The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Quintessential Phases

The terms Tertiary Phase, Quandary Phase and Quintessential Phase describe the radio adaptations of the books Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish and Mostly Harmless recorded in 2003 and 2004 by Above the Title Productions for BBC Radio 4. These are continuations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series, consisting of a total of fourteen episodes. They were preceded by the Primary and Secondary Phases. For more on the history of all five series, please see The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series).

The Quintessential Phase

The Quintessential Phase has one sub-plot of Zaphod attempting to reach Zarniwoop (which did occur in Fit the Twelfth, but that version was said to be Zaphod having a "psychotic episode"). Zarniwoop has been merged with the character Vann Harl from Mostly Harmless. This radio series also sees the return of the characters of Max Quordlepleen, Thor, and Zarquon (who all appeared in Fit the Fifth at Milliways), and also Mr. Prosser, from Fit the First. None of these characters appear in the book version of Mostly Harmless.

Related Topics:
Fit the Twelfth - Mostly Harmless - Max Quordlepleen - Thor - Zarquon - Fit the Fifth - Mr. Prosser

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The start of some of the plot threads from Mostly Harmless were introduced in the Quandary Phase (though they did not appear in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish) - notably the Vogons discovering that Earth had re-appeared and resolving to destroy all versions of it, Arthur having sold his DNA, a mention that Trillian now has a child and is now a reporter. Also the final episode saw the introduction of an alternate version of Trillian, still known as Tricia McMillan, who is identical to the original Trillian except for being blonde and American. This alternate McMillan is played by Sandra Dickinson, who played Trillian in the television series.

Related Topics:
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - Sandra Dickinson - Television series

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Fit the Twenty-Third

• Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 31 May 2005

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:*The Book: William Franklyn

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:*Voice of the Bird: Rula Lenska

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:*Arthur Dent: Simon Jones

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:*Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern

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:*Zaphod Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey

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:*Trillian: Susan Sheridan

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:*Tricia McMillan: Sandra Dickinson

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:*Zarniwoop Vann Harl: Jonathan Pryce

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:*Eddie the Computer: Roger Gregg

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:*Grebulons: Andy Taylor and Michael Fenton Stevens

Related Topics:
Andy Taylor - Michael Fenton Stevens

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:*Prophet: John Challis

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:*Information Creature: Mitch Benn

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:*Gail Andrews: Lorelei King

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:*Colin the Robot: Andrew Secombe

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:*Announcer: John Marsh

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The episode opens with a Grebulon spaceship suffering an accident, and losing nearly all records of what it is and what it should be doing, along with the crew's memories of why. Based on what little remains of their orders, they land on the tenth planet from the Sun, and start to 'monitor' Earth.

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After a year's travelling Arthur has returned to the co-ordinates ZZ9 plural Z alpha - where he is expecting to find Earth, and perhaps Fenchurch. In its place, he finds a barely colonised planet called NowWhat, although with the right continents for Earth. The creature at the information desk explains that beings from a "plural" region are not advised to travel in hyperspace due to the risk of slipping in dimensions. He is directed to Hawalius, a planet of oracles.

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During a flashback, the introduction between Trillian and Zaphod Beeblebrox is revealed. But on a parallel Earth, an American and blonde Tricia McMillan (who was left behind by her universe's Zaphod) is interviewing Gail Andrews, an astrologer, about the effect that the recently-discovered planet Persephone (nicknamed Rupert) will have on astrology. The Grebulons, monitoring this, have an idea.

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Later, Andrews and McMillan talk. Andrews has sensed that McMillan is unhappy about the stars - McMillan reveals that she met an alien (Zaphod Beeblebrox) at a party once (a variation of the previous flashback ensues), but didn't get to go with him because she fetched her bag. She also reveals that she just missed out on a TV job in New York City because she did not go back to fetch her bag.

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Meanwhile, Zaphod (who does not appear in the book) is attempting to meet Zarniwoop once more, convinced that the Total Perspective Vortex (from Fit the Eighth) was not just his imagination. He has arrived at Saquo-Pilia Hensha, the new location of the offices for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He sneaks into the building pretending to deliver pizza, and goes to the editor's office. He meets Zarniwoop Vann Harl, who promises to explain matters.

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The story turns back to Arthur, who has arrived at Hawalius. He is told by an oracle that prophecy is a dead business now, due to news reports from the future using time travel. He is given a piece of free advice - "it'll all end in tears, probably already has", and sent on his way to the next cave.

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Back at the Hitchhiker's building, Ford is also sneaking in. He climbs into the building through the ventilation system, disables a security robot (which he dubs "Colin") by hardwiring it to be happy all the time, and then gets it to cover his entrance to the editor's office, finding out along the way that the Guide has been taken over and is no longer owned by Megadodo Publications. He too manages to get into the editor's office and finds that Vann Harl has been expecting Ford. The episode ends here on a cliff-hanger.

