Carolyn Lam

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Stargate character
Dr. Carolyn Lam in "The Ties That Bind"
Carolyn Lam
Race	Human
Gender	Female
Rank	Chief Medical Officer
Birthplace	US, Earth
Relatives	Major General Hank Landry (father) Kim Lam (mother)
Portrayer	Lexa Doig
First episode	"Avalon Part 2"

Dr. Carolyn Lam is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 played by Lexa Doig. She is Stargate Command's current chief medical officer and seemingly the first permanent one since the death of Dr. Janet Fraiser in 2004. She is also the daughter of the SGC's commanding officer, Major General Hank Landry.

Prior to joining Stargate Command, she worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; her speciality is infectious diseases.

Doctor Lam has a strained relationship with her father, Major General Hank Landry, who is her commanding officer at the SGC. The "bad blood" between them stems from Lam's resentment of her father not being around during her childhood because of his Air Force duties. In "The Fourth Horseman", the two appeared to reconcile to a certain extent after General Landry apologized for not having been with her when she needed him. Carolyn, her father and her mother Kim Lam, have dinner in the episode "Family Ties".

[edit] Background

Lexa Doig is the real-life wife of Michael Shanks who portrays Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1. They met while shooting for Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, in the Season 1 episode "Star-Crossed", in which Shanks portrayed the A.I. of a vessel known as the Balance Of Judgement, who was the doomed love-interest of Doig's A.I. character, "Rommie." Shanks reprised this role again in a third season episode.

Lexa Doig does not appear on screen during the early 10th season of SG-1, but finally reprised her role in episode 17; "Talion". Her absence was due to the fact that Lexa and Michael's second child was born just before Season 10 was filmed.

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[edit] External links

Charater biography from StargateWiki. Visited May 15, 2006.
Character description from GateWorld. Visited May 15, 2006.

Recurring characters on Stargate SG-1		Edit
Tau'ri	Malcolm Barrett \| Jacob Carter \| Chekov \| Adrian Conrad \| Major Davis \| Paul Emerson \| Louis Ferretti \| Janet Fraiser Walter Harriman \| Charles Kawalsky \| Robert Kinsey \| Carolyn Lam \| Catherine Langford \| Bill Lee \| Harry Maybourne Rodney McKay \| Lionel Pendergast \| Robert Rothman \| Frank Simmons \| Pete Shanahan \| Siler \| Richard Woolsey
Other Humans	Cassandra \| Kasuf \| Linea \| Ma'chello \| Martin Lloyd \| Sha're \| Shifu \| Skaara
Goa'uld	Amonet \| Anubis \| Apophis \| Ba'al \| Cronus \| Hathor \| Heru-ur Nerus \| Nirrti \| Osiris \| Ra \| Sokar \| Tanith \| Yu \| Zipacna
Jaffa	Bra'tac \| Gerak \| Ishta \| Rya'c
Other	Adria \| Chaka \| Fifth \| Harlan \| Merlin \| Oma Desala \| Reese \| Replicator Carter \| Thor
Lists by race	All \| Tau'ri \| Ancient, Aschen, Asgard, Goa'uld, Jaffa, Langaran, Lucian Alliance Ori, Replicator, Tok'ra, Tollan, System Lord