Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy (sometimes referred to as HG2G , HHGTTG ​​â € < â € < or H2G2 ) is a comedy science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a comedy radio broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, including stage performances, novels, comic books, the 1981 TV series, the 1984 video game, and feature films of 2005.
The prominent series in popular British culture, the Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy has become an international multi-media phenomenon; the novel is the most widely distributed, which has been translated into over 30 languages ​​in 2005. In 2017, BBC Radio 4 announced a 40-year celebration with Dirk Maggs, one of the original producers, in charge. This sixth series sci-fi spoof has been based on Eoin Colfer's
The vast narrative of Hitchhiker follows the misfortune of the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, after the dismantling of planet Earth by a fleet of Vogon constructors to make way to bypass the hyperspace. Dent was saved from Earth's destruction by Ford Prefect, a human-like foreign writer for the eccentric electronic travel guide The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by boarding a passing Vogon plane. After his rescue, Dent explores galaxies with Prefects and meets Trillian, another man who was taken from Earth before being destroyed by Galaxy President, Zobod Beeblebrox with two heads, and Marvin who is depressed, Android Paranoid. Certain narrative details are changed between different adaptations.
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Plot
Various versions follow the same basic path but they are in many places conflicting, as Adams rewrote the story substantially for each new adaptation. Throughout the versions, the series follows the adventures of Arthur Dent, a poor Englishman, after the destruction of the Earth by Vogons, an unpleasant and bureaucratic alien race, to make way for the intergalactic bypass. Dent's adventures intersect with several other characters: Ford Prefect (who named himself after the Ford Prefect car to mingle with what is considered a dominant life form, car), aliens from a small planet somewhere around Betelgeuse and researchers for an eponymous guide book , which saved Dent from the destruction of the Earth; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the eccentric semi-cousin of Ford and the President of the Galaxy; Marvelous robot Paranoid Android; and Trillian, formerly known as Tricia McMillan, an Arthur woman once met at a party in Islington and the only human who survived the destruction of Earth thanks to Beeblebrox's intervention.
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The first radio series came from a proposal called "The Ends of the Earth": six complete episodes, all ending with the destruction of Earth in different ways. While writing the first episode, Adams realizes that he needs someone on the planet who is an alien to provide some context, and that this alien needs a reason to be there. Adams ultimately decided to make the alien of a traveling researcher for a "remarkable book" called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. When the writing of the first radio episode took place, the Guide became the center of his story, and he decided to focus the series on it, with the destruction of Earth the sole retainer.
Adams claims that the title came from an incident in 1971 when he was traveling around Europe as a young man with a copy of Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe guidebook: while lying drunk on a field near Innsbruck with a copy of the book and looking at the stars he thought it it would be a good idea for someone to write a shade guide to the galaxy as well. However, he later claimed that he had told this story over and over again that he had forgotten the incident himself, and just remembered telling him the story. His friends were quoted as saying that Adams mentioned the idea of ​​"hitch-hiking around the galaxy" to them while on holiday in Greece in 1973.
Adams's fictional guide is an electronic guide for the entire universe, originally published by Megadodo Publications, one of Ursa Minor Beta's major publishers. Narratives from different versions of the story are often interspersed with excerpts from the Guide . Voices from the
Original radio serial
The first radio series of six episodes (called "Fits" after the name of Lewis Carroll's poem poem "The Hunting of the Snark") was broadcast in 1978 on BBC Radio 4. Despite the low launch of the series (the first episode was broadcast at 10:30 pm on Wednesday, March 8, 1978), it received a good general review and an extraordinary audience reaction to the radio. The one-off episode ("Christmas Specials") airs later this year. The BBC has been training when assigning the episode "Christmas Special" to the popular radio series, and while the initial draft of this episode The Hitchhiker's Guide has a storyline related to Christmas, it was decided to be "in a slightly bad taste "and the transmitted episodes serve as a bridge between two series. This episode was released as part of the second radio series and, later, The Secondary Phase on tapes and CDs. The Primary and Secondary Phases aired, in a slightly edited version, in the United States at NPR Playhouse.
The first series was repeated twice in 1978 alone and many more in the next few years. This led to LP re-recordings, produced independently from the BBC for sale, and further adaptation of the series as a book. The second radio series, consisting of the next six episodes, and carrying the number of episodes to 12, was broadcast in 1980.
The radio series (and LP and TV versions) greatly benefited from the narrative of the famous comedy actor Peter Jones as The Book. He was cast after it was decided that a sound like "Peter Jonesy" was necessary. This led to a three-month search for an actor who sounded exactly like Peter Jones, which did not work. The producers then hired Peter Jones just like the voice "Peter Jonesy" they were looking for.
The series is also famous for its use of sound, being the first comedy series produced in stereos. Adams said that he wanted the program's production to be comparable to a modern rock album. Most of the program budget is spent on sound effects, mostly Paddy Kingsland (for pilot episodes and complete second series) at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Dick Mills and Harry Parker (for the remaining episodes (2-6 episodes)) of the series first). The fact that they were at the forefront of modern radio production in 1978 and 1980 was reflected when three new series of Hitchhiker's became some of the first radio shows to be mixed into four channels, Dolby Surround. This mix is ​​also featured on the DVD release of the third radio series.
