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 Simon Jones as Arthur Dent in the first episode of the BBC TV series. Simon Jones (born 27 July 1950) is an English Actor, most famous for his appearances in the Television and Radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was a BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adams 's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy broadcast in January |
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| First appearance | Fit the First (radio) |
| Created by | Douglas Adams |
| Portrayed by | Simon Jones Chris Langham Martin Freeman |
| Episode count | 26 (radio) 6 (television) |
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| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 30 (approx. The terms Primary Phase and Secondary Phase describe the first two radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist Simon Jones (born 27 July 1950) is an English Actor, most famous for his appearances in the Television and Radio series Christopher Langham (born 14 April 1949) is a BAFTA award-winning British Writer, Actor and Comedian. Martin Freeman ( September 8 1971) is an English Actor. He is most famous for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC 's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy radio series written by Douglas Adams (with some material in the first series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was a BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adams 's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy broadcast in January ) |
| Date of birth | Unknown (1950s?) |
| Date of death | In the age between 30-40, in recent date |
| Occupation | BBC Radio employee |
| Children | Random Dent |
- For the Australian political activist see Albert Langer
Arthur Philip Dent is a fictional character, the hapless protagonist in the comic science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927 Albert Langer (also known as Arthur Dent) is an Australian political activist best known for his 1996 conviction and gaoling on contempt charges after The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist Dent's situation is reminiscent of the actual case of Edward Pilgrim, whose confrontation with British local government ended in tragedy. Edward Alexander Pilgrim ( December 12, 1904 – September 24, 1954) was a British homeowner and Suicide whose death was
Along with Ford Prefect, Dent barely escapes the Earth's destruction as it is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Ford Prefect (also called Ix) is a Fictional character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by the British author Douglas EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 Hyperspace is a fictional Plot device sometimes used in Science fiction. A bypass is a Road or Highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area town or village to let through Traffic flow without interference from Arthur spends the next several years, still wearing his dressing gown, helplessly launched from crisis to crisis while trying to straighten out his lifestyle. A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. A robe is distinguished from a Cape or Cloak by the fact that it usually has Sleeves The English He rather enjoys tea, but seems to have trouble obtaining it in the far reaches of the galaxy. Tea refers to the cured agricultural product of the leaves leaf buds and internodes of Camellia sinensis, which have been prepared and cured for the market A galaxy is a massive gravitationally bound system consisting of Stars an Interstellar medium of gas and dust, and Dark matter In time, he learns how to fly and carves a niche for himself as a sandwich-maker.
In the radio, LP and television versions of the story Arthur is played by Simon Jones, no relation to Peter Jones, the voice of the Guide. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A gramophone Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Simon Jones (born 27 July 1950) is an English Actor, most famous for his appearances in the Television and Radio series Peter Jones (12 June 1920 – 10 April 2000 was an English Actor, Playwright and broadcaster. In Ken Campbell's stage production from 1979, Chris Langham took the part. Christopher Langham (born 14 April 1949) is a BAFTA award-winning British Writer, Actor and Comedian. In the theatrical movie he is played by Martin Freeman. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy film based on the book of the same name by Douglas Adams. Martin Freeman ( September 8 1971) is an English Actor. He is most famous for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC 's In The Illustrated Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, he is portrayed by Jonathan Lermit.
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Arthur's story
In most versions of the series, Arthur and Ford eventually find themselves back on Earth – but two million years in the past, marooned with an entire useless third of the Golgafrincham population (consisting of hairdressers, account executives, film makers, security guards, telephone sanitisers, and the like). This is a list of places featured in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The other two thirds of the Golgafrincham population, consisting of brilliant leaders and the workers who actually do the physical work, lived safely on their planet, having tricked the other supposedly useless third of the entire Golgafrincham population into leaving. That is, until they were wiped out by a virulent disease contracted from a dirty telephone. The Golgafrincham arrival spurs the extinction of the native "cavemen" (although, as Ford Prefect pointed out, they did not live in caves, to which a witty repartee was that they 'might have been getting their caves redecorated'), resulting in the human race's eventual replacement by a shipload of middle managers, telephone sanitisers and hairdressers.
