Inside Stargate Atlantis' Season 5 Shake-up
Robert Picardo in Stargate Atlantis by Eike Schroter/Sci Fi Channel Photo
He might not be as easy on the eyes as
Amanda Tapping, but when
Stargate Atlantis starts filming its fifth 20-episode season later this month,
Robert Picardo will join the cast on a full-time basis, just as the officious (and heretofore recurring) bureaucrat Richard Woolsey assumes command of the expedition from Tapping's Samantha Carter.
Tapping, whose Web series
Sanctuary has been
picked up by Sci Fi Channel for a 13-episode run, will appear in several
Atlantis eps, as will her
SG-1 costar Michael Shanks. Fan fave
Paul McGillion (who was literally brought back from the dead by fan demand!) will also return for five shows. -
Ileane Rudolph
