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Template:Tv-in-universe Template:Stargate character Dr. Radek Zelenka is a fictional character in the television series Stargate Atlantis, portrayed by David Nykl. The character was originally intended to be Russian, but upon discovering David Nykl could speak Czech they changed the character's nationality to Czech. Zelenka was intended to appear only in "Thirty-Eight Minutes", but he made such an impression that he became a semi-regular character.
Zelenka is an Atlantis expedition scientist. He is an expert on Ancient technology, second only to Rodney McKay, and besides Czech, is quite fluent in English.
Appearances
Radek Zelenka makes his first appearance in the Season 1 episode Template:Sgcite where he works in a Puddle Jumper to help free Sheppard's team in another Puddle Jumper that is stuck in an active Stargate. Zelenka and McKay later work on figuring out a way to protect Atlantis from the massive hurricane heading. Zelenka inadvertently discovers Atlantis' deep-space sensors in Template:Sgcite and detects three Wraith Hive-Ships on their way to the city. In Template:Sgcite, Zelenka devises a computer virus to protect the Ancient database from falling in the wrong hands, should Atlantis become lost to the human expedition. Zelenka also aids McKay in completing the Genii nuclear bombs that would be used to destroy two Wraith hive ships. "Duet" shows Zelenka off-world for the first time, where he faces the task to restore McKay and Cadman to her proper body after their capture in a Wraith dart. He works alongside McKay on an experimental Ancient power generator, Project Arcturus, but McKay not listening to Zelenka's advice causes the death of a scientist. Zelenka discovers a second Wraith Hive ship heading towards Atlantis in Template:Sgcite. In Template:Sgcite, Zelenka and Major Lorne are on-board the Orion when they engaged a hive ship in combat, but the Daedalus beams them out. Zelenka appears in the Stargate SG-1 episode Template:Sgcite, where he notifies Dr. Weir of a Wraith hive ship moving towards the Odyssey. In Template:Sgcite, Radek is badly wounded, but McKay, who acquired Ancient healing powers in the episode, heals him. McKay later admits that Zelenka is "a brilliant scientist and a decent human being" and apologizes for so often putting him down. In Season 4, Zelenka is instrumental in the attempts to repair Atlantis when it is stranded in space.
Template:Sgcite reveals that Zelenka has been given Dr. Beckett's ATA Gene Therapy, but it did not take effect.
While Zelenka usually only says the occasional short phrase in Czech, he effusively describes Atlantis rising from the ocean entirely in his native language in "Letters from Pegasus".
In Template:Sgcite, Zelenka is one of Dr. Beckett's pallbearers when he dies, alongside McKay, Ronon, Lorne, Dr. Cole and Sheppard.
Translations
His frequent bursts of Czech are extremely popular among Stargate fans who speak the language. David Nykl has declared they are 50 percent translations of the script and 50 percent his own invention.
- 1x04 – Thirty-Eight Minutes
- Můžeš mi dát ty nejnovější data, prosim? Já se s tímhle nemůžu hnout.: Please, could you give me the latest data? I can’t seem to solve this.
- Ne, tak aspoň, aspoň tři mi dej.: No. Give me at least, at least three.
- To je ono, my to máme.: That is it, we have it.
- 1x16 – The Brotherhood
- Ježiši, já s těma hercema nemůžu dělat: Jesus, I can't work with these actors.
- 1x17 – Letters from Pegasus
- Na dně moře máme „fail safe“ , mechanismus. Obrovskou silou vytrhl kotvu města ze dna oceánu. My jsme.. Zhrozili jsme jsme.. Zhrozili jsme se. Neuveřitelný, co se to děje a ten hluk; celé město se třáslo jako při zemětřesení. To bylo něco neuvěritelnýho. A najednou... se hneme. Celé město stoupalo. Stoupalo nahoru, nahoru k hladině. To, to bylo něco neuveřitelnýho a a a a a věže prorazily hladinu a vyjeli jsme nahoru nahoru a vody, vlny, vodopády, všechno teče z těch vejšek. A my... vystřelili jsme nahoru, úplně, úplně na vršek.. Slunce.... Sluníčko, prostě.... proudilo do všech oken. Do smrti, do smrti na to nezapomenu.:
On the bottom of the sea we have a failsafe mechanism. It pulled up the anchor of the city from the bottom of the sea with great force. We.... we were.... we were scared. That was incredible, what happened? And that noise. The whole city was shaking, it was like an earthquake. That was so incredible. And then we were moving. The whole city was rising. It was rising up, rising up to the ocean surface. It was, it was really incredible and the towers broke through the surface. We were going up. Water, waves, waterfalls were falling down from the heights. And we... we were shot up, right to the top. Sun... just shine... It was shining through all the windows. I'll remember it for the rest of my life... for the rest of my life.
- Drž se, miláčku.: Take care, honey.
- 2x04 - Duet
-No jo... Tak jo děcka, do toho, jdeme, jdeme, jdeme, musíme tohle dodělat, pojdte už, honem!: Yeah... Okay kids, come on, go go go, we have to finish it, come on, move on!
- 2x13 - Critical Mass
-Ty vole "Say hi to the kids for me", já ti dám, ty seš takovej vůl.: Damn it, 'Say hi to the kids for me' , you're gonna get it from me, you're such an idiot.
- 2x14 - Grace Under Pressure
-Do prdele, to je na hovno tohle to, kdo to vymyslel že budeme pod vodou tentokrát?: "For cryin' out loud", this sucks. We're gonna be under water this time - whose idea was that?
- 3x01 - No Man's Land
-I am trying, do prdele!: "Do prdele!" is a very impolite expression of anger and frustration. It literally means, "into the ass".
- 3x03 - Irresistible
- To je frajer teda, to je...: That's a cool guy, heh, that is...
- On letí, on tak krásně letí...: He's flying, he's flying so beautifully...
- 3x08 - McKay and Mrs. Miller
Měj se.: Take care. (said to Radek by Rod)
- 3x12 - Echoes
Zaplať pánbůh.: Thank goodness.
- 4x13 - Quarantine
-I'll have the power off in no time. Ježiš, to je neuvěřitelný, já jsem takovej debil! Si bude myslet, že jsem naprostej idiot. (peeps in) Nó, tak co mně zbejvá, no... Tohleto né...(groaning) Se sem nevejdu...fuj to smrdí! (looks down) Ježišmarija... (looks around) Jéžiš, to snad né...:
I'll have the power off in no time. Jesus, that's unbelievable, I'm SUCH a moron! She'll think I'm a total idiot. (peeps in) Well, what else should I do? No, not this again...(groaning) Don't fit here...ugh, this place stinks! (looks down) Jesus Christ... (looks around) Oh tell me it's not happening!
References
- Gosling, Sharon. "Recurring cast". Stargate Atlantis: The Official Companion Season 1. London: Titan Books. pp. 131–133. ISBN 1-84576-116-2.
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External links
- "Radek Zelenka" at GateWorld Omnipedia.
- "Radek Zelenka" at StargateWiki.