- This article is about the Golgafrinchan captain of Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B. For Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, click here.
- “It's probably time I was getting out of this bath in fact. Oh, I don't know though, why stop just when I'm enjoying it.”
- —The Captain[src]
The Captain was the ablutophiliac commander of the Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B, containing the supposedly useless third of the population of the planet Golgafrincham.
He likess taking a bath with his rubber duck (he bathed practically the entire time he was captain of the B Ark and as much of his time on Earth, a total time of over three years, as has been documented in the bath) and has got a very relaxed attitude towards everything. The Captain also has a fondness for a drink called "jynnan tonnyx."
Appearances[]
The Captain having a scrub in the tub on prehistoric Earth.
Radio[]
Primary Phase[]
Book[]
Television[]
Ford Prefect and the Captain, looking at the Golgafrinchans' efforts at creating a wheel.
Behind the scenes[]
- His personality was based on Douglas Adams' habit of taking extraordinarily long baths as a method of procrastination to avoid writing.
- He was portrayed by:
- David Jason in the radio series
- Frank Middlemass in the LP album adaptation
- Aubrey Morris in the TV series