The theme song used for radio, television, LP and the film version is "Journey of the Sorcerer", an instrumental piece composed by Bernie Leadon and recorded by The Eagles on their album One of These Nights. Only radio serials are transmitted that use the original recording; a sound-like cover by Tim Souster was used for LP and TV series, another arrangement by Joby Talbot was used for the 2005 film, and still another arrangement, this time by Philip Pope, was recorded for release with CDs of the last three radio series. Apparently, Adams chose this song because of its futuristic-sounding nature, but also because of the fact that he has a banjo in it, which, as Geoffrey Perkins recalled, Adams said would give "on the road, the feel of hitch-hiking" to get there..
Twelve episodes were released (in slightly edited form, removing Pink Floyd music and two other songs "humming" by Marvin when the team landed on Magrathea) on CDs and cassettes in 1988, becoming the first CD release on BBC Radio Collection. They were re-released in 1992, and at this time Adams suggested that they be able to retitle Fits First to Sixth as "The Primary Phase" and Fit the Seventh to Twelfth as "The Secondary Phase" not just "first series" and "second series". At this point the "Tertiary Phase" was first discussed with Dirk Maggs, adapting Life, Universe and Everything, but this series will not be recorded for ten more years.
Starring:
- Simon Jones as Arthur Dent
- Geoffrey McGivern as a Ford Prefect
- Susan Sheridan as Trillian
- Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox
- Stephen Moore as Marvin, Paranoid Android
- Richard Vernon as Slartibartfast
- Peter Jones as The Book
Novel
The novels are described as "trilogy in five parts", which has been described as a trilogy on the third book release, and then "trilogy in four parts" in the fourth book release. The fifth edition of the fifth book was originally released with the legend of "The fifth book in the ever more inaccurate Trilogy of Hitchhiker is named on its cover.The next re-release of other novels gave birth to the legend" The first, second, third and fourth books of the Hitchhiker Trilogy accurately named. "Additionally, the description in the fifth book describes it as" a book that gives new meaning to the word 'trilogy ' ".
The plot of the television and radio series is more or less the same as the first two novels, although some events occur in different order and many details are changed. Many of the five and six sections of the radio series were written by John Lloyd, but the material does not make it another version of the story and does not belong here. Many consider the versions of the books to be definitive because they are the most accessible and widely distributed versions of the story. However, they are not the final version produced by Adams.
Before his death from a heart attack on May 11, 2001, Adams was considering writing the sixth novel in the Hitchhiker series. He's working on Dirk Gently's third novel, titled The Salmon of Doubt, but feels that the book is not working and leaving it. In an interview, he said some ideas in the book might be more appropriate in the Hitchhiker series, and suggested he might reprocess those ideas into the sixth book in the series. He describes Some Not Harmful as "a very bleak book" and says he "would love to finish Hitchhiker with a slightly more optimistic note". Adams also said that if he wrote the sixth installment, he would at least start with all the characters in the same place. Eoin Colfer, who wrote the sixth book in the Hitchhiker series in 2008-09, uses this latter concept but there is no plot idea of ​​ The Salmon of Doubt .
Hitchhiker Guide to Galaxy
In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (published in 1979), the characters visited the legendary planet Magrathea, home to the now-crumbling planet-building industry, and met Slartibartfast, a responsible planetary shoreline designer. for the Norwegian fjord. Through the archive recording, he tells the story of an intelligent pan-dimensional creature race that built a computer called Deep Thought to calculate Answers to the Main Questions of Life, the Universe, and Everything. When the answer is revealed to be 42, Deep Thought explains that the answer is incomprehensible because the creatures do not know what they are asking. It continues to predict that another, more powerful computer than itself will be created and designed to calculate questions for answers. (Later, this reference, Adams will make 42 Puzzles, a puzzle that can be approached in various ways, all yielding answer 42.)
Computers, often thought of as planets (due to size and use of their biological components), are Earth, and destroyed by Vogon to make way for hyperpatial express routes five minutes before the end of its 10-million-year program.. Two members of the hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional race race who commissioned the Earth in the first place disguised as Trillian mice, and wanted to dissect Arthur's brain to help reconstruct the question, since it was part of the Earth's matrix moments before that. destroyed, and he tends to have part of the question buried in his brain. Trillian was also a human but had left Earth six months earlier with Zaphod Beeblebrox, the President of the Galaxy. The protagonists fled, arranging the course for "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe". Rats, in the absence of Arthur, create false questions because it's too much trouble for them to wait another 10 million years just to get a lucrative deal.
This book is adapted from the first four radio episodes. It was first published in 1979, originally in the novel, by Pan Books, after BBC Publishing rejected a publishing offer of a novelization, an action they would later regret. The book reached number one on the bookstore in just the second week, and sold over 250,000 copies within three months of its release. The hardback edition was published by Harmony Books, a Random House division in the United States in October 1980, and the 1981 US Paperback edition was promoted by awarding 3,000 free copies in Rolling Stone magazine. > to build word of mouth. In 2005, Del Rey Books launched the Hitchhiker series with a new cover for 2005 film release. To date, it has sold over 14 million copies.
The photo-edged edition of the first novel appeared in 1994.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
At The Restaurant at End of Universe (published in 1980), Zaphod is separated from the rest and finds him part of a conspiracy to reveal who really runs the Universe. Zaphod met Zarniwoop, a conspirator and editor for The Guide, who knew where to find the secret ruler. Zaphod briefly reunited with the others for a trip to Milliways, the restaurant of the title. Zaphod and Ford decided to steal the ship from there, which turned out to be a action ship programmed to plunge into the star as a special effect in stage performances. Unable to change direction, the main character made Marvin run the teleporter they found on the ship, which worked in addition to having no automatic control (one had to stay behind to operate it), and Marvin seemed to sacrifice himself. Zaphod and Trillian discover that the Universe is in safe hands of a simple man living on a remote planet in a wooden hut with his cat.
