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==Summary==
==Summary==


Vala is a "space pirate" who claimed to be a former host to a Goa'uld. She attempted to steal the ''Prometheus'' to trade it for an extremely large amount of weapons grade naquadah. She was introduced in the episode, 8.12 "Prometheus Unbound".
Vala Mal Doran was a space-faring thief and former host to the Goa'uld Qetesh who tried to hijack the ''Prometheus'' and sell it for weapons grade naquadah. Her plans were thwarted by Daniel Jackson, who managed to overcome her and recover the ship. She escaped from the ship's brig and disappeared into the vastness of space inside an al'kesh in which she had used to entrap the ''Prometheus'' crew, but she appeared to have developed affection for Daniel during her time alone with him on the ship.  


==Character Biography==
Less than a year later, she contacted Daniel on Earth to ask for his help in deciphering a tablet written in Ancient which was said to lead to a buried treasure on Earth. After researching the tablet, Daniel discovered Avalon in the Glastonbury Tor in England where the Ancient Merlin had hidden not only riches of Britain, but also Ancient technology. It was through the use of one of the devices discovered in Avalon which led Daniel and Vala to contact humans in a distant galaxy.


Vala hijacked the ''Prometheus'' while it was on a rescue mission to the Pegasus Galaxy. She sent out a distress call that Gen. Hammond, commander of the mission, decided to answer in case there were human slaves in need of assistance. Once they arrived, they discovered two Goa'uld ships which had been damaged in a fire fight. One was a cargo ship and the other, an al'kesh. They determined that the source of the signal was the al'kesh and sent SG-3 to investigate. Vala wore the suit of one of Anubis' Kull Warriors and used a zat gun to disable the small crew. Eventually all of the ''Prometheus'' crew members were stranded on the al'kesh, except for Dr. Daniel Jackson. Vala took the ship to a planet a day's distance away, even at hyperspeed.
Unfortunately, this contact alerted a group of Ascended Beings known as the Ori to begin their invasion of the Milky Way Galaxy to empower themselves with worshippers or to destroy those who refused to accept them as gods. Vala's actions during the Ori's attempt to establish a foothold in the galaxy resulted in her being transported to the Ori's home galaxy where she did her best to fit into a village of Ori worshippers. Finding herself mysteriously pregnant, she married a local man, Tomin of Ver Isca, who was conscripted to join in the Ori's crusade to dominate the Milky Way. Believing that she had only one last chance at returning home, Vala decided to join him onboard his assigned ship. Upon arrival in the Milky Way Galaxy, Vala could only watch helplessly as the combined forces of Earth, the Asgard, the Free Jaffa, and the Lucian Alliance were decimated by the first four Ori warships. Unexpectedly, her labor pains began.


Daniel attempted to kill the Kull Warrior with the SGC's nullification weapon, but, because she wasn't a Kull Warrior, the weapon was ineffective. She promptly shot him with the zat and tied him to the command chair. When he regained consciousness, Daniel attempted to strike up a conversation with the Warrior and then came to find out that it was a woman in the armor. Vala tortured Daniel, striking him and shooting him with the Kull Warrior's laser weapon, in order to get the codes to unlock the ship's command systems, but he claimed he didn't have the codes.  
Vala gave birth to a daughter whom she named Adria. Adria was genetically engineered by the Ori to grow rapidly. Vala learned from Adria about her true nature and intent: she was the nearest thing to an Ori in flesh in blood, has great mental powers and knowledge, and is the leader of the Ori's crusade in the Milky Way.  


Vala healed Daniel's wound from the laser weapon with a small hand-held healing device. Daniel thought that Vala was a Goa'uld because she could operate the healing device, but she said that she was a former host. She claimed that having been a former host of a Goa'uld permitted her to not only use the Goa'uld technology, but also to understand the systems of the ''Prometheus''. She said that the technology was primitive.
Daniel managed to rescue Vala from the Ori warship, but Vala had to leave Adria behind. Feeling that her most productive place was with the SGC, Daniel advocated for Vala to remain on Earth to provide her vast knowledge and expertise in the fight against the Ori. Vala eventually joined Daniel in the fight as a member of SG-1.


