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| + | {{Nothhu}}{{Infobox Radio|image = [[Image:Quintessential_Phase_CD_Cover.jpg]]|created = [[Douglas Adams]]|written = [[Douglas Adams]]|adapted = [[Dirk Maggs]]|edited = [[John Langdon]]|directed = [[Dirk Maggs]]|produced = *[[Helen Chattwell]] |
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| − | {{Infobox Radio |
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| + | *[[Bruce Hyman]] |
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| − | |name= Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy <br> Quintessential Phase |
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| + | *[[Dirk Maggs]]|narrated = *[[John Marsh]] (Announcer) |
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| − | |image=[[Image:Quintessential_Phase_CD_Cover.jpg|250px]] |
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| + | *[[William Franklyn]] (''The Book'')|theme = "Journey of the Sorcerer" by Eagles|starring = *[[Simon Jones]] |
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| − | |release number= 5 |
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| + | *[[Geoffrey McGivern]] |
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| − | |main characters= [[Arthur Dent]]<br>[[Ford Prefect]] |
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| + | *[[Mark Wing-Davey]] |
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| − | |other characters= [[Trillian]]<br>[[Tricia McMillan]]<br>[[Zaphod Beeblebrox]]<br>[[Colin the Security Robot]] |
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| + | *[[Susan Sheridan]]|runtime = 30 minutes approx.|station = BBC Radio 4|release = 31 May 2005|audio = Stereo, surround|music = [[Paul Wix Wickens]]|previous episode = ''[[Quandary Phase]]''|next episode = ''[[Hexagonal Phase]]''}}The '''''Quintessential Phase''''' is the fifth part of the radio series, first broadcast in 2005. |
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| − | |settings=[[Earth]]<br>[[Lamuella]]<br>[[Rupert]]<br>[[Milliways]] |
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| − | |author= [[Douglas Adams]] |
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| − | |script editor= [[John Langdon]] |
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| − | |director= [[Dirk Maggs]] |
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| − | |music= [[Paul Wix Wickens]] |
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| − | |live effects= [[Ken Humphries]] |
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| − | |surround mix= [[Paul Deeley]] |
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| − | |format= |
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| − | |isbn= ISBN 0-563-20407-2 (CD) |
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| − | |previous story=[[Quandary Phase]] |
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| − | |next story= [[Hexagonal Phase]] |
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| − | }} |
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==Story Summary== |
==Story Summary== |
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==Episodes/"Fits"== |
==Episodes/"Fits"== |
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| − | *[[Fit the Twenty-Third]] |
+ | *[[Fit the Twenty-Third|''Fit the Twenty-Third'']] |
| − | *[[Fit the Twenty-Fourth]] |
+ | *[[Fit the Twenty-Fourth|''Fit the Twenty-Fourth'']] |
| − | *[[Fit the Twenty-Fifth]] |
+ | *[[Fit the Twenty-Fifth|''Fit the Twenty-Fifth'']] |
| − | *[[Fit the Twenty-Sixth]] |
+ | *[[Fit the Twenty-Sixth|''Fit the Twenty-Sixth'']] |
==Cast and Characters== |
==Cast and Characters== |
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*[[Runner]] - [[Tom Maggs]] |
*[[Runner]] - [[Tom Maggs]] |
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*[[Agrajag]] - [[Douglas Adams]] |
*[[Agrajag]] - [[Douglas Adams]] |
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| − | ==Production== |
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*Announcer - [[John Marsh]] |
*Announcer - [[John Marsh]] |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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| − | * When Tricia McMillan appears, she is played by Sandra Dickinson, who played Trillian in the TV series. |
+ | * When Tricia McMillan appears, she is played by Sandra Dickinson, who played Trillian in the TV series.[[Category:Radio Series|5]] |
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| − | ==Devices, Ships, People, Places, Races and Species encountered== |
