

Daniel Jackson (then played by James Spader) to translate the runes found alongside it and activate the gate. In 1994 (or 1996, if you follow the chronology of the series) the United States Air force has come into possession of the gate and recruits radical Egyptologist Dr.

For those unfamiliar with the original film, the Stargate is a device found buried in the Giza plateau of Egypt in 1928. Ten years after Emmerich & Devlin showed the world how it SHOULD be done, the TV spin off of their (still) greatest achievement has finally proven itself to be the best franchise in existence today.
