Mallozzi specifically wants fans to understand how to effectively use the medium to get what they want and have their voices heard. “One of the things we learned on Dark Matter, which is a page we took out of the Longmire fan campaign which they took out of the Fringe fan campaign, is that you have to have a new hashtag that has not been used… Part of it is educating the fans on how to do the tweetfest, and one of them is to only use one hashtag.”

Although his industry peers praised Mallozzi’s rallying efforts and the fan campaign to save Dark Matter, that renewal push ultimately ended with Syfy’s cancellation of the series after three seasons, but Mallozzi says it’s different this time. “Dark Matter fans made a lot of noise, and if it had been any other network, I think it would have made a difference,” he says. “I mean, let’s face it, Syfy — specifically the L.A. offices, the originals division — they were never fans of the show… The difference being, though, that MGM really does want to make a fourth series of Stargate; they would love fan input; they want to know what the fans want, and I think this is probably the best way to go about it.”

As for what a fourth Stargate might look like, Mallozzi knows that fans might desire a continuation of Universe or Atlantis, but he considers that possibility unlikely simply because it caters to longtime fans rather than bringing in new ones as MGM wishes. “Another way to go, which I suspect they would maybe lean towards,” says Mallozzi, “is just doing a reboot and taking the film as a jumping off point and just doing a whole new Stargate. I guess you could do that with a show that’s maybe 30 years old and fans don’t remember, but Stargate is still pretty fresh and still has a vibrant fanbase. So essentially by rebooting what you’re doing is you’re wiping out seventeen years of TV history.”

Mallozzi has his own idea. “What I’m proposing is the best of both worlds: creating an in-canon fourth series that introduces new viewers, brings them in on the ground floor, to a new team [with] an established world and order and rules that were created by Brad Wright and Robert Cooper,” Mallozzi pitches. “I’m suggesting a show that new viewers can step into and enjoy and not be confused by the mythology and discover, whereas, because it is in-canon, it offers opportunities for old fans to maybe be reunited with familiar faces.”

Does that mean viewers might have a brush with Destiny (the ship from Stargate Universe) or see a character they recognize? “An example I give, for instance, was a new SG team that discovers a gate for the first time, and they meet the commander of Stargate Command, General Carter,” outlines Mallozzi, referring to Amanda Tapping’s central role in SG1 as Samantha Carter. “To the new fans, this General Carter character won’t necessarily mean that much… but to longtime fans Carter is a legend!”