TEAL'C
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Played by Christopher Judge.  An alien to 
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be introduced in the debut episode, of 
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the species we will come to know as 
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"Jaffa".  The Jaffa got their name 
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because they carry in cross shaped 
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pouches on their bellies, a small 
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symbiote.  The symbiote is actually the 
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larval state of the Goa'ulds.  There is a 
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strong symbiotic relationship between 
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the larva and the Jaffa host because the 
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symbiote guarantees its host immunity 
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to all viral or bacterial infection and 
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indeed most non-infectious diseases 
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such as heart disease or cancer.  For 
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this reason, Jaffa live to be very old.  
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Teal'c, though he looks 35, is actually