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occupant having accidentally pressed the wrong sort of eject button. Tracing back, he discovered that a trail of coincidences led back to the new Guide, which was responsible. With Random stealing the ship and the Bird, they are stuck, with no immediate way to get offworld to prevent the Vogons from doing whatever it is they intend to do. They decide that the
Perfectly Normal Beasts are the best way off the planet. The migration has already started, and this sees them appear at one point, run past Lamuella, and then disappear again, evidence of a dimensional shift. Old Thrashbarg helps them slow a Perfectly Normal Beast long enough for them to get onto it, and tells them that they will be entering the Domain of the King.
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carries over from the
Tertiary Phase: the original broadcast was on Tuesday, with a Thursday repeat (with the exception of Fit the Nineteenth, which was not repeated due to election coverage). After the initial Tuesday broadcast, audio streams of the episode were available until the following Tuesday. For these final phases, the core cast (Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan and Stephen Moore) returned, along with William Franklyn as the new voice of The Book (assisted by Rula Lenska). In addition, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Bill Paterson, Roy Hudd and Jonathan Pryce, who had roles in the TV adaptation or the original radio series, all returned, though Dixon and Paterson both play new roles.
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health, and is once again washing cars at
Milliways, albeit with a promotion, and Arthur discovers the waitress serving their table is Fenchurch, who has been at Milliways waiting for him to turn up. As Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged arrives to insult the Great Prophet Zarquon, making his perennial appearance on the Milliways stage, Wowbagger's immortality is rescinded, and he dies. Elsewhere in the universe, Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, having finally destroyed the Earth after all this time, is able to tick the box on his orders and move on. Reunited, Arthur promises to take Fenchurch flying.
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Cottington, to see if his house still exists. Along the way, he meets Rob McKenna, a man who complains about the rain, before realising he has hitched a lift the wrong way. He gets out, and gets a lift with Russell, whose sister, Fenchurch, is out cold on a back seat of the car. Arthur is instantly smitten, and asks about her. Russell claims that she is mad, and has been ever since "the hallucinations"—the Vogon Constructor Fleet.
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Ident-i-Eze cards from him, then hacks into the accountancy system. The universe there is equated with the artificial universe inside
Zarniwoop's office, and Ford discovers Zaphod, in a shack by the beach, claiming he has been there on his own for a month. Zaphod claims that the Presidency and the Krikkitmen were just a distraction, and that they have "shrunk the Vortex and given it the voice of that
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Arthur tricks Thor into walking out of the building by challenging him to fight, leaving
Trillian with no choice but to come with them. The Krikkitmen now have all the parts of the Wikkit Key, and Slartibartfast notes that their next move must be to go to the Wikkit Gate itself and try to intervene.
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Agrajag struggle, and Agrajag dies. Arthur escapes from the Cathedral of Hate, to which he had been diverted, by running into a passageway in the mountain. He notes that he has somehow ended up with the wrong bag—one he lost on Earth many years ago. He trips, and falls, only to discover
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Primary, Secondary and Tertiary phases. If they had done so, the fourth, fifth and sixth series would have been termed quaternary, quinary and senary. Humorously, they chose "Quandary", which means "dilemma", "Quintessential", which today means "the most perfect example of
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Arthur explains it is impossible for him to die (and hence for the planet to be destroyed), but the strange man goes for Random's gun and she ends up shooting him. Trillian points out the name of the club to Arthur—Stavro Müller Beta—while Arthur realizes the strange man is
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s offices, Zarniwoop Vann Harl, the new editor of the guide, asks Ford to be his restaurant critic. He explains that there is a new Guide, aimed at families rather than hitchhikers, and they plan to make one and sell it in billions of billions of alternate worlds. Ford steals the Dine-a-Charge and
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The story turns back to Arthur, who has arrived at Hawalius. He is told by an oracle that prophecy is a dead business now, due to news reports from the future using time travel. He is given a piece of free advice—"it'll all end in tears, probably already has", and sent on his way to the next cave.
