Stargate Atlantis alum Paul McGillion has signed on to guest star on Syfy's Sanctuary. The actor, who played Dr. Carson Beckett, and later played Dr. Beckett's clone (it's complicated), on Atlantis will appear in the final two episodes of Sanctuary's second season. McGillion will play "Wexford," a character he played in the original Web series version of Sanctuary. The show's second season kicks off Oct. 9.

This news might get me to start watching Sanctuary regularly again. It's not a bad show, but it never really hooked me. Like Warehouse 13, the procedural elements of the show felt tedious, and I never really connected to any of the characters.

Aside from David Hewlett's Rodney McKay, McGillion's Dr. Beckett was my favorite character on Atlantis. McGillion is one of those great genre actors who makes ever scene he's in better, and I'm looking forward to watching him play off his fellow Stargate alum Amanda Tapping. If al goes well, we might even get to see him show up in Sanctuary's third season.

[Via Solutions Blog]