quite upsetting to her. (SG1: "Watergate")

Markov was a friend of Colonel Alexi Zukhov. (SG1: "The Tomb")

2000

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Markov, Dr. Daniel Jackson and Major Samantha Carter took a Swiss Mini-Sub through the Stargate to a submerged Water planet so they could deactivate the generator on a Russian probe which was not allowing the Stargate to deactivate. While exploring the underwater city, the sub was suddenly immobilized. Eventually, the trio realized the "water" was actually sentient aliens holding the submarine hostage. After a while, the forward view port of the sub was shattered by the water aliens. The water aliens later engulfed the trio and sent the team back to Earth when some of the "water" aliens that were trapped on Earth were returned. (SG1: "Watergate")

Equipment

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Other equipment

• Parka: To be added
• Gas mask: To be added
• Parachute: To be added

Vehicles

• Mini-Sub: To be added

Behind the scenes

• In Russian surnames (or family names) are mostly former adjectives. The Russian language has grammatical genders and nouns and adjectives must be in agreement. The name Markov (Mark's) is grammatically male, hence her name would be more correct as Svetlana Markova (Светлана Маркова).
• Marina Sirtis is one of nine main cast Star Trek actors to have a role in the Stargate series. The other eight are Robert Picardo (Richard Woosley), René Auberjonois ("The Other Side"), Connor Trinneer (Michael), John Billingsley ("The Other Guys"), Colm Meaney (ATL: "Underground", "The Storm", "Coup D'etat"), Jolene Blalock ("Birthright", "Sacrifices"), Armin Shimerman ("The Nox") and Nicole de Boer (ATL: "Whispers").

Links and navigation

• Svetlana Markov in Kathleen Ritter's Lexicon.
• GateWorld's article on Svetlana Markov in The Stargate Omnipedia
• Svetlana Markov article on Stargate SG-1 Solutions' The StargateWiki