h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Yeah. I think he could be v. good as slartibartfast.
Did you see Richard Vernon in Yes Minister the other night?

I just kept on thinking 'Norway...Fjords...lovely, crinkly edges...'!

nooo!! i missed it

i'm useless!

i've never seen any of the cast of the tv show in anything else. well except for hotblack's bodyguard was darth vader, only they dubbed on a different voice.

you're kidding?

kidding bout what?

about the darth vader thing?

nope - i'm totally serious.

just look at the credits

david prose plays hotblack's bodygaurd and isd the guy in the darth vader suit.

wow.
what a thing to have on your cv- hotblack's bodyguard and darth vader!
coo!

it's kinda weird though...can you imagine darth vader talking like the bodyguard?

Hello. I'm new here, and I just wanted to say that I love Ford Prefect. He rocks like heck! I also like Arthur Dent, as played by Simon Jones in the TV series. I've been reading this conversation and I thought it would be a good place to make my first post.

Hi random dent, welcome aboard!

I think my first post was in this forum too. Strange.
Have you heard about the new series on radio 4? They've adapted the other books into radio scripts and the series starts next Tues.

...That is, unless you're not in the UK?

Hi. Yes, I have heard about the new series, and I'm very excited. I'm actually in America, but I'm going to listen online. Also a friend of mine in England is going to tape them for me. One week from today is when the first episode gets put on the BBC webite!!! Thanks for replying to my post. Bye for now!

hello random dent

welcome!

so how are you finding this place??

hello! This website is really cool. I love how there's always something new on the main page, and it's also really useful for looking stuff up. Did you listen to the new series of Hitchhiker's on Tuesday? If so, how is it?

i missed it!! i vaguely heard something about it being on, but didn't even hear what station or time it was on.

it is great
Try <./>/radio/aod/radio4.shtml?fm#</.> tonight 11:00 BST (some four hours from NOW)
Or check for <./>/radio4/hitchhikers/index.shtml</.> to find the listen again


In the mean time play with us <./>/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml</.>

Yay I just (well a couple hours ago) finished listening to the first episode online! It was really good, though the sound quality on my computer is bad. I've tried the game on the website, too. Very tricky. I haven't managed to get out of the room yet, but I'm still trying.

well i'll have to check it all out....thanks for those links

Yeah.
I keep on missing the radio series!
I caught the beginning of last weeks. They've done something funny with the voice of the book though. They've got the new guy to fill in the words they haven't got for Peter Jones (they've kind of added in bits of Peter Jones and the new guy.) In a way I just wish they'd completely re-recorded the narrator part with the new bloke. Its a bit dodgy on the ear. I think its a bit disrespectful to Peter Jones in a way as well.

...Still think David Dixon did a better Ford Prefect than Geoffrey McGivern though.

well some 18 hour from now dont miss it

whatever voices they are using, the misallignment is great! even listening again for the third time I still like it.

think I'm gonna buy the cds after all.

This was the first time I'd heard Hitchhiker's on radio, having never heard the original series, so I wasn't entirely sure what to expect. I think I prefer the books, though. They left out a lot of stuff from Life, the Universe, and Everything. Also, I agree with you about David Dixon being a better Ford Prefect. He has a nice voice. Bye for now!