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* [[Action fiction|Action]]-[[Adventure fiction|adventure]]
* [[Science fiction]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/work/stargate-132284 |publisher=Allmovie |access-date=January 4, 2010|title=Stargate: Overview|author=Brenner, Paul}}</ref>
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| company              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Brad Wright|Acme Shark Productions]]
* [[MGM Television|MGM Worldwide Television Distribution]]
* [[Sony Pictures Television]] <br>(2005–2006) <br>(season 2)
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| theme_music_composer = [[Joel Goldsmith]]
| runtime              = 43 minutes
| creator              = {{Unbulleted list| [[Brad Wright]] | [[Robert C. Cooper]] }}
| based_on             = ''[[Stargate]]''<br />by [[Roland Emmerich]]<br />[[Dean Devlin]]
| executive_producer   = {{Unbulleted list| [[Brad Wright]] | [[Robert C. Cooper]] | [[Joseph Mallozzi]] | [[Paul Mullie]] | [[Martin Gero]] | [[Carl Binder]] }}
| starring             = {{Unbulleted list| [[Joe Flanigan]] | [[Torri Higginson]] | [[Rachel Luttrell]] | [[Rainbow Sun Francks]] | [[David Hewlett]] | [[Jason Momoa]] | [[Paul McGillion]] | [[Amanda Tapping]] | [[Jewel Staite]] | [[Robert Picardo]] }}
| country              = {{Unbulleted list| Canada | United States }}
| language             = English
| network              = [[Syfy]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2004|7|16}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2009|1|9}}
| num_seasons          = 5
| num_episodes         = 100
| list_episodes        = List of Stargate Atlantis episodes
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*''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]''
*''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
*''[[Stargate Universe]]''
*''[[Stargate Origins]]''
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'''''Stargate Atlantis''''' (usually stylized in [[all caps]] and often abbreviated '''''SGA''''') is an [[Adventure film|adventure]] and [[military science fiction]] television series and part of [[MGM]]'s [[Stargate|''Stargate'' franchise]]. The show was created by [[Brad Wright]] and [[Robert C. Cooper]] as a [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] series of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', which was created by Wright and [[Jonathan Glassner]] and was itself based on the feature film ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'' (1994). All five seasons of ''Stargate Atlantis'' were broadcast by the [[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]] in the United States and [[The Movie Network]] in Canada. The show premiered on July 16, 2004; its final episode aired on January 9, 2009. The series was filmed in and around [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada.

The story of ''Stargate Atlantis'' follows the events of ''Stargate SG-1'''s seventh [[season finale]] episode "[[Lost City (Stargate SG-1)|Lost City]]" and eighth [[season premiere]] episode "[[New Order (Stargate SG-1)|New Order]]", in which the cast of that series discovered an Antarctic outpost created by the alien race known as the [[Ancient (Stargate)|Ancients]]. In the pilot episode "[[Rising (Stargate Atlantis)|Rising]]", Dr. [[Daniel Jackson (Stargate)|Daniel Jackson]] discovers the location of [[Atlantis (Stargate)|Atlantis]], the legendary city created by the Ancients, and Stargate Command sends an international team to investigate it.

The series was a ratings success for the Sci Fi Channel, and was particularly popular in Europe and Australia. Although it received little critical response, ''Stargate Atlantis'' was honored with numerous awards and award nominations in its five-season run. Merchandise for ''Stargate Atlantis'' includes games and toys, print media, and an original audio series. With the cancellation of ''Stargate Universe'', the intended direct-to-DVD ''Stargate Atlantis'' movie, entitled ''Stargate: Extinction'', was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |last=Coll |first=Kevin |url=http://www.fusedfilm.com/2011/01/stargate-universe-cancellation-kills-stargate-atlantis-movie-possibility/ |title=''Stargate Universe'' Cancellation Kills ''Stargate Atlantis'' Movie Possibility |publisher=Fused Film |date=January 3, 2011 |access-date=2011-01-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111022321/http://www.fusedfilm.com/2011/01/stargate-universe-cancellation-kills-stargate-atlantis-movie-possibility/ |archive-date=January 11, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2010/12/25/december-25-2010-christmas-marty-g-and-the-return-of-the-mailbag/ |title= Christmas! Marty G.! And the return of the mailbag!|publisher=josephmallozzi.wordpress.com |date=December 25, 2010 |access-date=2011-01-23}}</ref>

==Series overview==
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''Stargate Atlantis'' follows the present-day adventures of [[John Sheppard (Stargate)|Major John Sheppard]] and his military team from Earth that, along with two dozen other teams, explore distant planets in the Pegasus Galaxy. They use an alien device known as a [[Stargate (device)|Stargate]] that was built millions of years ago by an advanced race of people known as the [[Ancients (Stargate)|Ancients]]. The expedition is based in the Lost City of [[Atlantis (Stargate)|Atlantis]] on the planet "Lantea". The city was abandoned 10,000 years ago by the [[Ancients (Stargate)|Ancients]], who were forced to flee after losing a long war to a powerful enemy known as the [[Wraith (Stargate)|Wraith]]. They were forced to submerge their city beneath Lantea's ocean, which, in the Stargate universe, is the source of the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology|myth]] of the Lost City of [[Atlantis]].

''Stargate: Atlantis'' episodes feature a self-contained story that also contributes to the larger storyline of the war against the Wraith and the Atlantis residents' search for the means to destroy their enemy. Each season has also featured a two-part episode, and some episodes that, while not technically two-parters, feature direct continuity with the story of the previous episode (for example, season 3 "[[Progeny (Stargate Atlantis)|Progeny]]" and "[[The Real World (Stargate Atlantis)|The Real World]]"). Each episode begins with a [[cold open]], sometimes preceded by a recap of events relevant to the upcoming narrative. The [[opening credits]] feature an original theme by [[Joel Goldsmith]]. Though they were cut at the start of season 2, the full credits were recovered after the mid-season two-parter. They were again cut short in the 5th season.

===Episodes===
{{:List of Stargate Atlantis episodes}}

===Seasons 1–3===
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Season one began airing in the United States on July 16, 2004. The Atlantis expedition, led by [[Elizabeth Weir (Stargate)|Dr. Elizabeth Weir]], arrives at Atlantis, the city of the Ancients.  The expedition quickly finds itself in a dire situation that forces them to seek new friends, the [[Athosians]], but they also acquire a powerful new enemy: the [[Wraith (Stargate)|Wraith]]. Due to the power requirements for reaching Lantea, they are unable to contact Earth.  The expedition must survive in a new galaxy, while deciphering the Ancients' technology in order to find a way to destroy the Wraith and to acquire important new knowledge. Major Sheppard puts together a team consisting of himself, Dr. Rodney McKay, Lt. Ford and the Athosian leader [[Teyla Emmagan]], who serve as Atlantis' first contact team. In one of their first missions, they make another enemy, the [[Genii (Stargate)|Genii]], a human militaristic civilization with a 1950s level of technology. After several more revelations about the Wraith are made, the expedition prepares to evacuate. Just before they do, a military contingent from Earth arrives to help defend the city against the impending Wraith attack long enough for Earth's latest battleship to arrive. The season ends with a cliffhanger, while the city is still under siege by the Wraith.

Season two began airing in the United States on July 15, 2005, and it picked up where Season 1 ended. The Atlantis expedition successfully avoids being culled by the Wraith by making them believe Atlantis had been destroyed, and they recover semi-regular contact with Earth, thanks to the starship Daedalus and power from a new Zero Point Module (ZPM) recovered by SG-1. Sheppard is promoted to Lt. Colonel and as Lt. Ford, who went [[missing in action]] (MIA) at the end of the battle with the Wraith, is replaced by [[Ronon Dex]] a human freed from the Wraith. The central plot of the second season is the development of Dr. [[Carson Beckett|Beckett]]'s retrovirus, which can, theoretically, turn a Wraith into a human. While an incomplete version makes a young Wraith girl lose all her humanity and almost turns Sheppard into an [[Iratus bug]], a more developed version is tested on a living Wraith, "[[Wraith (Stargate)#"Michael"|Michael]]", with mixed results. Michael's Wraith faction proposes an alliance with Atlantis, but they betray the team. The season closes again with a cliffhanger—the Wraith are heading for the rich feeding grounds of Earth.