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| − | *Arthur is still trying to find [[Fenchurch]] after she disappeared during a hyperjump. |
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| − | *Zaphod (again) attempts to reach [[Zarniwoop]] as he did in the ''[[Secondary Phase]]''. |
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| − | *[[Max Quordlepleen]], [[Thor]] and [[Zarquon]] all previously appeared at [[Milliways]] in the ''[[Primary Phase]]''. |
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| − | *Ford discovers the Hitchhikers Guide is no longer owned by [[Megadodo Publications]]. |
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| − | *[[Zarniwoop|Vann Harl]] is the editor of the Hitchhikers Guide. |
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| − | *Arthur crashlands on the planet [[Lamuella]] and becomes the 'Sandwich Maker', serving up [[Perfectly normal beast]]. |
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| − | *Trillian presents Arthur with his daughter [[Random Dent]]. |
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| − | *The Guide Mark II uses [[Reverse Temporal Engineering]] to arrange circumstances to benefit whoever is using it. |
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| − | *The planet [[Rupert]] is mentioned and visited by Tricia McMillan. |
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| − | *Ford and Arthur eat some [[bacon]] rolls at the ''[[Domain of the King Bar and Grill]]''. |
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| − | *[[Babel fish]] are capable of shifting sideways in probabiltiy (taking whoever they are within with them), should circumstances become dire. |
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| − | *The whole gang end up at a club [[Stavro Mueller Beta]], then the [[Earth]] is destroyed. |
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| − | *In one possible ending Arthur and [[Lintilla]] (and several of her clones) are happy aboard the [[Heart of Gold]]. |
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| − | *In other possible ending Arthur is lying in front of a bulldozer with Fenchurch backing him up. |
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| − | *In another possible ending the whole gang end up at [[Milliways]], where Arthur re-meets Fenchurch who is there waitressing, [[Marvin]] is also present (again) parking cars. |
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| − | *Zarquon removes [[Wowbagger]]'s immortality. |
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| − | ==Notable variations between Radio/audio and book== |
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| − | ==External Links== |
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| − | [[Category:Radio Series|5]] |
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[[Category:Quintessential Phase]] |
[[Category:Quintessential Phase]] |
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Revision as of 01:11, 23 March 2019
The Quintessential Phase is the fifth part of the radio series, first broadcast in 2005.
Story Summary
See individual fits
Episodes/"Fits"
Cast and Characters
- The Book - William Franklyn & Peter Jones
- The Book (Mark II) - Rula Lenska
- Arthur Dent - Simon Jones
- Ford Prefect - Geoffrey McGivern
- Marvin the Paranoid Android - Stephen Moore
- Fenchurch - Jane Horrocks
- Zaphod Beeblebrox - Mark Wing-Davey
- Trillian - Susan Sheridan
- Tricia McMillan - Sandra Dickinson
- Zarniwoop Vann Harl - Jonathan Pryce
- Eddie the Computer - Roger Gregg
- Grebulon Leader - Andy Taylor
- Grebulon Lieutenant, Accountancy Bird - Michael Fenton Stevens
- Prophet - John Challis
- Information Creature - Mitch Benn
- Gail Andrews - Lorelei King
- Colin the Robot - Andrew Secombe
- Old Man on the Pole - Saeed Jaffrey
- Old Woman in the Cave - Miriam Margolyes
- Stewardess, The Patient - Lorelei King
- Accountancy Bird and Lift - Roger Gregg
- Grebulon Underling - Philip Pope
- Accountancy Bird - Danny Flint
- Random Dent - Sam Béart
- Old Thrashbarg - Griff Rhys Jones
- Strinder and Doctor - Roger Gregg
- Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, Wowbagger - Toby Longworth
- Speaking Clock - Brian Cobby
- Bartender - Roger Gregg
- Vogon Helmsman - Michael Cule
- Thor - Dominic Hawksley
- Elvis - Philip Pope
- The Newsreader - Neil Sleat
- Max Quordlepleen - Roy Hudd
- Runner - Tom Maggs
- Agrajag - Douglas Adams
- Announcer - John Marsh
Notes
- When Tricia McMillan appears, she is played by Sandra Dickinson, who played Trillian in the TV series.