Stargate ( franchise ) The " Stargate " franchise is a series of science fiction television shows and films about a modern secret US Air Force unit exploring the galaxy through an interstellar network of ancient portals . The primary series , " Stargate SG - 1 " , had a 10 season run , longer than any individual " Star Trek " series , or , as of 2016 , any other American science fiction series . The franchise has made numerous references to " Star Trek " . " Stargate SG - 1 " . " Children of the Gods " . Arriving on Abydos , Major Ferretti gives Daniel Jackson a Vulcan hand salute . " 1969 " . This season 2 episode has Jack O ' Neill identifying himself as " Captain James T . Kirk of the Starship " Enterprise " " when captured by the US Air Force , after traveling back in time . " Point of View " . In this episode , an alternate Carter and Kawalsky ask " our " SG - 1 to save their world , located in a parallel universe , from the Goa ' uld . O ' Neill and Daniel go to the alternate " half - evil " universe , where Apophis and his First Prime , Teal ' c , have goatees . In the normal universe , Teal ' c is an ally to the main protagonists and Apophis , though an enemy , does not have a goatee . This is a reference to the TOS episode . " Tangent " . When asked if he could " beam " Colonel O ' Neill and Teal ' c out from the X - 301 , Jacob Carter retorts , " " What am I , Scotty ? " " " 2010 " . In the background of a shot , a tourist can be seen posing for a photograph while performing the Vulcan hand salute . " Prodigy " . Cadet Hailey refers to zat ' nik ' tels as " those phaser things " . " Wormhole X - Treme " . When Tanner and the others beam up to their ship at the end of the episode , the beam pattern and color is the same as that of the transporter beam from " Star Trek : The Original Series " . " Redemption , Part 1 " . While Major Samantha Carter is performing a system ' s check on the prototype X - 302 fighter - interceptor , she mentions inertial damper s . Colonel Jack O ' Neill then asks for the report on phaser s , in which Carter denies his request to his disappointment . " The Other Guys " . Doctor Simon Coombs ( played by John Billingsley ) , is an avid Trekkie . Dialogue in the episode includes : There was also a " bat ' leth " visible above Lord Khonsu ' s throne . " Unnatural Selection " . This season 6 episode features an exchange between Carter and O ' Neill about the name of the first Earth spaceship : " Avenger 2 . 0 " . When Dr . Felger constructs a supposedly revolutionary weapon for use against the Goa ' uld , Colonel O ' Neill asks , " " Phaser ? " " Felger ' s assistant , Chole , replies , " " More like a photon torpedo . " " " Evolution Part I " . When Colonel O ' Neill and company are taken prisoner by a Goa ' uld , a Jaffa approaches them . O ' Neill says , " " Greetings , " " and makes a half - hearted Vulcan salute . " Babylon " . After a Jaffa makes it appear that Colonel Mitchell has died and come back to life , the Colonel says , " " Well done , Bones . " " This is a reference to . " Ripple Effect " . Colonel Mitchell concludes that members of SG - 1 from an alternate universe aren ' t evil because they don ' t have beards . " Uninvited " . In the final moments of this episode , the main characters of Teal ' c , Vala , Carter , and Mitchell are seen playing poker and the episode ends with General Landry joining in the game . This is very similar to the series finale of , when Picard joins in on the senior staff poker game . " 200 " . The 200th episode of " Stargate SG - 1 " was planned as an homage to its many fans . It had many different references to other shows , and included one to " Star Trek : The Original Series " . While pitching movie ideas to the crew of " SG - 1 " , Martin Lloyd – the person from the studio – comes up with a brilliant idea . He begins to describe it and the scene shifts to the bridge of a " Daedalus " - class ship ( as shown in the Stargate Universe ) . Mitchell is wearing command division red while acting like Kirk . Carter is shown wearing an earpiece like Uhura ' s . Teal ' c is shown acting like Worf at a security station . Daniel is shown looking into a science monitor like Spock often did ( and acting like McCoy ) . The episode even shows a Scottish engineer in the ship ' s engine room . Back in reality , Daniel spots the ripoff . " Stargate Atlantis " . In a few episodes , Dr . Carson Beckett objects to physical labor by starting a sentence " I ' m a doctor , not a . . . " similar to Dr . McCoy . In one episode , John Sheppard mentions Dr . McCoy , then explains , " " That ' s the person Dr . Beckett plays in real life , " " after realizing that residents of another galaxy didn ' t understand the