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Stargate SG-1

Thor's Hammer

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired 9/26/97

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Traveling to a planet quarantined by the Goa'uld, Jack and Teal'c are trapped in an underground labyrinth.

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Richard Dean Anderson

Colonel/Brigadier General Jonathan J. "Jack" O'Neill (Seasons 1-8)
Christopher Judge

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Don S. Davis

Major General George S. Hammond (Seasons 1-7)

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Welcome to Cimmeria - protected world by the Asgard

9.5

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By zampognaro, Feb 22, 2009 Report Abuse

A fantastic episode, where a lot of first time information is given to the viewer. We now know that the Goa'uld are not the only powerful race in the galaxy and that the Vikings (the Asgard) have devised weapons to neutralize the Goa'uld; we know that humans are not the only feasible host for a Goa'uld; we have our first suspicions from Daniel that the Goa'uld did not invent the Stargate and we now know that it's possible for a host to survive the extraction of a symbiote.
I thought it was rather mean that SG-1 destroyed the only defensive weapon that the Cimmerians own, but leaving Teal'c behind was never going to be the answer. After all, they should be safe from the Goa'uld as long as nobody leaks the fact that the Hammer is not working. Of course, having the Asgard and SG-1 as friends ... will definitely help in the future :)moreless

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TOP TIER...BRILLIANT...****!

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By THEICEFIRE, Jul 29, 2008 Report Abuse

The mere mention of a planet quarantined by the Goa'uld sets SG-1's hopes of finding a possible ally. From the onset comes the first hint of the legendary Asgard race and their current, ongoing war against the Goa'uld. On arrival on P3X-974 also known as Cimmeria O'Neill and Teal'c get whisked away by an energy beam and find themselves trapped in an underground labyrinth. Gritty, intense, evocative and emotional, Thor's Hammer takes you to the secret Asgard weapon on the planet and explores the difficulties in getting O'Neill and Teal'c safely out of the labyrinth as well as the equally powerful consequences of gaining or losing a vauable ally. A must-see episode for all SG-1 fans, Thor's Hammer is so much more. It's a true-to-life depiction of SG-1 -- Earth's best heroes who fight under extraordinary conditions in the hopes of finding a valuable ally and preserving a Goa'uld killing weapon. Thor's Hammer is a perfect ten that I Tracey K. Nameth call "an unfliching look at SG-1's most powerful ally to come!"moreless

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We are introduced to some of the coolest aliens in the galaxy.

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By MurrayTheJaffa, Jun 03, 2008 Report Abuse

Fantastic episode that introduces us to the lovable Asgard. We don't get to see them, but we learn that they are a powerful and benevolent race of beings. In the same episode we are introduced to the original host of the Goa'uld the Unas. This where the episode earns its "Pivotal" rating. The Unas and especially the Asgard have a very heavy influence throughout the series. This episode is also very important in that SG-1 finds living proof that the host does indeed survive blending with the Goa'uld symbiote. Especially touching was the decision Daniel made at the end of the episode to save Teal'c despite the fact that is was he who chose Sha're for implantation. Very important episode, not to be missed.moreless

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SG-1 travel to a world where a strange device protects the planet from Goa'uld invaders. Teal'c and O'neill are trapped in a cave and need to find a way out.

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By SGC_Marine, Mar 01, 2008 Report Abuse

A welcome return to a fresh storyline. We scratch the surface of the alein, the Asgard, who will later become a close ally of Earth. The battle with the Unas was trilling , Darth Vader himself James Earl Jones does the voice of the Unas, which made it all that much cooler. The events in this episode are looked back upon in future seasons so thats the significance of it all. At the end they destroy the planet's only defence from the Goa'uld in order to get Teal'c out, which is perfect setup for a return to the planet in the future. Great acting my Christopher Judge, overall good episode.moreless

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Not all may be like it seems...

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By Parricida, Jan 21, 2008 Report Abuse

This was another episode, what show a new angle of the stargate and Goa'uld thing. It was the first proof that there is change to get Goa'uld out of the host and stay alive as the local lady did. And the way that news affected Daniel and it was he, in the end, who had to destroy that "hammer" in case to get Teal'c out. I like the dilemma and the choice he made. The way the try so hard to portray the friendship between Teal'c and the theme. I understand it somehow but it still looks little bit odd - if Goa'ulds where gods to Jaffas, how could Teal'c so easily just trough it all away? But that does not matter - it matters what the want to say - that we all can make right choices.moreless

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Trivia
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- Trivia: This episode marks the first reference to the System Lords, the Asgard, Thor and Daniel's belief that the Goa'uld did not create the Stargate. Edit
- Jackson and the MALP are on the ramp to the Stargate as "chevron two encoded" comes over the speaker. Dr. Jackson may make it off the ramp before the last chevron is encoded, but the MALP has no chance of making it off the ramp before the outgoing wormhole would engage and destroy it, and yet it didn't. Edit
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- This is episode 9 in the DVD chronological order of release. Edit
- Syndication air date: November 2, 1998. Edit
- James Earl Jones, who is the voice of Unas in this episode, is better known as the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy. Ironically, here as in Star Wars, Jones provides the voice while a heftier actor provides the body (here, Vincent Hammond). Edit
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- Jack: Water. Give it enough time and it'll bring down walls, even walls just like them. So in a couple of hundred years, we'll be free. Edit
- Jack: (to Teal'c) You're part of this family now. We're not leaving you behind. Edit
- Jack: (seeing the holographic Thor) Teal'c, I think we just got the answering machine. Edit
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- Gairwyn: You're a little short for gods. This line is in reference to Star Wars: A New Hope in which Princess Leia said to Luke Skywalker, "Aren't you a little short for a storm trooper?" Edit
- Daniel: We asked the Sagan Institute to imagine a sort of greeting from Earth... The Sagan Institute, probably based on the SETI Institute, is an homage to Carl Sagan, the famous American astronomer, astrobiologist, and highly successful science popularizer. Edit
- Unas:
  Unas was the last king of the 5th Dynasty, and what some believe to be the end of the golden age of the Old Kingdom. The 6th Dynasty would finally be the end of Egypt's grand beginning, as the country would then slip into the troubling First intermediate Period. Unas had a long rule, but is not well attested and we really know very little about this king despite his fairly well preserved funerary complex at the southwest corner of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Unas was his Birth Name, but he is also referred to as Unis, Ounas and Wenis. His Horus name was Wadj-tawy which means "Horus, the flourishing one of the Two Lands". He probably ruled Egypt between 2375 and 2345 BC and may have been married to two queens named Khenut and Nebit. They were buried in mastaba tombs near Unas' pyramid complex. Edit