10 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About Stargate
5. 200 Exists Because The Writers Couldn't Choose Who Got To Write It
When it came to the landmark 200th episode of Stargate SG-1, there quickly emerged an issue that had as much to do with politics as it did with anything else. This was a monumental achievement - two hundred episodes of a series is something that no Star Trek series has yet managed to achieve!
But, who got to write it?
Rather than let it fall to bickering (or worse), the show was devised as a Saturday Night Live style sketch show, with a different writer attached to a different vignette. In all, Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Carl Binder, Martin Gero and Alan McCullogh are all credited writers on the episode.
The framing device - a movie version of Wormhole Xtreme!, the proposed TV series supposedly detailing the adventures through the Stargate (in-universe) is to be made, with returning guest Martin Lloyd interviewing/brainstorming with the characters in order to come up with a solid storyline.
The episode lampoons Team America: World Police, Star Trek and Farscape, among others - making it one of the most enjoyable (and self-aware) episodes in the show's entire run.