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== Précis ==
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== SciFi.com Official Summary ==
== SciFi.com Official Summary ==


''The official summary is not yet available as this episode has yet to air in the United States.''
A gravitational disturbance near P3X-584 catches Carter's attention, but when SG-1 'gates to the planet, they find something even more fascinating than a mere black hole. First, there's the elaborate security system on P3X-584's Stargate, which re-routes incoming travelers to other planets until Carter cracks its access code. Second, there's the mysterious underground laboratory on the planet itself. The lab contains a Ancient DNA manipulation device, computer logs filled with Ancient text, and a man frozen in a stasis pod.


== Episode Spoilers ==
SG-1 sends the man, Khalek, to Earth. He claims he was a prisoner of a Goa'uld, but, by translating the records in the lab, Daniel learns the truth. The Goa'uld was Anubis, and Khalek was not his prisoner — Khalek was his creation. Anubis engineered him with human and Goa'uld DNA, gave him the genetic memory of the Goa'uld, and artificially advanced his evolution.


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Although Anubis was defeated before he could finish this prototype, Khalek already has superhuman abilities. Worse, he has evolved almost enough to ascend &mdash; to become an immortal energy being. Given his background, there's no doubt he'll use his immense powers for evil.


In a lab where Anubis had been performing genetic experiments, SG-1 discovers a human man in stasis, named Khalek. They release him and bring him back to the SGC, but Daniel comes to realize that as a highly evolved human, he is a grave threat. Khalek possesses the genetic memories of Anubis as well as the potential to ascend on his own, though he doesn't know it yet. Daniel wonders whether they should kill him, or at least put him back in stasis. Daniel finally gets Khalek to admit that, through his memories of his 'father' Anubis, he remembers Daniel, and he remembers the great pleasure Anubis had in having millions of slaves bow before him. But what Khalek desires most of all is to experience, as Anubis did, the sweetness of killing another being for the first time. He predicts that before it is over, either he or Daniel will have had that pleasure.
Daniel surprises everyone by arguing that Khalek must be executed. Gen. Landry takes this warning seriously, although Daniel himself has second thoughts when he realizes that killing Khalek might actually enable his ascension. In the end, the decision is out of their hands: Stargate Command's oversight committee dispatches Richard Woolsey, with orders to keep the prisoner alive for study.


Teal'c and Mitchell travel to Dakara to seek advice from the Jaffa So'Kresh. So'Kresh served under Anubis and was aware of his genetic experiments. He'd heard that Anubis was trying to build an army of Mashur, mutants who would ascend to the realm of the Ancients and fight them, in revenge for what Anubis had suffered at their hands.
Dangers of this plan quickly become clear. As Carter and Dr. Lam conduct a brain-scan, Khalek unleashes his telekinetic powers and nearly escapes before Mitchell subdues him. Despite this close call, Woolsey still insists that the potential rewards of the study outweigh the risks. He orders unprecedented security measures and the project continues.


Meanwhile at the SGC, NID Attorney Richard Woolsey has arrived and tells General Landry that the committee overseeing the SGC wants Khalek to be studied, not placed in stasis, in spite of the threat he poses.
Back at Anubis's lab, Carter, Daniel and Teal'c run a simulation using the DNA manipulation device. They discover that Khalek can't ascend until he has another few treatments in the machine. Daniel's first instinct was correct: If Khalek can't ever be confined safely, he should be killed before he can return to P3X-584 and complete his evolution.


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When SG-1 reports back to Landry, Khalek overhears every word, even though he's several floors away. Once again, he lashes out with his mind, and this time, he escapes. The team's superhuman prisoner is now loose on the base.
The episode Prototype is the first contribution this season from a writer new to SG-1, Alan McCullough. "In this story, our heroes attempt to gate onto a planet but end up somewhere else," he explains. "They discover that this gate has a protective device that's designed to keep people away from the planet. They manage to override it, though, and arrive on the planet to find a lab with a very unique and advanced individual inside it. This episode plays a great deal on the show's established mythology, so that was a challenge in that I had to do plenty of research." &mdash; ''TV Zone Special #64''
 