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Arthur arrives at his house, finding it undemolished and the phone ringing. He is unable to get to the phone before it rings off. The contents of the house are as he left them, apart from a large pile of junk mail just inside the front door, and a strange bowl, bearing the inscription "So Long and
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The alternate Tricia McMillan has been taken to Rupert and meets the Grebulon leader, who explains their problem of having forgotten everything, and their reasoning in trying to gain purpose through astrology. Meanwhile, Arthur has been looking for Random and has seen the spaceship. Searching the
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Distraught, Arthur decides to find the Islington cave that he spent some years in during prehistoric times. He knocks on a few doors in Islington near where he thinks that cave was, firstly calling at Friends of the World. When there he attempts to make a donation to "save the dolphins" but is met
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After this, they return to Lord's Cricket Ground, on Earth, after the Krikkit robot attack, to return the Ashes. In the destruction, Arthur is unable to find anyone to return the Ashes to. He notes that he is at Lord's, and one of his ambitions was always to bowl at Lord's. He still has the ball
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Trillian is explaining that Krikkit's history is a sequence of contrived coincidences that was set up in order to provoke a race into wanting to destroy the universe. She points out their ultimate weapon, the supernova bomb, would destroy Krikkit as well, and that they ought to know that if they'd
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is visible in the war zones above the planet. Zaphod sneaks into one of the floating buildings, where he finds the original starship that crash-landed on Krikkit. He recognises it instantly as a fake, designed to teach a non-spacefaring race how spaceships work. He later overhears a conversation
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Slartibartfast notes that parts of the key to the Wikkit Gate, sealing the envelope of Slo-Time, have been re-appearing. After a failed attempt to recover the Wooden Pillar (the Ashes), Slartibartfast plans to go to a party, to locate the Silver Bail. Ford disagrees with this objective but agrees
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Another spaceship arrives. Eleven white robots, carrying bats, and wearing rocket pads on their shins (dressed like cricketers), come suddenly out, and start attacking the spectators and players with their bats, using them to hit grenade-like explosives at the humans present. They take the Ashes,
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Meanwhile, on Lamuella, Random is not settling in well. Born on a spaceship going from one place to another place, she doesn't consider anywhere home, and Earth, the world both her parents are from, has been destroyed. A robot courier arrives with a package, for Ford Prefect care of Arthur Dent,
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Arthur Dent has, since the last episode, settled on the planet his ship crash-landed on, Lamuella, which is partly in a "plural zone". He is occupied as The Sandwich Maker, making sandwiches for the inhabitants of a village from the meat of the Perfectly Normal Beast. Perfectly Normal Beasts are
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Meanwhile, Ford is stuck in a bar with a large bill, which he avoids paying by promising to write an entry for the bar in the Guide. On the streets, he is asked by a hooker whether he is "rich", and says that he might be—being owed several years back pay for writing two words. He shows the
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Arthur discovers that the entry for "Earth" in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which formerly had been edited down to "Mostly Harmless", has been replaced, with Ford's original full version. They head towards Earth independently, Arthur arriving first. After landing in a field in Somerset,
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Mid-run, Ford points out that "it's not an England batsman, it's a Krikkit robot", and that the ball is probably a supernova bomb, and not a dud. He finds himself unable to stop running and bowls anyway. It goes wide, and Ford catches the ball, the universe being saved by Arthur's poor bowling.
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He has apparently stopped telling it ("there not nearly as much of it as people imagine"), but is still finding much of it, particularly frogs and Arthur Dent, hilarious. They ask him if he knows the Question to the Ultimate Answer of 42. He explains that knowledge of the Question and the Answer
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There, they meet Hactar, who explains that when the Silastic Armorfiends tried to destroy him, they failed, and because of his cellular nature, he was eventually able to coalesce sufficiently to influence things. In the long years he grew to regret his decision to make the bomb a dud. He created
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They arrive at the asteroid, but too late to do anything but watch. The Krikkit robots place the key into the Wikkit Gate, revealing Krikkit. As the robots from the escaped Krikkit ship leave their ship, they notice that Zaphod Beeblebrox is with them, who gets knocked out by the Krikkitmen, who
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The Guide then details the true reality of what happened: the Babel Fish brought Arthur, Ford, Random, Zaphod and Trillian (now merged with Tricia) to Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Table 42. Zaphod discovers Marvin was still under warranty and has been restored to physical
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Random discovers that the holo-entertainment system from the rocket ship that Arthur Dent crash landed in, which is still functional, as the source of the "hauntings". She opens the package, revealing the Guide Mark II, in the form of a black bird. The Bird explains the nature of probability and
