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* PlanningWithProps: Carter uses a ring donut to represent the stargate while explaining her plan to shut it down.
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** At the end, Hammond mentions that they're installing a new iris reinforced with trinium. Somebody must have worked out a treaty with the aliens from "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E13Spirits Spirits]]".
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** At the end, Hammond mentions that they're installing a new iris reinforced with trinium. Somebody must have worked out a treaty with the aliens from "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E13Spirits Spirits]]".Spirits]]."
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** More context is given to O'Neill's time in prison that he alluded to in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E3Prisoners Prisoners]]."
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** The same trope is immediately thrown back in O'Neill's face, as the impossibility of saving SG-10 and essentially leaving them to die is considered the same situation as what Cromwell had to deal with.
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* NarrowAnnihilationEscape: Subverted. SG-10 has become caught in a [[ShownTheirWork gravity time warp]] caused by a newly-formed black hole; [[YearOutsideHourInside time is slowing down so much for them that their chance of escape would take ever longer each second, on the planet, that goes by. (i.e. Zeno's Paradox)]] Stargate Command is only able to stop Earth from being pulled in through the Stargate by setting a bomb close to the gate wormhole, which overloads the gate and diverts its path to another planet in the network. Played straight, however, in the ExpandedUniverse Novels "A Matter of Honor"/"The Cost of Honor", where 5 years after, the SGC are able to rescue SG-10, even with the time-warp (thanks to alien technology), where all the events that happened in the interim have caught up; from SG-10's POV, due to the time-warp, it was only a few hours, and the wormhole that SG-10 dialed to Earth was indeed active for 38 minutes on the alien planet, but only for a second on Earth. Furthermore, the [[spoiler:matter from [[Recap/StargateSG1S4E22Exodus the sun that Sam detonated]] [[TimeyWimeyBall had not yet arrived]], only for it to arrive later and incinerate one of the SG-10 team.]] Thankfully, the rest of SG-1 and SG-10 are able to escape just as the planet is destroyed by [[spoiler:the heat of the solar matter.]]
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: SG-10 is stranded on a planet caught in the gravity of the black hole, desperately trying to dial earth but unable to do so fast enough as time slows to a crawl. And that's not even the worst of it: Carter spells out the process of spaghettification for O'Neill and Hammond, explaining that they will eventually be pulled apart atom by atom. A little over a year later, SG-1 would suck a good portion of a star through said planet's stargate in order to blow up that star, so if the black hole hadn't gotten them yet due to the time dilation the superhot stellar matter would have.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: SG-10 is stranded on a planet caught in the gravity of the black hole, desperately trying to dial earth but unable to do so fast enough as time slows to a crawl. And that's not even the worst of it: Carter spells out the process of spaghettification for O'Neill and Hammond, explaining that they will eventually be pulled apart atom by atom. A little over a year later, SG-1 would suck a good portion of a star through said planet's stargate in order to blow up that star, so if the black hole hadn't gotten them yet due to the time dilation the superhot stellar matter would have. A novel later released would later reveal that SG-10 was indeed rescued due to SG-1 discovering alien tech that would protect them from the gravity. However, it does happen that the stellar matter does come through that Stargate and incinerates the planet, even killing one of the SG-10 members.
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** At the end, Hammond mentions that they're installing a new iris reinforced with trinium. Somebody must have worked out a treaty with the aliens from "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E13Spirits Spirits]]".
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: SG-10 is stranded on a planet caught in the gravity of the black hole, desperately trying to dial earth but unable to do so fast enough as time slows to a crawl. And that's not even the worst of it: Carter spells out the process of spaghettification for O'Neill and Hammond, explaining that they will eventually be pulled apart atom by atom. A little over a year later, SG-1 would suck a good portion of a star through said planet's stargate in order to blow up that star, so if the black hole hadn't gotten them yet due to the time dilation the superhot stellar matter would have.
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* ContinuityNod: O'Neill's interest in astronomy shows when he actually recognizes a black hole on sight without needing Carter to tell him what it is, and even possesses a decent amount of expert knowledge about its operation, even seeming to be able to follow along with Carter's TechnoBabble for once (in contrast to only a few minutes prior, in which he had absolutely no idea what a wormhole is and Carter's attempts to explain it only went over his head).
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* RewatchBonus: The slow motion in the ColdOpen initially appears to be for dramatic effect, but on second watch it's apparent that it's actually TimeDilation and the viewer is being shown how much time has been slowed.
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* UnrealisticBlackHole: Actually averted, for the most part; barring some slight liberties taken for dramatic effect, the science is generally pretty sound. Carter makes a comment that the time dilation is happening in advance of the gravity waves, when they should be happening at the same time (which is what is currently believed in real science). Her explanation (the only one get) is that it's "probably a lensing effect of the Stargate itself".
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* UnrealisticBlackHole: Actually averted, for the most part; barring some slight liberties taken for dramatic effect, the science is generally pretty sound. Carter makes a comment that the time dilation is happening in advance of the gravity waves, when they should be happening at the same time (which is what is currently believed in real science). Her explanation (the only one we get) is that it's "probably a lensing effect of the Stargate itself".
