Cassandra (Stargate)
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| Stargate character | |
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 Cassandra in Singularity |
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| Cassandra | |
| Race | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthplace | Hanka |
| Portrayer | Katie Stuart Colleen Rennison Pamela Perry |
| First episode | "Singularity" |
In the science fiction series Stargate SG-1, Cassandra Fraiser is a young girl originally discovered on another planet, and adopted daughter of Janet Fraiser.
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[edit] History
[edit] Discovery and adoption
Born on the planet Hanka, Cassandra was the sole survivor of a biological plague caused by the Goa'uld System Lord Nirrti. When the planet was later visited by SG-1, the little girl was discovered by the team, and eventually brought back to Earth. There, while the circumstances regarding her survival were being investigated, she formed a close bond with Samantha Carter.
However, during her brief stay at the SGC, it was discovered that Cassandra had an organic naqahdah bomb implanted in her chest. The bomb was planted by Nirrti, who wanted to use Cassandra as a Trojan Horse to destroy the Earth Stargate. Unaware of the danger she posed, Cassandra was taken to an abandoned nuclear facility, in the hopes of containing the explosion.
Unable to leave the girl to die by herself, Captain Carter chose to remain with her. Fortunately, it was discovered that as Cassandra was far enough away from the Stargate, the bomb had shut down on its own, and would eventually be absorbed into her body's tissues. Cassandra was subsequently adopted by Janet Fraiser, where she hoped to live a normal life. [1]
[edit] Later life
As the naqahdah from Nirrti's bomb remained present in her system, a mineral which is contained within the blood of Goa'uld symbiotes as well, she had the ability to sense the people who are infested, or blended with, a Goa'uld. This ability was put to use after Samantha Carter had been taken over by Jolinar of Malkshur, a Tok'ra symbiote. [2]
When Ma'chello switched bodies with Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill asked Daniel, in Ma'chello's body, who Cassandra was to test Daniel's claims regarding his identity. [3]
However, three years later, the 16-year-old Cassandra began suffering from a retrovirus she had contracted on her home planet several years ago. This virus was used by Nirrti in her experiments to create a hok'taur, a genetically engineered advanced human host. As a result, Cassandra began evolving at an advanced pace, and even exhibited powers of telekinesis.
When SG-1 returned to her home planet in search for a cure, they were able to capture Nirrti herself, who had been hiding from the other System Lords on the planet she once controlled. In order to save Cassandra's life, the SGC was forced to make a deal with her to save the young girl's life. [4]
After Janet Fraiser's death during a battle with the Goa'uld, Carter promised she would inform Cassandra about what happened to her adopted mother. [5]
When SG-1 accidentally travelled through time, first to the year 1969, and eventually several decades into the future, the team met Cassandra as an old woman. Claiming she had been anticipating the team's arrival for years, she helped SG-1 return to their own time, telling them their journey had only just begun. [6]
[edit] Notes
As a young girl, more specifically in the episodes "Singularity" and "In the Line of Duty", Cassandra was played by the actress Katie Stuart. As an elderly woman, in the episode "1969", she was played by Pamela Perry. Finally, in the episode "Rite of Passage", the teenage Cassandra was portrayed by Colleen Rennison.
According to Jack O'Neill, Cassandra could only manipulate magnetic objects. He explained this by pointing out that the chess piece she moved with her mind had a magnet in the base. However, as O'Neill's references to "magnets" when he is confronted with a scientific problem is one of the show's running gags, the truth of this statement remains questionable. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Singularity" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "In the Line of Duty" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Holiday" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ a b "Rite of Passage" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "Heroes" (Stargate SG-1)
- ^ "1969" (Stargate SG-1)
[edit] External Links
- "Cassandra" at GateWorld Omnipedia.
- "Cassandra" at StargateWiki.
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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