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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams. Originally a 1978 radio comedy, it was later adapted to other formats, including novels, stage shows, comic books, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 text adventure game, and 2005 feature film. The various versions follow the same basic plot but they are ...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an international multimedia phenomenon; the novels are the most widely distributed, having been translated into more than 30 languages by 2005. [4] [5] The first novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979), has been ranked fourth on the BBC's The Big Read poll. [6]
Spaceship Bob (voiced by John Melendez) — Bob is the A.I. that controls the spacecraft Jupiter 42 (a reference to Lost in Space and possibly The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). He suffers from agoraphobia, and often has panic attacks at inconvenient times. Only T'nuk's insults can snap him out of his panic attacks.
There’s lots more where this comes from — including tropes such as secret baby, the rake and the ingenue, forced proximity, marriage in trouble, forbidden love, and love triangle and so many more.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at BBC Online; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at IMDb; The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy at British TV Comedy; BBC Online — Cult — The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Rod Lord, who directed sequences for the TV series has a page about the animations and an essay on how they were done posted here
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Two: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: October, 1980: Novel The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: July 13 – August 2 [1] 1980: Stage show The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Rainbow) January 5 – February 9, 1981: TV series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: 1982: Novel
The Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe claimed in its introduction that it was possible to survive in Europe on less than US$25 a week, a claim echoed in the catchphrase of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that it was the best source of advice for those who wanted to see the universe "on less than 30 Altairian dollars a day."
Cast lists for different versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. A blank cell in the table indicates that the information is unknown. "N/A" indicates that the role in question does not exist for that version of the story. Character's Name Tertiary to Quintessential Phases [6] [7] [8] German Radio Series Two [11] Hitchhiker's Guide ...