Vala used every trick in the book to get information out of Daniel. When physical torture didn't get her the results she needed, she tried sexual distraction. Daniel, however, matched her strategies with his own and managed to get out of his binds and overcome Vala while she was in the engine room setting the course for her rendezvous with buyers. These buyers were trading a large chest full of weapons grade naquadah, but Daniel thought that they were Vala's people, refugees from a planet which had been taken by Camulus and was vulnerable to Ba'al's forces after Camulus' defeat. Vala told Daniel that a Tok'ra had come to her planet ten years ago and started a rebellion against the ruling Goa'uld. She just so happened to be the host to that Goa'uld. The people captured her and tortured her, but the Tok'ra took pity and removed the symbiote and nursed her back to health. She said her people were nearly wiped out by Camulus and were now threatened by Ba'al. She wanted the ''Prometheus'' to help rescue her people from the moon to which they had fled and take them to a planet far from Goa'uld rule. Daniel locked Vala up in the brig and met the buyers, thinking they were her people. But, he had the presence of mind to put on the protective outer armor of the Kull Warrior's suit. When he met the two alien buyers, he realized that Vala was stealing the ''Prometheus'' in order to sell it. He tried to break off the deal, but the aliens pulled their weapons on him. Then, the ''Prometheus'' was attacked by Goa'uld death gliders, most likely those belonging to Ba'al.
==Vala: A Visual History==
{|
| valign="top"|[[Image:81204.jpg|left|Prometheus Unbound]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:90109.jpg|left|Avalon Part 1]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:90206.jpg|left|Avalon Part 2]]
|-
| valign="top"|[[Image:90405.jpg|left|The Ties That Bind]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:90407.jpg|left|The Ties That Bind]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:90505.jpg|left|The Powers That Be]]
|-
| valign="top"|[[Image:90607.jpg|left|Beachhead]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:919eg.jpg|left|Crusade]]
| valign="top"|[[Image:920vala.jpg|left|Camelot]]
|}
==Comprehensive Character Biography==
[[Image:workinprogress.jpg|right|]]
Status: Work in Progress Through 10.10 "The Quest Part 1"<br/>
Originally written by: DeeKayP


Daniel managed to get back to the ''Prometheus'' and take off, but the ship took a lot of damage. Vala pursuaded him to let her out of the brig so that she could help him fight the al'kesh and death gliders. She still had control of the ship's systems because she had reprogrammed the ship's access codes. With shields failing and weapons near depletion, it appeared that they were about to be destroyed when Gen. Hammond and the rest of the ''Prometheus'' crew came to their rescue in the al'kesh to which Vala had abandoned them.
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Daniel zatted Vala and returned her to the brig. While he was with the bridge crew, she made her escape, taking the al'kesh into hyperspace and jamming the ''Prometheus''' sensors so that they could not follow. Even though Vala had attempted to steal the ''Prometheus'' and abandon the crew on a disabled ship in the middle of Ba'al's territory, Daniel still couldn't help but respect her abilities as she made her escape. Unfortunately, the ''Prometheus'' had seen too much hull damage for them to complete their rescue mission to the Pegasus Galaxy.


==Episodes==
==Episodes==


* [[8.12 "Prometheus Unbound" Episode Guide|8.12 "Prometheus Unbound"]]
* [[8.12 "Prometheus Unbound" Episode Guide|8.12 "Prometheus Unbound"]]
* [[9.01 "Avalon Part 1" Episode Guide|9.01 "Avalon Part 1"]]
* [[9.02 "Avalon Part 2" Episode Guide|9.02 "Avalon Part 2"]]
* [[9.03 "Origin Part 3" Episode Guide|9.03 "Origin Part 3"]]
* [[9.04 "The Ties That Bind" Episode Guide|9.04 "The Ties That Bind"]]
* [[9.05 "The Powers That Be" Episode Guide|9.05 "The Powers That Be"]]
* [[9.06 "Beachhead" Episode Guide|9.06 "Beachhead"]]
* [[9.19 "Crusade Part 1" Episode Guide|9.19 "Crusade Part 1"]]
* [[9.20 "Camelot Part 2" Episode Guide|9.20 "Camelot Part 2"]]
* [[10.01 "Flesh And Blood Part 3" Episode Guide|10.01 "Flesh And Blood Part 3"]]
* [[10.02 "Morpheus" Episode Guide|10.02 "Morpheus"]]
* [[10.03 "The Pegasus Project" Episode Guide|10.03 "The Pegasus Project"]]
* [[10.04 "Insiders" Episode Guide|10.04 "Insiders"]]
* [[10.05 "Uninvited" Episode Guide|10.05 "Uninvited"]]
* [[10.06 "200" Episode Guide|10.06 "200"]]
* [[10.07 "Counterstrike" Episode Guide|10.07 "Counterstrike"]]
* [[10.08 "Memento Mori" Episode Guide|10.08 "Memento Mori"]]
* [[10.09 "Company Of Thieves" Episode Guide|10.09 "Company Of Thieves"]]
* [[10.10 "The Quest Part 1" Episode Guide|10.10 "The Quest Part 1"]]


==Related Characters==
==Related Characters==


* [[Daniel Jackson|Dr. Daniel Jackson]]
* [[Daniel Jackson|Dr. Daniel Jackson]]
* [[Samantha Carter|Lt. Col. Samantha Carter]]
* [[Teal'c]]
* [[Cameron Mitchell|Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell]]
* [[George Hammond|Gen. George Hammond]]
* [[George Hammond|Gen. George Hammond]]
* [[Hank Landry|Gen. Hank Landry]]
* [[Carolyn Lam|Dr. Carolyn Lam]]
* [[Adria]]
* [[Administrator]]
* [[Anubis]]
* [[Anubis]]
* [[Athena]]
* [[Azdak]]
* [[Ba'al]]
* [[Ba'al]]
* [[Camulus]]
* [[Camulus]]
* [[Denya]]
* [[Fannis]]
* [[Harrid]]
* [[Bill Lee|Dr. Bill Lee]]
* [[Merlin]]
* [[Qetesh]]
* [[Sallis]]
* [[Seevis]]
* [[Tomin of Ver Isca|Tomin]]