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Driving, he encounters Fenchurch again, and gives her a lift to the train station, saying that he has something he wants to tell her. At the station pub they attempt to engage in conversation, but are interrupted by someone offering raffle tickets. Fenchurch has to leave to catch her train, and
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They quiz people trying to find the Silver Bail, and discover that it has been instantiated as an award (a Rory) for the Most Gratuitous Use Of The Word Fuck In A Serious Screenplay. Before they are actually able to find it, the Krikkit robots appear, massacre the party-goers and take the Silver
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A messenger brings news to the Sandwich Maker that a spaceship has landed on the planet. When Arthur approaches it, he is surprised to see Trillian disembark. Trillian explains that the crash was known about, but nobody has been to rescue him for insurance reasons. She explains that she had a
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Meanwhile, Zaphod (who does not appear in the book) is attempting to meet Zarniwoop once more, convinced that the Total Perspective Vortex (from Fit the Eighth) was not just his imagination. He has arrived at Saquo-Pilia Hensha, the new location of the offices for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
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The "Quandary Phase" was released in a 2-CD set in late May 2005. The CDs contain material not present in the original transmissions, due to time constraints. The enclosed booklet contains notes from Dirk Maggs, Simon Jones, Bruce Hyman and Helen Chattwell. A 2-CD release of the "Quintessential
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They have in the mean-time picked up a man named Prak, who was a witness at a trial when the Krikkit robots broke in and stole the Perspex Pillar. The robots jogged the arm of the person administering him truth drugs, and he took a huge overdose. He was then told to tell "the truth, the whole
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on Earth is a "racial memory" of the Wars. Investigating further, they discover that the Krikkitmen, a previously peaceful people, built their first spaceship in a year, after a spaceship landed on their planet. The planet and its sun had been previously obscured in a dust cloud that left the
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At the Hitchhiker's Guide building, Ford saves himself by using Colin's antigravity systems to get to a ledge on the 13th floor of the building. He bypasses the rocket-proof glass by unlatching the window. Colin notes that the rocket-proof glass was installed after the Frogstar attack on the
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After a year's travelling Arthur has returned to the co-ordinates ZZ9 plural Z alpha—where he is expecting to find Earth, and perhaps Fenchurch. In its place, he finds a barely colonised planet called NowWhat, although with the right continents for Earth. The creature at the information desk
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Zaphod has discovered Marvin, who since he was stolen by the Krikkit robots, has been plugged into the Krikkit mainframe and is being used as its central computer, hence depressing the robots, and making them unable to kill Zaphod. Marvin shows Zaphod CCTV of Trillian talking to the Elders of
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The game finishes, with England winning the Ashes, and Slartibartfast joins Arthur and Ford. Slartibartfast explains that he has arrived because "something terrible is about to happen". He walks to the centre of the cricket pitch, and asks to be given the Ashes saying that they are "vitally
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are mutually exclusive and that if both were to be known the universe would be replaced by something more bizarre and inexplicable. However, he does have the address of God's Last Message to his Creation, which he gives to them, but before Arthur is able to take down the address, Prak dies.
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as a "psychotic episode". Trillian wishes to do something and is getting increasingly annoyed at Zaphod. After preparing a fabulous meal, and Zaphod still refusing to come out of the bathroom, she teleports away, telling the ship to "transport me the hell out of Zaphod Beeblebrox's life."
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The leader of the group, in private, explains to Trillian they have a bomb, that can destroy everything that exists, and cries about this. Aware of the cliche, Trillian asks him to "take me to your leader", who resides "up there" in the sky, far away from the Krikkitmen on the surface.
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Meanwhile, the Grebulon leader is still unhappy. Whilst they now have horoscopes, he now knows that unless he takes positive action, then due to the Earth rising, he will have a very bad month. He decides to investigate the possible astrological uses of the Grebulon's gun turrets.
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Watching the match, Arthur drinks some tea and glances upon a newspaper. He notices the date on the newspaper, and realises that it was from the day before the Earth was demolished. A ball lands in Arthur's bag, and when the fielder comes to collect it, Arthur decides to keep it.
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Arthur, Ford, Trillian and Slartibartfast finally land on Krikkit, where they notice that there are hundreds of floating buildings and warships above the surface. They are soon apprehended by some Krikkitmen, who ask them if they are aliens. The Krikkitmen ask them about the
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in the subsequent fourth and fifth series that would ultimately tie all five together. The UK edition of the novel was used for the adaptation—this becomes evident in Fit the Sixteenth, when the "Rory" award is said to be given for the Most Gratuitous Use Of The Word
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which Arthur decides to keep safely closed on the basis that anything that involves Ford Prefect is dangerous. Distraught at her lack of place in the universe, Random runs off with the package into the forest, which is considered haunted by the natives of Lamuella.
