Major General (later
Lieutenant General ) , is a fictional character in the
Stargate SG-1 television program, played by
Don S. Davis . Hammond was the head of the
USAF 's
Stargate Command . He replaced General West who commanded the Stargate Project during the original excursion to
Abydos (in the original movie ''
Stargate ''). An Air Force officer since the mid-1960s, shutting down the Stargate program was to have been his last assignment before retirement.
Master
Bra'tac has been known to call him "Hammond of
Texas " (who occasionally does a palm over the head gesture, refferring to Hammond's bald head), he being a native of that state. He is a
Widower ; his wife died of
Cancer . He has two grandchildren, Kayla and Tessa, whose phone number is keyed to the '1' button on his office phone. The
President is number '2'.
Hammond briefly retired under duress in 2001
1 and left the series at the beginning of season 8, when he was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant General and placed in command of the new
Homeworld Security department, a department which was in control of
Stargate Command , the
''Prometheus'' project, and the
Alpha Site .
With the promotion of
Jack O'Neill to head of Homeworld Security, his current position is uncertain. However, considering that the speech he made in
The Fourth Horseman was done while wearing a suit and tie and with a US Air Force symbol on the podium, he may be retired. However, the presence of a personal bodyguard detail in
The Fourth Horseman would indiciate that he may have an active role in the government or stargate program. There is speculation that General Hammond was promoted to the office of Secretary of the Air Force.
In
1969 , Hammond met SG-1 from approximately 30 years in the future and read a note that he had written to himself. After SG-1 broke out of military custody,
Jack O'Neill shot Hammond with a
Zat gun in order to protect Hammond from a court martial for helping the team escape.
2
An alien on a planet in the
Pegasus Galaxy impersonated Hammond while making contact with the team assigned to
Atlantis . Before his promotion, USA President Henry Hayes, a friend of Hammond's, put the general in charge of ''Prometheus'' during the battle in
Antarctica against the forces of
Anubis . Also, the real Hammond commanded a short-lived and fruitless mission to take ''Prometheus'' to Atlantis.
3 However, that mission did bring the SGC into contact with
Vala Mal Doran .
Hammond later made guest appearances during the first season of ''
Stargate Atlantis '' and the eighth and ninth seasons of ''
Stargate SG-1 ''. Don S. Davis left his regular position on the show due to medical problems and to devote more time to his love of painting.
The character
Major Garland Briggs , on ''
Twin Peaks '' was also played by Don S. Davis. Major Briggs was involved in
Project Blue Book , and secret airforce projects. In some ways, Briggs can be seen as a precursor to Hammond, with Davis reprising a similar role.
