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[[Image:Jamie.jpg|thumb|Robyn Douglas as Jamie Hamilton in ''Galactica 1980'']]
[[Image:Jamie.jpg|thumb|Robyn Douglas as Jamie Hamilton in ''Galactica 1980'']]


[[Jamie Hamilton]], portrayed by [[Robyn Douglas]] was a recurring character in [[Galactica 1980]].
'''Jamie Hamilton''' first meets [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] when she is headed to Los Angeles for a job interview as a reporter with UBC television news.  She assists them in locating Professor Mortinson, and ends up going back in time with them to try and stop [[Xavier]].
She appeared in all but the last episode of the series.


Troy and Dillon first encounter Jamie when she is headed to Los Angeles for a job interview as a reporter with UBC television news.  She assists them in locating Professor Mortinson, and ends up going back in time with them to try and stop [[Xavier]].
After the mission, when she comes aboard [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']], Adama prevails upon her to assist Troy and Dillon in their joint missions to help prepare Earth for contact with the Galacticans, and to locate and stop Xavier.  Jamie agrees to the assignment, as well as accepting her new job as a reporter for UBC([[Galactica Discovers Earth]]).


After the mission, when she comes aboard the Galactica, Adama prevails upon her to assist Troy in Dillion in their joint missions to help prepare Earth for contact with the Galacticans, and to locate and stop Xavier.  Jamie agrees to the assignment, and her new job as a reporter for UBC with her duties for the Colonial Fleet for the rest of the series.
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]] and [[The Super Scouts]].


She joins Troy and Dillon in heading back to Revolutionary America in an adventure which is not shown, but that takes place between the first episode of [[Galactica 1980]], also known as ''Galactica Discovers Earth'' and ''The Super Scouts''.
Troy and Dillon enlist Jamie's aid to protect a group of kids that Adama sends down from the Fleet.  The children stay on Earth at the conclusion of the episode, and Jamie becomes a sort of guardian for them ([[The Super Scouts]]).  


In ''The Super Scouts'', Troy and Dillon enlist Jamie's aid to protect a group of kids that Adama sends down from the Fleet.  The children stay on Earth at the conclusion of the episode, and Jamie becomes a sort of guardian for them.  
When the renegade Xavier returns, he attempts to kidnap the ''Galactica'' children, whom Jamie has taken to play at a baseball camp where she's doing a story ([[Spaceball]]).


In [[Spaceball]], the renegade Xavier returns, and he attempts to kidnap the Galactica children, whom Jamie has taken to play at a baseball camp where she's doing a story.
The rest of the time Jamie appears to be occupied mostly with taking care of the ''Galactica '' children ([[The Night the Cylons Landed]], [[Space Croppers]]).


Jamie is featured much less in the next story, the two part ''Night that the Cylons Landed''.  At the start of the episode she is asked to take care of the kids again, and we don't see her for the remainder of the program.
Portrayed by [[Robyn Douglas]].


Jamie's final appearance is in [[Space Croppers]] when she brings the kids to help with planting the fields.
==Notes==
 
Jamie Hamilton was a recurring character in [[Galactica 1980]]. She appeared in all but the last episode of the series.


===Future Role for Jamie===
===Future Role for Jamie===
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In ''Space Croppers'' there is some suggestion that the kids would have stayed at the farm, and Jamie's role in the series would have moved away from being a sort of interstellar baby sitter.
In ''Space Croppers'' there is some suggestion that the kids would have stayed at the farm, and Jamie's role in the series would have moved away from being a sort of interstellar baby sitter.


In the scripted but only partially shot episode ''Day That Cleopatra Died""  (''Galactica 1980'' was cancelled part way through the shoot'') Jamie again accompanied Troy and Dillon back in time as a history expert.
In the scripted but only partially shot episode "Day That Cleopatra Died"  (''Galactica 1980'' was cancelled part way through the shoot'') Jamie again accompanied Troy and Dillon back in time as a history expert.


It is also hinted at that Jamie may have been a romantic interest for either Troy or Dillon, but this was never explored.
It is also hinted at that Jamie may have been a romantic interest for either Troy or Dillon, but this was never explored.
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Revision as of 21:40, 3 January 2006

Robyn Douglas as Jamie Hamilton in Galactica 1980

Jamie Hamilton first meets Troy and Dillon when she is headed to Los Angeles for a job interview as a reporter with UBC television news. She assists them in locating Professor Mortinson, and ends up going back in time with them to try and stop Xavier.

After the mission, when she comes aboard Galactica, Adama prevails upon her to assist Troy and Dillon in their joint missions to help prepare Earth for contact with the Galacticans, and to locate and stop Xavier. Jamie agrees to the assignment, as well as accepting her new job as a reporter for UBC(Galactica Discovers Earth).

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 and The Super Scouts.

Troy and Dillon enlist Jamie's aid to protect a group of kids that Adama sends down from the Fleet. The children stay on Earth at the conclusion of the episode, and Jamie becomes a sort of guardian for them (The Super Scouts).

When the renegade Xavier returns, he attempts to kidnap the Galactica children, whom Jamie has taken to play at a baseball camp where she's doing a story (Spaceball).

The rest of the time Jamie appears to be occupied mostly with taking care of the Galactica children (The Night the Cylons Landed, Space Croppers).

Portrayed by Robyn Douglas.

Notes

Jamie Hamilton was a recurring character in Galactica 1980. She appeared in all but the last episode of the series.

Future Role for Jamie

In Space Croppers there is some suggestion that the kids would have stayed at the farm, and Jamie's role in the series would have moved away from being a sort of interstellar baby sitter.

In the scripted but only partially shot episode "Day That Cleopatra Died" (Galactica 1980 was cancelled part way through the shoot) Jamie again accompanied Troy and Dillon back in time as a history expert.

It is also hinted at that Jamie may have been a romantic interest for either Troy or Dillon, but this was never explored.

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