Season three premiered in the United States on July 14, 2006, picking up where season 2 ended. Having stopped the Wraith from reaching Earth and having failed to develop a working Wraith retrovirus, the expedition faces its third year in the Pegasus galaxy with the Wraith still a threat and a new, powerful enemy bent on destroying the expedition and Atlantis: the [[Asuran (Stargate)|Asurans]], self-replicating nanobots, also known as Replicators. The situation becomes complicated when an experiment gone awry drains their only ZPM, leaving them without a power source for the city's shields. Soon thereafter, they find a lost Ancient vessel and unwillingly turn over the city of Atlantis to its crew. The SGC sends General O'Neill and Richard Woolsey to try to negotiate an agreement between Earth and the Ancients to allow the expedition to return to Atlantis. The Ancients are then subsequently killed by an invading Asuran force while O'Neill and Woolsey send off a distress call to Earth and go into hiding. The main members of the Atlantis expedition on Earth disobey their orders and go back to the city, rescue O'Neill and Woolsey, and repel the Asuran invasion. The season finale begins with Earth launching a first strike against the Asurans, who are building an armada to attack Earth. The Asurans counterattack by attacking Atlantis with a powerful beam weapon fired through a satellite housing a Stargate. As a last resort, the Atlantis team fires up the city's stardrive and escapes into space. The finale ends when the hyperdrive malfunctions, leaving the city flying through uncharted space with a day's worth of energy left in their sole ZPM and Dr. Weir critically injured.

===Seasons 4–5===
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[[File:Stargate Atlantis season 4 cast photo.jpg|260px|thumb|Season 4 cast from left to right: Dr. Rodney McKay, Col. Samantha Carter, Lt. Col. John Sheppard, Teyla Emmagan, and Ronon Dex.]]
Season four premiered in the USA on September 28, 2007,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2007/02/season-four-to-premiere-this-fall/|title=Season Four to premiere this fall|work=GateWorld|date=February 20, 2007|access-date=2008-01-12}}</ref> and in the UK on October 9, 2007. The writers stated that season 4 would take the series in a new direction. As the 4th season begins where season 3 ended, the future seems bleak: Weir is incapacitated and the senior members of the expedition have suffered multiple injuries. With the city damaged, running out of power and drifting in space, cut off from Earth, the Atlantis expedition raids Asuras to obtain a ZPM and is able to travel to a nearby planet. Weir is captured by the Asurans and Colonel Samantha Carter joins as a regular and acts as the expedition leader.<ref name="chevron26p76">{{cite web |url=http://www.chevron26.com/enews/?p=76 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070712065612/http://www.chevron26.com/enews/?p=76 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-07-12 |work=Chevron26.com |title=Carter Gates to Atlantis |access-date=2008-12-13 }}</ref> She appears in the episode "Lifeline" after helping to find and land Atlantis on its new home planet; she is then ordered back to the SGC. In episode 3, under the IOA's orders, Carter returns to Atlantis as the new leader of the expedition after Atlantis lands. The season focuses on the main antagonists: the Asurans and the Wraith, as well as the pregnancy of Teyla Emmagan. The Asuran base code is reprogrammed by McKay, leading the nanobots to fulfill the purpose for which the Ancients created them: to wipe out the Wraith. Midway through the season, they are seemingly destroyed, and the remaining episodes concentrate mainly on Michael's efforts against both humans and the other Wraith.

In the fifth season, [[Richard Woolsey]] replaces Carter as the leader of the expedition. Teyla, who was held captive by Michael, gives birth to Torren John and escapes with her team, before they are able to cripple Michael. Eventually, he invades Atlantis with a commandeered Puddle Jumper to take Torren and destroy Atlantis but, thanks to the efforts of Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay, Michael is finally killed. The season also introduces a group of rogue [[Asgard (Stargate)|Asgard]], who unlike their [[Asgard (Stargate)|Ida]] counterparts, actually experiment on humans to prolong their lives, and steal a device known as "The Attero device" to destroy the Wraith, though the side effect is that any Stargate activated after the device has been turned on will explode. The device is eventually destroyed. With the Attero device, Michael and the Hoffan drug, the Wraith have become weakened, and are no longer the power of the galaxy they once were; this gives the humans of the Pegasus galaxy freedom enough to establish a coalition. McKay falls in love with [[Jennifer Keller|Keller]], who eventually reciprocates his feelings, and they become romantically involved. In the [[season finale]] (also the [[series finale]]), "[[Enemy at the Gate (Stargate Atlantis)|Enemy at the Gate]]", Todd the Wraith alerts Atlantis to the fact that an underling wraith possesses a Hive Ship powered by a ZPM.  In the process of trying to retrieve the ZPM and disable the Hive, the Daedalus is crippled, and the hive suddenly jumps away without destroying the Daedalus. The Atlantis team discovers the reason for this was a communication sent from an alternate reality giving away Earth's location.  The Hive disables both the battleships Sun Tzu and the Apollo en route to Earth. With a full set of ZPMs turned over by Todd, the expedition takes the city itself to defend Earth. The Hive ship is then destroyed in the subsequent battle and Atlantis lands in the Pacific Ocean near the Golden Gate Bridge in  [[San Francisco]].

==Cast==
{{see also|List of Stargate Atlantis characters}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Character
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Portrayed by
! scope="col" colspan="11" | Seasons
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10%;" | [[Stargate Atlantis season 1|1]]
! scope="col" style="width:10%;" | [[Stargate Atlantis season 2|2]]
! scope="col" style="width:10%;" | [[Stargate Atlantis season 3|3]]
! scope="col" style="width:10%;" | [[Stargate Atlantis season 4|4]]
! scope="col" style="width:10%;" | [[Stargate Atlantis season 5|5]]
|-
| scope="row" | [[John Sheppard (Stargate)|John Sheppard]]
| [[Joe Flanigan]]
| colspan="5" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| scope="row" | [[Elizabeth Weir (Stargate)|Elizabeth Weir]]
| [[Torri Higginson]]
| colspan="3" {{CMain|Main}}
| {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}{{efn|Played by Michelle Morgan, in "Ghost in the Machine".}}
|-
| scope="row" | [[Teyla Emmagan]]
| [[Rachel Luttrell]]
| colspan="5" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| scope="row" | [[Aiden Ford]]
| [[Rainbow Sun Francks]]
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
| {{CRecurring|Recurring}}{{efn|Only credited as a regular in the first 3 episodes.}}
| colspan="2" {{CNone}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| scope="row" | [[Rodney McKay]]
| [[David Hewlett]]
| colspan="5" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| scope="row" | [[Ronon Dex]]
| [[Jason Momoa]]
| {{CNone}}
| colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Appears as a guest in "Runner" of Season 2, before being promoted to a regular immediately after.}}
|-
| scope="row" | [[Carson Beckett]]
| [[Paul McGillion]]
| {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Credited as a guest in the first 3 episodes of Season 2, before being promoted to a regular thereafter.}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
| {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
|-
| scope="row" | [[Samantha Carter]]
| [[Amanda Tapping]]
| colspan="3" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| {{CMain|Main}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| scope="row" | [[Jennifer Keller]]
| [[Jewel Staite]]
| colspan="2" {{CNone}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
| {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| scope="row" | [[Richard Woolsey]]
| [[Robert Picardo]] 
| colspan="2" {{CNone}}
| {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
| {{CMain|Main}}
|}