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Arthur does not materialise with Ford and Slartibartfast, but elsewhere, in a gloomy room, with signs such as "DO NOT BE ALARMED. BE VERY VERY FRIGHTENED, ARTHUR DENT". The episode ends on a cliff-hanger, with the previously unintroduced character of
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Fenchurch tells Arthur about her revelation at the time of the Vogon fleet's visit. At her urging, Arthur figures out that her feet do not touch the ground, leading him to suspect that she also can fly, and to a romantic tryst on the wing of a
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that some alternative Earths do exist, and persuades Random to go to one of them. Random challenges the Bird to get her a spaceship there, and just at that moment, one lands. She downs the pilot with a well-thrown rock, and leaves Lamuella.
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The episode opens with a Grebulon spaceship suffering an accident, and losing nearly all records of what it is and what it should be doing, along with the crew's memories of why. Based on what little remains of their orders, they land on the
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Krikkitmen unaware of the existence or even possibility of existence of stars. It is considered remarkable that they constructed a working ship in just a year. After they saw the rest of the universe existed, they decided to annihilate it.
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During a flashback, the introduction between Trillian and Zaphod Beeblebrox is revealed. But on a parallel Earth, an American and blonde Tricia McMillan (who was left behind by her universe's Zaphod) is interviewing Gail Andrews, an
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way that the Guide has been taken over and is no longer owned by Megadodo Publications. He too manages to get into the editor's office and finds that Vann Harl has been expecting Ford. The episode ends here on a cliff-hanger.
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between two Krikkit officers, and that apparently the robots are getting depressed and do fiendishly difficult quadratic equations instead of fighting. The episode ends with Zaphod over-hearing Marvin sing a depressing song.
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with it. Fenchurch, Arthur and Ford leave on the ship. Arthur begins to suspect that this is not the Earth he and Ford knew—there is a "Tricia McMillan" on the news, with an American accent and blonde hair (voiced by
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Zaphod comes with the others on Slartibartfast's ship, where Slartibartfast announces that they have no choice but to go down to the surface of Krikkit. Arthur had recovered two items—the Golden Bail, in order to allow the
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the dust cloud around Krikkit and also the fake wrecked spacecraft that provoked them to develop spaceflight. He knows they are going to destroy them, and they do. His final words are "I have fulfilled my function..."
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chick" in order to create the new Guide. The episode ends with Ford going to floor 23, and being forced to jump out of a window, in order to escape from Zarniwoop Vann Harl, who is revealed to be a disguised Vogon.
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two words—"Mostly Harmless"—to the hooker, and is shocked to see the guide updating this to his full entry. He decides to go to Earth himself.
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built it themselves instead of taking instructions from Hactar. A robot (independent from Marvin) detonates the bomb, only for it to turn out to be a dud.
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something" (although the original meaning of quintessential was "fifth element"), and "Hexagonal", which refers to
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truth, and nothing but the truth"—a horrifying fate. The court-house was abandoned, with him in place.
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took the role of Jeltz in the new series. On the other hand, John Marsh, who was the original series'
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from the dolphins that, when pinged, play their final message to humans.
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At the conclusion of the show's credits, a tie-in website is announced:
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Ford Prefect (and Hactar, in flashbacks, uncredited): Geoffrey McGivern
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Krikkit Man One (and Mancunian Correcting-Fluid Magnate, uncredited):
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Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion
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Heimdall/Barzoo/Buckeye Brown/Eccentrica/Gunner Vogon: Tom Alexander
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The episode includes several Guide interludes, notably the story of
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The events at the end of this series are referenced in the latest
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important for the past, present and future safety of the Galaxy".
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Grebulon Lieutenant and Accountancy Bird: Michael Fenton Stevens
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Quintessential Phase
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Dispatcher (and Silastic Armorfiends, uncredited): Bob Golding
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are respectively the third, fourth, fifth and sixth series of
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Douglas Adams's Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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forest he stumbles onto the pilot of the ship, Ford Prefect.
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alternate realities: the first, continuing from the end of
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Quandary Phase
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary Phase
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Produced by Dirk Maggs, Helen Chattwell and David Morley
190:, edited from his BBC audiobook recording of the novel.
2338:"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase"
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the poet, and a description of Brockian Ultra-Cricket.
