Samantha Carter
Samantha Carter is a female television character who features in Stargate.
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Biography
Samantha Carter
She came to be given security clearance to study the Stargate that was a mysterious relic that allowed travel to another world. (SG1: Children of the Gods, Part 1)
Captain Carter was brought to the Cheyenne Mountain after the Stargate once again activated a pair of alien invaders kidnapped an airman. She was brought in to join Colonel Jack O'Neill's team SG-1 as they went to investigate the planet Abydos through the gate. This brought her into contact with Dr. Daniel Jackson who revealed the Stargate was part of a network of similar devices scattered across the galaxy. He also helped explain that the reason prior attempts at dialling other coordinates failed was due to stellar drift. Abydos was then attacked by the invaders from the Stargate with these being the Goa'uld headed by the Lord Apophis where they kidnapped Dr. Jackson's wife Sha're. (SG1: Children of the Gods, Part 1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
She went by Sam by those that knew her. (SG1: Children of the Gods, Part 1)
Carter was familiar of the reputation of Dr. Daniel Jackson and was keen to meet him regarding his experiences with the Stargate. (SG1: Children of the Gods, Part 1)
Powers and abilities
As an astrophysicist, she came to be familiar with a number of theory such as the expanding universe model. (SG1: Children of the Gods, Part 1)
Notes
- Samantha Carter was portrayed by actor Amanda Tapping where she featured in the setting of the Stargate universe.
Alternate Versions
- In Stargate: SG-1, an alternate version of Samantha Carter appeared in the episode "Point of View". On this Earth, Samantha Carter Ph.D was a civilian astrophysicist who discovered how to make the Stargate work in 1995. While it is not specifically stated, it can be assumed that the first mission through the Stargate was to Abydos, as was the case in the mainstream eality. She had been married to Jack O'Neill for a year when Apophis conquered Earth in 1999. During the Goa'uld invasion of Cheyenne Mountain, Jack was killed by Teal'c, the First Prime of Apophis, and his death had a huge effect on her. With Major Charles Kawalsky, she journeyed through the Quantum Mirror to our reality and met her counterpart as well as that of her late husband. She found the presence of the Colonel Jack O'Neill of our reality difficult to bear as he was virtually identical to her husband in terms of his personality. When entropic cascade failure occurred, due to two versions of the same person existing in one reality, Stargate Command decided that she and Kawalsky had to return to their own reality. Perhaps due to her lack of military training, the Carter from this reality seemed to be much more emotional than her counterpart in our reality to the point that she grimly reflected that her counterpart was "superior" to her as she had failed to stop the Goa'uld invasion despite knowing they were coming for two years while her counterpart had defeated an invasion with advance notice of only a few days, though they seem to be equal in the scientific realm. She eventually overcame her feelings of inadequacy towards her counterpart and they were able to work well together. The two Carters repaired the power booster device that allowed the SGC to contact the Asgard in our reality. After returning to her own reality, she used the device to contact the Asgard of her reality, who were able to liberate Earth from Apophis' forces. She also wore her hair long but without a barrette. She told the Sam of our reality that she could not imagine 'going military'. Unlike Kawalsky, she did not appear to blame the Teal'c of our reality for his counterpart's role in Jack's death as she gave him a kiss on the cheek to thank him for his assistance in establishing contact with the Asgard. Though she was married to Jack O'Neill, she still referred to herself as Samantha Carter rather than Samantha O'Neill.
Appearances
- Stargate SG-1:
- Stargate: Atlantis:
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