The Nox

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

This episode has many elements in common with the original series Star Trek episode "Errand of Mercy", where the heroes attempt to fight to protect a rigidly pacifistic and apparently primitive race of people from violent oppression, only to discover that the "primitives" are in fact far more powerful than they originally thought.

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

The scenes taking place on the planet Gaia were shot at the Mid-Valley Viewpoint of the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve.

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

This episode makes the first appearance of SG-5.

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

This episode marks the first time Teal'c is referred to as "Shol'va", meaning "Traitor". Teal'c also uses the phrase "I die free", which is later shown to be the unofficial motto of the rebel Jaffa. The phrasing used for this was changed in later episodes when spoken to 'Shel kek nem ron' which differs from the phrasing in this episode of "Tal shaka mel, I die free."

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

The Goa'uld personal shield appears again a few times on the show. While it isn't shown if Colonel Jack O'Neill's theory was correct here because Apophis disappears before the arrow can hit him, in "Secrets" O'Neill is able to penetrate the shield of Heru'ur with a Combat knife. He is also able to penetrate Osiris' shield in "Chimera" with a tranquilizer gun which is in contrast to this episode where the team learns of the shield when his dart fails to penetrate it. It is possible they configured the gun to be much slower to allow it to pass through.

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

This is the first episode to feature one of the races from the Alliance of Four Great Races.

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

All of Apophis' escorts have the gold markings of a First Prime. This could be due to them being his Serpent (Royal) Guard.

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

The initial worries of Secretary of Defense David Swift begin a long-running theme of malcontent towards the SGC, which ultimately leads to rogue elements of the NID beginning their own operations to obtain alien technology.

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

The title of the episode refers to the race discovered within the episode. Nox is also the Roman Goddess of the night. It is also the Latin word for "Night".

StevenJDickie posted 3 months ago

By this time, Stargate Command had embarked on missions to 19 worlds, including Abydos, Chulak, P3X-595, Prakiti, Simarka, P3X-797, Avnil, P3X-562, among others.

Guest Cast

Gary Jones

Peter Williams

Armin Shimerman

Ray Xifo

Frida Betrani

Michasha Armstrong

Terry David Mulligan

Zoran Vukelic

Addison Ridge

Cast Appearances

Richard Dean Anderson

Michael Shanks

Amanda Tapping

Christopher Judge

Don S. Davis

Episode Discussion