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Robert Picardo]] as [[Richard Woolsey]]
* [[Robert Picardo]] as [[Richard Woolsey]]
* [[Neil Jackson]] as [[Khalek]]
* [[Neil Jackson]] as [[Khalek]]
* [[Lexa Doig]] as [[Carolyn Lam|Dr. Carolyn Lam]]
* [[Ivan Cermak]] as [[Altman|Maj. Altman]]
* [[Gary Jones]] as [[Walter Harriman|Sgt. Harriman]]


== Production ==
== Production ==


* Written by [[Alan McCullough]]
* Written by [[Alan McCullough]]
* Directed by [[William Waring]]
* Directed by [[Peter DeLuise]]


== Related Articles ==
== Related Articles ==
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=== Keywords ===
=== Keywords ===


* [[Ancient Stasis Chamber]]
* [[Ancients]]
* [[Ancients]]
* [[Anubis]]
* [[Anubis]]
* [[Jaffa]]
* [[Ascended Beings]]
* [[Mashur]]
* [[International Oversight Committee]]
* [[DNA Manipulation Device]]
* [[Goa'uld]]
* [[P3X-584]]
* [[SG-5]]


=== Other ===
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== Related Links ==
== Related Links ==


* [http://www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/ipw-web/b2/index.php?p=301&more=1&c=1 Stargate SG-1 Solutions Spoiler Blog: S9 Spoilers: "Prototype"]
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--[[User:Michelle|Michelle]] 21:54, 23 Jun 2005 (PDT)

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Précis

The team discovers that Anubis left behind a mutant human, Khalek, with both his genetic memories and the potential to ascend. Even after Daniel warns of the incredible danger keeping Khalek alive poses, IOC representative Woolsey insists studying him could give the SGC valuable information in their fight against the equally advanced Priors of the Ori.

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SciFi.com Official Summary

A gravitational disturbance near P3X-584 catches Carter's attention, but when SG-1 'gates to the planet, they find something even more fascinating than a mere black hole. First, there's the elaborate security system on P3X-584's Stargate, which re-routes incoming travelers to other planets until Carter cracks its access code. Second, there's the mysterious underground laboratory on the planet itself. The lab contains a Ancient DNA manipulation device, computer logs filled with Ancient text, and a man frozen in a stasis pod.

SG-1 sends the man, Khalek, to Earth. He claims he was a prisoner of a Goa'uld, but, by translating the records in the lab, Daniel learns the truth. The Goa'uld was Anubis, and Khalek was not his prisoner — Khalek was his creation. Anubis engineered him with human and Goa'uld DNA, gave him the genetic memory of the Goa'uld, and artificially advanced his evolution.

Although Anubis was defeated before he could finish this prototype, Khalek already has superhuman abilities. Worse, he has evolved almost enough to ascend — to become an immortal energy being. Given his background, there's no doubt he'll use his immense powers for evil.

Daniel surprises everyone by arguing that Khalek must be executed. Gen. Landry takes this warning seriously, although Daniel himself has second thoughts when he realizes that killing Khalek might actually enable his ascension. In the end, the decision is out of their hands: Stargate Command's oversight committee dispatches Richard Woolsey, with orders to keep the prisoner alive for study.

Dangers of this plan quickly become clear. As Carter and Dr. Lam conduct a brain-scan, Khalek unleashes his telekinetic powers and nearly escapes before Mitchell subdues him. Despite this close call, Woolsey still insists that the potential rewards of the study outweigh the risks. He orders unprecedented security measures and the project continues.

Back at Anubis's lab, Carter, Daniel and Teal'c run a simulation using the DNA manipulation device. They discover that Khalek can't ascend until he has another few treatments in the machine. Daniel's first instinct was correct: If Khalek can't ever be confined safely, he should be killed before he can return to P3X-584 and complete his evolution.

When SG-1 reports back to Landry, Khalek overhears every word, even though he's several floors away. Once again, he lashes out with his mind, and this time, he escapes. The team's superhuman prisoner is now loose on the base.

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--Michelle 21:54, 23 Jun 2005 (PDT)

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