Ford and Arthur, meanwhile, ended up in a spaceship filled with exiles from the Golgafrinchan civilization. The ship fell on prehistoric Earth; Ford and Arthur were stranded, and it became clear that the incompetent Golgafrinchan was the ancestor of modern humans, having replaced the original hominid of Earth. This has disturbed the programming of the Earth so that when Ford and Arthur managed to extract the final reading of Arthur's subconscious mind by pulling the tiles lined from a set of Scrabble, it was "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" Arthur then commented, "I always say there is something fundamentally wrong with the universe."
This book is adapted from the remaining material in the radio series - covering from the fifth episode to the twelfth episode, although the order is greatly changed (in particular, the Fit the Sixth event, with Ford and Arthur stranded in historic pre-Earth, ending books, and their rescue at Fit the Seventh was removed), and most of the Brontitall incidents were omitted, not the order of Haggunenon, co-written by John Loyd, the Sub-district Action ships were replaced - this after being first introduced in the LP version. Adams himself considers Restaurant the best novel.
Life, Universe and Everything
In Life, Universe and Everything (published in 1982), Ford and Arthur travel through the space-time continuum from prehistoric Earth to Lord's Cricket Ground. There they meet with Slartibartfast, who ask for their help in preventing galaxy wars. In the past, the Krikkits tried to erase all life in the Universe, but they were stopped and imprisoned on their home planet; now they are ready to escape. With the help of Marvin, Zaphod, and Trillian, our heroes prevented the destruction of life in the universe and parted ways.
This is Hitchhiker's first book originally written as a book and not adapted from radio. The story is based on the care that Adams wrote for the theater release Doctor Who , with the Doctor role split between Slartibartfast (to start), and then Trillian and Arthur.
In 2004 it was adapted for radio as the Tertiary Stage of the radio series.
Once Long, and Thank You for All Fish
In So Long, and Thank You for All Fish (published in 1984), Arthur returns to Earth, somewhat surprising because it is destroyed when he leaves. He meets and falls in love with a girl named Fenchurch, and finds that this Earth is the substitute provided by the dolphins in their Save the Humans campaign. Finally, he rejoined Ford, who claimed to have saved the Universe for a while, to stay for the last time and see God's Final Message for His Creation. Along the way, they join Marvin, Android Paranoid, which, though 37 times older than the universe itself (what with the passage of time and all), has enough strength left in his body that fails to read messages and feels better about everything before it ends.
This is the first Hitchhiker novel that is not an adaptation of a previously written story or script. In 2005 it was adapted for radio as the Quandary Phase of the radio series.
Mostly Not Harmful
Finally, at Mostly Harmless (published in 1992), Vogons took over The Hitchhiker's Guide (under the name InfiniDim Enterprises), to complete, once and for all, the task of destroying Earth. After suddenly losing Fenchurch and wandering around the galaxy in despair, the Arthur spacecraft crashed into the Lamuella planet, where he sat happily as an official sandwich maker for a small, humble village, peaceful people. Meanwhile, Ford Prefect broke into The Guide's office, making itself an unlimited expense account of computer systems, and then met the Hitchhiker Guide to Galaxy, Mark II , artificially. smart, multi-dimensional guide with great strength and hidden goals. After he refuses the help of this dangerous machine (which he receives only), he sends it to Arthur Dent for salvation ("Oh yes, who?" - Arthur).
Trillian uses DNA that Arthur contributes to traveling with money to have a daughter, and when she goes to cover the war, she leaves her daughter Random Frequent Flyer Dent with Arthur. Random, more than a troubled teenager, steals The Guide Mark II and uses it to get to Earth. Arthur, Ford, Trillian, and Tricia McMillan (Trillian in this alternative universe) followed him to a lively club, where a suffering Random became startled by a voice and accidentally fired his weapon at Arthur. The shot missed Arthur and killed a man (poor agrajag). Soon after, The Guide Mark II causes the removal of all possible Earth from probability. All the main characters, rescuing Zaphod, were on Earth at the time and apparently killed, bringing great satisfaction to Vogon.
In 2005 it was adapted for radio as Quintessential Stage of the radio series, with the last episode first transmitted on June 21, 2005.
And Other Things...
It was announced in September 2008 that Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl, was commissioned to write the sixth edition titled And Everything else... with the support of Jane Belson, Widow Adams. The book was published by Penguin Books in the UK and Hyperion in the US in October 2009.
The story begins when the death rays descend on Earth, and the characters awaken from virtual reality. Zaphod took it a while before they were killed, but completely failed to escape the death beam. They were later rescued by Bowerick Wowbagger, The Infinite Prolonged, whom they agreed to help kill. Zaphod went to Asgard to ask Thor for help. Meanwhile, Vogon is heading to destroy the colony of people who also escaped the destruction of Earth, on the planet Nano. Arthur, Wowbagger, Trillian and Random head to Nano to try to stop Vogon, and on the way, Wowbagger and Trillian fall in love, making Wowbagger's question whether he wants to be killed or not. Zaphod arrives with Thor, who then signs up to be the planet God. With the help of Random, Thor almost killed Wowbagger. Wowbagger, who only lost his immortality, then married Trillian.
