DHD plothole... Is it?

[SoulAssassino]

I was watching the episode 48 hours of season 5, when they are bargaining with Russia about their DHD, Russias main base for bargaining, because they supposedly have a DHD, so they can make their gate the primary one, thus effectively putting the SGC out of comission.
My question is:
Didn't they find a DHD with the antarctic gate when Carter and Jack got thrown out there? What hapeened with that one? Or am i forgetting someting?

[tombombadil]

I was watching the episode 48 hours of season 5, when they are bargaining with Russia about their DHD, Russias main base for bargaining, because they supposedly have a DHD, so they can make their gate the primary one, thus effectively putting the SGC out of comission.
My question is:
Didn't they find a DHD with the antarctic gate when Carter and Jack got thrown out there? What hapeened with that one? Or am i forgetting someting?

wasn't it destroyed?

[jds1982]

I thought that DHD had no power.

[SoulAssassino]

This is why i ask, because i don't know...

[wise one]

it barely had enough power in which carter was trying to dial out but she didnt know where she was at the time so she kept dialing herself(earth)

it was likely recovered and studied

the one in 48hours was destroyed cos it overloaded trying to get tealc out the gate

[Angelgrinder]

Indeed, the Antartica DHD was out of power and so on. After all, it was probably the first DHD ever created by the Ancients.

[Flyboy]

Indeed, the Antartica DHD was out of power and so on. After all, it was probably the first DHD ever created by the Ancients.

So it was effectively a "Dial Out Device"...

[Angelgrinder]

So it was effectively a "Dial Out Device"...

Hahah, but yeah, originally it was.

[Raddo]

Indeed, the Antartica DHD was out of power and so on. After all, it was probably the first DHD ever created by the Ancients.

I know that Carter distinctly said that the Antartica DHD was quite possibly the first ever DHD - Earth was the home of the Ancients in the Milky Way (like Lantea/Atlantis was in Pegasus), but there might be suggestions to the contraray.

But it has been stated several times (most recently in the Ark of Truth by Vala I think) that Dakara was the original landing site of the Ancients. Also in Ark of Truth is a cheekly little shot of the creator of the AOT leaving for that ship with a notebook which had a pencil drawing of a stargate and a grid with six points on it (Like Daniel Jackson drew) - possibly meaning he created the stargate whilst in or on the way to the Milky Way, a perfect tool for building your own, new civilization. It is logical to assume he would plant the first gate at his first destination - Dakara, especially considering they built the galaxy seeding device there so for at least some time it was their base of operations.

Also Earth is on the outer rim of the Milky Way Galaxy so it's possible Earth, being further away for the rest of the systems lasted longest when the plague wiped out the Lanteans/Ancients. This is why, with there one remaining city ship they left for Pegasus.

Basically, the first Stargate & DHD built was quite possibly on Dakara and not Earth. Earth becomes part of the Lanteans/Ancients Legacy because it was the last place they exsisted before they left and the first place they returned to from Pegasus.

[Jumper One]

My understanding is that the Antarctic DHD ran out of power, and the DHD the Russians were using was the one that originally went with the Giza gate.

[Gate-builder]

It would seem logical that they would put the first stargate on Dakara if that was where they first landed, so perhaps the oldest DHD was there but it was replaced when it got too old.

[SoulAssassino]

Thank you guys, now i remember why they couldn't use the Antarctic DHD to save Teal'c. But still it was conveniently forgotten in that episode that they have a dhd too

[wiseowl777]

Thank you guys, now i remember why they couldn't use the Antarctic DHD to save Teal'c. But still it was conveniently forgotten in that episode that they have a dhd too

carter said that the dhd was one of the oldest in the system, bc the power source actually died. till then they didnt think it was possible. hence the conclusion of, wow this 1's really frakin old. - it was really confirmed later on in season 6 when we find ayana, buried in the ice of a million yr old (er so) glacier, or watever

[SGASG!]

Also Earth is on the outer rim of the Milky Way Galaxy so it's possible Earth, being further away for the rest of the systems lasted longest when the plague wiped out the Lanteans/Ancients. This is why, with there one remaining city ship they left for Pegasus.

Basically, the first Stargate & DHD built was quite possibly on Dakara and not Earth. Earth becomes part of the Lanteans/Ancients Legacy because it was the last place they exsisted before they left and the first place they returned to from Pegasus.

It has also been stated many times that Atlantis was the capital of the Ancient Empire both in the Milky Way and in Pegasus. We now for sure (rising) that Atlantis was on Earth so I don't think it was just the last Ancient Planet in the MW.

[jds1982]

So the fact that it ran out of power doesn't necessarily mean it was the oldest, it may just mean it was used a lot more than any other DHD.