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Stargate SG-1 :: The Torment of Tantalus (01x11)

Episode Information

Title:

The Torment of Tantalus

Episode #:

01x11

Production Number:

110

Original Airdate:

Friday October 03rd, 1997

*Also Known As:

Le Supplice de Tantale ( France [M6])
Die Qualen des Tantalus ( Germany [RTL 2])
Tantalova muka ( Czech Republic [TV Nova])
Tantaloksen tuskat ( Finland [SubTV])

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Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country:	Aired On:

Canada	Dec 04, 1997
Australia	Mar 26, 1998
FR (M6)	May 08, 1998
New Zealand	May 29, 1998
UK (Sky One)	Jun 10, 1998
Ireland	Jun 10, 1998
DE (RTL 2)	Mar 10, 1999
CZ (TV Nova)	May 11, 2000
FI (SubTV)	Mar 15, 2008

Episode Crew
Director:	Jonathan Glassner
Writer:	Robert C. Cooper (3)

Episode Summary

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When Daniel looks at some old tapes of Stargate research made in 1945, he discovers that someone actually went through the Stargate back then. When he learns that that person apparently didn't return, SG-1goes on a mission to try and find out what happened to him.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Elizabeth Hoffman	played	Catherine Langford	Recurring (first appearance)
•Gary Jones (1)	played	Sgt. Walter Harriman	Recurring (8th appearance)
•Duncan Fraser (1)	played	Professor Langford
•Keene Curtis	played	Dr. Ernest Littlefield
•Nancy McClure	played	Young Catherine
•Paul McGillion	played	Young Ernest Littlefield
•Sheelah Megill	played	Martha the Maid

Main Cast

•Richard Dean Anderson	played	Colonel/Brigadier General Jack O'Neill
•Michael Shanks	played	Dr. Daniel Jackson
•Amanda Tapping	played	Captain/Major/Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter
•Christopher Judge	played	Teal'c
•Don S. Davis	played	Major General George S. Hammond

Episode Notes

This episode confirms Daniel's belief that the Goa'uld did not build the Stargate.

Paul McGillion (Young Ernest Littlefield) would later play Dr. Carson Beckett in Stargate Atlantis.

Episode Goofs

Ernest says that when he left Earth there were 90 elements, in fact in 1945 there were 96 elements known.

Cultural References

The title refers to Greek King Tantalus, who was sent to Hades and placed for eternity in a lake of water which receded whenever he tried to drink.

Other Episode Crew

• Developer	Brad Wright (1) \| Jonathan Glassner
• Executive Producer	Jonathan Glassner \| Brad Wright (1)
• Casting	Mary Jo Slater \| Paul Weber
• Music	Joel Goldsmith
• Other	David Arnold (1) (Theme)

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