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Rodney McKay, the Glossary

Meredith Rodney McKay, Ph.D, is a fictional character in the 2004 Canadian-American Sci-Fi Channel television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, two military science fiction television shows about military teams exploring two galaxies (Milky Way and Pegasus) via a network of alien transportation devices.^[1]

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Fictional Canadian people
Fictional Mensans
Fictional astrophysicists
Fictional mechanical engineers
Fictional people with hypochondriasis
Fictional theoretical physicists
Stargate characters

Academic degree

An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.

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Aiden Ford

First Lieutenant Aiden Ford, USMC is a fictional character in the 2004 Canadian-American Sci-Fi Channel television series Stargate Atlantis, a military science fiction show about a combined civilian and military team exploring another galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices. Rodney McKay and Aiden Ford are Stargate characters.

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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence formula, which arises from relativity theory, has been called "the world's most famous equation".

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Alberta

Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Alternate history

Alternate history (also referred to as alternative history, allohistory, althist, or simply AH) is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which one or more historical events have occurred but are resolved differently than in actual history.

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia.

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Area 51

Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range.

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Astrophysics

Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena.

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Atlantis (Stargate)

Atlantis is a fictional starship and city in the Stargate television franchise.

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Beavers (Scouting)

Beavers is a programme associated with some Scouting organisations generally for children aged 5/6 to 7/8 who are too young for the Cub programme.

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Bill Nye

William Sanford Nye (born November 27, 1955) is an American science communicator, television presenter, and former mechanical engineer.

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Blindspot (TV series)

Blindspot is an American crime drama television series, created by Martin Gero, about a mysterious, heavily tattooed woman with no recollection of her past or identity.

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Cameron Mitchell (Stargate)

Colonel Cameron "Cam" Mitchell, USAF is a fictional character in the 1997 American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, a science fiction show about a military team exploring the galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices. Rodney McKay and Cameron Mitchell (Stargate) are Stargate characters.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Carson Beckett

Dr. Rodney McKay and Carson Beckett are Stargate characters.

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Cat

The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Coles Notes

Coles Notes are student guides to literature, published in Canada.

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Crossover (fiction)

A crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story.

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David Hewlett

David Ian Hewlett (born 18 April 1968) is a British-born Canadian actor, writer, and director known for his role as Dr. Rodney McKay in the Stargate science-fiction franchise.

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Diploma

A diploma is a document awarded by an educational institution (such as a college or university) testifying the recipient has graduated by successfully completing their courses of studies.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Elizabeth Weir (Stargate)

Dr. Rodney McKay and Elizabeth Weir (Stargate) are Stargate characters.

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Fort McMurray

Fort McMurray is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada.

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Haitian Vodou

Haitian Vodou is an African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries.

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Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher.

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Joe Flanigan

Joe Flanigan (born January 5, 1967) is an American writer and actor best known for his portrayal of the character Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis.

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Joseph Mallozzi

Joseph Mallozzi (born 16 October 1965) is a Canadian writer and producer.

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Kate Hewlett

Katherine Emily Hewlett (born December 17, 1976) is a Canadian film, television, and stage actress.

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List of Stargate Atlantis characters

The characters from the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis were created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper.

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List of Stargate Atlantis episodes

Stargate Atlantis is a science fiction television series created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin off from its sister show, Stargate SG-1.

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List of Stargate SG-1 characters

Over its decade of existence, science fiction TV series Stargate SG-1 developed an extensive and detailed backdrop of diverse characters.

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Meal, Ready-to-Eat

The Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) is a self-contained individual United States military ration used by the United States Armed Forces and Department of Defense.

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Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement.

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Mensa International

Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM), is an American media company specializing in film and television production and distribution based in Beverly Hills, California.

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Military science fiction

Military science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction and military fiction that depicts the use of science fiction technology, including spaceships and weapons, for military purposes and usually principal characters who are members of a military organization, usually during a war; occurring sometimes in outer space or on a different planet or planets.

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Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.

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Mythology of Stargate

The mythology of the Stargate franchise is a complex and eclectic fictional backstory, which is presented as being historical, of the ''Stargate'' premise.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson (or; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.

