Janet Fraiser

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Janet Fraiser
Stargate character
Image:Drfrasier.JPG Dr. Janet Fraiser
Race	Human
Gender	Female
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Brown
Rank	Captain/Major
Birthplace	US, Earth
Film portrayer	None
Television portrayer	Teryl Rothery
First appearance	The Broca Divide

Janet Fraiser is a fictional character in the Stargate SG-1 TV series, played by Teryl Rothery. She is an officer in the United States Air Force and is the Chief Medical Officer of the SGC under General Hammond. She was particularly close friends with Samantha Carter. Over the years she has provided comic relief and has served as a sort of maternal figure for SG-1.

Prior to joining Stargate Command, Dr. Janet Frasier served as chief of the Aeromedical Services at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Her medical education includes a B.A. magna cum laude in chemistry and biology and a M.D. at Case Western Reserve Universtiy in Cleveland, Ohio.

She is an exceptionally skilled, caring, and dedicated doctor who saved many lives. She proves her brilliance on multiple occasions, solving many medical mysteries. She defends her medical principles as strongly as her patients, sometimes in contradiction to near-term mission goals.

As the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Fraiser is responsible for maintaining the health of the SG teams, as well as the SGC's suport staff and base personnel. On many occasions Fraiser has also been responsible for the health of alien refugees to Earth, including Goa'uld symbiotes. She takes the lead role in identifying infectious diseases, which are a constant threat when exploring new worlds.

Over her years with the SGC, Janet became the foremost expert on Goa'uld symbiotes. She poineered numerous technological advancements, and became an expert at regulating and administering Tretonin.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details about Stargate SG-1 follow.

Janet Fraiser first appeared in the season one episode "The Broca Divide", in which she endeavors to find a cure to an alien disease that turns humans into mindless beings.

Fraiser also adopts Cassandra, an alien orphan, in the episode "Singularity".

Major Janet Fraiser was killed in action while attemping to help an injured airman on P3X-666. Her loss greatly affected all SGC personnel, and was noted to the very top of the U.S. Administration as a tragic loss. ^[1]

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Quotations

Janet Fraiser was an extraordinary person. She was kind and funny and talented. Above all, she was courageous. Try as I might I could not find the words to honor her, to do justice to her life. Thankfully I got some help. While words alone may not be enough, there are some names that might do. We often talk about those that give their lives in the service of their country, and while Janet Fraiser did just that, that's not what her life was about. The following are the names of the men and women who did not die in service, but who are in fact alive today because of Janet. — Samantha Carter speaking at Janet Fraiser's memorial.

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