Gary Jones, Dan Shea, Nat and I in front of the SG-1 gateOur alarm went off very early yesterday, so that we could haul our sorry selves out of bed and over to the Metrotown Hilton in Burnaby, BC where we boarded a bus bound for Bridge Studios. We spent the next hour and half touring the sets of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, and had a great time.

 

 

 

 

Some of our impressions:

  • The SG-1 gateroom is smaller than it looks on-screen.
  • The Atlantis gateroom set is gorgeous and very spacious. Despite what you see on-screen it isn’t very tall, although it has two floors.
  • The puddle jumper is awesome. It’s a complete mini-spaceship and totally enclosed.
  • The Daedalus set is very large and is composed of the bridge, several hallways and the engineering section.
  • You’d think Earth’s flagship spacecraft would be powered by all sorts of high-tech hardware. But from what I saw, the Daedalus is built out of throwaway circuit boards, old ISA expansion cards, and “ancient” Nortel and BCTel test equipment.
I’m not entirely sure if I’m allowed to post the photos we took (we had to sign a waiver to get access to the set), and to be honest many of them didn’t turn out well due to poor lighting. There was a pro photographer on hand, taking photos of people in front of the SG-1 stargate. We posed for a shot with Gary Jones and Dan Shea (above). Since the photo was taken by the official photographer, it should be OK to post.