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== Characters in the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic|Battlestar Galactica]]''. ==
 
== Humans ==
 
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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Sliding Scale of Shiny Versus Gritty]]: definitely on the shiny side.
 
== Characters in "Galactica 1980" ==
 
=== Admiral Adama (Lorne Greene) ===
* [[A Father to His Men]]
 
=== Colonel {{spoiler|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 Classic|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]]: {{spoiler|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 [[Cousin Oliver|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 {{spoiler|helping the Nazis [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|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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