Thor then stopped the first Vogon attack and appeared to be dead. Meanwhile, Constant Mown, the son of Prostetnic Jeltz, assured his father that the people on this planet are not Earth citizens, but, in fact, Nano residents, which means that it would be illegal to kill them. When the book is nearing completion, Arthur is on his way to examine the possibility of a university for Random, when, during a hyperspace leap, he is thrown across an alternative universe, has a brief encounter with Fenchurch, and ends exactly where he will want to be. And then Vogon comes up again.
By 2017 it was adapted for radio as the Hexagonal Stage of the radio series, with its first episode first transmitted on March 8, 2018 (precisely forty years, to date, from the first episode of the first series, Primary Phase ).
Omnibus edition
Two omnibus editions were created by Douglas Adams to combine the novels of the Hitchhiker series and to "direct record set". The stories come in a variety of different formats that Adams states that whenever he says it he will be against himself. Therefore, he states in the introduction of the Hitchhiker Guide More than Complete that "everything I blame here is, as far as I know, is wrong forever." Both omnibus editions are Complete, Completed and Unbound Hitchhiker Guide (published 1987) and Main Hitchhiker Guide, Complete and Unrestricted (published 1997). The Hitchhiker Guide More Than Complete
Published in 1987, this 624-page all-round edition contains the "wrong for good" version of the four Hitchhiker novels at the time, and also includes one short story:
- Hitchhiker Guide to Galaxy
- Restaurant at Ujung Alam Semesta
- Life, the Universe, and Everything
- Once Long, and Thank You for All Fish
- "Zaphod Young Played It Safely"
Ultimate Hitchhiker Guide
Published in 1997, this 832-layered omnibus edition contains five novels of the Hitchhiker novel and one short story:
- Hitchhiker Guide to Galaxy
- Restaurant at Ujung Alam Semesta
- Life, the Universe, and Everything
- Once Long, and Thank You for All Fish
- Highly Unharmed
- "Zaphod Young Played It Safely"
Also appearing on The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide, at the end of the introduction to Adams, is a list of instructions on "How to Leave the Planet", giving a humorous explanation of how one can imitate the achievements of Arthur and Ford at the beginning of the Hitchhiker .
Related story
A short story by Adams, "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe", first appeared in The Absolute Absolute Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book, a large, print-specific compilation of various stories and pictures that raise money for it charity Comic Relief in UK. The story also appears in several editions of the omnibus trilogy, and in The Salmon of Doubt . There are two versions of this story, one of which is a bit more explicit in his political commentary.
A novel, Starship Titanic by Douglas Adams: A Novel , written by Terry Jones, is based on an Adams computer game of the same name, Douglas Adams Starship Titanic , which in turn is based on the idea of ​​ Life, Universe and Everything . The idea involves a passenger ship of luxury passengers suffering from "total failure of sudden and haphazard existence" on its maiden voyage.
Wowbagger the Infinite Long, a character from Life, Universe and Everything, also appeared in a short story by Adams titled "The Private Life of Genghis Khan" which appeared in some of the earliest editions of The Salmon of Doubt .
Publish radio script
Douglas Adams and Geoffrey Perkins collaborated in the Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts , first published in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1985. Ten birthdays (textbook editions) were printed in 1995, and the twenty-fifth anniversary (first radio edition) was printed in 2003.
The 2004 series was produced by Above The Title Productions and the script was published in July 2005, with production notes for each episode. This second radio script book is titled Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy Radio Scripts: Tertiary, Quartary, and Quintessential Phases . Douglas Adams earned the principal author's credit (as he wrote the original novel), and there was a preface by Simon Jones, introductions by producers and directors, and other introductory notes from other cast members.
Television series
The popularity of the radio series gave rise to a six-episode television series, directed and produced by Alan JW Bell, first aired on BBC 2 in January and February 1981. Hired many actors from the radio series and was primarily based on the radio version of Fits the First to Sixth. The second series is at one point planned, with the storyline, according to Alan Bell and Mark Wing-Davey coming from the abandoned Adams project Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen (instead of just making TV versions of the radio series second). However, Adams was involved in a dispute with the BBC (different accounts: issues with Alan Bell's budget, script, and involvement were all offered as the cause), and the second series was never made. The elements of Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen are used in the third novel, Life, the Universe and Everything .
The main cast is the same as the original radio series, except David Dixon as the Prefect of the Ford instead of McGivern, and Sandra Dickinson as Trillian instead of Sheridan. Interview with Sandra Dickinson on June 1, 2018, where she talks about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Other television appearances
The segment of several books was adapted as part of the BBC's program and survey The Big Read, broadcasted in late 2003. The film, directed by Deep Sehgal, starring Sanjeev Bhaskar as Arthur Dent, along with Spencer Brown as Ford Prefect, Nigel Planer as Marvin's voice, Stephen Hawking as Deep Thought vote, Patrick Moore as the Guide vote, Roger Lloyd-Pack as Slartibartfast, and Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish as Loonquawl and Phouchg.
Radio serial three to five
On June 21, 2004, the BBC announced in a press release that the new series of Hitchhiker's based on the third novel will be broadcast as part of its fall schedule, produced by Above the Title Productions Ltd. The episode was recorded at the end of 2003, but the actual transmission was delayed while an agreement was reached with The Walt Disney Company via Internet broadcasts, when Disney had started pre-production on the film. This is followed by news that the next series will be produced based on the fourth and fifth novels. It was broadcast in September and October 2004 and May and June 2005. The release CD is accompanied by the last episode transmission in each series.