==Related Articles==
==Related Articles==


* [[Al'kesh]]
* [[Al'kesh]]
* [[:Category:Stargate Atlantis Team|Altantis Expedition Team in the Pegasus Galaxy]]
* [[Ancient Communications Terminal]]
* [[Ancients]]
* [[Ascended Beings]]
* [[Asgard]]
* [[:Category:Stargate Atlantis Team|Atlantis Expedition Team in the Pegasus Galaxy]]
* [[Avalon]]
* [[Cargo Ship]]
* [[Cargo Ship]]
* [[Celestis]]
* [[Clava Thessara Infinitas]]
* [[Death Glider]]
* [[Death Glider]]
* [[Free Jaffa Nation]]
* [[Goa'uld]]
* [[Goa'uld]]
* [[Healing Device]]
* [[International Oversight Advisory (IOA)]]
* [[Kull Warrior]]
* [[Kull Warrior]]
* [[Kull Warrior Nullifier]]
* [[Kull Warrior Nullifier]]
* [[Kor Mak Bracelets]]
* [[Korolev]]
* [[Lucian Alliance]]
* [[Mal Doran]]
* [[Naquadah]]
* [[Naquadah]]
* [[Ori]]
* [[Ori Warship]]s
* [[P-90]]
* [[P8X-412]]
* [[Priors of the Ori]]
* [[Prometheus]]
* [[Prometheus]]
* [[Prometheus Crew]]
* [[Prometheus Crew]]
* [[Ring Transporter]]
* [[Selenis]]
* [[Senate Appropriations Committee]]
* [[SG-1]]
* [[SG-3]]
* [[SG-3]]
* [[SG-12]]
* [[Super Stargate|Supergate]]
* [[Symbiote]]
* [[Symbiote]]
* [[System Lord]]
* [[Tok'ra]]
* [[Tok'ra]]
* [[The Trust]]
* [[Ver Ager]]
* [[Ver Isca]]
* [[Zat]]
* [[Zat]]
==Related Links==
* [http://stargate.mgm.com/char_detail.php?id=12 Official MGM Biography]


==Actor==
==Actor==

Latest revision as of 10:46, 14 April 2007

Vala Mal Doran

Summary

Vala Mal Doran was a space-faring thief and former host to the Goa'uld Qetesh who tried to hijack the Prometheus and sell it for weapons grade naquadah. Her plans were thwarted by Daniel Jackson, who managed to overcome her and recover the ship. She escaped from the ship's brig and disappeared into the vastness of space inside an al'kesh in which she had used to entrap the Prometheus crew, but she appeared to have developed affection for Daniel during her time alone with him on the ship.

Less than a year later, she contacted Daniel on Earth to ask for his help in deciphering a tablet written in Ancient which was said to lead to a buried treasure on Earth. After researching the tablet, Daniel discovered Avalon in the Glastonbury Tor in England where the Ancient Merlin had hidden not only riches of Britain, but also Ancient technology. It was through the use of one of the devices discovered in Avalon which led Daniel and Vala to contact humans in a distant galaxy.

Unfortunately, this contact alerted a group of Ascended Beings known as the Ori to begin their invasion of the Milky Way Galaxy to empower themselves with worshippers or to destroy those who refused to accept them as gods. Vala's actions during the Ori's attempt to establish a foothold in the galaxy resulted in her being transported to the Ori's home galaxy where she did her best to fit into a village of Ori worshippers. Finding herself mysteriously pregnant, she married a local man, Tomin of Ver Isca, who was conscripted to join in the Ori's crusade to dominate the Milky Way. Believing that she had only one last chance at returning home, Vala decided to join him onboard his assigned ship. Upon arrival in the Milky Way Galaxy, Vala could only watch helplessly as the combined forces of Earth, the Asgard, the Free Jaffa, and the Lucian Alliance were decimated by the first four Ori warships. Unexpectedly, her labor pains began.

Vala gave birth to a daughter whom she named Adria. Adria was genetically engineered by the Ori to grow rapidly. Vala learned from Adria about her true nature and intent: she was the nearest thing to an Ori in flesh in blood, has great mental powers and knowledge, and is the leader of the Ori's crusade in the Milky Way.

Daniel managed to rescue Vala from the Ori warship, but Vala had to leave Adria behind. Feeling that her most productive place was with the SGC, Daniel advocated for Vala to remain on Earth to provide her vast knowledge and expertise in the fight against the Ori. Vala eventually joined Daniel in the fight as a member of SG-1.

Vala: A Visual History

Prometheus Unbound
Avalon Part 1
Avalon Part 2
The Ties That Bind
The Ties That Bind
The Powers That Be
Beachhead
Crusade
Camelot

Comprehensive Character Biography

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Status: Work in Progress Through 10.10 "The Quest Part 1"
Originally written by: DeeKayP

Episodes

Related Characters

Related Articles

Related Links

Actor

--DeeKayP 19:54, 29 Jan 2005 (PST)

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