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* [[Joe Flanigan]] as [[John Sheppard (Stargate)|John Sheppard]]: a [[United States Air Force]] Major recruited to the Atlantis Expedition due to his intuitive mastery over Ancient technology. He becomes the ''de facto'' commander of Atlantis' military contingent after the original mission commander, Colonel Marshall Sumner, is killed. His position is made official in season 2 after Atlantis re-establishes contact with Earth, and he is promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]].
* [[Torri Higginson]] as [[Elizabeth Weir (Stargate)|Elizabeth Weir]] (main seasons 1–3, recurring season 4): a diplomat and expert in international politics, who leads the initial Atlantis Expedition after briefly serving as the head of [[Stargate Command]] in ''Stargate SG-1''. She is a main character in seasons 1-3; in the season 3 finale she is critically wounded by a Replicator attack. She is a recurring character in season 4, having been captured by the Replicators.
* [[Rachel Luttrell]] as [[Teyla Emmagan]]: the leader of the Athosians, a race of humans native to the Pegasus galaxy. She befriends Sheppard when he visits her homeworld and joins his team in order to fight the Wraith. She has the ability to sense the presence of the Wraith.
* [[Rainbow Sun Francks]] as [[Aiden Ford]] (main season 1, recurring season 2, guest season 5): a young [[first lieutenant]] in the [[US Marine Corps]], who is a member of Sheppard's team in season 1. In season 2, he becomes mentally unstable due to an overdose of Wraith feeding enzyme and abandons Atlantis.
* [[David Hewlett]] as [[Rodney McKay]]: a brilliant scientist who is a member of Sheppard's team and the head of the Science and Research Departments on Atlantis. One of the foremost experts on Ancient technology, he was first introduced as a professional rival of [[Samantha Carter]] in the fifth season of ''Stargate SG-1''.
* [[Jason Momoa]] as [[Ronon Dex]] (main seasons 2–5): A military specialist from the Planet Sateda. After his home was culled by the Wraith, he spent the next seven years running from the Wraith, who implanted a tracker on his spine and hunted him for sport. In the beginning of Season 2, he meets up with Sheppard and the team, who help him remove the tracker that the Wraith installed, and he becomes the fourth member and replacement for Lt. Ford on Sheppard's team.
* [[Paul McGillion]] as [[Carson Beckett]] (main seasons 2–3, recurring seasons 1, 4–5): the Chief of Medicine of Atlantis in seasons 1-3. In the season 3 episode "[[Sunday (Stargate Atlantis)|Sunday]]", he is killed in an explosion caused by Ancient technology. A [[cloning|clone]] of him created by the rogue Wraith "Michael" appears as a recurring character in seasons 4 and 5.
* [[Amanda Tapping]] as [[Samantha Carter|Samantha "Sam" Carter]] (main season 4, guest seasons 1–3, recurring season 5): an astrophysicist and United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, who was a main character for the entire run of ''Stargate SG-1''. In season 4, she is promoted to Colonel and given command of the Atlantis Expedition.
* [[Jewel Staite]] as [[Jennifer Keller]] (main season 5, recurring season 4, guest season 3): the Chief of Medicine on Atlantis, who replaces Dr. Beckett in the third-season finale. She is listed as a main character after Carson Beckett's death.
* [[Robert Picardo]] as [[Richard Woolsey]] (main season 5, recurring seasons 3–4): a representative of the International Oversight Advisory, who first appeared as an agent of the NID in season 7 of ''Stargate SG-1''. In season 5, he replaces Samantha Carter as commander of Atlantis.

Guest starring: [[Richard Dean Anderson]], [[Michael Shanks]], [[Christopher Judge]], [[Beau Bridges]], [[Robert Davi]], [[Kari Wuhrer]], [[Danny Trejo]], [[Mark Dacascos]], [[Mitch Pileggi]], [[Colm Meaney]], [[Connor Trinneer]] and others.

==Production==
{{See also|List of Stargate Atlantis episodes}}

===Development===
[[File:Robertcooper.jpg|right|thumb|Cooper, writer and [[executive producer]] for the show with Wright]]
When producers [[Brad Wright]] and [[Robert C. Cooper]] thought the original ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' series was going to be cancelled after [[Stargate SG-1 season 5|season five]], due to [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s announcement that they were canceling the show, they came up with the idea of making a new feature film. However, as the ratings on its new home at the [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]] were quite good, the idea was pushed to [[Stargate SG-1 season 6|season six]] and then to [[Stargate SG-1 season 7|season seven]]. Wright had initially intended to set the new show in [[Antarctica]] under the ice. It would have replaced [[Stargate Command]] (SGC) as Earth's conduit to other worlds.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/january-2-2009-brad-wright-answers-your-questions/ |title=January 2, 2009: Brad Wright Answers Your Questions |publisher=josephmallozzi.wordpress.com |date=January 2, 2009 |access-date=2009-01-03}}</ref>

Late in season seven of ''SG-1'', talks began of a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] series and the producers were left with a serious dilemma, since the seventh season of ''Stargate SG-1'' had been planned to lead up to the great discovery of the lost city of the [[Ancients (Stargate)|Ancients]], [[Atlantis (Stargate)|Atlantis]]. The ''Stargate SG-1'' seventh season ended in a two-part episode, "[[Lost City (Stargate SG-1)|Lost City]]", which was supposed to be a bridge between ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' and the new spin-off, either a show or a movie, and was not planned to run at the same time as ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. Wright and Cooper rewrote the script as the two-part season seven finale and moved the setting of the story. The city of Atlantis, originally planned to be on Earth under [[Antarctica]] in place of the SGC, was moved to the [[Pegasus Galaxy (Stargate)|Pegasus Galaxy]]. This change not only addressed the problem of fans wondering why the SGC would not be coming to the aid of the Atlantis Expedition with each episode, but it also gave the producers a chance to start afresh with new ideas instead of having an identical copy of the original show.<ref name="watergate">{{cite book|last=Gosling|first=Sharon|title=Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 1|date=July 2005|publisher=Titan Books|location=London|isbn=1-84576-116-2|pages=10–19|chapter=Watergate|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/stargateatlantis00shar/page/10}}</ref>

The series received the green light on November 17, 2003, started shooting in February 2004, and premiered on July 16, 2004. From the start, Wright and Cooper ruled out casting "star names", on the basis of the financial pressures they were already experiencing with "star names" on ''Stargate SG-1''. The casting was made more complicated because ''Atlantis'' got the go-ahead in November and had to compete with other networks during [[Television pilot|pilot]] season.<ref name="watergate" /> Disaster geophysicist [[Mika McKinnon]] acted as a science consultant for the series starting in 2008, and served as a consultant through Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/18647-mika-mckinnon-stargate-star-trek-beyond-sci-fi-physics|title=This Physicist Makes Sure 'Stargate' Is Scientifically Accurate|work=Inverse|access-date=2018-07-27|language=en}}</ref>

===Casting and cast changes===
[[File:Joeflanigan.jpg|thumb|right|[[Joe Flanigan]], one of many main characters, at Comic Con 2007]]
The character most difficult to cast was the then-called Dr. Ingram, an unexcitable scientist expert on the [[Stargate (device)|Stargate]]. As the first day of shooting drew nearer and they were unable to find the right actor, they came to realize they had brought in the wrong character. Longtime Stargate director [[Martin Wood (director)|Martin Wood]] and Brad Wright thought it should be Dr. [[Rodney McKay]], who had already appeared in a guest role in three episodes of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. Actor [[David Hewlett]] was contacted and arrived at the set the day after filming had started.<ref name="watergate" /> Dr. Ingram had already been written into the pilot episode of the show and so the same script was used and the character's name simply changed to McKay. Later scripts were written with Dr. McKay in mind.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gateworld.net/atlantis/s1/rising-part-1/#production|title=Rising, part 1|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref>

