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| caption = First edition cover of the [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)|eponymous 1979 novel]]. |
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− | | origin = ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases]]'' (1978–1980) |
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− | + | s Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (1981) |
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− | | novels = {{ubl|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (1979)|''[[The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]'' (1980)|''[[Life, the Universe and Everything]]'' (1982)|''[[So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish]]'' (1984)|''[[Mostly Harmless]]'' (1992)|''[[And Another Thing... (novel)|And Another Thing...]]'' (2009)}} |
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| vgs = ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (1984)<br />''[[Starship Titanic]]'' (1997) |
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'''''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'''''{{NoteTag|While spelled variously across early and different editions, this article consistently renders the title [[Spelling of Hitchhiker's Guide|as Adams preferred]].}} (sometimes referred to as '''''HG2G''''',<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/26485860 |title = Jo Kent saves cult hg2g game from scrapheap |access-date = 2014-06-24 |newspaper = Ariel |date = 2014-03-12 }}</ref> '''''HHGTTG''''',<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/hhgg.html |title = The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |website = Douglasadams.com |access-date = 2014-06-24 }}</ref> '''''H2G2''''',<ref>{{cite book |last = Gaiman |first = Neil |title = Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |publisher = Titan Books |year = 2003 |isbn = 978-1-84023-742-9 |pages = 144–145 |author-link = Neil Gaiman }}</ref> or '''''tHGttG''''') is a [[comic science fiction|comedy science fiction]] franchise created by [[Douglas Adams]]. Originally [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|a 1978 radio comedy]] broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]], it was later adapted to other formats, including stage shows, novels, comic books, a [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|1981 TV series]], a [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)|1984 video game]], and [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|2005 feature film]]. |
'''''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'''''{{NoteTag|While spelled variously across early and different editions, this article consistently renders the title [[Spelling of Hitchhiker's Guide|as Adams preferred]].}} (sometimes referred to as '''''HG2G''''',<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/26485860 |title = Jo Kent saves cult hg2g game from scrapheap |access-date = 2014-06-24 |newspaper = Ariel |date = 2014-03-12 }}</ref> '''''HHGTTG''''',<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/hhgg.html |title = The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |website = Douglasadams.com |access-date = 2014-06-24 }}</ref> '''''H2G2''''',<ref>{{cite book |last = Gaiman |first = Neil |title = Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |publisher = Titan Books |year = 2003 |isbn = 978-1-84023-742-9 |pages = 144–145 |author-link = Neil Gaiman }}</ref> or '''''tHGttG''''') is a [[comic science fiction|comedy science fiction]] franchise created by [[Douglas Adams]]. Originally [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|a 1978 radio comedy]] broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]], it was later adapted to other formats, including stage shows, novels, comic books, a [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|1981 TV series]], a [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)|1984 video game]], and [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|2005 feature film]]. |
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⚫ | er Thing... (novel)|And Another Thing]]'', was written by [[Eoin Colfer]] with additional unpublished material by Douglas Adams. In 2017, [[BBC Radio 4]] announced a 40th-anniversary celebration with [[Dirk Maggs]], one of the original producers, in charge.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/hitchhikers-and-quanderhorn "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to land back on Radio 4"]. ''BBC mediacentre'', 13 December 2017.</ref> The first of six new episodes was broadcast on 8 March 2018.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09vm093 "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase"]. ''BBC online'', 28 February 2018.</ref> |
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The broad narrative of ''Hitchhiker'' follows the misadventures of the last surviving man, [[Arthur Dent]], following the demolition of the Earth by a [[Vogon]] constructor fleet to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by [[Ford Prefect (character)|Ford Prefect]]—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic [[travel guide]] [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional)|''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'']]—by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft. Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters [[Trillian (character)|Trillian]], another human who had been taken from Earth (prior to its destruction) by the two-headed President of the Galaxy [[Zaphod Beeblebrox]] and the depressed [[Marvin, the Paranoid Android]]. Certain narrative details were changed among the various adaptations. |
The broad narrative of ''Hitchhiker'' follows the misadventures of the last surviving man, [[Arthur Dent]], following the demolition of the Earth by a [[Vogon]] constructor fleet to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Dent is rescued from Earth's destruction by [[Ford Prefect (character)|Ford Prefect]]—a human-like alien writer for the eccentric, electronic [[travel guide]] [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional)|''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'']]—by hitchhiking onto a passing Vogon spacecraft. Following his rescue, Dent explores the galaxy with Prefect and encounters [[Trillian (character)|Trillian]], another human who had been taken from Earth (prior to its destruction) by the two-headed President of the Galaxy [[Zaphod Beeblebrox]] and the depressed [[Marvin, the Paranoid Android]]. Certain narrative details were changed among the various adaptations. |