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Fit the Twenty-Fourth

• Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7 June 2005

:Cast:

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:*The Book: William Franklyn

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:*Voice of the Bird: Rula Lenska

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:*Arthur Dent: Simon Jones

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:*Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern

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:*Zaphod Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey

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:*Zarniwoop Vann Harl: Jonathan Pryce

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:*Old Man on the Pole: Saeed Jaffrey

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:*Smelly Photocopier Woman: Miriam Margolyes

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:*Tricia McMillan: Sandra Dickinson

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:*Stewardess: Lorelei King

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:*Colin the Robot: Andrew Secombe

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:*Accountancy Bird and Lift: Roger Gregg

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:*Grebulon Underling: Philip Pope

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:*Grebulon Lieutenant and Accountancy Bird: Michael Fenton Stevens

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:*Accountancy Bird: Danny Flint

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:*Announcer: John Marsh

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Arthur is still trying to gain advice on the planet Hawalius, but when he finally leaves the planet, the spaceship he's on develops "a major glitch" just as they jump into hyperspace. Meanwhile, on Earth, Tricia McMillan agrees to go with the Grebulons and work out a system of astrology that would be valid on the planet Persephone (Rupert), in exchange for exclusive rights to the story.

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Back in The Guides offices, Zarniwoop Vann Harl, the new editor of the guide, asks Ford to be his restaurant critic. He explains that there is a new Guide, aimed at families rather than hitchhikers, and they plan to make one and sell it in billions of billions of alternate worlds. Ford steals the Dine-a-Charge and Ident-i-Eze cards from him, then hacks into the accountancy system. The universe there is equated with the artificial universe inside Zarniwoop's office, and Ford discovers Zaphod, in a shack by the beach, claiming he has been there on his own for a month. Zaphod claims that the Presidency and the Krikkitmen were just a distraction, and that they have "shrunk the Vortex and given it the voice of that Lintilla chick" in order to create the new Guide. The episode ends with Ford going to floor 23, and being forced to jump out of a window, in order to escape from Zarniwoop Vann Harl, who is revealed as a disguised Vogon.

Related Topics:
Vortex - Lintilla

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Fit the Twenty-Fifth

• Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 14 June 2005

:Cast:

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:*The Book: William Franklyn

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:*Voice of the Bird: Rula Lenska

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:*Arthur Dent: Simon Jones

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:*Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern

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:*Trillian: Susan Sheridan

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:*Tricia McMillan: Sandra Dickinson

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:*Random: Sam Béart

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:*Old Thrashbarg: Griff Rhys Jones

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:*Strinder and Doctor: Roger Gregg

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:*Grebulon Leader: Andy Taylor

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:*The Patient: Lorelei King

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:*Grebulon Lieutenant: Michael Fenton Stevens

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:*Colin the Robot: Andrew Secombe

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:*Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz: Toby Longworth

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:*Speaking Clock: Brian Cobby

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:*Announcer: John Marsh

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Arthur Dent has, since the last episode, settled on the planet his ship crash-landed on, Lamuella, which is partly in a "plural zone". He is occupied as The Sandwich Maker, making sandwiches for the inhabitants of a village from the meat of the Perfectly Normal Beast. Perfectly Normal Beasts are rather like bison, and migrate.

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A messenger brings news to the Sandwich Maker that a spaceship has landed on the planet. When Arthur approaches it, he is surprised to see Trillian disembark. Trillian explains that the crash was known about, but nobody has been to able to rescue him for insurance reasons. She explains that she had a daughter, using sperm sold by Arthur, and has come to drop off her daughter (of indeterminate age due to time travel, but probably around 16), whilst she is off covering a war.

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At the Hitchhiker's Guide building, Ford saves himself by using Colin's antigravity systems to get to a ledge on the 13th floor of the building. He bypasses the rocket-proof glass by unlatching the window. Colin notes that the rocket-proof glass was installed after the Frogstar attack on the building (in Fit the Seventh), which Ford knows nothing about.

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Meanwhile, on Lamuella, Random is not settling in well. Born on a spaceship going from one place to another place, she doesn't consider anywhere home, and Earth, the world both her parents are from, has been destroyed. A robot courier arrives with a package, for Ford Prefect care of Arthur Dent, which Arthur decides to keep safely closed on the basis that anything that involves Ford Prefect is dangerous. Distraught at her lack of place in the universe, Random runs off with the package into the forest, which is considered haunted by the natives of Lamuella.

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Random discovers that the holo-entertainment system from the rocket ship that Arthur Dent crash landed in, which is still functional, as the source of the "hauntings." She opens the package, revealing the Guide Mark II, in the form of a black bird. The Bird explains the nature of probability and that some alternative Earths do exist, and persuades Random to go to one of them. Random challenges the Bird to get her a spaceship there, and just at that moment, one lands. She downs the pilot with a well-thrown rock, and leaves Lamuella.

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The alternate Tricia McMillan has been taken to Rupert and meets the Grebulon leader, who explains their problem of having forgotten everything, and their reasoning in trying to gain purpose through astrology. Meanwhile, Arthur has been looking for Random and has seen the spaceship. Searching the forest he stumbles onto the pilot of the ship, Ford Prefect.