The creators found themselves with a problem with the character of Lt. [[Aiden Ford]] ([[Rainbow Sun Francks]]) in [[Stargate Atlantis season 2|season two]], a first season regular that the producers, and the actor himself, felt had not worked as intended and was highly underused as a result. Unwilling to write him out, the writers came up with an idea to make the character more important, but that downgraded him to recurring.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lynley Oram|author2=Feli|name-list-style=amp|url=http://www.gateworld.net/interviews/ford_tough.shtml|title=Ford Tough: An Interview With Rainbow Sun Francks|work=[[GateWorld]]|access-date=2009-05-13|archive-date=2017-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828151239/http://www.gateworld.net/interviews/ford_tough.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> To replace him, they created [[Ronon Dex]] as a sidekick for Lt. Col. [[John Sheppard (Stargate)|John Sheppard]], but finding an actor with the physical presence and the acting ability necessary was not easy until they saw [[Jason Momoa]]'s tape.<ref name="into season 2">{{cite book|last=Gosling|first=Sharon|title=Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 2|date=July 2006|publisher=Titan Books|location=London|isbn=1-84576-163-4|pages=10–17|chapter=Into season 2}}</ref> ''[[X-files]]'' veteran [[Mitch Pileggi]] and [[Kavan Smith]] were added to the cast in the recurring roles of Col. [[Steven Caldwell (Stargate)|Steven Caldwell]] and Maj. [[Evan Lorne]].<ref name="into season 2" /> [[Paul McGillion]]'s character, Dr. [[Carson Beckett]], became a regular in season two.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.gateworld.net/news/2004/12/mcgillionmadeiatlantisireg.shtml |title = McGillion made Atlantis regular |work = GateWorld |date = December 8, 2004 |access-date = 2009-05-13 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090714002851/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2004/12/mcgillionmadeiatlantisireg.shtml |archive-date = July 14, 2009 }}</ref>

[[Stargate Atlantis season 3|Seasons three]] and [[Stargate Atlantis season 4|four]] changed the cast lineup again. Paul McGillion's Dr. Carson Beckett was killed in the season three episode "[[Sunday (Stargate Atlantis)|Sunday]]", then brought back at the end of season four as a recurring character. The new medical chief was [[Jennifer Keller]], played by [[Jewel Staite]], who was introduced in the Season 3 finale, was a recurring character in Season 4, and became a regular in Season 5. Jewel Staite had already played a guest role in Season 2 as Ellia, a female Wraith, and the producers agreed they wanted her for a more important role. [[Amanda Tapping]]'s [[Samantha Carter]] crossed from ''Stargate SG-1'' for 14 episodes in Season four, as the new leader of the expedition, while [[Torri Higginson]]'s [[Elizabeth Weir (Stargate)|Elizabeth Weir]] became a recurring character in season four instead of a regular.<ref name="joinswrongcast">{{cite news | url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/02/amanda_tapping_.html | work=Chicago Tribune | title=Amanda Tapping joins 'Stargate Atlantis' | date=February 20, 2007 | access-date=2009-06-01 | archive-date=2008-09-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917102334/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/02/amanda_tapping_.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Robert Picardo]] became a regular in [[Stargate Atlantis season 5|season five]] as [[Richard Woolsey]] replaced [[Samantha Carter]] as the commander of the Atlantis Expedition.<ref name="joinswrongcastds">{{cite web | url=http://www.courant.com/topic/zap-robertpicardostargateatlantis,0,996344.story | work=The Hartford Courant | title=Robert Picardo Joins 'Stargate Atlantis' | date=February 5, 2008 | access-date=2009-06-12 | archive-date=2011-06-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612034135/http://www.courant.com/topic/zap-robertpicardostargateatlantis,0,996344.story | url-status=dead }}</ref> Higginson declined to appear as a guest star; instead, her character Weir was portrayed by [[Michelle Morgan (actress)|Michelle Morgan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2008/02/higginson-out-for-season-five/|author=Darren Sumner|title=Higginson Out for Season 5|work=[[GateWorld]]|date=February 9, 2008|access-date=2009-06-01}}</ref>

===Filming and visual effects===
[[File:Bridge Studios.jpg|thumb|''Atlantis'' was filmed at The Bridge Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.]]
''Stargate Atlantis'' was shot at [[Bridge studios]] in [[Vancouver]] and on location in several places in [[British Columbia]]. The Pemberton Glacier doubled for Antarctica during the opening flying sequence in series premiere "[[Rising (Stargate Atlantis)|Rising]]".<ref>{{cite book | last = Gosling | first = Sharon | title = Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 1 | date = July 2005 | publisher = Titan Books | location = London | isbn = 1-84576-116-2 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/stargateatlantis00shar/page/26 26] | chapter = Rising (I) | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/stargateatlantis00shar/page/26 }}</ref> [[Lynn Canyon Park|Lynn Valley Canyon]] was, for example, where the episode "[[Instinct (Stargate Atlantis)|Instinct]]" was filmed.<ref>''Stargate Official Magazine'' issue 6</ref> At the end of the season, filming had become more expensive because of the [[2008 financial crisis]], which led to the decline of the value of the [[American dollar]] and rise of the [[Canadian dollar]].<ref name="risefallfilmingfall">{{cite news |last=Brett | first=Love |title=Stargate Atlantis canceled, kind of |url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/21/stargate-atlantis-canceled-kind-of/ |publisher=TV Squad |date=August 21, 2008 |access-date=2009-05-07}}</ref> When tasked with moving the ''Stargate'' sets from Vancouver to [[Los Angeles]], [[Robert C. Cooper]] said he couldn't since all the "infrastructure" was in Vancouver, which would have made the move nearly impossible.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/04/canadian-dollars-rise-curbs-its-advantage/|title=Canadian dollar's rise curbs its advantage|author=Livi Dolgin|work=[[GateWorld]]|date=April 17, 2006|access-date=2009-05-13}}</ref>

[[Rachel Luttrell]] (portraying [[Teyla Emmagan]] in the series) used her time during the [[Stargate Atlantis season 1|''Stargate Atlantis'' season one]] hiatus to be trained in the martial arts by [[science fiction]] veteran [[Ray Park]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2004/12/luttrelltotrainwithraypark.shtml | title=Luttrell to train with Ray Park | author=David Read | work=GateWorld | date=December 5, 2004 | access-date=2009-05-13 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714111453/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2004/12/luttrelltotrainwithraypark.shtml | archive-date=July 14, 2009 }}</ref>

''Stargate Atlantis'' inherited ''[[Blade: Trinity]]'''s effects stage. The ''Blade: Trinity'' production gave the set to ''Stargate Atlantis'' to save the high cost of dismantling the massive construct. The set has appeared several times. For example, the walkway Sheppard walks in "[[The Storm (Stargate Atlantis)|The Storm]]" is the topmost part of the ''Blade: Trinity'' set.<ref>{{cite book | last = Gosling | first = Sharon | title = Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 1 | date = July 2005 | publisher = Titan Books | location = London | isbn = 1-84576-116-2 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/stargateatlantis00shar/page/134 134–139] | chapter = Production Design: Bridget McGuire | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/stargateatlantis00shar/page/134 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Stargate Atlantis: Atlantis Rising |work = SFX magazine #129 |publisher = [[Future Publishing]] |pages = 62–66 |date = March 16, 2003}}</ref> The majority of episodes used [[James Bamford (stunt coordinator)|James Bamford]] as a [[stunt coordinator]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/07/james_bamford_joins_gateworld_bl.shtml | title=James Bamford joins GateWorld Blogs! | author=Darren Sumner | work=GateWorld | date=July 15, 2005 | access-date=2009-05-13 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714004823/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/07/james_bamford_joins_gateworld_bl.shtml | archive-date=July 14, 2009 }}</ref>

===Music===
''Stargate Atlantis'' features a [[symphonic orchestra]] soundtrack composed by [[Joel Goldsmith]]. Goldsmith's first task for the series was to compose the main title song, which was nominated in the category Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in the [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 2005. When composing the music, Goldsmith went for a more pastoral, European and American approach, while keeping the adventurous, symphonic approach the producers wanted.<ref>{{cite book | last = Gosling | first = Sharon | title = Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 1 | date = July 2005 | publisher = Titan Books | location = London | isbn = 1-84576-116-2 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/stargateatlantis00shar/page/152 152–153] | chapter = Music: Joel Goldsmith | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/stargateatlantis00shar/page/152 }}</ref> Goldsmith's score for season 2 episode "[[Grace Under Pressure (Stargate Atlantis)|Grace Under Pressure]]" was nominated for an [[58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Dramatic Underscore) in 2006.<ref name="emmy06"/>

