Editing Jamie Hamilton
From Battlestar Wiki, the free, open content Battlestar Galactica encyclopedia and episode guide
More actions
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
'''Jamie Hamilton''' doubles as a on-camera reporter for [[United Broadcasting Company]]'s news program and guide to [[Warrior]]s [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] in their mission on [[Earth (1980)|Earth]]. | '''Jamie Hamilton''' doubles as a on-camera reporter for [[United Broadcasting Company]]'s news program and guide to [[Warrior]]s [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] in their mission on [[Earth (1980)|Earth]]. | ||
She first meets up with Troy and Dillon when she is headed to Los Angeles for a job interview as the on-camera reporter with [[UBC]] television news, having just come from the news station KENO in [[w:Reno, California|Reno, California]]. She assists them in locating Professor [[Donald Mortinson]] by dropping them off at the [[Pacific Institute of Technology]]. After the Warriors are arrested, she becomes embroiled with the competing interests of her new boss, Mr. [[Brooks]], and the greater needs of both Earth and the Galacticans {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}. | She first meets up with Troy and Dillon when she is headed to Los Angeles for a job interview as the on-camera reporter with [[UBC]] television news, having just come from the news station KENO in [[w:Reno, California|Reno, California]]. She assists them in locating Professor [[Donald Mortinson]] by dropping them off at the [[Pacific Institute of Technology]]. After the Warriors are arrested, she becomes embroiled with the competing interests of her new boss, Mr. [[Brooks]], and the greater needs of both Earth and the Galacticans {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}. | ||
| Line 25: | Line 24: | ||
After the mission, when she comes aboard ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'', [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] prevails upon her to assist Troy and Dillon in their joint missions to help prepare Earth for contact with the Colonials, and to locate and stop Xaviar. Hamilton agrees to the assignment, as well as accepting her new job as a reporter for UBC {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}. | After the mission, when she comes aboard ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'', [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] prevails upon her to assist Troy and Dillon in their joint missions to help prepare Earth for contact with the Colonials, and to locate and stop Xaviar. Hamilton agrees to the assignment, as well as accepting her new job as a reporter for UBC {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}. | ||
She joins Troy and Dillon in heading back to Revolutionary America in an adventure which is not shown, but that takes place between "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]" and "[[The Super Scouts, Part I|The Super Scouts]]". | <nowiki>:</nowiki>She joins Troy and Dillon in heading back to Revolutionary America in an adventure which is not shown, but that takes place between "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]" and "[[The Super Scouts, Part I|The Super Scouts]]". | ||
Troy and Dillon enlist Hamilton's aid to protect a group of kids, which she dubs the "[[Super Scouts]]," from the Fleet. She first finds out about them through Colonel [[Jack Sydell]] and, when three of the Scouts become ill, she helps them out with her basic medical knowledge {{G80|The Super Scouts, Part I}}. The children stay on Earth at the conclusion of the episode, and Hamilton becomes a sort of guardian for them ([[1980]]: "[[The Super Scouts, Part II|The Super Scouts]]"). | |||
Troy and Dillon enlist Hamilton's aid to protect a group of kids, which she dubs the "[[Super Scouts]]," from the | |||
When the renegade Xaviar returns, he attempts to kidnap ''Galactica'' children, whom Hamilton has taken to play at a | When the renegade Xaviar returns, he attempts to kidnap ''Galactica'' children, whom Hamilton has taken to play at a baseball camp where she's doing a story {{G80|Spaceball}}. | ||
The rest of the time Hamilton appears to be occupied mostly with taking care of the ''Galactica '' children. She is left behind with the kids | The rest of the time Hamilton appears to be occupied mostly with taking care of the ''Galactica '' children. She is left behind with the kids {{G80|The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I}} while Troy and Dillon head to New York, and does not appear in the concluding episode. She later brings the children to assist Troy and Dillon's efforts at [[Hector Alonzo]]'s farm, ultimately utilizing her position as a reporter to gaslight [[John Steadman]], who bore witness to the [[anti-gravity ship]]'s generation of rain, and the Galacticans rapid sowing and planting of the fields {{G80|Space Croppers}}. | ||
==Character Development== | ==Character Development== | ||
| Line 38: | Line 36: | ||
===Conception=== | ===Conception=== | ||