The third novel adaptation follows this book very closely, leading to major structural problems in integrating with the previous radio series compared to the second novel. Due to the many events of the radio series being omitted from the second novel, and what happened in different sequences, the two series were divided in different directions. The last two adaptations are somewhat different - some events in Most Harmless have now been overshadowed in the adaptation of So Long and Thanks For All The Fish , while both include some additional material built in over the incident in the third series to tie the fifth (and different plotlines) together, especially including the Zaphod character more clearly in the last chapter and overcoming the changed reality to include the Intermediate Phase event. While Mostly Not Harmful initially contained a rather bleak ending, Dirk Maggs made a different end to the transmitted radio version, ending on a much more optimistic note, reuniting the player for the last time.
The core actors for the third to fifth radio series remain the same, except for Peter Jones replacement by William Franklyn as the Book, and Richard Vernon by Richard Griffiths as Slartibartfast, as both have died. (Reverence for the iconic portrayal of the Book was paid twice: a gradual shift of sound to the "new" version in episode 13, launching new productions, and the melding of Jones and Franklyn at the end of the last episode, the first part of the Maggs alternative end.) Sandra Dickinson, who plays Trillian in the TV series, here plays Tricia McMillan, an American trilogy version of the American, American-accented, and David Dixon, the prefect of the Ford Prefect series, making a cameo appearance as "Human Ecology". Jane Horrocks appeared in the new semi-regular role of Fenchurch, Arthur's boyfriend, and the art Samantha BÃÆ'Â Â joined in the last series as the daughters of Arthur and Trillian, Random Dent. Also repeated their roles from the original radio series Jonathan Pryce as Zarniwoop (here combined with the characters from the last novel to become Zarniwoop Vann Harl), Rula Lenska as Lintilla and his clones (as well as Bird Voice), and Roy Hudd as Milliways completes Max Quordlepleen , as well as the original radio announcer, John Marsh.
The series also features guest appearances by famous personalities such as Joanna Lumley as Sydney Opera House Woman, Jackie Mason as East River Creature, Miriam Margolyes as Smelly Photocopier Woman, BBC cricket radio legend Henry Blofeld and Fred Trueman as themselves, June Whitfield as Raffle Woman, Leslie Phillips as Hactar, Saeed Jaffrey as Man on the Pole, Sir Patrick Moore as himself, and Christian Slater as Wonko the Sane. Finally, Adams himself played the role of Agrajag, a performance adapted from the reading of his book in the third novel, and edited into a series made shortly after the author's death.
Tertiary Main Phase, Quartary, and Quintessential:
- Simon Jones as Arthur Dent
- Geoffrey McGivern as a Ford Prefect
- Susan Sheridan as Trillian
- Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox
- Stephen Moore as Marvin, Paranoid Android
- Richard Griffiths as Slartibartfast
- Sandra Dickinson as Tricia McMillan
- Jane Horrocks as Fenchurch
- Rula Lenska as Bird's Voice
- Samantha BÃÆ' Â © art as Random
- William Franklyn as The Book
Six radio series
The first of six episodes in the sixth series, Hexagonal Phase , was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on March 8, 2018 and featured Professor Stephen Hawking introducing himself as the voice of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mk II by saying: "I have been quite popular in my time, some even read my book."
Movies
After several years of setbacks and new attempts to begin production and a quarter of a century after the first book was published, a large screen adaptation of the Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy was eventually shot. Pre-production began in 2003, filming began on April 19, 2004 and post-production began in early September 2004.
After the premiere of London on April 20, 2005, it was released on April 28 in the UK and Australia, April 29 in the United States and Canada, and July 29 in South Africa. (Full list of release dates available on IMDb.) Movie star Martin Freeman as Arthur, Mos Def as Ford, Sam Rockwell as President of the Zaphod Beeblebrox Galaxy and Zooey Deschanel as Trillian, with Alan Rickman giving Marvin Paranoid Android (and Warwick Davis acting in costume Marvin), and Stephen Fry as the Guide/Narrator filler.
The movie adaptation plot of Hitchhiker's Guide is very different from radio shows, books and television series. The romantic triangle between Arthur, Zaphod, and Trillian is more prominent in the film; and visits to Vogsphere, Vogon's homeworld (which, in books, had been abandoned), and Viltvodle VI inserted. The film covers about events in the first four radio episodes, and ends with a character on the way to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, leaving the opportunity for an open sequel. The unique appearance is made by Point-of-View Gun, a device specially made by Adams himself for the film.
Commercially the film was a modest success, taking $ 21 million on its opening weekend in the United States, and nearly £ 3.3 million on its opening weekend in the UK.
The film was released on DVD (Region 2, PAL) in the UK on September 5, 2005. Both standard edition double-disc and limited edition "Giftpack" exclusive English editions were released on this date. The "Giftpack" edition contains a copy of the novel with a cover of "tie-in film", and a collection of prints from the movie, packed in a movie version replica of the Hitchhiker's Guide prop. The single-screen or full-disc edition (Region 1, NTSC) was made available in the United States and Canada on September 13, 2005. The single-disc release in Blu-ray format and UMD format for PlayStation Portable was also released on each date in all three countries this.
Stage show
There are several professional and amateur stage adaptations from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . There were three initial professional productions, staged in 1979 and 1980.