==Broadcast and release==
===International syndication===
''Stargate Atlantis'' started as a [[Spin-off (media)|spin off]] from the fellow [[United States|American]] [[military science fiction]] series, ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. The pilot episode of ''Atlantis'' first aired on July 16 on American [[television]] broadcasting networks. The pilot episode, entitled "[[Rising (Stargate Atlantis)|Rising]]" reached a [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen rating]] of 3.2, a height never surpassed by any other ''Atlantis'' episodes.<ref name="NR">{{cite web|author=Darren Sumner|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2008/11/atlantis-finale-week-is-all-atlantis/|title=Atlantis finale week is ALL Atlantis|date=9 November 2008|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|access-date=2009-05-07}}</ref> "Rising" is also the strongest rated episode and most watched episode ever broadcast by Sci Fi Channel, gathering over 4 million viewers in the United States according to ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.<ref name=varietymagazineonehighest>{{cite magazine|author=Denise Martine|url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/stargate-a-blast-for-sci-fi-1117907989/|title='Stargate' a blast for Sci Fi|magazine=Variety Magazine|access-date=2009-05-07|date=July 19, 2004}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]], it was viewed by 1.28 million people, placing it first in the most viewed shows in [[Sky One]] for the week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?RequestTimeout=500&report=weeklytop30 |title=BARB's multichannel top 10 programmes (Go on w/e 17 Oct 2004, and scroll down to Sky 1) |publisher=barb.co.uk |access-date=2009-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005102511/http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?RequestTimeout=500&report=weeklytop30 |archive-date=2008-10-05 }}</ref> "Rising" was nominated for several awards.<ref name="GWT">{{cite web|author=Darren Sumner|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2005/12/atlantis-rises-to-gemini-award-victory/|title=Atlantis rises to Gemini Award victory|date=12 December 2005|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|access-date=2009-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2005/07/stargate-series-earn-three-emmy-noms/|title=Stargate series earn three Emmy noms|first=Darren|last=Sumner|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=July 14, 2005|access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2005/05/stargate-takes-home-three-leo-awards/|title=Stargate takes home three Leo Awards|first=Darren|last=Sumner|work=GateWorld|date=May 30, 2005|access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> The follow-up episode to "Rising", earned a Nielsen Rating of 2.5, a drastic decline from the debut episode.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gateworld.net/atlantis/s1/ratings/|title=Season One Ratings|work=GateWorld|access-date=2009-05-07}}</ref> The average viewership of ''Atlantis'' first ten episode in the United States were around 3 million according to ABC TV Group analysis, there after the viewership declined until the second half of the last season, at this time the average viewer rating was around 2.1 million.<ref name="viewershipcancellation">{{cite news |url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/134413-_Stargate_Atlantis_Run_Ends_On_Season_5.php |title='Stargate Atlantis' Run Ends On Season 5 |first=Kent |last=Gibbons |work=MultiChannel News |access-date=2009-05-07}}</ref>

Each season of ''Stargate Atlantis'' featured 20 episodes, and in the United States they are broadcast in two series of 10 episodes. The first 10 episodes air from mid-July to September in the United States, ending in the cliffhanger of a two-parter episode. The second half airs first in Canada, from November to January, ending also with a cliffhanger. In the United States, the second half aired from January to March during seasons 1 and 2, but season 3 aired from April to June 2007. Because of the offset, the show has often been bootlegged by American viewers.

[[Stargate Atlantis season 4|Season four]] chalked up a viewer average of 1.8 million in the United States, beating the average [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]] show.<ref>{{cite news |first=john | last=Dempsey | url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/sci-fi-renews-stargate-atlantis-1117974591/ |title=Sci Fi renews 'Stargate Atlantis' |work=Variety Magazine |access-date=2008-09-28 | date=October 23, 2007}}</ref> The final episode, "[[Enemy at the Gate (Stargate Atlantis)|Enemy at the Gate]]" got a Nielsen Rating of 1.5, which was also the highest rating in [[Stargate Atlantis season 5|season 5]].<ref name="NRTWO">{{cite web|url=https://www.gateworld.net/atlantis/s5/ratings/|title=Season Five Ratings|publisher=GateWorld|access-date=2009-05-07}}</ref> "Enemy at the Gate" was viewed by 2.02 million people in the US, including 973,000 in the 18 to 49 demographic, and 1.12 million age 25 to 54.<ref>{{cite news|first=Darren|last=Sumner|title=Atlantis finale scores 1.5 rating|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2009/01/atlantis-finale-scores-15-rating/|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=January 1, 2009|access-date=2009-01-15}}</ref> In the UK, the finale was viewed by 633,000, placing ''Stargate Atlantis'' third in the top ten for [[Sky 1]] in that week, behind ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and season seven premiere of ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?RequestTimeout=500&report=weeklytop30 |title=BARB's multichannel top 10 programmes (Go on w/e 18/01/09, and scroll down to Sky 1) |publisher=barb.co.uk |access-date=2008-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005102511/http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?RequestTimeout=500&report=weeklytop30 |archive-date=2008-10-05 }}</ref>

===Cancellation and future===
After the announcement on August 20, 2008, that Season 5 of Atlantis would be its last,<ref name="viewershipcancellation"/> it was announced the following day that the series would be continued with at least one 2-hour direct-to-DVD movie. The show's co-creator Brad Wright explained that the decision to cancel ''Stargate Atlantis'' when there was still a lot of interest in the show was to ensure the success of the movies.<ref name="thecompanion.app">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-17 |title=Why Was Stargate Atlantis Canceled? |url=https://www.thecompanion.app/stargate-why-was-stargate-atlantis-canceled/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=The Companion |language=en}}</ref> More movies were expected to follow in the ''Atlantis'' series if the first movie was to be successful.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.scifi.com/atlantis/movie/sga_movie.pdf | title=SCI FI Channel greenlights 2-hour film from MGM based on popular 'Stargate Atlantis' series | date=August 21, 2008 | publisher=Sci Fi Channel | access-date=2009-05-07 | archive-date=2009-03-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326230501/http://www.scifi.com/atlantis/movie/sga_movie.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> Executive producer [[Joseph Mallozzi]] has said that the rise of the [[Canadian dollar]] and the decline of the [[United States dollar|American dollar]] has made life harder for Canadian television since it has become more expensive. He further stated "Both MGM and Sci Fi have been great supporters of the show and, if you go by ''SG-1''{{'}}s example, fans can be assured that the end of the series will not be the end of ''Atlantis''."<ref name="viewershipcancellation"/>

