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==Changes to the Stargate==

[[Image:Wormhole old.jpg|thumb|Movie and SG-1 wormhole from Seasons 1-8.]][[Image:New wormhole.jpg|thumb|TV show wormhole in Season 9 and later.]]

After the ''SG-1'' television series got a greenlight from MGM, the original [[Stargate (device)|Stargate device]] prop was considered to be re-used. The prop was found on a studio backlot, weather-beaten beyond usability for the TV series. A cast was made instead, and several new Stargate props were constructed from it for use in the gate room and on-___location shooting.{{factFact|date=October 2007}}

* In the film, each Stargate has a unique set of 39 symbols, but in the series, each gate has the same 38 symbols (Earth's symbols based on Earth's constellations), minus a single point of origin symbol that is unique to that individual gate.<ref name=gwfaq />