Talk:The Fifth Race

Stargatefan disagrees on the order between this and A Matter of Time (Stargate SG-1). Someone should figure it out. Armedblowfish 01:13, 10 May 2006 (UTC)


 * SciFi also disagrees. Armedblowfish (talk|contribs) 21:27, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I disagree also, i have the second season dvd's and the episode order is "A Matter of Time" as episode 15, and "The Fifth Race" is Episode 16.

Ancient number systems
I added that the ancients probably didn't stay with one number system, just like humans use multiple bases. I use two different bases daily, 10 and 60(time), and encounter 3 others frequently (binary, octal and hexadecimal) when working with computers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Edgjerp (talk • contribs) 08:13, 15 March 2007 (UTC).

Drawing of the ancient city
In the breefing after Jack's head was grabbed, he is drawing Atlantis on a pad while the others are talking, before he tears it off and takes it with him in a secreative manner. I have added this to the trivia section; should it also be added to the plot? Think outside the box 10:47, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

It's certainly something Ancient, but definitely not Atlantis (Or any Ancient city). Right now all we could add is "In the briefing, Jack draws something which he then tears up." JBK405 14:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Spoiler warning
Is there a compelling reason for the spoiler warning here? The episode in question aired a while ago now. And, more importantly, if this revelation is really that important, it should probably be moved out of the trivia section anyway... Phil Sandifer 00:47, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean the Spoiler in the Trivia section? If so, it's quite necessary. It's not a spoiler for this episode, so one wouldn't expect to stumble upon it while reading this article (Which is why most other Spoiler warnings have been removed recently), but it does relate to this episode, so it makes sense to keep it in the article. JBK405 00:59, 27 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Right. But, well, first of all trivia sections are problematic. Second of all, the connection is probably important enough that it should go outside of the trivia section anyway, no? In, for instance, the plot section? Phil Sandifer 01:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Trivia sections are problematic, and I trim them down wherever I can, but simply being labelled "Trivia" doesn't necessarily mean its fan-cruft or conjecure. This page doesn't have a "Connection to other episodes" section, or an "Ongoing plot themes" area, or even just a "Foreshadowing" section, and I never liked creating a section for just one piece of info, so the "Trivia" section is the best place for it. It's not quite a part of this episodes plot, just connected to it, so it doesn't make sense to put it in the plot section, and it would need a Spoiler Warning there, too. JBK405 01:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Since this section became "series continuity," and now the (even more descriptive) "Connections with other episodes," I've removed the spoiler tag, since this clearly flags the potential for spoilers Phil Sandifer 21:25, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Urban Legend
In the summary for the episode, it says that Dr. Fraiser said that humans only use 5-10% of their brain capacity, which is an urban legend. However, in the actual episode, she says that humans only use 5-10% of their brain at any given time, which is in fact true. I am going to edit the article to reflect this, but I'm just giving my reasoning behind it so it is not immediately chenged back. 69.205.165.169 18:49, 24 August 2007 (UTC)