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The Wraith retrovirus is a fictional medication from the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis. It can also be referred to as the "Anti-Wraith retrovirus". Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...
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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). ...
In the second season episode "Instinct" Dr. Beckett mentions a retrovirus that he has been working on. This retrovirus is designed to turn Wraiths into humans by altering their DNA, because Wraiths started out as humans. Ellia, a female Wraith, overheard Dr. Beckett and was overjoyed that she would have a chance to become human. Ellia has been feeding on humans without Zaddik, her adopted human father, knowing, and she hates herself for it. She decides that she can’t do it any longer and despite the retrovirus not being ready, she takes it without Dr. Beckett’s knowledge, and it has a horrible effect on her. The exact opposite of what she was dreaming for. Wraiths are a mixture of human and an insect called the Iratus bug. The retrovirus turns her more into the bug than human. Instinct is the seventh episode in the second season of the science fiction show, Stargate Atlantis. ...
Dr. Carson Beckett is the Scottish chief medical doctor, played by Paul McGillion in the television series Stargate Atlantis. ...
Genera Alpharetrovirus Betaretrovirus Gammaretrovirus Deltaretrovirus Epsilonretrovirus Lentivirus Spumavirus A retrovirus is any virus belonging to the viral family Retroviridae. ...
In the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis, the Wraith are a hive-based parasitic species that drove the Ancients out of the Pegasus Galaxy around 8000 BC. Ever since, they have been the dominant race of the Pegasus galaxy, and are the primary antagonists of the series, similar to...
The general structure of a section of DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions for the biological development of a cellular form of life or a virus. ...
The Iratus bug is a fictional animal species from the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis. ...
Later in the episode Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard’s team is looking for Ellia, because she is too much of a danger to be left alone. She barely resembles a human at this point and is extremely strong and fast. Sheppard finds her and says he will try to help her, to reverse the effects of the retrovirus. But it is too late. She is too far gone and attacks Sheppard. She begins to feed on him while Ronon runs up to the scuffle. He realizes that there is nothing he can do but shoot her. She is fatally wounded. Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard is an Air Force officer played by Joe Flanigan in the television series Stargate Atlantis. ...
Ronon Dex (played by Jason Momoa) is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis. ...
Then, in the episode "Conversion", John Sheppard, who had been bitten by Ellia before she died, transforms into an Iratus bug hybrid. Before Sheppard is lost forever, he is saved by Dr. Beckett, who uses DNA from the Iratus bug to reverse the transformation. Conversion is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis. ...
Later in the season, in the episode "Michael", Dr. Beckett has nearly perfected the retrovirus and has successfully eliminated the Wraith DNA in the first Wraith test subject, who they call Michael Kenmore, provided he administers daily doses of drugs. Because of this development, Lt. Col. Sheppard seeks to develop a biological weapon to launch on the Wraith, though Beckett states that he clearly has no means of causing a permanent effect. Michael is an episode of the second season of Stargate Atlantis. ...
This is a list of Wraith characters in the TV series Stargate Atlantis. ...
Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease_causing organism) or toxin found in nature, as a weapon of war. ...
After Michael discovers that he is really a Wraith, he argues against what the Atlantis team has done to him, stating that they did it for their benefit, rather than his. Michael has also begun to realise that he still has basic Wraith instincts, and while being escorted to the infirmary to receive his daily dose of the drug, he attacks his guard and shoots and kills another, finding that he has a taste for the blood. Ronon manages to disable Michael and the team places him in the Atlantis holding cell.
Because of this outbreak, Dr. Weir asks Dr. Beckett to increase the dosage after having Michael moved to the new Pegasus Galaxy Alpha Site. Beckett, however, begins blaming himself for what has happened since it was he who developed and administered the retrovirus in the first place, though Dr. Weir assures him any fault lies with her since she gave the order to carry out the experiment. This article needs to be updated. ...
The Pegasus dwarf galaxy (center cluster). ...
In the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1, the Alpha Site is a secondary offworld base of Stargate Command (SGC). ...
After Michael is moved to the Alpha Site, he escapes with Teyla as his hostage. They travel through the stargate to a planet occupied by the Wraith, where Michael intends to rejoin his people. After hours on the planet, Michael, without any new injections, begins to revert back into a Wraith. Teyla Emmagan is a fictional primary character played by Rachel Luttrell in the science fiction series, Stargate Atlantis. ...
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Then, later, in the episode "Allies", Michael returns to Atlantis with a group of Wraith that want to use the retrovirus to turn their rival Wraith into humans to feed upon. Allies (Part 1 of 2) is the season 2 finale episode of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis. ...
Once Dr. Beckett and Dr. Zelenka reveal that they have found a way to transform the retrovirus into an aerosol gas, the Wraith insist that Beckett help devise a plan to disperse it inside their enemy's ships. Later, the gas is tested on a captured Wraith and it works. However, when the Wraith try to use the gas on an enemy ship, they aren't successful. So to find a better way to dispatch the virus, the Wraith give Dr. McKay a treasure trove of information about Wraith technology that he needs to complete the job. Dr. Radek Zelenka is a Czech Atlantis expedition scientist portrayed by David Nykl in the television series Stargate Atlantis. ...
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Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis played by David Hewlett. ...
In the season 3 episode "No Man's Land", it is learned that the retrovirus does not affect female Wraith. No Mans Land (Part 2 of 3) is the season 3 premiere episode of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis. ...
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