1x17 Letters from Pegasus - Stargate Atlantis Episode Guide

Stargate Atlantis

- Episode 01x17

Episode: 01x17
Title: Letters from Pegasus
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 117
First Aired: Mar. 04, 2005

Season 1 » Episode #17 - Letters from Pegasus

Stargate Atlantis - 01x17 Letters from Pegasus

Summary: McKay figures out how to send a message back to the SGC, prompting the expedition members to film messages for their families.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Major John Sheppard	played by Joe Flanigan
Dr. Kate Heightmeyer	played by Claire Rankin
Dr. Radek Zelenka	played by David Nykl
Dr. Kavanagh	played by Ben Cotton
Sgt. Bates	played by Dean Marshall
Charin	played by Brenda McDonald
Wraith	played by James Lafazanos
Chuck the Technician	played by Chuck Campbell
Cocoon Victim	played by Daniel Boileau

Season 1 / Episode 17: - Letters from Pegasus

Dr. Carson Beckett: It was very easy to miss. In fact, I couldn't even make the kind of comparison necessary to isolate the specific strand. We needed Wraith cells, which we eventually got, but then we need a full mapping of the genetic code contained within those cells, which wasn't even fifty percent complete...
Teyla Emmagan: Please! Tell me.
Dr. Carson Beckett: You have some Wraith DNA in your genetic make-up.

Season 1 / Episode 17: - Letters from Pegasus

Dr. Carson Beckett: My theory is that the Ancients unwittingly allowed humans to evolve on a planet with, uh, insect species on it. At some point the insects fed on humans and somehow incorporated our DNA into theirs. The Wraith are an evolution of that combination.
Lt. Aiden Ford: So what you're saying is the Ancients actually created the Wraith?
Dr. Carson Beckett: By accident.
Dr. Rodney McKay: Or negligence.

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