Hide And Seek
Dr. McKay becomes the first human trial of Dr. Beckett’s experimental gene therapy to allow even those without the Ancient gene to use Atlantis’ technology. But McKay’s first test of an Ancient device encases him in an impenetrable shield – one that won’t even allow him to eat or drink. But soon, Dr. Weir and the rest of the team face an even bigger problem – the newly-occupied city seems to be experiencing random power failures and malfunctions. Worse yet, Teyla has brought her fellow Athosian villagers to Atlantis from the mainland, and several of them report seeing a “shadow” that they associate with sightings of the Wraith. Sheppard and Ford each have their own close encounters with the mobile shadow, and Ford’s meeting with it is nearly fatal. Sheppard and McKay then discover a trap that may have used by the Ancients to capture the shadow before – but the only bait that may lure the creature into captivity may be a living human…perhaps someone wearing a shield that makes him invulnerable.
story by Brad Wright & Robert C. Cooper
teleplay by Robert C. Cooper
directed by David Warry-Smith
music by Joel GoldsmithGuest Cast: Paul McGillion (Dr. Beckett), Craig Veroni (Dr. Grodin), Christopher Heyerdahl (Halling), Reece Thompson (Jinto), Casey Dubois (Wex), Boyan Vukelic (Sgt. Stackhouse), Meghan Black (Marta)
LogBook entry by Earl Green
Selestru takes Tarkov to meet with the leaders of the Galactic Council, warning them of the imminent threat posed by the Daleks, but the warning is dismissed as unfounded hysteria. Selestru’s case isn’t helped by the fact that he hasn’t received any new information from Galanar. Desperate to bring new facts about the Daleks to light, Selestru sends Tarkov and a woman who claims to be his daughter on another intelligence gathering mission. But the chairman of the Council confronts Selestru with proof that the woman with Tarkov may not be who Selestru thinks she is. And when he breaks cover in the heart of the Dalek base on Skelanis VIII, Galanar is captured and brought before the Dalek Supreme, who says that Galanar isn’t who he thinks he is, either.
The Doctor and Evelyn arrive in Scotland, and the Doctor quickly deduces that they’ve arrived at the time of the infamous string of grave robberies attributed to Burke & Hare. But things are not as they should be – the Doctor begins to notice that certain things are out of place, and certain elements of history are not as they should be. The time travelers quickly find out why history seems to be playing out differently than recorded: they’re not the only ones there with a TARDIS.
Galanar is told that he is a creation of the alternate Daleks who emerged from the Project Infinity dimensional rift two millennia ago. Genetically engineered to have abilities beyond normal humans, Galanar is one of the only experiments to survive. And it turns out that someone else on Skelanis VIII is another one of the surviving experiments, a woman named Elaria. Galanar also learns that the Daleks are trying to find the planet Velyshaa. With Elaria’s help, Galanar frees Tarkov – posing as a patient in the Daleks’ treatment center, and the only man alive who has been to Velyshaa and knows how to go back – and together they launch a desperate escape attempt.
Arthur is awakened on prehistoric Earth by a flying saucer. Sensing that salvation has arrived, he’s naturally a little bit disappointed when the spaceship’s occupant, instead of rescuing him, insults him and then moves on. Arthur isn’t much more encouraged by the appearance of Ford Prefect, especially when Ford has fished the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy out of the nearest river, and yet hasn’t spoken to Arthur in years. Furthermore, when Ford points out that a Chesterfield sofa has appeared on a grassy plain in prehistoric Earth and instructs Arthur to jump on it, it’s clear that Arthur’s reality is once again leaning toward surrealism. Elsewhere in the universe, Trillian decides she’s had enough to Zaphod’s particular mixed cocktail of reality and leaves the Heart of Gold for good.