The first was performed at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, between 1 and 19 May 1979, starring Chris Langham as Arthur Dent (Langham then returned to Hitchhiker's as Prak in the last episode of Tertiary Phase 2004) and Richard Hope as Ford Prefect. The show was adapted from the first series script and directed by Ken Campbell, who went on to perform characters in the final episode of the second radio series. The show lasts 90 minutes, but has a limited audience of up to eighty people per night. Actors perform at various edges and platforms, and viewers are pushed around in a hovercar, 1/2000 inches above the floor. This is the first time Zaphod is represented by having two actors in one big costume. The "The Book" narrative is divided between two usherettes, an adaptation that does not appear in other versions H2G2 . One of these usherettes, Cindy Oswin, went on to voice Trillian for LP adaptation.
The second stage performance took place across Wales between January 15 and February 23, 1980. This was the production of Clwyd Theatr Cymru, and directed by Jonathan Petherbridge. The company is adapting from a complete radio episode, occasionally performing two episodes at night, and at other times doing all six episodes of the first series in a single three hour session. This adaptation was performed again at Oxford Playhouse in December 1981, Bristol Hippodrome, Plymouth Theater Royal in May-June 1982, and also at Belgrade Theater, Coventry, in July 1983.
The third and most unsuccessful stage performance was held at the Rainbow Theater in London, in July 1980. This is the second production directed by Ken Campbell. The Rainbow Theater was adapted for rock operatic stagings in the 1970s, and the two reference books mentioned in footnotes indicate that this, coupled with incidental music throughout the show, caused some reviewers to label it as "music". This is the first adaptation that Adams writes the "Dish of the Day" sequence. Production lasts for more than three hours, and is widely filtered for this, as well as for music, laser effects, and acting. Despite attempts to shorten the script, and make other changes, it closes three or four weeks earlier (different accounts), and loses a lot of money. Despite the bad reviews, there are at least two prominent performances: Michael Cule and David Learner both continue from this production to appearances on TV adaptations.
In December 2011, a new stage production was announced to start the tour in June 2012. It includes original radio and TV members such as Simon Jones, Geoff McGivern, Susan Sheridan, Mark Wing-Davey and Stephen Moore with VIP guests who played the role of the Book. This is produced in the form of a radio show that can be downloaded when the tour is over. This production is based on the first four Fits in the first half, with the second action covering the material from the rest of the series. The show also featured a band, which sang "Share and Enjoy", Krikkit's "Under the Ink Black Sky", Marvin's song "How I Hate The Night", and "Marvin", which was a minor hit in 1981..
The production featured a series of "VIP guests" as the voice of The Book including Billy Boyd, Phill Jupitus, Rory McGrath, Roger McGough, Jon Culshaw, Christopher Timothy, Andrew Sachs, John Challis, Hugh Dennis, John Lloyd, Terry Jones and Neil Gaiman. The tour starts on June 8, 2012 at Theater Royal, Glasgow and continues until summer until July 21st when the last show at the Playhouse Theater, Edinburgh. Production began touring again in September 2013, but the remaining dates of the tour were canceled due to bad ticket sales.
Direct radio adaptation
On Saturday 29 March 2014, Radio 4 broadcasted an adaptation in front of the live audience, featuring many original cast members including Stephen Moore, Susan Sheridan, Mark Wing-Davey, Simon Jones and Geoff McGivern, with John Lloyd as a book.
This adaptation was adapted by Dirk Maggs especially from Fit the First, including material from books and then radio fits as well as some new jokes. This is part of the Radio Invasion series from Radio 4.
LP album adaptation
The first four radio episodes were adapted for the new double LP, also titled Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy (added with "Part One" for the next Canadian release), first by mail-order only, and then to the store. The double LP and its sequel were originally released by Original Records in the UK in 1979 and 1980, with ORA042 and ORA054 catalog numbers respectively. They were first released by Hannibal Records in 1982 (as HNBL 2301 and HNBL 1307, respectively) in the United States and Canada, and then re-released in a slightly abridged edition by Simon & Audioworks Schuster in the mid-1980s. Both are produced by Geoffrey Perkins and feature cover artwork by Hipgnosis.
The script in the first double LP closely follows the first four radio episodes, although further cuts must be done for a reason of time. However, another line of dialogue shown has been interrupted when the original script of the radio series was finally published can be heard in the LP version. The Simon & amp; The Schuster tape eliminates the Veet Voojagig narrative, the cheerleading speech as Deep Thought concludes the program of seven and a half million years, and several other lines from both sides of the second LP set.
Most of the original players returned, except for Susan Sheridan, who recorded the voice for Princess Eilonwy's character at The Black Cauldron for Walt Disney Pictures. Cindy Oswin voiced Trillian on all three records in her place. Other casting changes in the first double LP include Stephen Moore taking on additional roles from the barman, and Valentine Dyall as the Deep Thought voice. Adams's voice can be heard making public announcement announcements in Magrathea.
Due to copyright issues, the music used during the first radio series is replaced, or in case the title is re-recorded in the new settings. Composer Tim Souster performs both tasks (with Paddy Kingsland contributing music as well), and the Souster theme version is a version that is also used for the television series in the end.
LP sequel was released, singly, as the Hitchhiker Guide to Galaxy Part Two: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe in England, and simply as The Restaurant at the End of the Universe in the US. The scripts here mostly follow Fit the Fifth and Fit the Sixth, but include songs by the spare band in the restaurant ("Reg Nullify and Cataclysmic Combo"), and change the order of Haggunenon to "Disaster Area".
As a result of the misunderstanding, the second recording was released before it was cut in the last edit suggested by Douglas Adams and Geoffrey Perkins. Perkins says, "[I] is too long on each side... It's just a rough piece. [...] I feel it's soft, and I want to speed it up." The Simon & amp; Schuster Audioworks's re-release of LP is also abridged a bit from its original release. The scene with Ford Prefect's bodyguard and Desiato Hotblack was removed.
