Torri Higginson's ATLANTIS Transformation (Dial the Gate)

ELIZABETH WEIR gave her life to the Atlantis expedition, in more ways than one - and even more than one time. In the first-season episode "Before I Sleep" the team discovered an aged Dr. Weir in stasis, and heard her tell the story of another timeline when the expedition was wiped out, and Elizabeth found herself 10,000 years in the past.
Actress Torri Higginson sat down with "Dial the Gate" host David Read for a very special conversation about her time on the show. This clip is an exclusive sneak preview from Dial the Gate's conversation with Torri, recorded in person back in 2018 and now seeing the light of day for the very first time. Here she talks about the old-age makeup process, transforming into an elderly version of her character, and also the perils of filming the mid-season two-parter at Atlantis suffers a torrential hurricane.
Catch the full interview starting Saturday, July 27, 2024 on Dial the Gate's RUclips channel: / @dialthegate
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[@vioreldumitrache3880]

Missed Torri...I mean, You can find Joe, David, Amanda and the others here and there, but seeing Torri is really an event.

[@fw1421]

I agree with Tori on aging. At 25 I never expected to live to 70 and I’m 71 and still here. Health issues? Yea,but I’m still here and I can mow my own yard,take my dog for 2 mile walks in Texas heat. I love seeing Tori as herself in this video. Not acting just herself. I’d love to know her. She seems like such a funny nice woman. I miss seeing her on Stargate Atlantis.

[@PaulReed]

She looks so fun and full of joy.

[@Dan55888]

Wow she looks amazing

[@CloneShockTrooper]

Torri is so cool and down to earth a person. Absolutely loved her as Weir in Stargate Atlantis 😊

[@ferryshuttlex]

Torri/Weir are so awesome. wasn't happy she was killed of :( I miss Stargate so much. We probably never get back the magic of sg1 and Atlantis.

[@Gabor-92]

😭😭 I grew up on them, SG-1, Atlantis

[@mEtalec]

@@Gabor-92 ☺️

[@SkogKniv]

Torri looks ready to come back and play Weir again

[@mEtalec]

One of the fav characters

[@JMaahs23]

Great episode! One of the handful of episodes I'll rewatch. Last Man Standing is another good one.

[@francophone.]

It would be great to see her come back to the Stargate franchise.

[@scottfw1193]

She was so great as Weir and I think is immensely underrated next to the original SG cast and SGA breakouts like Flanigan and Hewlett who were a bit more 'show-offy'. She's always solid and the grown-up in the room ♥

[@mworldxyz5631]

God I love her, amazing person! ❤❤❤

[@mellchiril]

Dr. Weir!!

[@TuneTamasha]

She reminds me of one of my teachers. Imo she was underrated a bit. Would like to meet her.

[@kmccabe1962]

Holly Elissa played the old Weir

[@brx8r]

Torri and Rachel still look the same. (Rachel was on David Hewlett's youtube live the other day)

[@24juan68]

Hello Elizabeth

[@joey_after_midnight]

Weir has disappeared in my mind and Torri is now the character they cast. I can't recall Stargate without thinking about Torri.. as if she were transported to that parallel reality .. playing Weir... what a story that would make.. Torri playing Weir through the Looking Glass.

[@CovenOfWonders]

ATLANTIS AND DEEPSPACE 9 BOTH NEEDED AT LEAST 1 MORE SEASON

[@lycos94]

Are all female wraiths queens?
I had a conversation with someone about that earlier, specifically about Ellia and how she is clearly not the same as a wraith queen, because she was raised by a human, and it got me thinking, was she the only female that isn't a queen, or is there a population of female wraith out there somewhere, and they just don't see battle or something
especially because different ranks of wraith are named after different bees, queens, workers, soldiers, drones, and with bees the queens aren't the only females in the hive

[@metalzonemt-2]

She was a kid, so maybe that's why she was different..

[@DavidOspina-q1c]

What city episode does torri higginson's character katharine Strachan berg visit her son at the hospital and bring him a takeout order?

[@evaldo_coutinho]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@greyofpta5305]

3:32 (The IRS has entered the chat)

[@kmccabe1962]

How long ago was this shot?

[@joey_after_midnight]

No so long you couldn't Imagine her playing the role again, as if it were yesterday.

[@GateWorldDotNet]

2018

[@SilverEye91]

I have to say, and I'm sorry, but the prosthetics do not look good. It looks about as convincing as every other old person makeup in movies and TV, that is to say, it looks garbage. I don't know why, with how talented make up artists can be, with the amazing prosthetics possible, but it almost always looks really bad. It's a great episode, but I always cringe when I see old person make up. It's not as bad in this episode as Ma'chello was, but still...

[@NemoNoone-p3p]

Indeed.
However she could have meant that even though it looked liked shit....it was some of the better looking shit as far as that shit is concerned :)

[@primegrimm1981]

Pretty sure she was older than 100 😂