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* UnrealisticBlackHole: Actually averted, for the most part; barring some slight liberties taken for dramatic effect, the science is generally pretty sound. Carter makes a comment that the time dilation is happening in advance of the gravity waves, when they should be happening at the same time (which is what is currently believed in real science). Her explanation (the only one get) is that it's "probably a lensing effect of the Stargate itself".
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* HollywoodHealing: Teal'c receives a pretty nasty burn near the beginning of the episode, but is almost entirely healed by the end. Justified due to the time dilation effects of the black hole.
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* HollywoodHealing: Teal'c receives a pretty nasty burn near the beginning of the episode, but is almost entirely healed by the end. Justified due to the time dilation effects of the black hole. Also explained by HealingFactor due to his symbiote.
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The stargate establishes a connection to a planet caught in the gravity of a black hole and will not disengage, trapping the base in a time dilation field and threatening to pull earth into the black hole unless the gate can be shut down.
First appearance of Major Paul Davis.
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!!"A Matter of Time" provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Carter is pretty excited by the black hole at first, until the gravity of the situation (no pun intended) becomes clear.
* BottleEpisode: Takes place almost entirely inside the base or just outside.
* ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts: It's mentioned a few times that Daniel is still off-world, along with a couple of other SG teams, and that they, at least, will survive even if earth is sucked into the black hole.
* ColdOpen: The episode opens with a shot of a sun being pulled into the black hole, followed by SG-10 on the surface of the planet, running in slow motion in a desperate attempt to reach the stargate.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: SG-1O is stranded on a planet caught in the gravity of the black hole, desperately trying to dial earth but unable to do so fast enough as time slows to a crawl. And that's not even the worst of it: Carter spells out the process of spaghettification for O'Neill and Hammond, explaining that they will eventually be pulled apart atom by atom.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: O'Neill mentions that he spent four months in an Iraqi prison after a black ops mission gone wrong.
* EurekaMoment: Hammond mentioning the second stargate prompts Carter to realize that if they detonate a bomb close enough to the wormhole, the matter stream should [[Recap/StargateSG1S1E17Solitudes jump to another planet]] and allow them to safely disengage.
* GravitySucks: Played straight, with larger and larger objects getting sucked into the wormhole from ever-greater distances as the gravitational field increases.
* GuiltComplex: It's made pretty clear that O'Neill blames himself for Major Boyd's fate, echoing Cromwell's guilt over leaving O'Neill in Iraq.
* HollywoodHealing: Teal'c receives a pretty nasty burn near the beginning of the episode, but is almost entirely healed by the end. Justified due to the time dilation effects of the black hole.
* LaymansTerms: Carter trying to explain the concept of wormholes to O'Neill at the beginning of the episode.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted;]] it's revealed that Cromwell left O'Neill behind on a Special Forces mission in Iraq some years ago after mistakenly believing him to be dead, allowing him to get captured. Neither one of them has forgiven him for this.
-->'''O'Neill:''' What happened to "nobody gets left behind"?
* OhCrap: Happens at least twice:
** When O'Neill, Carter and Hammond see the black hole on the probe footage and realize just what exactly is is that has Boyd so scared.
** When Carter watches her dogtags get sucked into the event horizon and realizes that the gravity from the black hole is able to travel through the outgoing wormhole to earth.
* OutOfFocus: Daniel is absent for most of the episode, only making a brief appearance at the very end to visit O'Neill in the infirmary.
* ThePoliticalOfficer: Major Davis is introduced as the official liaison between Washington and the SGC, in a much more sympathetic portrayal than most examples.
* RedShirt: SG-10 and Colonel Cromwell.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Unwilling to let history repeat itself, Cromwell refuses to arm the bomb while O'Neill is so close to the black hole. Naturally, this results in ''him'' getting sucked in when an errant shard of glass cuts through his safety rope.
* SelfDestructMechanism: Initially the orders from the White House are to set the base self-destruct, but Carter is convinced that this will only make the situation worse by blowing up the mountain while leaving the stargate - and by extension, the wormhole - intact. Eventually she comes up with the alternative solution of detonating a smaller charge close enough to the wormhole that it will cause the matter stream to jump.
* SlowMotion: Used to demonstrate how time slows down the closer a person is to the black hole.
* TechnoBabble: A ''lot'' in this episode, as Carter attempts to explain the concept of relativity to everybody else. Hammond probably says it best:
-->'''Hammond:''' Captain, relativity gives me a headache.
* TimeDilation: The effect of the black hole's gravity means that time appears to slow down closer to the wormhole, so that Hammond is able to travel to Washington and back for an overnight conference with the President while only minutes appear to pass in the control room. When Daniel returns at the end of the episode, he reveals that two weeks have gone by in the space of what feels like about a day for those inside the mountain.
-->'''O'Neill:''' Two weeks? I think I'll sleep in.
* TwoKeyedLock: Two officers are required to enter a passcode in order to set the self-destruct.