Mallozzi called the ''Atlantis'' film ''Project Twilight'',<ref name="projecttwilight">{{cite news |last=Mallozzi | first=Joseph |title=August 21, 2008: All Good Things… |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/august-21-2008-all-good-things/ |publisher=Mallozzi's Weblog |date=August 21, 2008 |access-date=2009-05-07}}</ref> until the title of the first ''Atlantis'' film was revealed as ''Stargate: Extinction'' in late May 2009.<ref name="extinction">{{cite news | first=James |last=Rundle |title=Exclusive: Stargate Extinction to shoot in November? |url=http://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/exclusive-stargate-extinction-to-shoot-in-november/ |publisher=Sci Fi Now |access-date=2009-06-01}}</ref> [[Paul Mullie]] and Joseph Mallozzi completed the scripting of the movie in May 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mallozzi |first=Joseph |title=May 11, 2009: Just Between Us, It's Really Better to Receive Than to Give |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/may-11-2009-just-between-us-its-really-better-to-receive-than-to-give/ |publisher=Mallozzi's Weblog |date=May 11, 2009 |access-date=2009-06-01}}</ref><ref name=title>{{cite news|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2009/05/producer-reveals-atlantis-movie-title-maybe/ |title=Producer reveals Atlantis movie title maybe|first=Darren|last=Sumner|date=May 16, 2009|access-date=May 18, 2009|publisher=[[GateWorld]]}}</ref> [[Andy Mikita]] was going to direct the first ''Atlantis'' film.<ref name="atlantisfilmandymikitia">{{cite news|first=David|last=Read|title=Mikita to direct Atlantis movie|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2009/01/mikita-to-direct-atlantis-movie/|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=January 15, 2009|access-date=2009-05-07}}</ref> The tentative shoot-date of the movie was bound for late 2009. As of May 2009, the confirmed actors were to be [[Amanda Tapping]] as [[Samantha Carter (Stargate)|Samantha Carter]], [[David Hewlett]] as [[Rodney McKay]], [[Joe Flanigan]] as [[John Sheppard (Stargate)|John Sheppard]], [[Paul McGillion]] as [[Carson Beckett]], [[Rachel Luttrell]] as [[Teyla Emmagan]], [[Jason Momoa]] as [[Ronon Dex]], [[Robert Picardo]] as [[Richard Woolsey]]<ref name=cinemablend>{{cite web |author=Kelly West |url=http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/amanda-tapping-teases-san.php |title=Amanda Tapping teases ''Sanctuary'' season two—and a bit of ''Stargate!'' |publisher=Sci Fi Wire |date=March 2009 |access-date=2009-06-01 |archive-date=2009-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510025007/http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/amanda-tapping-teases-san.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Christopher Heyerdahl]] as [[Todd (Stargate)|Todd the Wraith]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/march-11-2009-an-unintentional-oversight-updates-another-guest-blogger-and-the-mailbag/ |title=March 11, 2009; An Unintentional Oversight, Updates, Another Guest Blogger, and The Mailbag |first=Joseph |last=Mallozzi |author-link=Joseph Mallozzi |date=March 11, 2009 |access-date=May 20, 2009 |publisher=Mallozzi's Weblog}}</ref>

The script for ''Stargate: Extinction'' had been written and was ready to go into production, according to Joseph Mallozzi, "it involved a return mission to Pegasus, the tragic end of one relationship, the beginning of another, and a surprising progression in the alliance between one man and one wraith."<ref>{{cite web|last=Mallozzi|first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Mallozzi |title=February 11, 2011: A first draft! Storage awaits! The meal to end all meals! Mailbag!|url=http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/february-11-2011-a-first-draft-storage-awaits-the-meal-to-end-all-meals-mailbag/|publisher=[[WordPress]]|access-date=February 14, 2011|date=February 11, 2011}}</ref>  The project was on hold due to financial troubles at MGM and in the wider economy, particularly the rise in value of the Canadian dollar.<ref name="thecompanion.app"/> In the meantime, an episode of ''[[Stargate Universe]]'' featuring ''Atlantis'' characters Rodney McKay and Richard Woolsey was filmed.<ref>[http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7618 'Universe' Will Cross Over With 'Atlantis' | Airlock Alpha]</ref>

At the Creation Stargate Convention in Vancouver on April 17, 2011, ''Stargate'' writer and executive producer Brad Wright confirmed to the audience that the proposed ''Stargate Atlantis'' movie has been indefinitely shelved.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Chad|last=Colvin|title=SGU continuation, other movies dead — for now|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2011/04/wright-sgu-continuation-other-movies-dead-for-now/|work=[[GateWorld]]|date=April 17, 2011|access-date=April 17, 2011}}</ref>

Speaking at a convention in Edmonton on September 28, 2013, Joe Flanigan stated that a few years prior, he had negotiated with the then boss of [[MGM]] about leasing the series in order to produce season 6 of Stargate Atlantis, and potentially more. Flanigan took it upon himself to secure the necessary financing from various investors as MGM would be unable to back the series due to them going through financial difficulties. Securing the needed backing to produce a full 20 episode season, Flanigan and his team began planning out the production itself, with a planned move from MGM studios in Vancouver to a studio in [[Europe]] in order to save money. Flanigan's team, their investors and MGM came up with ''"all the numbers"'' as well as working out television networks for broadcasting, studios and plans for a 10-year lease of the Stargate franchise.<ref name=flaniganbuy>{{cite speech|title=Panel with Joe Flanigan|first=Joe|last=Flanigan|event=Edmonton Expo|location=[[Edmonton, Alberta]], Canada|date=28 September 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PukkdCKnBww| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211109/PukkdCKnBww| archive-date=2021-11-09 | url-status=live|access-date=26 June 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> However, MGM filed for bankruptcy in November 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=MGM in bankruptcy protection move|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11688023|website=BBC|date=3 November 2010}}</ref> The company then reemerged later, but [[Spyglass Entertainment]] now held the rights for Stargate, meaning Flanigan had to begin negotiations all over again. Flanigan stated that he believed Spyglass were more interested in working with [[Roland Emmerich]] on another feature film, outside of the main continuity of the series.<ref name=flaniganbuy/>

===Home media===
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The first and only DVD release of the series from [[MGM Home Entertainment]], was the [[Television pilot|pilot]] [[episode]] of Stargate Atlantis, "[[Rising (Stargate Atlantis)|Rising]]", as a standalone episode. It was released, in [[North America]], on June 7, 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3176| title=Atlantis - Pilot Episode DVD Announced: Cover Art Details!| work=TVShowsOnDVD.com| author=Lambert, David| access-date=2006-10-17| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060523061703/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3176| archive-date=2006-05-23}}</ref> The full first [[Television season#Seasons/series|season]] was released, in North America, on November 15, 2005,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2005/09/atlantis-season-one-dvd-set-announced/|title=Atlantis Season One DVD set announced|work=[[GateWorld]]|author=Sumner, Darren|date=6 September 2005|access-date=2006-10-17}}</ref> in new slim line cases.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/04/sony-switching-to-slim-line-sg-1-dvd-sets/|title=Sony switching to slim-line SG-1 DVD sets|work=[[GateWorld]]|author=Sumner, Darren|date=April 3, 2006|access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref> Soon after the release of the first season set Sony received complaints that some [[Canadians|Canadian]] customers bought sets that had the same content on both disk 1 and 5. Sony quickly offered a replacement disc.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4525| title=Stargate:Atlantis - Production problems plague Canada again!| work=TVShowsOnDVD.com| author=Lacey, Gord| access-date=2006-10-17| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919035502/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4525| archive-date=2006-09-19}}</ref> In early 2006, Sony announced that ''Stargate Atlantis'' would become the first TV series released on the next generation [[Blu-ray]] platform.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/01/atlantis-among-sonys-first-blu-ray-offerings/|title=Atlantis among Sony's first Blu-ray offerings|work=[[GateWorld]]|author=Sumner, Darren|date=4 January 2006|access-date=2006-10-17}}</ref> In mid-2006 [[MGM]], the producers of both Stargate series, switched DVD distribution companies from Sony to [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5891| title=Stargate SG-1 - Where's Season 9, and what about the slim packaging?| work=TVShowsOnDVD.com| author=Lacey, Gord| access-date=2006-10-17| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110055117/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5891| archive-date=2007-01-10}}</ref> The distributor switch led to a delay in the release of the Season 2 box set, which was released on March 6, 2007, in North America.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6672| title=Stargate: Atlantis - Season 2 Date, Specs and Extras!| work=TVShowsOnDVD.com| author=Lacey, Gord| access-date=2006-12-30| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205192552/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6672| archive-date=2006-12-05}}</ref>

