I managed to get the chance to journey up to Vancouver a couple weeks ago to visit the set of Stargate Atlantis. I was there to interview the cast and crew for a series of articles to run on SheKnows.com… but I was really there ’cause SGA is one of my favorite shows. Rather than letting a writer set up some phoners with the troupe, I decided that (a) I could do a better job since I know the series very well, and (b) I really wanted to do this. (I mean, if you are into a sci-fi show… who wouldn’t?!)

I got what seemed like a VIP tour: met most of the stars of the show, the exec producer and several other cool behind-the-scenes peeps.

What also rocked is that I also had the chance to play on the sets! I got a picture with the Atlantis base Stargate, at one of the desks in the control room, sat in the chair at Stargate Command from which incoming wormholes are announced, and even got to sit in the captain’s chair on the bridge of the Daedalus! (That set also served as the Apollo and the Prometheus ships.)

Hey — no apologies for geeking out over this.

I can’t publish most of the photos I took on SheKnows, as there are various legal/union/other issues apparently with such publication — but I’d think it would be cool to post some teeny thumbnails here on my own personal site. Yeah?

My Stargate tour

My fab Stargate tour

Row 1: With Rachel Luttrell (who plays Teyla) on the Stargate Atlantis set / In the control room
Row 2: At the SGC  / On the bridge of the spaceship

More about the experience will be revealed as I publish the articles over the next couple of weeks.