I was excited to see Craig because I liked the Grodin character, bad accent and all. He was very talkative and personable. He talked about how he got his start in acting and what he's worked on before and after Atlantis. He was on Dark Angel and finally I know why his name was so familiar. He played Otto Gottlieb in the second season. He was sad he got killed off because he was having lots of fun on the show so people started suggesting ways he could come back. Someone said that he could have ascended and he could come back naked like Daniel which got a lot of laughs. I wouldn't mind that. ;)

After his talk they aired 1969 on the big screen. I watched bits of it but I went down to the merchandise room to browse. Craig was in there signing his autographs so I got one for my Mom because she adores him so much. I asked for a picture and he very graciously agreed. I'm still bummed they killed him off. He's sweet. :)

Next up was Peter Williams. I think I'm going to do this point form because there's quite a bit and I'm too lazy to type it all up in good paragraphs. :p Also, this is by no means everything he talked about, just the stuff people will probably be interested in.

- He got right into ways to ressurrect Apophis although I don't think he really has to worry. The writers find ways to bring him back as it is (Moebius, for example).

- Someone asked if his goatee on the show was his or fake. He said one time it was fake, the other was real. I got the impression that the goatee in Moebius was his own.

- He got asked about the Goa'uld voice and did he have to deliver his lines any differently or was everything done in post-production. He said he delivered his lines a little flat but that was it.

- He auditioned for Teal'c first but after seeing CJ for the first time he understood why didn't get the part. ;)

- His favourite eps are the early ones (Children of the Gods, Serpent's Song) and not the ones where he had the Borg face. *g*

- The serpent helmet he had to wear in the pilot weighed 60 pounds and he had to make sure to tuck his nose in so it wouldn't get taken off.

- His favourite people to work with on the show were Vaitiare Bandera (for obvious reason *cough*pilot*cough* ;) ) and then RDA and CJ. He admires MS and AT for how fast they talk. He joked about how Teryl was a tyrant (she was backstage :p ).

- His favourite line is "Fool! I will kill you!" from The Nox and he said it in character. *g*

- The zat is his favourite weapon and the hand device his least favourite because it never fit properly.

- Someone asked which role he'd like on Atlantis and he said Apophis because A could kick the Wraith's ass.

- There was a little boy named Carter at the convention who quickly became famous. He asked Peter if he could make his eyes glow and Peter just laughed and brought him up on stage. He got down on his knees and told Carter that they were going to turn around away from the audience. Peter told him that if he could make his eyes glow, to give and thumbs up to the audience and if not, to give a thumbs down. So they turn away and then a few seconds later Carter turns around with a big thumbs up. I have no idea what Peter said to him but the kid was satisfied.

- He ended his talk with an awesome "Jaffa! Kree!"

After Peter they had the Stump the Experts panel. Darren and David from Gateworld were up there as well one one girl who's a moderator. They asked for a volunteer from the audience so Erin (one of my roomies) got up there too. I thought about asking a question but I couldn't really think of anything good. Anyone who stumped them could go up to a table and pick out a prize. They had T-shirts, hats, calendars, etc. The usual stuff.

- She started off by talking about Janet's death, how disappointed she was and how she wants to come back. People were brainstorming ideas and the quantam mirror seems to be the most popular one

- She didn't really prepare for the role of Janet, just used her instinct.

- Her dream theatre roles are Calpurnia from Julius Caesar, Maggie from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (but she joked that now it would have to be Cougar on a Hot Tin Roof :p ) and Cleopatra from Antony and Cleopatra.

- She was asked for juicy details on Michael Shanks. She said he used to this thing where he would run his fingers along her neck then tug a little on the hair at the nape of her neck. She said it felt really good and she'd always get so distracted. He's always do it right as the director would call 'Action!' so she'd be spaced out when the cameras were rolling.

- Favourite episodes are The Broca Divide, Upgrades, Singularity and Urgo

- She says that she doesn't want to do any writing but she might try directing one day.

- She has no idea what Janete was looking for with that damn pen light. :p

- She gets teary easy and said she has "bladders behind my eyeballs." I'm like that too and I think that's a hilarious way to describe it. :D

- This French guy tried to ask her a question and she called him up on stage. He eventually got out "Do you know what a French kiss is?" which got a huge reaction from both her and the audience. She asked him how old he was and when he said 20, she told him to go out and rent The Graduate. Mrs. Robinson was her. :p

When Teryl was finished they did the autographs. They aired some Atlantis S2 footage but I'll talk about that later (they aired it again on Saturday but with SG-1 S9 footage as well). I was hoping to get through the autoraphs by 7 because that's when we were supposed to meet for the Gateworld dinner but that didn't happen. I think by the time we wandered over there it was after 7:30. Darren and David had arranged for 3 special guests to join us. We knew that Bruce Woloshyn (visual effects) would be there but they never disclosed the other two. Turns out that our other guests were Martin Gero (Atlantis producer/writer) and Rainbow Francks (Lt. Ford). I talked to Rainbow a bit about his character next year. There was no real spoilers but for the super spoiler-phobe, I'll save what he said for a different entry. I mostly talked to Rainbow about Muchmusic because he was a VJ and I used to watch him all the time. Bruce came over to our table and chatted for a good half hour or so. I'll be saying this about all the guests but he was super nice and very enthusiastic. He was just so flattered that people actually wanted to hear what he had to say. A couple things he mentioned that I can remember off the top of my head was that Atlantis itself (the wide city shot) took weeks to design. When the writers/directors told him that they wanted the funky swooshing through the city shots in The Siege Part 2 he thought they were crazy and that it would look dumb. They managed to pull if off though and he seemed happy when we all told him that we thought it all looked fantastic.

I never actually got to eating very much at the dinner. I ate some salad because my stomach was yelling at me. I didn't realize it until later but the last time I'd eaten had been about 9am. Oops. I never did get much of a chance to talk to Martin Gero because I took time out to eat and also I left the dinner a little early. The Cabaret was starting at 8:30 and I didn't want to miss all of it. I left about 9:15 or so and after I left, Courteney Stevens showed up. He played Eliot in Proving Ground and also a character on Atlantis in Childhood's End. Darren and David also gave away some prized at the dinner and I won an Atlantis T-shirt. Yay me. :)