Following the airing of the 200th episode of the series Stargate SG-1, the announcement was released stating that the show will be cancelled at the end of season 10. I, for one, am absolutely distraught by this shocking news, as will many of my friends who are also fans of the show. However, the spin-off series Stargate Atlantis is safe for another year, having been contracted for a fourth season.

The campaign Save Stargate SG-1 is asking fans from all around the world to show their support for the long running series in the hope that the Sci Fi channel in the US will change their mind or that the show may be picked up and produced by another network. One of the ways to show support is write a letter to MGM, the Sci Fi network and/or your own country’s TV network that broadcasts the show. I have written one letter to be sent to MGM and Sci Fi, and another to the 7 Network in Australia.

The following open letter is the one I will be sending off to MGM/Sci Fi.

After hearing the devastating news of Stargate SG-1’s cancellation, I wanted to express my disappointment in regards to this decision. I love Stargate, both SG-1 and Atlantis, and, in my opinion, it is greatest television series of all time. To lose Stargate SG-1—the show which captured my imagination, and that of many of my friends, at a very early age—would truly be a very sad end to an era.

I have watched every episode to date, without fail, and eagerly await the new episodes each week. Over the years, I have also purchased every episode released on DVD (currently up to season 9) and will continue to do so. In fact, if the episodes were available for download in Australia from iTunes, I would quite happily purchase them instead of waiting several months for the episodes to be aired on the 7 Network.

Your decision to discontinue this phenomenal series will greatly affect millions of fans all around the world and I dearly hope that season 10 will not be the last we will see of SG-1! Thank you for bringing such a wonderful series to us for the past 10 years.

The following is a modified version that will be sent to Australia’s 7 Network.

After hearing the devastating news of Stargate SG-1’s cancellation, I wanted to express my disappointment in regards to this decision. I love Stargate, both SG-1 and Atlantis, and, in my opinion, it is greatest television series of all time.

To lose Stargate SG-1—the show which captured my imagination, and that of many of my friends, at a very early age—would truly be a very sad end to an era. I have watched every episode to date, without fail, and eagerly await the new episodes each week. I only wish they were aired at a more reasonable time, instead of Thursday’s at 23:00.

It has been reported that Sci Fi’s contract with MGM legally prohibits them from producing new episodes so I writing to you to respectfully request the 7 Network to approach Charles Cohen, Executive VP at MGM, to work on an international co-production deal that would bring in partner networks from other countries, in order to keep the show alive.

Thank you for supporting Stargate for the past 9 years and I dearly hope you will continue to do so for many more years to come.

If you’re a diehard Stargate fan, like myself, please get involved in the campaign and do your part to save the show. Feel free to use my letters as a basis for your own or one of the templates made available by the campaign, though you should try to personalise it a little for yourself.

However, it has been stated that even though the series is ending, it probably won’t be the end of the SG-1 franchise. This has given rise to speculation about what may follow in the future. Could we finally see the rumoured feature film: Stargate II; perhaps a mini-series or even a thrid spin-off series, following in the steps of Stargate Atlantis and the cartoon series Stargate Infinity? Only time will tell.

Last week, from July 8 to 16, I was spending a week skiing at Falls Creek in Victoria, along with Noveta (mum), Andrew (dad), Lisa (older sister) and Leah (Lisa’s friend).

The first few days had shocking weather: it was so foggy, it was hard to see where we were going as we were recklessly flying down the hill with little regard for our own safety. But, by the middle of the week, it cleared up and left a reasonably good covering of snow.

Except for Andrew, who prefers to stay on the easy green runs, we spent most of our time doing the blue and black runs over near the Scotts and Ruined Castle chair lifts. There was a terrain park over there with various jumps, boxes and rails to challenge (and injure) ourselves on. The most challenging of these was a yellow school bus buried in the snow.

Out of 6 attempts, I successfully completed 3 and stacked the others. Luckily, we made it through with little more than a few minor bruises. Surprisingly, even dad didn’t sustain any injuries as he has in previous years.

We stayed in a lodge called Karelia where we spent the evenings in the outdoor spa and sauna, and in the lounge room socialising with the many other families staying there as well.

I liked to play scrabble and various other games with one group of boys (pictured below), from 2 families that had come down together from Brisbane; whom I went out skiing with later in the week.

From the top left, this is Paul, Kelly, Paul (yes, another one) Kathy, William, Jay, Harry, Mitchell, myself and Sam. There’s also another photo of the boys and I without their parents.

We managed to take some photos and a few short videos of our skiing adventure, which I have compiled into a short video (MPEG-4: high quality (14.1MB) or low quality ( 5.5MB)). Lastly, here’s a nice dashing photograph of myself and Lisa in our ski suits.