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Fit the Twenty-Sixth

• The final episode in the adaptation of Mostly Harmless
• Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 21 June 2005

:Cast:

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:*The Book: William Franklyn and Peter Jones

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:*Arthur Dent: Simon Jones

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:*Voice of the Bird: Rula Lenska

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:*Ford Prefect: Geoffrey McGivern

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:*Zaphod Beeblebrox: Mark Wing-Davey

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:*Old Thrashbarg: Griff Rhys Jones

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:*Trillian: Susan Sheridan

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:*Tricia McMillan: Sandra Dickinson

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:*Random: Sam Béart

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:*Marvin the Paranoid Android: Stephen Moore

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:*Bartender: Roger Gregg

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:*Vogon Helmsman: Michael Cule

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:*Thor: Dominic Hawksley

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:*Grebulon Leader: Andy Taylor

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:*Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz and Wowbagger: Toby Longworth

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:*Grebulon Lieutenant: Mike Fenton Stevens

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:*Elvis: Philip Pope

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:*The Newsreader: Neil Sleat

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:*Max Quordlepleen: Roy Hudd

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:*Runner: Tom Maggs

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:*Agrajag: Douglas Adams

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:*Fenchurch: Jane Horrocks

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:*Announcer: John Marsh

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The episode opens with Ford and Arthur on Lamuella. Ford explains about the

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new guide and its ability to use Reverse Temporal Engineering in order to

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arrange circumstances for the benefit of its user. Ford's spaceship itself

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he obtained by jumping from a building and falling into it, its previous

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occupant having accidentally pressed the wrong sort of eject button. Tracing

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back, he discovered that a trial of coincedences led back to the new Guide,

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which was responsible. With Random stealing the ship and the Bird, they are

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stuck, with no immediate way to get order to prevent the Vogons from doing

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whatever it is they intend to do.

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They decide that the Perfectly Normal Beasts are the best way off the

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planet. The migration has already started, and this sees them appear

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at one point, run past Lamuella, and then disappear again, evidence of

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a dimensional shift. Old Thrashbarg helps them slow a Perfectly Normal

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Beast long enough for them to get on to it, and tells them that they

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will be entering the Domain of the King.

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On the alternate Earth, Tricia McMillan has returned from Rupert, and is

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lamenting that none of the footage she has took is usable. She is

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interrupted by a member of the hotel staff, telling her that a spaceship

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has landed in Regent's Park, and the young girl on the ship is demanding

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to see her.

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Meanwhile, the Grebulon leader is still unhappy. Whilst they now have

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horoscopes, he now knows that unless he takes positive action, then due

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to the Earth rising, he will have a very bad month. He decides to investigate

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the possible astrological uses of the Grebulon's gun turrets.

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Arthur and Ford arrive at the Domain of the King Bar and Grill, which

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has numerous spaceships outside of it, including a large pink one. Inside,

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they have a couple of bacon rolls, whilst Ford buys the pink spaceship from

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the bar singer, Elvis Presley. They then depart for Earth.

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After arriving on Earth, they find that Tricia McMillan has taken Random

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to a club, and go there themselves. A strange man confronts Arthur, and

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says "I told you not to come here!" Arthur and Ford find Random, along

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with Tricia and Trillian (who had arrived in the meantime on a third

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spaceship). Random is holding a gun and threatening to shoot. Trillian

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explains they must leave the planet immediately, as the Grebulons (a missing

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spaceship from the war she was sent to cover) are about to destroy the planet,

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once again.

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Arthur explains it is impossible for him to die (and hence for the planet

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destroyed), but the strange man goes for Random's gun and she ends up

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shooting him. Trillian points out the name of the club to Arthur: Stavro Müller

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Beta. The man was Agrajag, and Arthur is now mortal. The Earth is destroyed.

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The book version of Mostly Harmless ends here.

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After a while, the Guide entry on Babel fish is played. At the end it

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notes that in addition to their translation abilities, they are capable

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of shifting sideways in probability when needed, bringing their host and

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sometimes other people in the vicinity, with them, a trick they had apparently

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learnt from the dolphins.

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In the extended edititon, there then follows three alternate possibilities. The first, continuing from the end of

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Fit the Twelfth,sees Arthur and Lintilla alone on the starship Heart of Gold.

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The second goes back to the very start of

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Fit the First,

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and sees Arthur lying in front of the bulldozer about to knock down his house, and sparring

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with Mr Prosser, with Fenchurch siding with Arthur.

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The third, and more probable one (and in the broadcast version, the only ending), sees Arthur, Ford, Random, Zaphod and a merged Trillian

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in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Max Quordlepleen introduces Zarquon.

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Meanwhile, Trillian is getting off again with Thor.

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It is discovered that Fenchurch is waitressing at the Restaurant. She had an experience similar to Arthur's - from her perspective he had vanished. She has been waiting for him at Milliway's since it seemed like a good place, and agrees to go travelling with Arthur once more. She has brought a phone call for Zaphod, from Marvin, who has been working at the Restaurant now for thousands of years (having discovered that his warranty hadn't run out) and has had a promotion, and now has his own bucket. Zaphod tells him to give the Heart of Gold a hot wax.

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Finally, after the credits, Jeltz is able to tick the box that he is supposed to tick

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after he has destroyed the Earth and Arthur goes flying with Fenchurch.

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