Carson Beckett
Carson Beckett is a male television character who features in Stargate.
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Biography
Carson Beckett was a male human born in the modern age on Earth where he was a native to Scotland. (SGA: Poisoning The Well)
He came to be recruited to the research expedition that gathered to study the Ancient ruins in the Antarctic. (SGA: Rising, Part 1)
After making contact with the Hoffans, the Atlantis Expedition came to volunteer the services of Dr. Beckett to study their attempts at creating an immunity to Wraith feeding. Travelling to Hoff, he met the Hoffan's scientist scientist Perna where Beckett found that their century long research was viable. It was based on the discovery of a Hoffan human that possessed a special gene that seemingly made him immune to feeding with their people having spent decades in attempting to replicate it. The Hoffans though were more primitive than the Atlantis Expedition with Beckett looking to provide assistance on the project. (SGA: Poisoning The Well)
Earlier, Michael had held Carson prisoner where he was later released by Teyla Emmagan. However, Michael took some cells from Beckett and escaped to a hideout of his own, where he created the clone. With the creation, Beckett believed that he was still captured. Michael made his clone so that he could help upgrade the Hoffan drug. Beckett refused to help. However, Michael brought in a young woman no more than 20 years old and killed her right in front of Carson. With Michael's promise that he would kill one person in front of him every day until he'd help, Carson immediately co-operated. For two years, he worked to minimize the mortality rate of the Hoffan drug to 30%, but still remained hopeful that his people would eventually find him. (SGA: The Kindred, Part 2) He was eventually found in 2008, by Lt. Colonel John Sheppard's team, unintentionally, because the real Beckett was killed in an explosion a year previously. (SGA: Sunday) Dr. Jennifer Keller discovered that the Beckett they discovered was a clone, since the Telomeres had shortened from the man of his age. They also learned that his cells were degenerating, and could die. His first sign was that he fainted during an operation to save Nabel Golan's life. Beckett learned that he would have died long ago, but didn't because Michael created a serum that eliminated his degeneration. He still insisted on helping, as he knew where the Athosians were held, as well as a pregnant Teyla, who was captured for Michael's purposes. He managed to have arrived on the planet in question, with a few teams. Beckett found Teyla and killed both of her guards. However, he was later stunned by Michael, who he could not shoot because Michael made all his creations obey him. After returning to Atlantis, they had to put him in a stasis pod, so that they can find a way to save his life. (SGA: The Kindred, Part 2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He thought of his home in Scotland as being a beautiful place. (SGA: Poisoning The Well)
Carson was shown to be attracted to the Hoff scientist Perna and was saddened when she died as a result of the experimental Hoffan drug that killed her. (SGA: Poisoning The Well)
Powers and abilities
His body contained the ATA gene that allowed him to access Ancient technology though he lacked the instinctual control over it. (SGA: Rising, Part 1)
Michael used cells taken from his body to make a clone of Beckett that survived the death of the original with all his memories intact. The hybrid Wraith had also instilled a genetic imperative that prevented Carson from harming Michael who had done a similar command in all his creations. (SGA: The Kindred, Part 2)
Notes
- Carson Beckett was created by Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright where he was portrayed by actor Paul McGillion where he featured in the setting of the Stargate universe.
Appearances
- Stargate: Atlantis:
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