Most DVDs contain behind-the-scenes features, audio commentaries for nearly all episodes beginning with season 1, and production galleries. The box sets of the five seasons were released with slim packaging in all regions, beginning in the United States. A complete series box set for ''Stargate Atlantis'' was released on October 6, 2009 in North America,<ref>{{cite web |title=Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Series Collection |website=Amazon|date=6 October 2009|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002EL4RLQ}}</ref> and August 10, 2009 in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2006_March_10/ai_n28334679/?tag=rel.res1 |title=Stargate: Atlantis |date=March 10, 2006 |newspaper=Evening Chronicle |access-date=2009-05-23}}</ref> Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Series Blu-ray was released in North America in mid-2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Series Collection [Blu-ray] |website=Amazon|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004WJT5H4|date=April 19, 2011|access-date=2011-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Disc_Announcements/MGMUA/Stargate_Atlantis_The_Complete_Series_Announced_for_Blu-ray/6714|title='Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Series' Announced for Blu-ray |date=April 14, 2011 |publisher=High-Def Digest |access-date=2011-04-20}}</ref>

Stargate Atlantis Fan's Choice is a Special Edition Blu-ray, released on August 9, 2009, which contained two episodes voted for by fans.<ref name="FC Site">[http://sgafanschoice.com/ Fan's Choice] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227092210/http://www.sgafanschoice.com/|date=2010-02-27}}</ref> The episodes chosen were the first, "[[Rising (Stargate Atlantis)|Rising]]", and last, "[[Enemy at the Gate (Stargate Atlantis)|Enemy at the Gate]]", episodes of the series. The cover artwork was also submitted by fans, with the eventual winner being William Johnson of New York City.<ref name="FC Site" />

==Impact==
===Critical reception===
''Stargate Atlantis'' garnered mediocre media attention with mixed reviews. Michael Abernethy from ''[[PopMatters]]'' said "the series has much to offer", and further stated that the program had many unanswered questions, but gave it mostly positive reviews.<ref name=popmatterstwo>{{cite magazine |author=Michael Abernethy | url=https://www.popmatters.com/tv/reviews/s/stargate-atlantis.shtml | title=Stargate Atlantis |magazine=Pop Matters | access-date=2009-05-07}}</ref> Jonathan Wright from the [[United Kingdom|British]] newspaper, ''[[The Guardian]]'' called the series "fun".<ref name=theguardiantwo>{{cite news |author=Jonathan Wright | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culturevultureblog/2005/jul/15/whygoout7 | title=Why go out? |newspaper=The Guardian | access-date=2009-05-07 | location=London | date=July 15, 2005}}</ref> The ''[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]'' reviewer Laura Urbani said that the television series "cleverly" mixed "humor with action" with "political intrigue".<ref name=tptreview>{{cite news | author=Urbani, Laura | url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_203600.html | title='Stargate Atlantis': Great spinoff of successful series | newspaper=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | date=July 16, 2004 | access-date=2009-05-07 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714122411/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_203600.html | archive-date=July 14, 2009 }}</ref> [[Virginia Heffernan]] from ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the [[pilot episode]] "dull" and further commented that it was a "relic of our own unenlightened time," but said that the show could win fans with its "lavish special effects".<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last=Heffernan |first=Virginia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/16/movies/television-review-atlantis-mystery-is-solved-now-about-the-wormhole.html?scp=5&sq=stargate+universe&st=nyt |title=Television Review; Atlantis Mystery Is Solved; Now, About the Wormhole |newspaper=The New York Times | access-date=2009-04-07 | date=July 16, 2004}}</ref>

David Nusair from ''Reel Film Reviews'' reviewing "[[Rising (Stargate Atlantis)|Rising]]" said "as a [[pilot episode]], there's no denying that "Rising" gets the job done," commenting to the one episode release of the pilot on [[DVD]] format.<ref name="RFR">{{cite web|author=David Nusair |url=http://www.reelfilm.com/tvsgaris.htm |title=Stargate: Atlantis "Rising" |publisher=Reel Film Reviews | access-date=2009-04-03}}</ref> ''Critical Myth'' rated "[[Adrift (Stargate Atlantis)|Adrift]]" 8 out of 10, praising the direction the writers took with the episode, Sheppard being rather forced to be in command of the city with the incapacitation of Weir, as well as comparing the characters' "chance to prove their mettle through extreme adversity" to "[[The Siege (Stargate Atlantis)|The Siege, Part 2]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entil2001.com/blog7/?p=25 |title=Stargate Review Blog » Blog Archive » Episode 4.1: "Adrift" |date=October 2, 2007 |access-date=April 24, 2009 |publisher=Critical Myth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714024502/http://entil2001.com/blog7/?p=25 |archive-date=July 14, 2009 }}</ref> Marx Pyle of ''[[SyFy Portal]]'' (since renamed ''[[Airlock Alpha]]'') described the episode "[[The Daedalus Variations]]" as Atlantis' version of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[Q Who?]]". It was praised for being a "fun filler" episode, and Pyle enjoyed the scene where the two Sheppards converse, and the space battle, believing only ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' could beat them. Pyle criticised the episode for the absence of [[Richard Woolsey|Woolsey]], and McKay's apparent quick understanding of new technologies including the alternate reality drive, as well as feeling that Sci-Fi gave away too much information from the previews of the episode.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.airlockalpha.com/news425269pall.html |title=Review: 'Stargate Atlantis' - The Daedalus Variations |work=SyFy Portal |first=Marx |last=Pyle |date=2008-08-03 |access-date=2009-03-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714004542/http://www.airlockalpha.com/news425269pall.html |archive-date=2009-07-14 }}</ref> When reviewing "[[Enemy at the Gate (Stargate Atlantis)|Enemy at the Gate]]", ''[[IGN]]'' reviewer Tory Ireland Mell has given the episode a "mediocre" score of 5.8 out of 10, where the reviewer felt that everything on the episode was "forced", and felt the final scene was "uninspiring", though the episode was praised for the conversation between Sheppard and Carter.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/942/942761p1.html |title=Stargate Atlantis: "Enemy at the Gate" Review |work=IGN |first=Tory Ireland |last=Mell |date=January 8, 2009 |access-date=2009-01-15}}</ref>