Sales for the first double-LP release mainly through postal orders. Total sales reached more than 60,000 units, with half of those being mail orders, and the other half through retail outlets. This is despite the fact that the Original Record store ordered and stored more copies than they actually sold for some time, and that Paul Neil Milne Johnstone complained about his name and his address when it was put on the record. This is corrected to then pressing double-LP by "cutting [ting] to the recording master portion and rearranging it in the wrong order". The second LP release ("Part Two") also sells only a total of 60,000 units in the UK. Distribution transactions for the United States and Canada with Hannibal Records and Simon and Schuster were then negotiated by Douglas Adams and his agent, Ed Victor, after obtaining the full rights to recording from a bankrupt Original Records.
There are three audiobook recordings from this novel. The first is a short edition (ISBN 0-671-62964-6), which was recorded in the mid-1980s for the EMI Music For Pleasure label by Stephen Moore, best known for playing Marvin Paranoid Android's voice in the radio series and in the TV series. In 1990, Adams himself recorded a full edition for Dove Audiobooks (ISBNÃ, 1-55800-273-1), which was later re-released by New Millennium Audio (ISBNÃ, 1-59007-257-X) in the United States and available from Audiobook BBC in the UK. Also by arrangement with Dove, ISIS Publishing Ltd. produced a numbered exclusive edition signed by Douglas Adams (ISBNÃ, 1-85695-028-X) in 1994. To tie in with the 2005 film, actor Stephen Fry, the movie sound from the Guide, recording the edition second without limit (ISBN 0-7393-2220-6).
In addition, versions of books that are not dated 2-5 of the series were recorded by Martin Freeman for Random House Audio. Freeman plays Arthur in the 2005 film adaptation. Audiobooks 2-5 follow in a row and include: Restaurant at the End of the Universe (ISBN: 9780739332085); Life, the Universe, and Everything (ISBN 9780739332108); So Long, and Thank You for All Fish (ISBN: 9780739332122); and Mostly Not Harmful (ISBN 9780739332146).
Interactive fiction and video games
Sometimes between 1982 and 1984 (different accounts), the English company Supersoft publishes text-based adventure games based on the book, released in versions for Commodore PET and Commodore 64. One account states that there are disputes over whether legitimate permissions for publication have been granted, and after legal action, the game is withdrawn and all remaining copies are destroyed. Another account states that programmer Bob Chappell rewrote the game to remove all references to Hitchhiker and publish it as "Cosmic Capers".
Officially, the TV series was followed in 1984 by the "best-selling interactive fiction", or text-based adventure game, distributed by Infocom. It was designed by Adams and Infocom regular Steve Meretzky and is one of Infocom's most successful games. Like many Infocom games, the box contains a number of "feelies" including the "Do not panic" badge, some "pocket fluff", a pair of dangerous sensitive glasses (made out of cardboard), orders for Earth's destruction, a small plastic bag and a clear "fighter fleet microscopic "and orders to destroy Arthur Dent's house (signed by Adams and Meretzky).
In September 2004, revived by the BBC on the Hitchhiker section on the Radio 4 website for Tertiary Phase early broadcasts, and is still available to play online. This new version uses the original datafile infocom with a special written translator, by Sean SollÃÆ'Â ©, and Flash programming by Shimon Young, who both worked at The Digital Village (TDV). The new version includes an illustration by Rod Lord, who was the head of Pearce Animation Studios in 1980, which produced a guide chart for the TV series. On March 2, 2005, he won BAFTA Interaktif in the category of "best online entertainment".
The original Infocom game sequel was never created. New fully graphic games designed and developed by a joint venture between The Digital Village and PAN Interactive (no connection to Pan Books/Pan Mcmillan). The new game was planned and developed between 1998 and 2002, but like the sequel to Infocom's game, it also never materialized. In April 2005, Starwave Mobile released two mobile games to accompany the release of the film adaptation. The first, developed by Atatio, is called "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Vogon Planet Destructor". It's a typical top-down shooter and except for titles that have little to do with the true story. The second game, developed by TKO Software, is a graphic adventure game called "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Adventure Game". Regardless of its name, the newly-designed puzzle by the Irish TKO Software studio is different from that of Infocom, and the game follows the movie script carefully and includes new characters and places. "Game Adventure" won IGN's "Editor Choice Choice" in May 2005.
On May 25, 2011, Hothead Games announced that they were working on a new edition of The Guide. Along with the announcement, Hothead Games launched a teaser website that was created to look like an announcement from Megadodo Publications that the Guide will soon be available on Earth. It has since been revealed that they are developing iOS apps with a fictitious Guide style.
Comic book
In 1993, DC Comics, along with Byron Preiss Visual Publications, published three sections of the adaptation comic book of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novel. This was followed by a three-part adaptation of the The Restaurant at End of Universe in 1994, and Life, Universe and Everything in 1996. There is also a collection of collectors' cards with art from and was inspired by the comic adaptation of the first book, and graphic novelization (or "collected edition") incorporating three individual comic books from 1993, itself released in May 1997. Douglas Adams strongly opposed the use of American English spelling and idioms in what he felt is a very British story, and should be discussed by American publishers, although he remains unhappy with the compromise.
