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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]
An image in a guide entry on "an important and popular fact", along with animator Rod Lord, who provided a self-portrait. The hand-animated "computer graphics" of The Hitchhiker's Guide itself won a BAFTA, a Design and Art Direction Silver award, and a London Film Fest award. The spaceman suspended from a wire in the opening title sequence was ...
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 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
In the episode "Sibling Tsunami" of the animated series My Life as a Teenage Robot, when asked what's wrong, XJ-7, a chronically depressed robot character, replied: "The usual, life, the universe, everything", a reference not only to Marvin, but the "Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", a central tenet of the series ...
The British TV show The Kumars at No. 42 is so named because show creator Sanjeev Bhaskar is a Hitchhiker's fan. [33] The band Coldplay's 2008 album Viva la Vida includes a song called "42". When asked by Q if the song's title was Hitchhiker's-related, Chris Martin said, "It is and it isn't." [34] The band Level 42 chose its name in reference ...
Slartibartfast is a character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a comedy/science fiction series created by Douglas Adams.The character appears in the first and third novels, the first and third radio series (and the LP adaptation of the first radio series), the 1981 television series, and the 2005 feature film.
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 ...