TO: MGM management, Brad Wright (producer, writer), Robert C. Cooper (producter, director, writer), John G. Lenic (producer, production manager), Andy Mikita (producer, director), Paul Mullie (executive producer, writer), N. John Smith (executive producer), Joseph Mallozzi (executive producer), Martin Wood (co-producer, director), Damien Kindler (writer), Carl Binder (writer), and Martin Gero (writer, creative consultant).




We, the undersigned, call on the producers and writers (namely, Brad Wright) to acknowledge that Vala Mal Doran (played by Claudia Black) is a member of the SG-1 team, and to treat her character accordingly.

There should be no reason for debate regarding her membership since her team badges were given to her at the end of the Season 10 episode, "Memento Mori", and to not accept this is to reject the canon set forth by the official writers. Therefore, we ask that she be shown the same respect as any other team member and be present in all SG-1 projects that feature the rest of the team (such as the third movie after the end of the series.)

Brad Wright has said in a post on the Gateworld forum: "If I thought there was a role for her character in the third movie, she would be included." We would like to put forth that Vala needs no other "role" to be included than that of supportive team member, much like Teal'c and Daniel Jackson have so often been. Every character has, at one time or another, not been integral to the storyline of an episode - or even a movie - but they were nonetheless written in due simply to the fact that they were members of the team. As examples (limited to the last two movies though there are countless more in the ten seasons), we can name: Colonels Mitchell and Carter, and Teal'c in the movie "Stargate: Ark of Truth", and Daniel Jackson in the movie "Stargate: Continuum." Although they were not absolutely necessary to the main plot, their participation and interactions served to greatly enrich both stories with secondary plots, character developments, banter, etc.

In summation: Vala Mal Doran is one fifth of SG-1, and we call on the producers and writers to recognize that when writing scripts that include the rest of the team.