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 HHGTTG Episodes 1 and 2 Thursday, March 6 at 7.45pm
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 03-03-2025 16:14
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What are we watching then? The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Episodes 1 and 2 The date: Thursday, March 6th, 2025 The time: Part 1: 7.45pm UK time and Part 2: 8.20pm UK time Pack your towel, your dressing gown, your Babelfish, and of course your trusty edition of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, as we join Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect as we search for the answer to Life, The Universe and Everything. We'd better mention Marvin too, as otherwise he'll get depressed. He'll probably get depressed about us mentioning him too. Oh well. Link (not the Deep Roy variety): https://archive.org/details/the-hitch...-tv-series Edited by trevor travis on 03-03-2025 16:19 Vote Og.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 03-03-2025 19:04
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It's crap...
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 03-03-2025 22:52
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There are lots of B7 connections in the various iterations of HHG, including Moloch dining at Milliways. It's crap... What don't you like about it, OSP? |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 04-03-2025 10:42
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Don't listen to her...she's pining for LOM and 1973. Not sure the TV series can live up to what I imagined when reading HHGTTG but I'll give it a go. Only seen a few isolated eps so far and don't remember much of them. Thanks for posting the thread, TT. Good to have you back. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 04-03-2025 11:00
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It's crap... Sorry, I gathered everyone liked it - I think I misinterpreted your comment from the other thread. Is it just the TV version you dislike? The books are brilliant. Vote Og.
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| briggsy1 |
Posted on 04-03-2025 16:41
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I would have thought if you did a Venn diagram of B7 fans and Hitch Hiker fans there would be quite a large intersection in the middle. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-03-2025 19:29
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There are lots of B7 connections in the various iterations of HHG, including Moloch dining at Milliways. It's crap... What don't you like about it, OSP? It's a quote. Marvin the paranoid android! Edited by OneSparePart on 04-03-2025 20:43 Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-03-2025 19:31
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It's crap... Sorry, I gathered everyone liked it - I think I misinterpreted your comment from the other thread. Is it just the TV version you dislike? The books are brilliant. You lot! Call yourself HHGTTG Fans! I am quoting Marvin the paranoid android. All my jokes fall flat. I might as well be Marvin, myself. 
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 04-03-2025 19:37
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Hi, Marvin!
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 04-03-2025 19:41
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It's crap... Sorry, I gathered everyone liked it - I think I misinterpreted your comment from the other thread. Is it just the TV version you dislike? The books are brilliant. You lot! Call yourself HHGTTG Fans! I am quoting Marvin the paranoid android. All my jokes fall flat. I might as well be Marvin, myself. Whoops! My favourite Marvin quote: "Hey Marvin kid, how you doing?" "Very badly I suspect" Edited by trevor travis on 04-03-2025 20:42 Vote Og.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 04-03-2025 20:42
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Hi, Marvin! Hi? There's no highs for me. If I got any lower, I'd be in Australia. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| BlueyH |
Posted on 05-03-2025 01:15
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I hope anyone who hasn't seen this before really does enjoy it. It was my introduction to Douglas Adams, and I have very warm memories of being allowed to stay up and watch it with my dad when it was first broadcast back in '81. I'll award 10 Billion in Zeroc currency to the first person who spots the blink-and-you-probably-missed-it-at-the-time link to the (full TV canon) Doctor Who universe. And by extension of its cross-over into the Whoniverse, the HHGTTG place in the B7 universe is also confirmed. Marvin was indeed a primitive ancestor of those lovely cuddly security robots. I look exactly as Avon reasoned I would.
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 05-03-2025 02:14
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I'll award 10 Billion in Zeroc currency to the first person who spots the blink-and-you-probably-missed-it-at-the-time link to the (full TV canon) Doctor Who universe. The Oolon Colluphid books? The Doctor reads another one, from outside the 'God' trilogy in, ooh - Destiny of the Daleks? Apart from that, Vogons? The re-used props when Ford wanders around the hold, peering in the storage lockers? "Hypno-rays? Huh!" The HHG activation sound in The Sun Makers? The best one is in The Making of HHG, where Arthur Dent has hitched a lift on Liberator. |
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| BlueyH |
Posted on 05-03-2025 02:58
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The Oolon Colluphid books? The Doctor reads another one, from outside the 'God' trilogy in, ooh - Destiny of the Daleks? 10 Billion Zeroc** to Joe. Though Oolon did get it wrong on the first line apparently. **Unfortunately, now worthless since the Federation annexation of Zeroc. I look exactly as Avon reasoned I would.