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Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz and Wowbagger: Toby Longworth
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saying "Bet you weren't expecting to see me again."
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase
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665:at the party, where Thor is chatting Trillian up.
1417:This is followed by an event only mentioned in
1913:Voice of the Bird (and Lintilla, uncredited):
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752:of the Wooden Pillar. Zaphod returns to the
8:
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1350:The Lajestic Vantrasheel of Lob: Bob Golding
1004:Vogon Guard (and Alien Teaser, uncredited):
2061:. This series was based on the sixth novel
1825:Grebulon Lieutenant: Michael Fenton Stevens
1496:The start of some of the plot threads from
346:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 28 September 2004
272:Wowbagger (and Vogon Captain, uncredited):
248:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 21 September 2004
102:) which originally aired in 1978 and 1980.
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2101:Trillian/Tricia McMillan: Sandra Dickinson
808:Marvin the Paranoid Android: Stephen Moore
705:Marvin the Paranoid Android: Stephen Moore
363:Marvin the Paranoid Android: Stephen Moore
2560:Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic: A Novel
2510:The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
785:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 26 October 2004
748:to work once more, and more importantly,
682:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 19 October 2004
585:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 12 October 2004
2226:, dramatisations and editor. Pan Books.
2026:his fate, and the Earth is destroyed...
962:The Book's "Update" voice (uncredited):
620:Woman with the Sydney Opera House Head:
461:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 5 October 2004
218:Before the final episode was broadcast,
105:The producers chose not to continue the
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1306:The final episode in the adaptation of
720:Krikkit Man One: Michael Fenton Stevens
508:Krikkit Man Two (and Krikkit song by):
1895:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 21 June 2005
1781:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 14 June 2005
1734:Accountancy Bird and Lift: Roger Gregg
771:Meanwhile, the others notice that the
657:, and this gets them entry. They see
53:. Produced in 2003, 2004 and 2018 by
1687:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 June 2005
1544:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 31 May 2005
1535:that were never put into the novels.
1446:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
1315:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 24 May 2005
1168:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 17 May 2005
1066:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 10 May 2005
937:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
7:
2724:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2644:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2526:So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
2502:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2475:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1503:So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
1309:So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish
948:Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 3 May 2005
896:So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish
642:that materialised into existence in
212:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
162:(died 2000), replaced by his friend
80:So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish
68:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
49:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1866:), which Ford knows nothing about.
1710:Zarniwoop Vann Harl: Jonathan Pryce
1412:God's Final Message to His Creation
1266:fate, Arthur and Fenchurch head to
1110:BT Operator/Barmaid/News Anchor 2:
893:A fourth and fifth series based on
708:Krikkit Commander: Dominic Hawksley
2179:Directed and adapted by Dirk Maggs
2113:Constant Mown/Eddie the computer:
1925:Zaphod Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey
1707:Zaphod Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey
1410:. Fenchurch and Arthur go to see
811:Elder of Krikkit: Dominic Hawksley
802:Zaphod Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey
702:Zaphod Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey
481:Zaphod Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey
205:. The idea was re-proposed during
25:
2518:Life, the Universe and Everything
2367:Gitlin, Jonathan (8 March 2018).
1804:Tricia McMillan: Sandra Dickinson
1725:Tricia McMillan: Sandra Dickinson
1341:Tricia McMillan: Sandra Dickinson
1028:Evil-looking bird/Canis Pontiff:
814:Slartibartfast: Richard Griffiths
711:Slartibartfast: Richard Griffiths
602:Slartibartfast: Richard Griffiths
478:Slartibartfast: Richard Griffiths
132:Life, the Universe and Everything
74:Life, the Universe and Everything
2701:Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2020:Domain of the King Bar and Grill
1953:Old Thrashbarg: Griff Rhys Jones
1850:rather like bison, and migrate.
