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Dr. Radek Zelenka is a fictional character in the television series ''Stargate Atlantis,'' portrayed by David Nykl. He is a scientist from the Czech Republic and a member of the original expedition from Earth to the Ancient city of Atlantis in the Pegasus galaxy. His expertise on Ancient technology is only surpassed by Dr. Rodney McKay, with whom he shares a friendly rivalry. Zelenka's planned one-time appearance in the season 1 episode "Thirty-Eight Minutes" was followed by a recurring role for expository scenes with McKay and the leader of the expedition. Zelenka has since appeared in approximately half of each season's episodes and also appeared in the crossover episode "The Pegasus Project" of ''Stargate SG-1''. The series finale of ''Atlantis'', "Enemy at the Gate", marks his last appearance. For his portrayal of Radek Zelenka, David Nykl was nominated for a 2005 Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Supporting Performance by a Male". ==Role in ''Stargate''== Dr. Radek Zelenka is a careful and precise scientist of the original Atlantis Expedition who often supplements the scientific decisions of the "equally brainy" Dr. Rodney McKay, with whom he has a friendly rivalry.〔〔 He frequently appears in the control room with McKay and the leader of the Atlantis expedition for expository scenes to lay out an episode's premise to the audience,〔〔 and is "a key player in helping the Atlantis team stay one step ahead of the bad guys as well as solving some of its most perplexing scientific conundrums". GateWorld's David Read felt that while Zelenka may "play second fiddle to Rodney",〔 he is also "the only one who even has the potential to put McKay down."〔 Actor David Nykl explained that Zelenka has "reasonably well honed social skills" and "can put up with a lot of stress () and a lot of pressure, particularly from McKay and the situations that he can get into", but he may be too focused and determined to get one thing done. Zelenka recurs in all five seasons of ''Stargate Atlantis'' and is also among the ''Atlantis'' characters to appear in the ''Stargate SG-1'' crossover episode "The Pegasus Project". In his first appearance in the early ''Atlantis'' season 1 episode , Zelenka helps devise a plan to free Major Sheppard's team including Dr. McKay from a potentially lethal technical problem.〔 After a first short collaboration in , Zelenka and McKay are the driving forces in finding a solution to protect the city of Atlantis from a massive hurricane in .〔 "Hot Zone" reveals that Zelenka has been given the ATA gene therapy to enable him to operate Ancient technology, but the therapy had no effect on him. Season 2's "Duet" shows Zelenka off-world for the first time, where he needs to save McKay and a soldier from being captured in a Wraith dart. Following a major dispute about an experimental Ancient power generator in "Trinity", McKay apologizes to Zelenka when the experiment causes the death of a scientist. After some of the Lanteans took back control of Atlantis, Zelenka was thinking about applying for a post he had once been offered back home at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic (it is unknown whether he had a post there temporarily before he was transferred back to Atlantis). McKay saves Zelenka from certain death in "Tao of Rodney" and later apologizes for so often putting him down, admitting that Zelenka is "a brilliant scientist and a decent human being".〔 * Zelenka: "For me, it was my brother – only we hadn't lights. He used to leave candles burning everywhere." * McKay: "You're a brilliant scientist, and a decent human being, and you should not have had to endure the kind of abuse that you've taken from me in the past few years. I hope you can find a way to forgive me for all the things I've said and done to you. You deserve much better than that."〕 Zelenka last appears in the series finale of ''Atlantis'', "Enemy at the Gate", where he implements a wormhole drive that sends the city of Atlantis from the Pegasus Galaxy to Earth within seconds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radek Zelenka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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