Minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

There are many minor characters in the various versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. In fact, defining a major character is rather difficult. If the major characters are those the plot focuses on, they are Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Marvin and Trillian, with the possible inclusion of Slartibartfast, Prostentic Vogon Jeltz, Random Dent and Fenchurch. If they are defined as characters appearing in all the books, they are only Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent. In this case, the definition of major characters will be those in the series with major plot significance not appearing on this list.

Allitnils, The

As their names were written to suggest, every Allitnil is an anti-clone of a Lintilla. They were created by the cloning company to "revoke" the millions of cloned Lintillas flooding out of a malfunctioning cloning machine. Being anti-clones, when an Allitnil comes into physical contact with a Lintilla, they both wink out of existence in a puff of unsmoke.

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Along with Poodoo and Varntvar the Priest, three Allitnils arrived on Brontitall to "revoke" the three Lintillas there. Two of the clones eliminate their corresponding Lintillas, but Arthur shoots the third Allitnil, so that one Lintilla survives.

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Appearing only in the final episode of the second radio series, every one of the Allitnils are voiced by David Tate.

Related Topics:
Final episode of the second radio series - David Tate

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