1816:Strinder and Doctor: Roger Gregg
100:the Primary and Secondary Phases
2110:Jeltz/Wowbagger: Toby Longworth
2092:Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern
1922:Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern
1828:Colin the Robot: Andrew Secombe
1798:Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern
1731:Colin the Robot: Andrew Secombe
1704:Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern
1329:Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern
1116:Jim (Bartender)/News Anchor 1:
817:Eddie the Computer: Roger Gregg
799:Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern
714:Eddie the Computer: Roger Gregg
599:Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern
493:Eddie the Computer: Roger Gregg
475:Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern
360:Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern
324:Zaphod and Trillian are on the
222:released the Tertiary Phase on
2018:Arthur and Ford arrive at the
1792:Voice of the Bird: Rula Lenska
1698:Voice of the Bird: Rula Lenska
1242:Wonko the Sane (John Watson):
1128:Ecological Man/Zirzla Leader:
484:Wikkit Voice: Dominic Hawksley
1:
2170:Modgud/The Viking: Theo Maggs
1940:Marvin the Paranoid Android:
1510:, who played Trillian in the
1428:McKenna's All-Weather Haulage
1344:Marvin the Paranoid Android:
820:Krikkit Civilian: Bob Golding
438:Somebody Else's Problem field
378:Zem the Mattress: Andy Taylor
308:Zem the Mattress: Andy Taylor
296:Marvin the Paranoid Android:
202:Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen
2843:Fiordichthys slartibartfasti
1968:Grebulon Leader: Andy Taylor
1819:Grebulon Leader: Andy Taylor
723:Krikkit Man Two: Philip Pope
2684:Marvin the Paranoid Android
2149:The Guide Mk II: Professor
1606:Grebulons: Andy Taylor and
1356:Speaking Clock: Brian Cobby
440:", hidden behind a screen.
55:Above the Title Productions
2901:
2624:The Original Radio Scripts
2553:Young Zaphod Plays It Safe
1789:The Book: William Franklyn
1719:Smelly Photocopier Woman:
1695:The Book: William Franklyn
1353:Stewardess: Alison Pettitt
1323:The Book: William Franklyn
889:Radio series four and five
793:The Book: William Franklyn
690:The Book: William Franklyn
593:The Book: William Franklyn
469:The Book: William Franklyn
417:Arthur and Ford arrive at
354:The Book: William Franklyn
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1822:The Patient: Lorelei King
823:Wowbagger: Toby Longworth
390:Wowbagger: Toby Longworth
2829:Bidenichthys beeblebroxi
2218:Adams, Douglas. (2005).
2104:Trillian: Susan Sheridan
1928:Trillian: Susan Sheridan
1919:Arthur Dent: Simon Jones
1831:Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz:
1801:Trillian: Susan Sheridan
1795:Arthur Dent: Simon Jones
1728:Stewardess: Lorelei King
1701:Arthur Dent: Simon Jones
1481:at Milliways), and also
1435:The Quintessential Phase
1338:Fenchurch: Jane Horrocks
1326:Arthur Dent: Simon Jones
1236:Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz:
805:Trillian: Susan Sheridan
796:Arthur Dent: Simon Jones
699:Trillian: Susan Sheridan
693:Arthur Dent: Simon Jones
605:Trillian: Susan Sheridan
596:Arthur Dent: Simon Jones
472:Arthur Dent: Simon Jones
357:Arthur Dent: Simon Jones
2780:Somebody else's problem
2272:Simpson, M. J. (2005).
2173:Baldur: Phillipe Bosher
2080:The Voice of the Book:
2836:Erechthias beeblebroxi
2786:Encyclopedia Galactica
2247:Gaiman, Neil. (2003).
2107:Random: Samantha BĂ©art
1965:Thor: Dominic Hawksley
1956:Bartender: Roger Gregg
1807:Random Dent: Sam BĂ©art
1618:Information Creature:
1608:Michael Fenton Stevens
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826:Henry Blofeld: Himself
611:Agrajag: Douglas Adams
608:Thor: Dominic Hawksley
504:Michael Fenton Stevens
2618:Phases 3, 4, 5, and 6
2176:Announcer: John Marsh
2143:Marvin/Gag Halfrunt:
2004:Announcer: John Marsh
1974:Grebulon Lieutenant:
1843:Announcer: John Marsh
1752:Announcer: John Marsh
1713:Old Man on the Pole:
1682:Fit the Twenty-Fourth
1594:Zarniwoop Vann Harl:
1477:(who all appeared in
1443:
1383:Announcer: John Marsh
1301:Fit the Twenty-Second
1248:Announcer: John Marsh
1206:East River Creature:
1140:Announcer: John Marsh
934:
844:Announcer: John Marsh
829:Fred Trueman: Himself
726:Announcer: John Marsh
632:Announcer: John Marsh
532:Announcer: John Marsh
419:Lord's Cricket Ground
411:Announcer: John Marsh
311:Announcer: John Marsh
2064:And Another Thing...
