“Stargate Atlantis” is a Canadian-American science fiction television series and part of MGM’s Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself based on the feature film Stargate (1994). The series was a ratings success for the Sci Fi Channel, and was particularly popular in Europe and Australia. Although it received little critical response, Stargate Atlantis was honored with numerous awards and award nominations in its five-season run.

The story of Stargate Atlantis follows the events of Stargate SG-1’s seventh season finale episode “Lost City”, in which the cast of that series discovered an Antarctic outpost created by the alien race known as the Ancients. In the pilot episode, Stargate Command sends an international team to investigate the outpost, where Dr. Daniel Jackson discovers the location of the legendary city created by the Ancients, Atlantis.

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