Galactica 1980/Characters

Admiral Adama (Lorne Greene)

• A Father to His Men

Colonel Boomer

• Field Promotion
• Plot-Relevant Age-Up: almost 30 years have passed, so it makes sense.

Captain Troy (Kent McCord)

• Plot-Relevant Age-Up: Galactica 1980 aired two years after the original Battlestar Galactica - in universe, 30 years pass by, so the former Boxey is now played by Kent McCord.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute
• Straight Man
• Upbringing Makes the Hero

Lt. Dillon (Barry Van Dyke)

• Comically Missing the Point: No Dillon, the spining doors weren't built to keep aliens out of the building.
• Drives Like Crazy: through the streets of Los Angeles, no less!
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute

Dr. Zee (Robbie Rist; later James Patrick Stuart)

• Creator's Pet: the Council of Twelve has never disagreed with him? Really? No, really?
• Creepy Child: Robbie Rist's incarnation of the character in the three-part pilot story. This was changed to him having a much more normal personality in the following episodes thanks to Executive Meddling.
• Teen Genius
• The Other Darrin: first played by Robbie Rist, then James Patrick Stuart.

Colonel Xavier (Richard Lynch; later Jeremy Brett)

• Big Bad: almost as big as the Cylons, in fact.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: he decides to raise Earth's level of technology by helping the Nazis improve their rockets and fighters.

Jamie Hamilton (Robyn Douglass)

Troy and Dillon's contact on Earth. She saves them time and again with her knowledge of Earth history and current events.

• The Chick
• Intrepid Reporter
• Mr. Exposition: a female version, no less.
• Tagalong Kid

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