variations variations episode science fiction television series stargate atlantis fourth episode series fifth season episode aired august united_states subsequently aired october sky united_kingdom episode written directed regular stargate director appear episode despite credited opening title sequence episode bears similarities mythical ghost ship forever ocean chance returning home received generally favourable reviews episode writer described episode wild use visual effects episode follows team investigates mysterious appearance atlantis soon find ship parallel universe makes way alternate realities alternate reality drive stuck team seeks find way return run contact newly introduced alien race find ship new drive slowly burning stranded universe forever plot spaceship appears atlantis team discover ship strange confirms actually days away earth team boards new find apparently abandoned signs battle damage views log entry commander colonel team heard suddenly power spike disappears atlantis perspective team atlantis disappears finds propelled parallel universe terms alternate reality drive actually alternate reality team finds version dead come parallel universe trapped aboard investigating ship soon ship jumps reality atlantis attack unfamiliar alien ship aliens launching fighters fighters crashes jumps time universe atlantis sun red giant ship burned increases rate alternate reality drive warning modifications team contend aliens crashed fighter figures way guide alternate reality drive return original reality reversing drive jumping realities visited use maneuvering stabilize ship orbit red giant weather attack aliens help alternate atlantis return reality leave ship space suits remaining alien explosive causing breach ship hull picked disappears end shown working fixing alternate reality drive despite production original concept episode involving alternate realities room atlantis shifts alternate realities idea issues including possibility atlantis reality suggested final draft variations completed february february meeting episode seed broken ties took place likely involved unknown aliens featured episode appearance aliens revealed advertisement episode july interview episode writer described episode great team visual effects spectacular march captain cast alternate commander colonel mitch_pileggi time episode aired female portrayed held rank colonel instead spelled episode filmed set visual effects required fill external shots episode reportedly expensive budgets series expensive season star map captain chair usually lit green episode writer supervising producer deliberately turned map degrees changed color green orange ship different normal stated episode rule return fifth season said originally planned team visit reality won war idea dropped main storyline episode appearance wig hair cut time fourth season completed episodes wouldn allow changed switched wig complained pain having hair reception variations given household rating making stargate atlantis fourth viewed series week beaten ecw sci ghost hunters international season premiere earned highest rating episode received generally positive ign praised episode reasonably short teaser thinking shorter better episode gripping storyline introduction alien race particularly fact little known stating perfect writers episode rated overall renamed compared episode atlantis version star trek generation episode respect introduction new big bad future praised fun filler episode enjoyed scene space battle believing beat criticised episode absence apparent quick understanding new technologies including alternate reality drive feeling sci gave away information previews episode
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