Dillon

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Dillon
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Introduced	Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I
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Marital Status	Single
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Role	Colonial Warrior
Rank	Lieutenant
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Portrayed by	Barry Van Dyke
Dillon is a Cylon
Dillon is a Final Five Cylon
Dillon is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Dillon is an Original Series Cylon
Additional Information
Dillon in the separate continuity
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Lieutenant Dillon helps Captain Troy in their missions to help the people of Earth prepare for contact with Galactica and the Cylons.

Dillon accompanies Troy and Jamie Hamilton back in time in order to stop Xaviar from altering history (Galactica Discovers Earth). He also helps to protect the children of Galactica when they end up on Earth (The Super Scouts). He helps to track down Xaviar when he returns and threatens the children (Spaceball).

He and Troy also thwart the efforts of the Cylons use a hijacked radio station to make a transmission (The Night the Cylons Landed).

Novelization depiction

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In the novelization by Michael Resnick, Dillon is described as a 6'3", 202 lbs. male with brown eyes and light brown hair. According to said police blotter, Dillon has a scar on his upper left arm as a result of a Cylon attack.^{[1] [2]} In addition, Dillon notes that while he was on the planet Pinta, he had a personalized robot companion that appears quite similar to a jukebox, but better sounding.^[3]

Notes

• When Galactica 1980 was originally conceived, it was to have featured the Original Series characters of Apollo and Starbuck. However, as neither actor was available for the project, it was decided to advance the storyline 30 years and feature two new characters, Troy and Dillon, as the new leads.
• Dillon's height is 76 inches, which is determined when his mug shots are being taken at the police station.
• In "Conquest of Earth", a love interest between Dillon and Jamie Hamilton is suggested, but never explored.
• Dillon appears in all but the last episode of "Galactica 1980".

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