 Another new recurring actor was Lexa Doig as Carolyn Lam, Landry's daughter and the new doctor at Stargate Command.After writing the end of Season 8 as the third series finale in a row and having a positive creative experience with the first season of "Stargate Atlantis", the producers considered starting a new spin-off show called "Stargate Command", but the Sci Fi Channel chose to renew the series into a ninth season.With the departure of Richard Dean Anderson, the producers then decided to start a new chapter and introduced new elements into the series.