structure on the planet. Due to the cost, this was scaled back, with the ring-transporter instead being responsible for destabilizing the dome on the planet, oppose to the ship colliding with it. Release Broadcast Part 1 of "Lost City" first aired on March 2, 2004 in the United Kingdom on Sky One, with part 2 airing on the channel the following week on March 9, 2004. In the United Kingdom, both parts of "Lost City" came in as the second most popular broadcasts on Sky One that week, both behind new episodes of The Simpsons. Part 1 had an audience of approximately 920,000 viewers, making it Sky One's most watched broadcast of Stargate SG-1'''s seventh season, whilst part 2 had around 900,000, making it the channel's second most watched broadcast of the season. In the United States, the Sci-fi Channel broadcast part 1 on March 12, 2004, earning a 1.7 Neilsen household rating. Part 2 aired on March 19, 2003, earning a rating of 2.1, equating to approximately 2.56 million viewers which made it the second most watched episode of season seven broadcast on Sci-fi Channel, beaten only by "Evolution" part 2, which broke ratings records for both the show and channel. In Canada, the channel Space first aired part 1 on January 27, 2005, with part 2 airing on February 3, 2005. ReceptionIGN wrote that whilst neither this episode or the series as a whole had the reputation for "presenting ground breaking science-fiction", viewers would find "an entertaining story with the usual humorous dialogue and rock steady performances that have been the show's trademark for 7 years". The performances of the guest casting, including Ronny Cox's Vice President Kinsey were also highlighted, with the reviewer writing describing him as "a great weasel of a character that you just can't wait until you see his butt get kicked". Darren Rea for Sci-fi Online called the episode "next best thing to having a theatrically released Stargate: SG1 movie", proclaiming it had the "best visual effects battles seen so far on SG-1". Rea also highlighted the presence of Richard Dean Anderson in the episode, commenting that his "unique sense of humour has been largely absent from this season", so welcomed him being in the entire duration of "Lost City".TV Zone's Jan Vincent-Rudzki positively received both parts of the episode, particularly what he called an "extraordinary second half". In the first part of