1882:Fit the Twenty-Sixth
1776:Fit the Twenty-Fifth
1737:Grebulon Underling:
1600:Eddie the Computer:
1539:Fit the Twenty-Third
1524:And Another Thing...
1200:Murray Bost Henson:
1163:Fit the Twenty-First
302:Eddie the Computer:
184:continuity announcer
92:And Another Thing...
40:Quintessential Phase
2568:The Salmon of Doubt
2299:episode guide page.
2095:Zaphod Beeblebrox:
2052:The Hexagonal Phase
1976:Mike Fenton Stevens
1576:Zaphod Beeblebrox:
1558:Voice of the Bird:
1134:Arthur's BBC Boss:
986:Fenchurch (Fenny):
677:Fit the Seventeenth
514:Krikkit Man Three:
387:The Boy: Theo Maggs
330:The Secondary Phase
290:Zaphod Beeblebrox:
2850:Kiitoksia kaloista
2823:25924 Douglasadams
2588:And Another Thing…
1989:Max Quordlepleen:
1980:Elvis: Philip Pope
1746:Accountancy Bird:
1449:
1262:Curious about the
1226:Margaret Robertson
1212:Vogon Councillor:
943:Fit the Nineteenth
940:
926:The Quandary Phase
780:Fit the Eighteenth
546:Meanwhile, on the
341:Fit the Fourteenth
243:Fit the Thirteenth
119:The Tertiary Phase
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2871:
2679:Zaphod Beeblebrox
2596:
2595:
2310:"Hexagonal Phase"
2119:Left Brain/Thor:
1995:Runner: Tom Maggs
1937:Random: Sam Bèart
1931:Tricia McMillan:
1630:Colin the Robot:
1588:Tricia McMillan:
1572:Geoffrey McGivern
1512:television series
1408:Zaphod Beeblebrox
1378:Sir Patrick Moore
1259:-bound airplane.
1190:Geoffrey McGivern
1088:Geoffrey McGivern
1061:Fit the Twentieth
976:Geoffrey McGivern
762:balance of nature
580:Fit the Sixteenth
456:Fit the Fifteenth
374:Richard Griffiths
280:Geoffrey McGivern
156:Richard Griffiths
16:(Redirected from
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2818:18610 Arthurdent
2731:Starship Titanic
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2344:. Archived from
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2155:The Consultant:
2131:Hillman Hunter:
1983:The Newsreader:
1959:Vogon Helmsman:
1933:Sandra Dickinson
1909:William Franklyn
1854:daughter, named
1837:Speaking Clock:
1812:Griff Rhys Jones
1810:Old Thrashbarg:
1721:Miriam Margolyes
1590:Sandra Dickinson
1554:William Franklyn
1508:Sandra Dickinson
1467:Max Quordlepleen
1404:Sandra Dickinson
1244:Christian Slater
1214:Dominic Hawksley
1178:William Franklyn
1136:Geoffrey Perkins
1122:Speaking Clock:
1076:William Franklyn
1022:Vogon Helmsman:
958:William Franklyn
372:Slartibartfast:
368:Dominic Hawksley
366:Krikkit Robots:
262:William Franklyn
164:William Franklyn
112:hexagonal phases
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2097:Mark Wing-Davey
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2037:Fit the Twelfth
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1890:Mostly Harmless
1884:
1864:Fit the Seventh
1778:
1684:
1578:Mark Wing-Davey
1541:
1533:Secondary Phase
1498:Mostly Harmless
1491:Mostly Harmless
1462:Mostly Harmless
1453:Fit the Twelfth
1438:
1420:Mostly Harmless
1372:Peter Donaldson
1366:Charlotte Green
1303:
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1063:
1034:Vogon Captain:
945:
929:
902:Mostly Harmless
891:
840:Leslie Phillips
782:
679:
626:Party Doorman:
582:
496:Judiciary Pag:
458:
381:Walkie Talkie:
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292:Mark Wing-Davey
245:
172:Heart of Gold's
150:(died 1997) as
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86:Mostly Harmless
44:Hexagonal Phase
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427:the Ashes
408:: Himself
402:: Himself
207:Tom Baker
135:, ran on
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2689:Trillian
2646:versions
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2133:Ed Byrne
2030:Epilogue
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2775:Phrases
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655:Retsina
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567:Agrajag
540:cricket
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2707:Vogons
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2563:(1997)
2537:(1992)
2529:(1984)
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2487:Books
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