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Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy
Episode 3
First Aired: 19-01-1981
The third episode of The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy finds Zaphod
and Ford discussing the mythical planet of Magrathea. Zaphod claims
he’s found the planet, but Ford insists that it
doesn’t exist and is nothing but a fairy story. Trillian
meanwhile, is busy tending to her pet mice and Arthur is wondering if
there is any tea on the spaceship while Marvin is busy being depressed
somewhere.
Ford might not believe in Magrathea, but the simple fact that the ship
is presently orbiting the planet gives more than a little credence to
Zaphod’s claim. Then when the planet’s automated
defence systems launches a few missiles at the intrepid travellers the
whole debate about the existence of Magrathea become suddenly
unimportant and if it wasn’t for Trillian’s evasive
manoeuvring they would have been toast. Evading the missiles
is one thing, but they are still locked on target and following the
ship. Worse still, they are gaining. Then Arthur has a brainwave, he
operates the ships improbability drive and the missiles are turned into
a bowl of petunias and a surprised looking whale. And although no
comment is made about it Trillian's rather sexy-looking red dress has
suddenly turned in a red pair of pants and a matching red top.
 Zaphod and the gang decide to land on
Magrathea anyway, despite their near escape and they soon discover that
the planet is not deserted after all when they encounter a rather
unique individual called Slartybartfast, who has just woken up.
Apparently the whole planet has been sleeping for five million years.
The Magratheans build planets and when the economic recession came they
decided to sleep through it and save themselves a lot of bother.
Slarty explains to Arthur that it was the Magratheans who build the
Earth and that it was he, Slarty, who built Norway. Arthur is rather
surprised to hear this, but not as surprised as he is when he finds out
that it was the mice that commissioned, paid for and ran the planet.
All Arthur can say is “Mice?”
CAST
Voice of the Hitch Hikers Guide ~~~
Peter Jones
Arthur Dent
~~~
Simon Jones
Ford Prefect
~~~
David
Dixon
Zaphod Beelebrox
~~~ Mark Wing-Davey
Trillian
~~~ Sandra Dickinson
Voice of Marvin the Paranoid Android ~~~ Stephen Moore
Voice of Eddie (the computer) ~~~ David Tate
Slartibartfast
~~~ Richard Vernon
Voice of the whale
~~~
Stephen Moore
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