What is your gender? Number Percent Which range includes your age? Number 2 Percent 2 What do you think about the rumors that Dr. Carson Beckett is going to be killed off/written out of Stargate Atlantis during the second half of Season Three? Number 3 Percent 3 Say for a moment it turns out to be true: Dr. Carson Beckett will be permanently killed in Season 3, with no return planned. What do you think your reaction will be? Number 4 Percent 5 If Carson Beckett is written out of the series, and assuming this was not the actors choice, how will it affect your viewing habits of the show? Number 5 Percent 4 Looking over the history of SG-1 and Atlantis, what do you think of character death in Stargate? Number 6 Percent 6
Male 52 16.4% 12-17 years 33 10.4% I don't believe anything horrible is going to happen to Carson or anyone else on Atlantis. 25 7.9% No matter how it's done, I won't mind losing him. 11 3.5% It won't have any effect on my viewing of Atlantis. 107 33.8% Its almost always been handled well, and I ended up believing the deaths were worth it overall. 33 10.4%
Female 265 83.6% 18-24 years 96 30.3% I don't believe anything horrible is going to happen to Carson, but some other character might be killed off. 27 8.5% If the episode is well done, I'll accept losing him. 51 16.1% I'll be less committed to watching Atlantis than I am now. 128 40.4% It has usually been handled well, though some deaths were unnecessary or not worth the loss of the character. 144 45.4%
25-34 years 86 27.1% I believe something less severe than permanent death is going to happen to Carson. 41 12.9% No matter how good the episode is, losing him will be unacceptable to me. 229 72.2% I'll stop watching new episodes of Atlantis. 34 10.7% I don't think Stargate is good at character deaths. They're usually done for shock value only, with no long-term effects. 81 25.6%
35-54 years 99 31.2% I believe Carson is going to be killed off and written out of the show. 41 12.9% I'm not sure how I'll react! 26 8.2% I'll stop watching any episodes of Atlantis. 7 2.2% Stargate has a horrible track record when it comes to killing off characters in way that makes me believe it was worth it. 40 12.6%
55+ years 3 0.9% I've read all the rumors, and I'm not sure what to believe! 148 46.7% I'm not sure how it will affect my viewing habits. 41 12.9% I haven't formed an opinion on the matter. 19 6.0%
I haven't formed an opinion on the matter. 35 11.0%