Editing Teal'c (section)

===Characterization===
Teal'c is a [[Jaffa (Stargate)|Jaffa]] from the planet Chulak, a planet orbiting a binary star system. Jaffa have a human appearance but have an abdominal pouch which serves as an incubator for a larval [[Goa'uld]].<ref name="Hathor">{{cite episode|title = Hathor| episode-link = Hathor (Stargate SG-1)| series = Stargate SG-1| series-link = Stargate SG-1}}</ref> The larval symbiote grants enhanced strength, health, healing, and longevity. Teal'c states he is 101 years old in season 4's "[[The Light (Stargate SG-1)|The Light]]", and ages an additional 50 years in season 10's "[[Unending]]". But since the symbiote also replaces the Jaffa's immune system, its removal is known to cause a long and painful death.<ref name="The Serpent's Lair">{{cite episode|title = The Serpent's Lair| episode-link = The Serpent's Lair (Stargate SG-1)| series = Stargate SG-1| series-link = Stargate SG-1}}</ref> As a Jaffa, Teal'c does not require sleep, but must engage in a form of meditation called ''kel'no'reem'' in order to synchronize with his symbiote.<ref name="Holiday">{{cite episode|title = Holiday| episode-link = Holiday (Stargate SG-1)| series = Stargate SG-1| series-link = Stargate SG-1}}</ref> However, he later had his symbiote removed and survived on a drug called tretonin. After this, he was weaker, could not perform kel'no'reem and needed sleep.

Teal'c is a "stalwart alien with the unfathomable &ndash; and mostly silent &ndash; demeanor"<ref name=approaching_51/> and "the most straight-faced member of SG-1".<ref name=approaching_19/> Teal'c's catchphrase is "Indeed". Christopher Judge described Teal'c as a liberator who tries to end his people's enslavement.<ref name=approaching_19>{{cite book | last = Storm | first = Jo | title = Approaching the Possible: The World of Stargate SG-1 | publisher = ECW Press | location = Toronto, Canada | year = 2005 | pages = 19&ndash;27 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=T196lU-jXI8C | isbn = 1-55022-705-X }}</ref> Although Teal'c has certain advanced physical abilities and powers, he is very much human in his heart and in his mind.<ref name=approaching_19/> Judge also described Teal'c as a "rebel in a society that doesn't tolerate rebels".<ref name=approaching_51>{{cite book | last = Storm | first = Jo | title = Approaching the Possible: The World of Stargate SG-1 | publisher = ECW Press | location = Toronto, Canada | year = 2005 | pages = 51&ndash;56 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=T196lU-jXI8C | isbn = 1-55022-705-X }}</ref> Teal'c is all about honor.<ref name=tvzones55_20/> By season 7, Teal'c has become more vocal about expressing his feelings towards situations and other characters.<ref name=tvzones55_20/> Teal'c became more accustomed to life on Earth, developed a taste for doughnuts  and has gone on fishing trips with O'Neill, though he is puzzled as to why O'Neill fishes in a lake known to be devoid of fish. His favorite movie is Star Wars; he has seen it 9 times as of the season 5 episode [[Ascension (Stargate SG-1)|Ascension]]. He once stated a dislike for "[[milk|bovine lactose]]",<ref>Season 6, Episode 19 "The Changeling</ref> which may be due to an earlier episode ("Unnatural Selection"), in which Teal'c is seen gorging himself on ice cream and even stealing O'Neill's pint of ice cream from his hand when the Asgard beamed the refrigerated stores onto the Prometheus, implying that Teal'c may be lactose intolerant. In season 8, Judge wanted to take Teal'c one step closer to being more aware of Earth customs with a more Earth-like behavior, without him losing his alien perspective. He considered the first half of season 8 "the most my character has been given to do since we first started work on the series".<ref name=tvzones58_28/>