Whilst most cult show actors disappear into convention fueled obscurity, others find themselves reinvented and finding success all over again in a whole new way. Recent resurrections include Marcia Cross (Kimberly from "Melrose Place") and Teri Hatcher (Lois in "Lois & Clark") in "Desperate Housewives", Terry O'Quinn ("Millennium") in "Lost", and the new season of "24" sees the unexpected but cool return of Alberta Watson (Madeline from "La Femme Nikita").
Now, the two leading actors from Sci-Fi's cancelled sci-fi series "Farscape" are coming together again in a whole new way. Two months on from the large success of "The Peacekeeper Wars" mini-series which wrapped up the story of the love between John Crichton (Ben Browder) and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black), it has been announced that both Browder and Black will be joining the cast of "Stargate: SG-1" for its unprecedented ninth season.
Sci-Fi has officially confirmed that Browder will be a series regular starting with the ninth season premiere. The show is currently mid-way through its eighth season with the second half commencing in January. One of the first episodes of that second half introduces Black's character of Vala, an alien woman who sparks a friendly relationship with Daniel Jackson† after she hijacks the Earth ship Prometheus for use by her people. Black is expected to reprise the character for at least five episodes early in the ninth season.
With all these new additions though, word is some of the old regulars won't be so apparent next year. Negotiations are still underway with the current members of the show's regular cast though Michael Shanks is locked to return. Right now though, word is that not only is Richard Dean Anderson likely not to appear much if at all next year, but Amanda Tapping is likely to sit the first half dozen or so episodes out due to her baby being due the same month filming is scheduled to begin on the ninth season in March in Vancouver.