The adaptation was written by John Carnell. Steve Leialoha provides art for Hitchhiker and layouts for Restaurants . Shepherd Hendrix performs finished art for Restaurants . Neil Vokes and John Nyberg perform finished works of art for Life, based on the details by Paris Cullins (Book 1) and Christopher Schenck (Book 2-3). Miniseries edited by Howard Zimmerman and Ken Grobe.
"Hitch-Hikeriana"
Many merchandising and spin-off items (or "Hitch-Hikeriana") were produced in the early 1980s, including towels in different colors, all containing Guides entries for towels. These days, including towels made for promotion by Pan Books, Touchstone Pictures/Disney for 2005 films, and different towels made for ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, the official Appreciation community of Hitchhiker's . Other items that first appeared in the mid-1980s were T-shirts, including those made for Infocom (as it bears the legend "I get the Babel Fish" for successfully completing one of the most difficult puzzles of the game), and Disaster Area. T-shirt tour. Other official items include "Beeblebears" (teddy bear with extra head and arms, named after the Zephod Beeblebrox Hitchhiker character), sold by the official Appreciation Society), various pin-on buttons and new single numbers. Many of the above items are featured throughout the 2004 "25th Anniversary Illustrated Edition" of the novel, which uses items from a private collection of fans from the series.
Stephen Moore recorded two new singles in character as Marvin, Paranoid Android: "Marvin"/"Metal Man" and "Reasons To Be Miserable"/"Marvin I Love You". The last song has appeared in Dr. compilation. Demento. The other single featured "Journey of the Sorcerer" re-recorded (regulated by Team Souster) supported by Reg Nullify's "Reg Nullify In Concert" and "Only the End of the World Again" by the Disaster Area (including Douglas Adams on bass guitar) listen . This disk has since become a collector's item.
The 2005 film also added some collections, mostly through the National Entertainment Collectibles Association. These include three replica object replays visible on Vogon and homeworld ships (mugs, pens and staplers), set of "action figures" with 3 or 6 inch (76 or 150 mm) heights, a prop gun based on Marvin, Paranoid Android, who fired a foam arrow - a crystal cube, a shotgun, Marvin as tall as ten inches (254 mm) with green eyes, and a "dummy thread" version of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian, Marvin and Zaphod Beeblebrox. Also, various audio tracks were released to coincide with the film, especially the re-recordings of "Marvin" and "Reasons To Be Miserable", sung by Stephen Fry, along with some "Entry Guide", newly-read material written on Fry's character.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk launched the Tesla Roadster into an elliptical heliocentric orbit as part of the initial Falcon Heavy test launch. In the car dashboard, the phrase "Do not Panic!" appears, as a nod to the Hitchhiker Guide.
International phenomenon
Many science fiction fans and radio listeners outside the UK were first exposed to the Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy in one of two ways: shortwave radio broadcasts from the original radio series, or by Douglas Adams as "Guest of Honor" at World Science Fiction Convention 1979, Seacon, held in Brighton, England. It was there that the radio series was nominated for the Hugo Award (the first radio series to receive the nomination) but lost to Superman . A special convention for H2G2 , Hitchercon I, was held in Glasgow, Scotland, in September 1980, the year where the official fan club, ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, was held. In the early 1980s, the H2G2 version became available in the United States, Canada, Germany (Performer Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis ), Danish ( HÃÆ'  ¥ ndbog for vakse galakseblaffere ), Netherlands ( Transgalactisch Liftershandboek ), Swedish ( Liftarens Guide up galaxen ), Finnish ( Linnunradan KÃÆ'¤sikirja Liftareille ) and also Israel (? ???? ?????????????????).
Meanwhile this book has been translated into over thirty languages, such as Bulgarian (???????????????????????????), Czech (Stopa ?? v pr? Vodce GalaxiÃÆ'), Farsi/Persian (????????????????), French (Le routard galactique), Greek (??????? ????????????????), Hungarian (Galaxis ÃÆ'Å¡tikalauz stopposoknak), Italian (Guida galattica per gli autostoppisti), Japanese (?????????? ?), Korea (???? ???? ?????????), Latvia (Galaktikas ce? Vedis stop? T? Jiem), Norway (Guide Haikerens til Galaksen, first published as PÃ?  ¥ tommeltotten til melkeveien), Brazilian Portuguese (Guia do Mochileiro das GalÃÆ'¡xias), Portuguese (ÃÆ' â,¬ Boleia Pela GalÃÆ'¡xia), Polish (Autostopem przez galaktyk?), Romanian (Ghidul autostopistului galaxy), Russia (? Serbian (Autostoperski vodi? Kroz galaksiju), Slovenian (? Toparski Vodnik po Galaksiji), Spanish (GuÃÆ'a del autoestopista galÃÆ'¡ctico), Serbian (? Autostoperski vodi? Kroz galaksiju) Slovak (StopÃÆ'¡rov sp rievodca galaxiou), Czech (Stopa? v pr? vodce galaxiÃÆ') and Turkey (OtostopÃÆ'§unun Galaxy Rehberi).
Spelling
Different versions of the title spelling series are different - so the Hitch-Hiker's Guide, Hitch Hiker's Guide and Hitchhiker's Guide are used in different editions (US or English), format (audio or print) and book compilation, with some omitting quotes. Some editions use different spellings on the page and title page. English Usage in Approved Entries h2g2 claims that Hitchhiker's Guide is the preferred spelling Adams likes. At least two reference works make notes about inconsistencies in the title. Both, however, reiterate that Adams decided in 2000 that "everybody should spell in the same way [one word, no dashes] since then."
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