Editing Stargate SG-1 (section)

=== Legacy ===
{{Quote box|quote=We were off the radar for so long. [...] We were like the slowly burning candle. We're not a huge hit by any means. We're a nice little show that does well and makes MGM a lot of money.| source = Creator [[Brad Wright]] in 2006<ref name=vs_success/> | width =250px | align =right}}
''Stargate SG-1'' spawned the animated ''[[Stargate Infinity]]'', and the live-action spin-off TV series' ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''  and ''[[Stargate Universe]]''. By ''SG-1''{{'s}} tenth season in 2006, ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' were said to have brought US$500 million in production to British Columbia.<ref name=vs_success>{{cite news|last=Andrews |first=Marke |url=http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=8cadeca7-c0a8-403f-b6d6-7c1f728a9aa7&k=25558 |title=Stargate's success is out of this world |newspaper=[[The Vancouver Sun]] |date=April 8, 2006 |access-date=March 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528222127/http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=8cadeca7-c0a8-403f-b6d6-7c1f728a9aa7&k=25558 |archive-date=May 28, 2009 }}</ref> MGM executive vice president Charles Cohen described ''Stargate SG-1'' and its spinoff series as the television counterpart of their ''[[James Bond]]'' franchise, being very profitable and improving their image.<ref name=mcn_200/>

According to Stan Beeler and Lisa Dickson in their 2005 book ''Reading Stargate SG-1'', the only science fiction shows to exceed the staying power of ''SG-1'' are ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise, although ''[[The X-Files]]'' and ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]''/''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]'' might have comparable longevity.<ref name=beeler_intro/> Brad Wright cited continuity in the creative team and fan loyalty as reasons for the show's longevity.<ref name=vs_success/> With its 202nd episode, "[[Company of Thieves (Stargate SG-1)|Company of Thieves]]", ''Stargate SG-1'' surpassed ''The X-Files'' as the longest-running North American science fiction series on television, until passed by the final season of ''[[Smallville]]'' in 2011, which was in turn passed by the eleventh season [[revival (television)|revival]] of ''The X-Files'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |author=Sumner, Darren |url=http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/05/smallville-bows-this-week-with-stargates-world-record/ |title=Smallville bows this week — with Stargate's world record |publisher=[[GateWorld]] |date=May 10, 2011 |access-date=May 11, 2011 |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301025644/http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/05/smallville-bows-this-week-with-stargates-world-record/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Doctor Who'' fans dispute ''SG-1''{{'s}} listing in the 2007 ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as the "longest-running science fiction show (consecutive)", as 695 episodes of the British show were produced but not shown consecutively between 1963 and 1989.<ref name="record">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/09/23/36558.shtml |title=Record breaker? |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=November 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319222715/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/09/23/36558.shtml |archive-date=March 19, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5390372.stm |title=Dr Who 'longest-running sci-fi' |work=[[BBC News]] |date=September 28, 2006 |access-date=September 29, 2006 |archive-date=August 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827085649/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5390372.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Scott D. Pierce from ''[[Deseret News]]'' said that the series never made a "sort of cultural impact" as ''Star Trek'' because the show was "pretty derivative" which he further stated it became "more so over the years."<ref>{{cite news|author=D. Pierce, Scott |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070622/ai_n19326904/?tag=content;col1 |title='Stargate' signs off |newspaper=Deseret News |date=June 22, 2007 |access-date=May 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105025458/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20070622/ai_n19326904/?tag=content%3Bcol1 |archive-date=November 5, 2015 }}</ref>

The astronomers [[David J. Tholen]] and [[Roy A. Tucker]] enjoyed the ''SG-1'' arch villain [[Apophis (Stargate)|Apophis]] so much that they named their discovered [[near-Earth asteroid]] "[[99942 Apophis]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cooke |first=Bill |url=http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=3434 |title=Asteroid Apophis set for a makeover |magazine=[[Astronomy Magazine]] |date=August 18, 2005 |access-date=April 4, 2009}}</ref>

Reflecting on ''SG-1'' in 2020, [[Dean Devlin]], co-creator of the 1994 original film, recalled that initially he had been very hostile to the series, likening his experience of it to "watching someone else raising your child" and pointing out that the full-frontal nudity featured in the pilot episode was not what he thought Stargate should be about. But he had come to believe, he said, that the passion of ''SG-1'''s fanbase reflected the fact that Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner had created a really good show, thus reaching out to Glassner for the first time.<ref name="dtg-dd">{{cite web |title=Dial the Gate - 007: Dean Devlin (Interview) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0nvUbs25KI | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029015238/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0nvUbs25KI&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2020-10-29|website=Youtube |publisher=Gateworld |access-date=21 October 2020 |date=17 October 2020}}</ref>