[[Stargate Atlantis season 1|Season one]] of ''Stargate Atlantis'' garnered mixed reviews. John Sinnott from ''[[DVDTalk]]'' called season one a "very good spinoff," certifying it "highly recommended."<ref name="dvdtalk">{{cite news |first=John |last=Sinnott |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/18769/stargate-atlantis-the-complete-first-season/ |title=Stargate Atlantis - The Complete First Season |publisher=DVDTalk |date=November 16, 2005 |access-date=2009-05-23}}</ref> Dan Heaton from ''Digitally Obsessed'' was positive to the first season, and said the pilot started "in fashion."<ref name="digitallyobsessed">{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Heaton |url=http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=8103 |title=Stargate Atlantis: The Complete First Season |publisher=Digitally Obsessed |date=November 15, 2005 |access-date=2009-05-23 |archive-date=2009-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713225112/http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=8103 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Reviewer Dan Phelps from ''DVDFanatic'' gave the series "thumbs up" and gave the series an A−.<ref name="dvdfanatic">{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Phelps |url=http://www.dvdfanatic.com/news.php?id=0511192 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714000407/http://www.dvdfanatic.com/news.php?id=0511192 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 14, 2009 |title=DVD Review: "Stargate Atlantis - The Complete First Season" |publisher=DVDFanatic |date=November 15, 2005 |access-date=2009-05-23}}</ref> Oladotun Ogunsulire from ''Science Fiction Buzz'' said the series should be "treasured."<ref name="sciencefictionbuzz">{{cite news |last=Oladotun |first=Ogunsulire |url=http://blog.sciencefictionbuzz.com/4400/review-of-stargate-atlantis-season-one/ |title=Review Of Stargate Atlantis - Season One |publisher=Science Fiction Buzz |date=November 15, 2005 |access-date=2009-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330140103/http://blog.sciencefictionbuzz.com/4400/review-of-stargate-atlantis-season-one/ |archive-date=March 30, 2009 }}</ref> June L. from ''Monsters and Critics'' (M&C) gave [[Stargate Atlantis season 2|season two]] of ''Stargate Atlantis'' 4 out of 5, and said that it was a "pleasure to watch the stories", compared to other new [[science fiction]] shows which depend on "blood and violence."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/reviews/article_1274075.php/DVD_Review_Stargate_Atlantis_-_The_Complete_Second_Season |title=DVD Review: Stargate Atlantis - The Complete Second Season |last=L. |first=June |date=March 7, 2007 |access-date=2009-05-10 |work=Monsters and Critics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519210019/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/reviews/article_1274075.php/DVD_Review_Stargate_Atlantis_-_The_Complete_Second_Season |archive-date=May 19, 2009 }}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
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{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Stargate Atlantis}}
The show has been nominated 62 times and won 19 awards, less than the [[sister show]], ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', which was nominated 129 times and won 22 awards. ''Atlantis'' [[Stargate Atlantis season 1|season one]] was nominated for two [[Emmy Awards]] in 2005 in the following categories, Outstanding Main Title Theme Music and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series.<ref name="emmy05">{{cite news|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2005/07/stargate-series-earn-three-emmy-noms/|title=Stargate series earn three Emmy noms|first=Darren|last=Sumner|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=July 14, 2005|access-date=April 7, 2009}}</ref> ''Atlantis'' would receive two other Emmy nominations in 2006 and 2008 respectively.<ref name="emmy06">{{cite news|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/07/stargate-atlantis-receives-emmy-nomination/|title=Stargate Atlantis receives Emmy nomination|first=Darren|last=Sumner|date=July 6, 2006|access-date=April 7, 2009|publisher=[[GateWorld]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2008/07/atlantis-gets-visual-effects-emmy-nomination/|title=Atlantis gets visual effects Emmy nomination|first=Darren|last=Sumner|publisher=GateWorld|date=July 17, 2008|access-date=April 7, 2009}}</ref> Television director, [[David Winning]] was awarded a [[Chicago International Film Festival]] award in 2005 in the category Outstanding Achievement in a Television Drama Direction for "[[Childhood's End (Stargate Atlantis)|Childhood's End]]". The [[New York Film Festival]] also awarded Winning for his work in "Childhood's End."<ref name="dwinning">{{cite web |url=http://www.davidwinning.com/awards.html |title=Groundstar Entertainment Presents David Winning - Filmmaker - Director |publisher=Groundstar |access-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> ''Atlantis'' was nominated twenty-seven times for a [[Leo Awards|Leo Award]] and won only once in the category Best Visual Effects in a Dramatic Series in "The Eye" in 2005. The series won nine Leo Awards in 2009.<ref name="leo09">{{cite web|url=http://www.leoawards.com/nominees_2009.html |title=Leo Awards, 2009 Nominees |access-date=April 7, 2009 |publisher=Leo Awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201214126/http://www.leoawards.com/nominees_2009.html |archive-date=February 1, 2011 }}</ref>

===Merchandise===
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[[File:SGA Reliquary.jpg|thumb|upright|Cover of the novel ''Stargate Atlantis: Reliquary'' by [[Martha Wells]]|right]]
In total, there have been released 12 [[book]]s and [[novel]]s about ''Stargate Atlantis'' entitled ''Rising'', ''Reliquary'', ''The Chosen'', ''Halcyon'', ''Exogenesis'', ''Entanglement'', ''Casualties of War'', ''Blood Ties'', ''Mirror Mirror'', ''Nightfall'', ''Angelus'' and ''Brimstone''. There have been released six [[short fiction]] works as a part of the official [[Stargate|''Stargate'' franchise]]. Sharon Gosling has released a book for the first four seasons of the series entitled ''Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season #'', the fifth was never released. [[Action figure]]s of the ''Stargate Atlantis'' cast have been released by [[Diamond Comic Distributors|Diamond Selected Toys]], and included [[John Sheppard (Stargate)|John Sheppard]] and [[Rodney McKay]] figures among others.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sumner|first=Darren|url=https://gateworld.net/news/2006/12/atlantis-action-figures-in-the-works/|title=Atlantis action figures in the works|publisher=[[GateWorld]]|date=December 1, 2006|access-date=2009-05-23}}</ref>

This is a list of The [[List of Stargate audiobooks|''Stargate Atlantis'' audiobooks]] by [[Big Finish Productions]], are each narrated by one of the main ''Stargate franchise'' characters and feature a second, guest-star voice along with music and sound effects. [[Kavan Smith]] (as [[Evan Lorne]]), [[David Nykl]] (as [[Radek Zelenka]]), [[Paul McGillion]] (as [[Carson Beckett]]) and [[Torri Higginson]] (as [[Elizabeth Weir]]) have lent their voices for one ''Stargate Atlantis'' [[audiobook]] each.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bigfinish.com/Stargate-SG-1-and-Atlantis |title=Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis |work=Big Finish Production |access-date=2009-05-23}}</ref>

In late 2005, [[Fandemonium Press]], which also publishes many books for the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' series, launched a new series of books based on ''Stargate Atlantis''. These books are available in English-speaking countries and through online bookstores. Additionally, the 'Legacy' series of books have also been added and they begin where the TV series concluded. There are now eight available. They are: 1) Homecoming; Jo Graham & Melissa Scott. 2) The Lost; Jo Graham & Amy Griswold. 3) Allegiance; Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold. 4) The Furies; Jo Graham. 5) Secrets; Jo Graham & Melissa Scott. 6) Inheritors; Jo Graham, Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold. 7) Unascended; Jo Graham & Amy Griswold. 8) Third Path; Melissa Scott & Jo Graham. These novels begin by looking at the events that led to Atlantis returning to the Pegasus Galaxy, including a new war against the powerful Wraith Queen Death, McKay being briefly brainwashed and converted into a Wraith scientist, a confrontation with Queen Death that ends with a new treaty between Atlantis and the Wraith, and the return of Elizabeth Weir and Aiden Ford after their apparent 'deaths'.

The official ''Stargate Magazine'', produced by Titan Publishing, began publishing short stories written by Fandemonium authors in their 8th issue. The stories alternate between both SG-1 and Atlantis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://titanmagazines.com/?service=external/Product&sp=l12 |title=Stargate Magazine |work=Titan Magazines |access-date=2009-07-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807162120/http://titanmagazines.com/?service=external%2FProduct&sp=l12 |archive-date=2011-08-07 }}</ref>

In 2006, [[Avatar Press]] launched a series of comics based on ''Stargate Atlantis''. Set in season 1, ''Wraithfall'' features story by Stewart Moore and art by Mauricio Melo. In this story, the Atlantis team meets the Karrans, a race that has made a bizarre deal with the Wraith.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.avatarpress.com/stargate/ |title=Stargate |work=Avatar Press |access-date=2009-05-23}}</ref>

While ''[[Stargate Worlds]]'' (SGW) was mainly about the [[story arc]] to ''Stargate SG-1'', the first expansion pack was planned to be about ''Stargate Atlantis''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?setview=features&loadFeature=1155&gameID=242&bhcp=1 |title=GDC Preview: Stargate Worlds |date=March 9, 2007 |work=MMORPG |access-date=2009-05-23}}</ref> Atlantis and the [[Pegasus Galaxy (Stargate)|Pegasus Galaxy]] would have presented much additional content, with all [[List of Stargate Atlantis episodes|five seasons']] worth aired by the time of the game's release. It was ideal for an expansion, and this was what the developers intended for this facet of the ''Stargate'' franchise at that stage.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ophelea |url=http://www.gamersinfo.net/index.php?art/id:1326 |title=Interview – Preview - Stargate Worlds |date=October 18, 2006 |work=GamersInfo |access-date=2009-05-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227012412/http://www.gamersinfo.net/index.php?art%2Fid%3A1326 |archive-date=February 27, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pitts |first=Russ |url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/69288-Joe-Ybarra-on-Stargate-Worlds-Part-One |title=Joe Ybarra on Stargate Worlds: Part One |date=March 5, 2007 |work=The Escapist Magazine |access-date=2009-05-23 |archive-date=2008-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709013419/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/69288-Joe-Ybarra-on-Stargate-Worlds-Part-One |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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