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Encyclopedia > Catherine Langford
Stargate character

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Catherine Langford as portrayed by Elizabeth Hoffman in Stargate SG-1 Stargate collectively refers to the fictional universe started with the 1994 science fiction feature film Stargate, and afterwards continued in novel form, in two live-action television series (Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis) and in other derivative works. ... Image File history File links This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Season 8s opening title Spoiler warning: See Stargate for a general summary of this universe, or List of Stargate SG-1 episodes for a detailed plot analysis. ...

Catherine Langford
Race Human
Gender Female
Hair color White (formerly brown)
Eye color Brown
Rank None
Birthplace Unknown
Film portrayer Viveca Lindfors (younger version by Kelly Vint)
Television portrayer Elizabeth Hoffman (younger versions by Nancy McClure and Glynis Davies)
First appearance Stargate

Catherine Langford, Ph.D is a fictional character depicted in the film Stargate by Viveca Lindfors and in two episodes the spin-off television series Stargate SG-1 by Elizabeth Hoffman. She is the daughter of the archaeologist who discovered the Stargate in 1928. Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu(extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens Homo (genus). ... Female symbol Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. ... Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 - October 25, 1995) was a Swedish-American stage and film actress. ... Stargate is a science fiction/action film released in 1994, directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, with a soundtrack by David Arnold. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Stargate is a science fiction/action film released in 1994, directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, with a soundtrack by David Arnold. ... Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 - October 25, 1995) was a Swedish-American stage and film actress. ... Season 8s opening title Spoiler warning: See Stargate for a general summary of this universe, or List of Stargate SG-1 episodes for a detailed plot analysis. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... A typical stargate This article is about the device in the fictional Stargate universe. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Catherine was present at the excavation of the Stargate, where she acquired an amulet depicting the Eye of Ra, which she still wore in old age; however, she gave it to Daniel Jackson when he first went through the Stargate to Abydos. In the early 1940s, her father and her fiancé, Ernest Littlefield, did experiments on the Stargate. She was not involved in these, though she overheard conversations about their progress. This article is about the Egyptian god. ... // Events and trends The 1940s were seen as a transition period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s, which also leads the period to be divided in two halves: The first half of the decade was dominated by World War II, the widest and most destructive armed conflict in... Dr. Ernest Littlefield is a minor character from the science fiction series Stargate SG-1 who first appeared in the episode The Torment of Tantalus and is credited for both discovering the fact that the chevrons symbols on the Stargate are actually coordinate inputs and being the first human to...


In 1945, they finally managed to open the Stargate and Ernest volunteered to be the one sent through it. Ernest vanished and was presumed lost until he was discovered by the SG-1 team fifty years later. His disappearance was enough to shut down the Stargate program. It took Catherine forty years to start up the program again, and by then, the knowledge of how to open the gate had been lost. 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...


In the mid-1990s, she discovered Daniel Jackson and recognized his abilites. Daniel managed to figure out how to open the Stargate again and was sent through with the team led by Jack O'Neill. About a year and half later, after Catherine had retired, Daniel came back to her with old footage from the experiments done in 1945. The 1990s refers to the years 1990 to 1999; the last decade of the 20th Century. ... Daniel Jackson is a fictional character in both the science fiction feature film Stargate and the subsequent television series Stargate SG-1 played by actors James Spader in the former and Michael Shanks in the latter. ... Jonathan Jack ONeill is a fictional character in both the science fiction feature film Stargate and the subsequent television series Stargate SG-1 played by actors Kurt Russell in the former and Richard Dean Anderson in the latter. ...


Catherine recognized the man sent through the gate as Ernest and realized her father had lied to her about Ernest dying an accident. Catherine accompied SG-1 on their mission to discover if Ernest was still alive. Despite many setbacks, the mission was ultimately successful.


Catherine Langford's death was announced in the eighth-season episode Moebius, Part 1. Langford's personal collection of documents and artefacts relating to the Stargate program was passed on to Daniel Jackson after her death. Moebius is a two-part time travel-altrenate reality episode of Stargate SG-1. ...


In the episode There But For the Grace of God, Daniel Jackson discovered that in an alternate universe, he refused Catherine's offer to work on the Stargate and that she continued to head the program after the creation of the SG teams. In the episode 1969, a middle-aged version of the character was portrayed by Glynis Davies. There But For the Grace of God is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. ... A parallel universe, also sometimes called an alternate universe, is a hypothetical universe which exists separately from our own. ... In the fictional universe of the Stargate SG-1 television series, the SG designation denotes that the team is a part of the Stargate program, while the number following the Stargate designation is to distinguish between separate Stargate teams. ... 1969 is an episode from the second season of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. ...


Problems with her age

In the episode The Torment of Tantalus, it was clearly stated Catherine was twenty-one in 1945, which would make her about four years old in 1928. However, she is much older in the opening sequence of the film, which is set in 1928. The Torment of Tantalus is an episode from the first season of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Catherine Langford - SCIFIPEDIA (337 words)
Catherine Langford is a character in the Stargate universe.
Catherine Langford was the daughter of Professor Langford who found the Stargate in Giza in 1928.
Catherine was not aware that they successfully activated the gate at that time or that her fiance, Ernest Littlefield, had been the one to step through it.
GateWorld - Stargate SG-1 Season Two: "1969" (2548 words)
Catherine Langford's father is dead, and she has not yet assumed a position as head of Stargate research.
Langford (Catherine's father, whose expedition uncovered the Stargate in Giza, Egypt in 1928).
Catherine told Daniel and Sam that they had always known their had to be a second device with which to control the ring -- the D.H.D. (dial-home device).
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