Production
The first plot information about "The Siege, Part 2" was released in November, 2004. In the original script, Colonel Dillion Everett was supposed to be a recurring character in the series future along with his two United States Marine Corps officers Major Ferrell and Captain Radner, the announcement also suggested the involvement of Dr. Radek Zelenka. All of the characters, with the exception of Zelenka were killed off in "The Siege, Part 2". Another announcement later on in January, 2005 did not include any references to Dillion and his two marines.
A deleted scene from part two showed Sora being returned to the Genii as part of their deal for the nuclear weapons, but this was cut due to time constraints. Being cut, it is unclear if the event occurred or if Sora may still be being held. This is the first appearance of the Daedalus class battlecruiser, specifically the first ship of the class, the Daedalus itself . It was first mentioned in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Moebius", which also included a brief image of its schematics. This is also the first episode in which the full given name for Radek Zelenka is revealed. The producers chose "Radek", a fairly common Czech given name, without input from portraying actor David Nykl. At the end of season 1, Rainbow Sun Francks (portrayed Aiden Ford) was disappointed about the evolution of his character, he then asked the producer if they could expand him somehow. The producers agreed and reduced Ford's status to a recurring role so that his story arc would be more important to the "whole" story arc of season 2.
When talking about part 3, Martin Gero called it the "biggest episode" they had done. When developing part three of "The Siege", Brad Wright and Gero handed over a copy of the script to director Martin Wood. As Wood has commented, his job was to make it "come to life in a way" that was more "exciting" than previous part. He called the episodes, a "Roller-coaster ride" because of the "Loops" and "Twists". In the last scene, where John Sheppard is stalking Aiden Ford, the portraying actors Joe Flanigan and Francks complained about their characters getting "Off a little easy." They eventually came to a compromise with the producers, since the last scene was "Really" important to the story arc of "Runner".
According to writer-producer Gero, Carson Beckett was set to appear in only a handful of episodes after the Stargate Atlantis' pilot episode, "Rising", but the character had such a big connection to the fans that Gero labeled McGillion the "breakout star" in Stargate Atlantis. The producers decided to give Beckett a larger role and made him a recurring character with a total of fifteen episode appearances in the first season, followed by a regular in season two.
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