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Encyclopedia > GDO (Stargate)
The Garage Door Opener
The Garage Door Opener

The GDO ("garage door opener") is a fictional piece of technology in the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1. Image of a Stargate SG-1 GDO (Garage Door Opener) found at http://www. ... A garage door opener is a motorized device that opens and closes garage doors. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Stargate SG-1 (often abbreviated as SG-1) is a science fiction television series based upon the 1994 science fiction film Stargate. ...


The GDO is a small device carried by SG teams to verify their identity to Stargate Command, enabling them to open the Iris. This protects Stargate Command from invasion through the Stargate itself. Without a GDO, the identification of an incoming traveller from friend or foe is not possible. If a team loses its GDO they cannot gate back to Earth without alternate means to contact SGC, usually by traveling to friendly world, recognised by the SGC, whose Stargate does not contain an iris, and communicate via their established protocols. In the science-fiction universe of the Stargate SG-1 television series, the SG military-team designation denotes a team that is a part of the Stargate Program, while the number following the designation is to distinguish between separate Stargate teams. ... Cheyenne Mountains base Cheyenne Mountains entrance tunnel Cheyenne Mountains interior For more information on this series and its accompanying fictional universe, see Stargate SG-1. ... The SGCs Stargate with the Iris closed In the sci-fi television show, Stargate SG-1, the iris (of the Stargate) is a large, metal protective device, similar to the leaf shutter of a camera, which was invented by Stargate Command to prevent unwanted travelers from emerging through the... Col. ... Cheyenne Mountains base Cheyenne Mountains entrance tunnel Cheyenne Mountains interior For more information on this series and its accompanying fictional universe, see Stargate SG-1. ...


Each team has a unique IDC (ex.: O'Neill's code was at one time 903 224 637) meaning SGC can easily identify who is contacting them. SGC also gave several of their allies (mainly the Tok'ra) a GDO with a unique identification code. In the science fiction television shows Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, the Iris Deactivation Code is a code transmitted through an open stargate to request that the iris be opened to allow travellers through. ... The Tokra are a fictional race on the television series Stargate SG-1. ...


The fact that the Earth Stargate features an iris is well known among the Goa'uld System Lords. They also know that the SG teams need a code to deactivate it and so many System Lords have tried to obtain the code from captured SG teams (one example is Lord Mot, who captured SG-1 and SG-15 in the episode Prophecy). The Goauld (pronounced go-a-OOLD , commonly GOOLD, or go-OOLD) are a fictional parasitic alien race in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 universe. ... The System Lord Ra The System Lord Apophis The System Lord Anubis The System Lord Baal See Stargate for more information on this fictional universe. ... SG-1 arm patch SG-1 (Stargate Team 1) is the primary unit of Stargate Command in the science fiction TV show Stargate SG-1, of which its members are the main characters. ... Prophecy is an episode from the sixth season of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. ...


Stargate Atlantis features a different kind of GDO which is smaller and handier. Stargate Atlantis is an American science fiction television series and a spin-off from the television series Stargate SG-1, which was based on the film Stargate (1994). ...

Technology in the Stargate universe Edit
Tau'ri GDO | IDC | Stargate Iris | Kull Disruptor | P90 | MALP | Naqahdah Generator | Wraith retrovirus
F-302 | Prometheus (BC-303) | Daedalus (BC-304)-class Battlecruiser
Goa'uld/Tok'ra Al'kesh | Death Glider | Ha'tak Mothership | Hand Device | Healing Device | Intar | Sarcophagus | Staff Weapon
Tel'tak | TER | Tunnel Crystals | Zat | Zatarc detector
Ancient Ancient City Ship | Ancient Control Chair | ATA Gene | Atlantis | Aurora-class Battleship | Dakara Weapon | DHD
DNA Resequencer | Drone Weapon | Healing Device | Project Arcturus | Puddle Jumper | Repository of Knowledge
Ring Transporter | Stargate | Time Dilation Device | Zero Point Module
Asgard Beliskner-class ship | Daniel Jackson-class ship | O'Neill-class ship | Thor's Hammer
Other Wraith Dart | Wraith Hive-Ship | Supergate | Ori Battlecruiser
Lists by race All | Tau'ri | Ancient, Aschen, Asgard, Goa'uld, Ori, Tok'ra, Tollan, Wraith | Other


 
 

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