Tin Man

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

The robotic SG-1 team reappears in the fourth season episode "Double Jeopardy", where they team up with the real SG-1 to free a planet from the rule of the Goa'uld System Lord Cronus.

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

The way the Colonel Jack O'Neill robot uses the scalpel to cut into his arm and sees the machinery is similar to the scene in Terminator in which Arnold Schwarzenegger does the same. A similar scene also appears in HBO's Westworld.

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

The idea of replacing the body with robot or cybernetic parts was originally proposed for the Doctor Who robot villains, the Cybermen, and is very similar to the Star Trek episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?". Note, however, that the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode with the "Tin Man" title had a very different theme. The Doctor Who sixth series episodes "The Rebel Flesh" and "The Almost People" both used a similar premise, with duplicates called Gangers (a play on the word doppelganger) used to handle hazards in an acid production factory.

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

The character of Harlan is most likely named after science fiction writer Harlan Ellison.

StevenJDickie posted 5 months ago

The title (and the plot of a bewitched person trapped in a metal body) is one of many Stargate references to The Wizard of Oz.

Guest Cast

Teryl Rothery

Jay Brazeau

Dan Shea

Cast Appearances

Richard Dean Anderson

Michael Shanks

Amanda Tapping

Christopher Judge

Don S. Davis

Episode Discussion