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Parallel universes in fiction

A parallel universe, also known as an alternate universe, parallel world, parallel dimension, alternate reality, or alternative dimension, is a hypothetical self-contained layer or plane of existence, co-existing with one's own.

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ParticipACTION

ParticipACTION is a national non-profit organization, originally launched as a Canadian government program in the 1970s, to promote healthy living and physical fitness.

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Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy

The Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (also known as Peg DIG or the Pegasus Dwarf) is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the direction of the constellation Pegasus.

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Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comic science fiction series created by Douglas Adams that has become popular among fans of the genre and members of the scientific community.

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Physics

Physics is the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.

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Radek Zelenka

Dr. Radek Zelenka is a fictional character of a scientist in the 2004 television series Stargate Atlantis, portrayed by David Nykl. Rodney McKay and Radek Zelenka are fictional theoretical physicists and Stargate characters.

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Redemption (Stargate SG-1)

"Redemption" is the two-part season 6 premiere of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1.

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Restless legs syndrome

Restless legs syndrome, also known as restless leg syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis–Ekbom disease (WED), is a neurological disorder, usually chronic, that causes an overwhelming urge to move one's legs.

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Robert C. Cooper

Robert C. Cooper is a Canadian writer and producer best known for his work in the ''Stargate'' franchise.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Samantha Carter

Dr. Rodney McKay and Samantha Carter are fictional astrophysicists, fictional theoretical physicists and Stargate characters.

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Scouts Canada

Scouts Canada is a Canadian Scouting association providing programs for young people, between the ages of 5 and 26, with the stated aim "To help develop well rounded youth, better prepared for success in the world".

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Sister show

Sister shows, also known as companion series, are two or more television series which exist in the same fictional universe and which may have crossovers.

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Stargate (device)

A Stargate is a fictional Einstein–Rosen bridge portal device within the Stargate fictional universe that allows practical, rapid travel between two distant locations.

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Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis (usually stylized in all caps and often abbreviated SGA) is an adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's ''Stargate'' franchise.

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Stargate Atlantis season 1

The first season of the television series Stargate Atlantis commenced airing on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States on July 16, 2004, concluded on The Movie Network in Canada on January 31, 2005, and contained 20 episodes.

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Stargate Atlantis season 2

The second season of the television series Stargate Atlantis commenced airing on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States on July 15, 2005, concluded on The Movie Network in Canada on January 30, 2006, and contained 20 episodes.

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Stargate Atlantis season 3

The third season of Stargate Atlantis, an American-Canadian television series, began airing on July 21, 2006 on the US-American Sci Fi Channel.

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Stargate Atlantis season 4

The fourth season of Stargate Atlantis, an American-Canadian television series, began airing on September 28, 2007 on the US-American Sci Fi Channel.

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Stargate Atlantis season 5

The fifth and final season of the military science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis commenced airing on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States on July 11, 2008, concluded on the same channel on January 9, 2009, and contained 20 episodes.

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Stargate fandom

Stargate fandom is a community of people actively interested in the military science fiction film Stargate and its television shows including Stargate SG-1 (SG1), Stargate Infinity (SGI), Stargate Atlantis (SGA), Stargate Universe (SGU) and their spin offs.

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Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1 (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated SG-1) is a military science fiction adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's ''Stargate'' franchise.

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Stargate SG-1 season 10

The tenth and final season of Stargate SG-1, an American-Canadian television series, began airing on July 14, 2006 on Sci Fi Channel (United States).

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Stargate SG-1 season 5

The fifth season of the military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 commenced airing on Showtime in the United States on June 29, 2001, concluded on Sky1 in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2002, and contained 22 episodes.

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Stargate Universe

Stargate Universe (often abbreviated as SGU) is a military science fiction drama television series and part of MGM's ''Stargate'' franchise.

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Stargate Universe season 2

The second and final season of Stargate Universe was announced by Syfy on December 13, 2009.

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Syfy

Syfy (a paraphrased neology of former name Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable television channel, which is owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division and business segment of Comcast's NBCUniversal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_McKay

Also known as Dr. Rodney McKay, M. Rodney McKay, Meredith McKay, Meredith Rodney McKay.

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See also

Fictional Canadian people

Fictional Mensans

Fictional astrophysicists

Fictional mechanical engineers

Fictional people with hypochondriasis

Fictional theoretical physicists

Stargate characters

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