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.

Eddie

Eddie is the shipboard computer on the starship Heart of Gold. He came from the factory equipped with an over-excitable, over-enthused, extremely irritating personality. At one point his alternate personality is accessed, but the new one (a coddling, school matronly sort) is apparently even worse. His logic circuits can be accessed by the other Sirius Cybernetics Corporation machines that apparently came standard with the Heart of Gold, thus ensuring that the entire ship can be effectively crippled if someone tries to explain why they like tea to the Nutrimatic Drink Dispenser.

Related Topics:
Computer - Heart of Gold - Sirius Cybernetics Corporation - Tea - Nutrimatic Drink Dispenser

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On some occasions when certain destruction seems quite imminent, Eddie will sing "You'll Never Walk Alone".

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Appears in:

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• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
• Life, the Universe and Everything

He is voiced in the first two radio series and on television by David Tate. In the third radio series, he is voiced by Roger Gregg and in the film by Thomas Lennon.

Related Topics:
David Tate - Roger Gregg - Thomas Lennon

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