The original radio series and the television series end at this point, although a second radio series was made in which Ford and Arthur are rescued by Ford's cousin Zaphod Beeblebrox and have further adventures, and which ends with Arthur stealing Zaphod's spaceship, the Heart of Gold (which Zaphod had himself stolen) and striking out with only Marvin the Paranoid Android, Eddie the shipboard computer, a cloned archaeologist named Lintilla, a bunch of appliances with Genuine People Personalities, and a rather battered copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for companionship. Zaphod Beeblebrox is a Fictional character in the various versions of the humorous Science fiction story The Hitchhiker's Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a fictional company from Douglas Adams ' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
In the novels and the new radio series, Ford and Arthur escape prehistoric Earth via an eddy in the space-time continuum and a time-travelling Chesterfield sofa that deposits them in the middle of Lord's Cricket Ground at the climax of the final (in more ways than one, it turns out) match in the Ashes series, the day before the destruction of Earth by the Vogons. SpaceTime is a patent-pending three dimensional graphical user interface that allows end users to search their content such as Google Google Images Yahoo! YouTube eBay Amazon and RSS Lord's Cricket Ground (generally known as Lord's) is a cricket The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. Having escaped the destruction of Earth once more and survived further adventures, Arthur eventually finds himself once more back on Earth (or rather an alternate Earth found by the Dolphins to save the human race from extinction). Dolphins are Marine mammals that are closely related to Whales and Porpoises There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen genera. In Biology and Ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a Species or group of taxa. Here he falls in love with a woman named Fenchurch and seems set to live happily ever after – at least until the following - and final - novel, Mostly Harmless. Mostly Harmless is a Novel by Douglas Adams and the fifth book of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series By the end of this fifth novel, Earth and all of its possible permutations and alternate versions are destroyed once and for all, and everybody dies, at least as far as the novel Mostly Harmless goes. However it is subtly hinted that Arthur, his friends, and a few Earths might have survived.
In the Quintessential Phase of the radio series, there are multiple alternative endings after the final destruction of all possible Earths. The Tertiary Phase, Quandary Phase and Quintessential Phase are radio adaptations of the books Life the Universe and Everything The final ending here consists of the Babel fish carried by Arthur, Trillian, Ford & Random having a sense for self preservation, i. The Babel fish is a fictional species in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams. e. at the last minute they teleport the person they are inhabiting, and anyone nearby (namely Tricia McMillan), to safety. They are teleported to Milliways where they meet up with Zaphod, both Trillians merge together, leaving her with her British accent but her blonde-American hair. Marvin has been rebuilt as his warranty has yet to expire and is parking cars at Milliways again (he has been promoted, he remarks; he now has his own bucket). Finally, they meet up with Fenchurch again who was teleported to Milliways after we last saw her in the Quandary Phase and has been working as waitress there, waiting for Arthur. They all settle in together, leaving the series on an upbeat note and allowing for further adventures.
Other Arthur Dents
A Puritan writer called Arthur Dent wrote a best-selling book called The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven (first published in 1601). A Puritan of 16th and 17th century England was an associate of any number of religious groups advocating for more "purity" of Worship and Doctrine, Arthur Dent (died 1607 was the author of The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven, first published in 1601 This is still available in a modern edition (ISBN 978-1-877611-69-8).
- The plaine-mans path-way to heaven. Wherein every man may cleerly see whether he shall be saved or damned. Set forth dialogue-wise, for the better understanding of the simple. By Arth. Dent, preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.
Adams claimed that the coincidence in the book titles was completely fortuitous, and that he had in fact never heard of the book. This was often repeated, but in fact Adams had seen an original seventeenth-century edition of the book less than a year before he wrote the first outline of the Hitchhiker's Guide. [1]
In an episode of Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, a dressing gown wearing man is seen hitchhiking holding a sign that says "Magrathea". Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an Emmy Award winning American Animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios
Arthur's "Death"
Arthur Dent is supposedly killed in a restaurant called Stavro Mueller Beta when the Earth and all its duplicates are simultaneously destroyed by the Vogons, but later in Quintessential phase it is said that the Babel Fish can teleport itself, along with its carrier, out of danger. On Earth, Stavro Mueller Beta to be precise, Arthur and the others teleport somewhere safer than Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha.
Notes
- ^ Simpson, M. J. (2003). Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams, First UK Edition, Hodder and Stoughton, Pages 93-94. ISBN 978-0-340-82766-6.
See also
External links
- [Quintessential Phase]
- BBCi's page on Arthur Dent
- The SadGeezers Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Arthur Dent
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