After his 10th season in 2007, “Stargate SG-1” was canceled by the science fiction chain. A 10 -season race is however impressive, especially given “SG-1” was almost linked after season 8 to make way for another series. In season 8, the star Richard Dean Anderson had decided to move away from his role as Jack O’Neill on “SG-1”, and a new series seemed to be the way to follow in his absence. An ever-made derivative series, entitled “Stargate Command”, would have seen Colonel Cameron Mitchell by Ben Browder and Major-General of Beau Bridges, Hank Landry, led a brand new show that incorporated elements of the original. In the end, however, the decision was made to continue with “SG-1” and “order” ideas have been integrated in the last two seasons of the show. But it would not be the first time that the writers “SG-1” have been pivoting their original plans.

Throughout the 10 -year race of the series, there have been several changes and last -minute decisions that have changed the performance course. For example, the original network, Showtime, initially attempted to make socks in “SG-1” But this approach was quickly abandoned after the decline of actors and writers. These changes on the fly also extend to specific characters. This was the case with Vala Mal Doran from Claudia Black, which was presented in the eighth season. Originally, he appeared in this episode, Vala returned to an arc of six episodes before becoming a regular member of the SG-1 team.

Vala Mal Doran was a human with a Goa’uld background which appeared for the first time in the episode of season 8 of “Stargate SG-1” entitled “Prometheus Unbound”. She then returned to a recurring capacity of season 9. In an interview with Gateworld During this ninth season, Claudia Black spoke about her return, saying: “I am surprised to be able to walk in a set and feel so comfortable.” The former actress of “Farscape” praised the “social aspects” to be on the set and recalled how the crew even told her that she would probably be back after her character survived the events of “Prometheus not linked “.

According to the Australian actress, whose character was finally part of the main distribution of season 10, her initial beginnings on the series were at best trembling. In fact, she revealed that she did not even think that she could appear in “Prometheus Unbound” because of her commitments towards “Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars”, which drew in Australia near the time it was due to Appear on “SG-1” in Canada. As Black explained:

“It was just a lucky timing that I finished my post-synchronized for” Peacekeeper Wars “in time to get on the plane with a two-day notice and obtain the Canadian work permit and arrive here. Well, he was lucky that the Canadian government is very kind to the Australians and they accelerate the process because we are part of the Commonwealth.

Black added that “Prometheus Unbound” was supposed to be what she considered an “bottle episode”, which she described as an episode with a “budget contained, nothing out of the world, no expensive places” and “just Something that was based on the character. worldwide and to be exceeded By it, potentially.

In her interview Gateworld, Claudia Black talked about her reasons to accept the role of Vala Mal Doran, saying that the “Script of Prometheus unrelated” was really funny “. She continued:

“I just wanted to make sure they had the same intentions that I had deduced. And so I spoke to Andy Mikita and said to him:” How far can I go with comedy, because I see A great potential for the character. And he said, “Oh, go all along, darling!

As such, Vala was just aimed only to be a unique character, but also a comic relief for an episode designed. Obviously, however, Black made an impression on producers. In a separate Gateworld The interview, the co-creator of “SG-1” Brad Wright and producer Robert C. Cooper explained how the actress “entered and simply breathtaking us”. Fuhermore, his chemistry with the actor of Daniel Jackson Michael Shanks – who had previously left “SG -1” for a season – was a large part of the reason why Black was brought back. “We started to turn immediately:” How to recover it and do it a larger part? “” Said Cooper. “Because what you don’t want to do is completely softening your character and losing this dynamic that was so wonderful, this kind of moonlight.”

According to Cooper, he and the other producers knew perfectly well that the actor of Jack O’Neill Richard Dean Anderson would soon move away from “SG-1” And that meant that they needed a new addition to the “military presence”. Bring back Vala to become a new member of the SG-1 crew was the perfect solution, adding a brand new main member of the series to the series for its last season.