Editing Jamie Hamilton

{{Character Data
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 | seen=Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I
 | marital status=Single
 | role=Aide to [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]], UBC reporter
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 | actor=[[Robyn Douglass]]
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'''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]].

== Galactican Encounters ==
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}}.

Due to her tenacity, she involves herself directly in the affairs of the Warriors, who are forced to whisk her off Earth and to ''[[Galactica (1980)|Galactica]]'', much to Commander [[Adama (1980)|Adama]]'s chagrin. Despite Adama's initial misgivings, Dr. [[Zee]] finds that she is useful as a student of Earth history (she boasts that she was the recipient of a "straight 'A' average" in history, although the Galacticans don't understand the significance). Zee convinces Adama and the reluctant Warriors that they will need her knowledge if they are to thwart Commander [[Xaviar]]'s plans to alter Earth's history by helping the Nazis in 1944 {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}}.

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]]".

== The Super Scouts ==
Troy and Dillon enlist Hamilton's aid to protect a group of kids, which she dubs the "[[Super Scouts]]," from the [[Galactican 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 Super Scouts, Part II}}. The children stay on Earth at the conclusion of the episode, and Hamilton becomes a sort of guardian for them. 

When the renegade Xaviar returns, he attempts to kidnap ''Galactica'' children, whom Hamilton has taken to play at a [[Casey's Baseball Park|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  while Troy and Dillon head to New York {{G80|The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I}}.  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==

===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">{{cite_magazine|last=Willson|first=Karen E.|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|page=|pages=16|magazine=Starlog}}</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_magazine|last=Willson|first=Karen E.|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|page=16|accessdate=8 November 2025|pages=16|magazine=Starlog}}</ref>

===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">{{cite_magazine|last=Willson|first=Karen E.|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|page=18|accessdate=8 November 2025|pages=18|magazine=Starlog}}</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_magazine|last=Willson|first=Karen E.|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|page=18|accessdate=8 November 2025|magazine=Starlog|pages=18}}</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">{{cite_magazine|last=Willson|first=Karen E.|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|accessdate=8 November 2025|pages=18|magazine=Starlog}}</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">{{cite_magazine|last=Willson|first=Karen E.|title=The New Faces of Galactica 1980|author=Karen E. Willson|publisher=Starlog|issue=34|date=May 1980|page=18|accessdate=8 November 2025|magazine=Starlog|pages=18}}</ref>

== Novelization depiction ==

{{separate continuity|universe=1980|type=line}}

Jamie Hamilton's appearance in the [[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)|novelization]] by [[Michael Resnick]] is very much in line with her appearance and actions in the pilot episode. However, there are a few noteworthy differences, including the fact that she quits United Broadcasting Corporation<ref>{{cite_book|last=Resnick|first=Michael|authorlink=Michael Resnick|authorlinkurl=|year=1981|title=[[Battlestar Galactica 5: Galactica Discovers Earth]]|publisher=Berkley Books|location=|id=|pages=160}}</ref> and joins up with the Galacticans in their quest to stop Xaviar and help accelerate Earth's technological and social development.

Hamilton's experience also includes a major in history<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 81</ref>, in addition to 3 years of German in high school, with an additional 2 years in college.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 91</ref>

==Notes==

*Jamie Hamilton was a recurring character in ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. She appeared in all but the last episode of the series, although she was only in the segment of "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]" that recounted the events of "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I|Part I]]".

*In the scripted episode, "The Day They Kidnapped Cleopatra"&mdash;as ''Galactica 1980'' was canceled before shooting<ref>{{cite magazine |quotes= |last=Hise |first=James Van |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=c. 1980 |month= |title=GALACTICA 1980: THE STORY EDITORS FOR ''GALACTICA 1980'' DESCRIBE THE DEATH RATTLE OF THE SERIES |magazine=SFTV |volume= |issue=Unknown |pages=31 |id= |url= |accessdate= }}</ref>&mdash;Hamilton again accompanied Troy and Dillon back in time as a history expert.

* Romance develops between Jamie and Dillon in the unproduced script "[[The Wheel of Fire]]." There is also a clear romance between Jamie and Dillon in the VHS release [[Conquest of the Earth (VHS)|''Conquest of the Earth'']] which uses footage from several episodes of ''Galactica 1980''. The scenes in which Jamie declares her love for Dillon are redubbed with the voice of a different actress.

*In "[[Space Croppers]]," there is some suggestion that the kids would have stayed at the [[Alonzo Farm]], and Hamilton's role in the series would have moved away from being a sort of interstellar baby sitter, this inference being supported by two scripts: "[[The Day They Kidnapped Cleopatra]]" and "[[The Wheel of Fire]]".

* Her car's California license plate is "095 IGH" {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.

== Photo Gallery ==

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== References ==

===Production History===
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===Commentary and Interviews===
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===Other References===
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