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 05-03-2025 11:09
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The Oolon Colluphid books? The Doctor reads another one, from outside the 'God' trilogy in, ooh - Destiny of the Daleks? 10 Billion Zeroc** to Joe. Though Oolon did get it wrong on the first line apparently. **Unfortunately, now worthless since the Federation annexation of Zeroc. Ah, I knew the Oolon Colluphid reference as well, but didn't see it quickly enough. You say worthless, but Joe won't have to buy any loo roll for a year thanks to all that Xerok currency. Vote Og.
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 05-03-2025 22:33
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It's crap... It's a quote. Marvin the paranoid android! When does Marvin say this? Is it in one of the Dirk Maggs radio series? I definitely remember Marvin saying "It's rubbish", but not this. |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 05-03-2025 22:41
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You say worthless, but Joe won't have to buy any loo roll for a year thanks to all that Xerok currency. I'm hoping to get it paid out in ningis. |
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 06-03-2025 16:03
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You say worthless, but Joe won't have to buy any loo roll for a year thanks to all that Xerok currency. I'm hoping to get it paid out in ningis. That used to be my go-to-page of the copy of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe in the school library. I did have the whole book on loan to read a couple of times, but that was the "we've been told to go to the school library for 5 minutes", so quick read of a favourite chapter! I used to know the definition of infinity off by heart! Vote Og.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:03
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It's crap... It's a quote. Marvin the paranoid android! When does Marvin say this? Is it in one of the Dirk Maggs radio series? I definitely remember Marvin saying "It's rubbish", but not this. It might have been "It's rubbish". I can see the sunset now. It's crap sounds funnier to my faulty memory. Many apologies for mis-quoting Marvin. He wouldn't mind anyway. He's used to people not listening to him or taking him seriously. 
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:38
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Howdy Doodily do! Towel CHECK Babelfish CHECK 3 pints of lager CHECK Right, I'm ready! I'm glad Soolin already left with the dolphins! Vote Og.
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:39
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Evenin' all.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:39
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It's crap... It's a quote. Marvin the paranoid android! When does Marvin say this? Is it in one of the Dirk Maggs radio series? I definitely remember Marvin saying "It's rubbish", but not this. It might have been "It's rubbish". I can see the sunset now. It's crap sounds funnier to my faulty memory. Many apologies for mis-quoting Marvin. He wouldn't mind anyway. He's used to people not listening to him or taking him seriously. I take Marvin seriously. PS Who's Marvin? Vote Og.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:42
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Evenin' all. Evening. I see you as Arthur Dent with Ford Prefect rising. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:44
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At least nobody's going to be going on about how much better this is blu-ray.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:45
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At least nobody's going to be going on about how much better this is blu-ray. Are we still wittering on about that?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:45
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STARTED!
Vote Og.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:45
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STARTED! Me too duck. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:46
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Where's CB when you need him?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:46
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At least nobody's going to be going on about how much better this is blu-ray. Are we still wittering on about that? I'm watching on Beta-Max - can't beat it! Vote Og.
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:47
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STARTED! Me too duck. I ducked. What am I supposed to be avoiding by ducking? Vote Og.
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:47
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Just about to start! Really looking forward to this. I loved the guide's entries when I firsst saw it. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:48
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The theme tune is The Eagles my bro tells me. Unbelievable.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:49
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Is Og watching with us?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:50
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STARTED! Me too duck. I ducked. What am I supposed to be avoiding by ducking? Your brain cell as it flies overhead?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:51
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I haven't watched this in years. Although I celebrate world geek day every May.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:51
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I love Peter Jones's voiceover - he did the radio series didn't he? |
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:52
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I was at school when this came out - the year I did my Highers, I think. I remember writing 'Don't Panic' in large friendly letters on the covers of my files. |
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:53
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I love Peter Jones's voiceover - he did the radio series didn't he? Yeah he did. I can't imagine anyone else doing it! Vote Og.
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:54
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I can remember so much of that dialogue. |
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 06-03-2025 19:54
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I love the fact they attempted to realise this on a bog-standard BBC budget!
Vote Og.
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