* UnrealisticBlackHole: Actually averted, for the most part; barring some slight liberties taken for dramatic effect, the science is generally pretty sound.
* WhatTheHellHero: O'Neill chews Carter out over her initial excitement at the prospect of getting to watch spaghettification firsthand.
-->'''Carter:''' By some fluke of the stargate, we have the opportunity to witness something which that laws of physics dictate we should never be able to see.
-->'''O'Neill:''' We are witnessing good men die in slow motion, ''Captain''.
First appearance of Major Paul Davis.
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!!"A Matter of Time" provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Carter is pretty excited by the black hole at first, until the gravity of the situation (no pun intended) becomes clear.
* BottleEpisode: Takes place almost entirely inside the base or just outside.
* ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts: It's mentioned a few times that Daniel is still off-world, along with a couple of other SG teams, and that they, at least, will survive even if earth is sucked into the black hole.
* ColdOpen: The episode opens with a shot of a sun being pulled into the black hole, followed by SG-10 on the surface of the planet, running in slow motion in a desperate attempt to reach the stargate.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: SG-1O is stranded on a planet caught in the gravity of the black hole, desperately trying to dial earth but unable to do so fast enough as time slows to a crawl. And that's not even the worst of it: Carter spells out the process of spaghettification for O'Neill and Hammond, explaining that they will eventually be pulled apart atom by atom.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: O'Neill mentions that he spent four months in an Iraqi prison after a black ops mission gone wrong.
* EurekaMoment: Hammond mentioning the second stargate prompts Carter to realize that if they detonate a bomb close enough to the wormhole, the matter stream should [[Recap/StargateSG1S1E17Solitudes jump to another planet]] and allow them to safely disengage.
* GravitySucks: Played straight, with larger and larger objects getting sucked into the wormhole from ever-greater distances as the gravitational field increases.
* GuiltComplex: It's made pretty clear that O'Neill blames himself for Major Boyd's fate, echoing Cromwell's guilt over leaving O'Neill in Iraq.
* HollywoodHealing: Teal'c receives a pretty nasty burn near the beginning of the episode, but is almost entirely healed by the end. Justified due to the time dilation effects of the black hole.
* LaymansTerms: Carter trying to explain the concept of wormholes to O'Neill at the beginning of the episode.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted;]] it's revealed that Cromwell left O'Neill behind on a Special Forces mission in Iraq some years ago after mistakenly believing him to be dead, allowing him to get captured. Neither one of them has forgiven him for this.
-->'''O'Neill:''' What happened to "nobody gets left behind"?
* OhCrap: Happens at least twice:
** When O'Neill, Carter and Hammond see the black hole on the probe footage and realize just what exactly is is that has Boyd so scared.
** When Carter watches her dogtags get sucked into the event horizon and realizes that the gravity from the black hole is able to travel through the outgoing wormhole to earth.
* OutOfFocus: Daniel is absent for most of the episode, only making a brief appearance at the very end to visit O'Neill in the infirmary.
* ThePoliticalOfficer: Major Davis is introduced as the official liaison between Washington and the SGC, in a much more sympathetic portrayal than most examples.
* RedShirt: SG-10 and Colonel Cromwell.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Unwilling to let history repeat itself, Cromwell refuses to arm the bomb while O'Neill is so close to the black hole. Naturally, this results in ''him'' getting sucked in when an errant shard of glass cuts through his safety rope.
* SelfDestructMechanism: Initially the orders from the White House are to set the base self-destruct, but Carter is convinced that this will only make the situation worse by blowing up the mountain while leaving the stargate - and by extension, the wormhole - intact. Eventually she comes up with the alternative solution of detonating a smaller charge close enough to the wormhole that it will cause the matter stream to jump.
* SlowMotion: Used to demonstrate how time slows down the closer a person is to the black hole.
* TechnoBabble: A ''lot'' in this episode, as Carter attempts to explain the concept of relativity to everybody else. Hammond probably says it best:
-->'''Hammond:''' Captain, relativity gives me a headache.
* TimeDilation: The effect of the black hole's gravity means that time appears to slow down closer to the wormhole, so that Hammond is able to travel to Washington and back for an overnight conference with the President while only minutes appear to pass in the control room. When Daniel returns at the end of the episode, he reveals that two weeks have gone by in the space of what feels like about a day for those inside the mountain.
-->'''O'Neill:''' Two weeks? I think I'll sleep in.
* TwoKeyedLock: Two officers are required to enter a passcode in order to set the self-destruct.
* UnrealisticBlackHole: Actually averted, for the most part; barring some slight liberties taken for dramatic effect, the science is generally pretty sound.
* WhatTheHellHero: O'Neill chews Carter out over her initial excitement at the prospect of getting to watch spaghettification firsthand.
-->'''Carter:''' By some fluke of the stargate, we have the opportunity to witness something which that laws of physics dictate we should never be able to see.
-->'''O'Neill:''' We are witnessing good men die in slow motion, ''Captain''.