reference . " Thirty - Eight Minutes " . Dr . Carson Beckett says to Sheppard , " " I hear you got yourself a cling - on . " " The Defiant One . This is the first episode in which Rodney McKay describes John Sheppard as being similar to Captain Kirk . When a hostile alien known as the Wraith takes over his spaceship known as a Puddle Jumper , Rodney says " What are you ? Captain Kirk ? " Sanctuary . Rodney McKay often describes John Sheppard as being similar to Captain James T . Kirk ; on a planet the team visits , Shepard is able to score a romantic scene with a beautiful alien woman . " Inferno " . The team finds an ancient ship where Colonel Sheppard tells Dr . McKay that they cannot call the ship the " Enterprise " . They instead call it the " Orion " , at Sheppard ' s insistence . McKay and Mrs . Miller . Rodney McKay calls Sheppard " Kirk " after Sheppard introduces himself to McKay ' s sister , Jeannie Miller . Submersion . A member of the Atlantis crew talks with a co - worker and complains about the fact that Rodney McKay never remembers his name , or uses a false name for him . He said that when McKay ever does it again , he will call him " McCoy " instead of " McKay " , a reference to Leonard McCoy . Season 4 . The Atlantis expedition crew adopt a " Star Trek " - like uniform color code among the civilian staff , with the expedition leaders ( Weir , Carter , and Woolsey , the latter of whom was played by Robert Picardo ) wearing red and scientists wearing blue . Several references were made since Picardo ' s addition to the cast in the show ' s final season . Vegas . In the episode " Vegas " , Rodney McKay makes a remark about a Wraith getting a job as a Klingon at , but Woolsey ( played by Robert Picardo ) tells him that it ' s been shut down and Radek Zelenka was disappointed by the news telling them both that he wanted to see it . " Stargate Universe " . " Earth " . Upon being suggested that Eli should tell his mother the truth , he says she can barely follow an episode of Star Trek . " Faith " . Upon encountering a planet that ' s not in " Destiny ' s " database , and later revealed to be created artificially , Eli references the Genesis Device . " Blockade " . When Camile Wray complains that there aren ' t enough seats on " Destiny ' s " bridge , Colonel Young offers her his seat with all of the ship ' s controls on it . She refuses , saying it ' s his chair . He says " What am I , Captain Kirk ? Sit in the chair . " " Stargate Origins " . February 2018 saw a revival attempt of the " Stargate " franchise with the launch of the ten - episode , ten - minute " Origins " webisode series on the occasion of its 20th anniversary , in which the existing mythology of the franchise is further expanded upon . The low - budget production features star Connor Trinneer as one of the main characters . Background information . The " Stargate " live - action franchise was produced for the Sci - Fi Channel by Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer , ironically the very first Hollywood studio to turn down back in 1964 . Long time Senior Illustrator Rick Sternbach , one of the most prolific production illustrators on the " Star Trek " live - action franchise , has stated on several occasions that he is an avowed fan of the " Stargate " franchise , remarking , " " I ’ m a huge Stargate fanatic . Aside from the fact that a lot of our guys ended up on their show , including Bob Picardo , aside from that , they do Star Trek very well . I don ’ t mean that in a snarky way . They learned , they understood what makes a fun , semi - serious , science fiction show . There were a number of very forgettable space science fictions shows and films , like , Space Ranger , I think it was . You ’ ve got all the standard elements , space ships , astronauts , aliens , and for some reason they didn ’ t click . What they did with the Stargate concept was brilliant . The idea of a gateway to another star system is as old as science fiction , but what they did with the idea was tremendous . " " As far as science fiction is concerned , " Stargate " , has as of 2016 been in format , popularity and longevity , the third most successful franchise in American media history , after " Star Trek " and " Star Wars " . However , when counting the British produced " Doctor Who " franchise , it has been the fourth for longevity , " Doctor Who " actually being the oldest of them all and still up and running . Despite attaining a cult status , after live - action production had been suspended in 2011 , interest in " Stargate " as a franchise , waned sharply and quickly , and while considerable , its longevity has not come anywhere near that of " Star Trek " , or " Star Wars " for that matter .