Stargate SG-1: The Illustrated Companion Seasons 5 and 6 by Thomasina Gibson

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Stargate SG-1: The Illustrated Companion Seasons 5 and 6 by Thomasina Gibson
pub: Titan Books. 158 page softcover. Price: Ł10.99 (UK), $16.95 (US). ISBN: 1-84023-606-X

Following the previous two volumes of this companion book - each one has 2 seasons apiece - this book brings us up to date.

Although, if you only watch ‘Stargate SG-1’ on UK terrestrial TV, you’ll no doubt want to avoid reading half this book until after Channel 4 has aired it. My objection from the previous two books still stands here.

Stargate SG-1: The Illustrated Companion Seasons 5 and 6 by Thomasina Gibson It would have been nice to have seen a split indicating where one season starts and the next begins as well as episode production numbers to keep track of things.

To compound such a mistake, it has to be said, over all three volumes is production carelessness. I bet author Gibson is hoping for at least two more seasons to complete volume 4.

As there’s very little ‘Stargate’ merchandise but lots of fans of the show around, this book is bound to be on your shopping list. Apart from the episodes, there’s a lot of black and white photos of cast and production design.

It’s a bit disconcerting so many of them appear to be forced smiling with their teeth - like in the old Hollywood days - than the normal way but that’s probably just me not knowing if they had a bad day being photographed.

One odd observation is that the cast don’t appear to have much to say about the series itself than their own lives. Rick Anderson especially seems to be still lost in his daughter’s life. Fair enough if that’s his concern but with a book about ‘Stargate’, author Gibson would have done better to either keep him on track or reduce the size of the interview.

Whether any other vagueness can be contributed by the cast glossing over Michael Shanks’ departure from the series at the time is debatable, especially as these same bosses are likely to read the same book will probably only ever come out when the series comes to an end.

Although it’s more a companion book than an episode guide, I still wish there was more info in the synopsises. It’s all very well watching the episodes on TV or again on video later, but a companion piece really should be focusing more at pointing out things you might have missed when you watched them in these mediums.

If you’ve got the earlier two volumes, you’ll no doubt want to complete your set to date and have this one in your collection.

GF Willmetts

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