Jamie Hamilton was conceived by the show's creators as a bright, vivacious reporter whose knowledge of Earth's past would be essential to the [[Galactican Fleet]]'s mission to save humanity from the pursuing [[Cylons (1980)|Cylons]].<ref group="production" name="willson_starlog34_jamie_character_concept">{{ | Jamie Hamilton was conceived by the show's creators as a bright, vivacious reporter whose knowledge of Earth's past would be essential to the [[Galactican Fleet]]'s mission to save humanity from the pursuing [[Cylons (1980)|Cylons]].<ref group="production" name="willson_starlog34_jamie_character_concept">{{cite_web|url=https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-034/page/16/mode/1up#:~:text=They%20also%20find%20Jamie%E2%80%94a%20bright%2C%20vivacious%20reporter%2C%20portrayed%20by%20Robyn%20Douglass%2C%20whose%20knowledge%20of%20Earth%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%9Cpast%E2%80%9D%20is%20the%20key%20to%20the%20Galactica%E2%80%99s%20future.|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|page=16|accessdate=8 November 2025}}</ref> The show's time-travel premise required the Colonial Warriors to update Earth's technology covertly by traveling to the past and planting technological seeds with historical scientists, with Jamie serving as their historical guide.<ref group="production" name="willson_starlog34_jamie_time_travel_premise">{{cite_web|url=https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-034/page/16/mode/1up#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThey%20have%20to%20update%20our%20technology%20without%20our%20knowing%20it%2C%20and%20then%20come%20down%20and%20mingle%20with%20us.%20So%20they%20decide%20to%20plant%20the%20seeds%20in%20our%20past.%20Find%20the%20scientists%2C%20update%20their%20technology%20a%20little%20bit%2C%20and%20when%20they%20return%20to%20the%20future%E2%80%94Earth%E2%80%99s%20present%E2%80%94they%20can%20land%20and%20the%20people%20will%20be%20safe.%E2%80%9D|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|page=16|accessdate=8 November 2025}}</ref> | ||
===Portrayal=== | ===Portrayal=== | ||
[[Robyn Douglass]] developed much of Jamie's character through her own creative input, working with the show's writers to build the character's personality over time.<ref group="production" name="willson_starlog34_douglass_character_development">{{ | [[Robyn Douglass]] developed much of Jamie's character through her own creative input, working with the show's writers to build the character's personality over time.<ref group="production" name="willson_starlog34_douglass_character_development">{{cite_web|url=https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-034/page/18/mode/1up#:~:text=Douglass%20developed%20most%20of%20Jamie%E2%80%99s%20character%20on%20her%20own%20time%2C%20with%20the%20help%20of%20her%20boyfriend%2C%20Joel%20Cory|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|page=18|accessdate=8 November 2025}}</ref> Douglass drew inspiration from action heroines like ''[[w:Jane_Fonda|Jane Fonda]]''<nowiki/>'s character in ''[[w:The Electric Horseman|The Electric Horseman]]'': "She grits her teeth, and goes after that story. Then, when all at get too much for her, she'll come on with her vulnerability."<ref group="commentary" name="willson_starlog34_douglass_fonda_comparison">{{cite_web|url=https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-034/page/18/mode/1up#:~:text=She%E2%80%99s%20a%20little%20like%20Jane%20Fonda%20in%20Electric%20Horseman.%20She%20grits%20her%20teeth%2C%20and%20goes%20after%20that%20story.%20Then%2C%20when%20all%20at%20get%20too%20much%20for%20her%2C%20she%E2%80%99ll%20come%20on%20with%20her%20vulnerability|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|page=18|accessdate=8 November 2025}}</ref> | ||
Douglass was particularly conscious about avoiding stereotypical feminine portrayals, preferring to emphasize Jamie's intelligence and competence rather than relying on traditional feminine characteristics or sex appeal. She noted differences in how Jamie was written compared to her role in ''[[w:Tenspeed and Brownshoe|Tenspeed and Brownshoe]]'': "I don't want to be like the 'eek!' female, and I don't want to be the real, real macho thing. Well, in ''Tenspeed and Brownshoe'' they have me acting a little more seductive, and I don't want to do that. I'm all buttoned up."<ref group="commentary" name="willson_starlog34_douglass_character_approach">{{ | Douglass was particularly conscious about avoiding stereotypical feminine portrayals, preferring to emphasize Jamie's intelligence and competence rather than relying on traditional feminine characteristics or sex appeal. She noted differences in how Jamie was written compared to her role in ''[[w:Tenspeed and Brownshoe|Tenspeed and Brownshoe]]'': "I don't want to be like the 'eek!' female, and I don't want to be the real, real macho thing. Well, in ''Tenspeed and Brownshoe'' they have me acting a little more seductive, and I don't want to do that. I'm all buttoned up."<ref group="commentary" name="willson_starlog34_douglass_character_approach">{{cite_web|url=https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-034/page/18/mode/1up#:~:text=I%20don%E2%80%99t%20want%20to%20be%20like%20the%20%E2%80%98eek!%E2%80%99%20female%2C%20and%20I%20don%E2%80%99t%20want%20to%20be%20the%20real%2C%20real%20macho%20thing%2C%20choosing%20her%20words.%20%E2%80%9CWell%2C%20in%20Tenspeed%20and%20Brownshoe%20they%20have%20me%20acting%20a%20little%20more%20seductive%2C%20and%20I%20don%E2%80%99t%20want%20to%20do%20that.%20I%E2%80%99m%20all%20buttoned%20up.%E2%80%9D|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|page=18|accessdate=8 November 2025}}</ref> | ||
When comparing ''Galactica 1980'' to other science fiction series, Douglass expressed her admiration for ''[[Star Trek]]'', noting similarities in tone between the two shows while acknowledging their different approaches to storytelling.<ref group="commentary" name="willson_starlog34_douglass_startrek">{{ | When comparing ''Galactica 1980'' to other science fiction series, Douglass expressed her admiration for ''[[Star Trek]]'', noting similarities in tone between the two shows while acknowledging their different approaches to storytelling.<ref group="commentary" name="willson_starlog34_douglass_startrek">{{cite_web|url=https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-034/page/18/mode/1up#:~:text=Like%20Star%20Trek.%20I%20loved%20Star%20Trek.%20I%E2%80%99d%20tune%20in%20everyday%20to%20see%20that|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|page=18|accessdate=8 November 2025}}</ref> | ||
== Novelization depiction == | == Novelization depiction == | ||