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A [[Radio Drama]] on [[The BBC|BBC Radio 4]] which later became the basis for [[The
It started with only two seasons in 1978-1980. It was later mixed-and-matched into the first two novels. It was later revived in 2003 and spawned three more seasons based on the last three books by [[Douglas Adams]], with a sixth season airing in 2018.
The cast was fairly consistent across the board, with only Peter Jones and Richard Vernon being replaced in the last three seasons due to
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* [[Acting for Two]]: Bill Wallis plays both Prosser (the man in charge of demolishing Arthur's house) and Jeltz (the alien in charge of demolishing Arthur's planet).
* [[Deadly Euphemism]]: Played with.
** Slartibartfast threatens Arthur that, unless Arthur comes with him promptly, he will be late -- as in "the late [[The Name Is Bond, James Bond|Dent Arthur Dent]]".
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** Hig Hurtenflurst explains his use of "revoked" to Arthur by spelling it out as "k-i-l-l-e-d". A subsequent episode reveals that this is part of a larger legal wrangle where (for various reasons) the representatives of a cloning agency were trying to get murder redefined in law. They'd managed to have the word legally changed, but not the spelling.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Fit the First, Fit the Second, etc. This is a reference to [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[The Hunting of the Snark]]''.
** [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|Idiosyncratic Season Naming]]: Primary Phase, Secondary Phase, etc.
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: When it's established that (due to the effects of the Infinite Improbability Drive) Ford and Trillian are the only two members of the core cast who haven't coincidentally met before:
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* [[Large Ham]]: Zaphod, played by Mark Wing-Davey, was written as such [[Typecasting|specifically because he was played by Mark Wing-Davey.]]
* [[Message in
* [[Relax
* [[Retronym]]: It wasn't until the radio series were released on tape that the seasons began being referred to as Phases. (This only applies to the first two seasons, the rest were labeled Phases right out of the gate.)
* [[Second Episode Introduction]]: Zaphod, Trillian, and Marvin.
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: Zaphod and Ford find themselves in a cave made out of marble, very slippery marble. Zaphod tries to compare it to the slipperiest thing Ford can think of. Unfortunately, the slipperiest thing Ford can think of is the marble, leading to the statement "This marble is as slippery as this marble."
* [[Unstable Genetic Code]]:
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* [[What Does This Button Do?]]: Lampshaded.
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'''Ford Prefect''': I wouldn't--
'''Arthur Dent''': Oh.
'''Ford Prefect''': What happened?
'''Arthur Dent''': A sign lit up, saying "Please do not press this button again." }}
* [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]]: The final fate of Wowbagger.
* [[Back for
* [[Casting Gag]]: Geoffrey Perkins, Douglas Adams's boss at the BBC, plays Arthur Dent's boss at the BBC.
* [[Content Warnings]]:
** One episode of the Tertiary Phase finishes with the warning: "The preceding program contains scenes of extreme violence which may be disturbing to some viewers. Time travellers of a nervous disposition may wish to consider listening to something else for the previous half-hour."
** Played straight when the episode featuring the destruction of the Guide offices was broadcast on [[The BBC|Radio 4]] [[Too Soon|shortly after 9/11]].
* {{spoiler|[[Everybody Lives]]: All the core cast manages to survive at the very end of the series, including Trillian and her alternate self (who merge into a single being), Marvin (who was still under warranty when he expired), and Fenchurch (who had been waiting at Milliway's since she seemingly ceased to exist). And the Vogons fail to eradicate every Earth.}}
* [[Hey,
* [[Remake Cameo]]: Inverted--cast members of [[The
** The Quintessential Phase series had Sandra Dickinson, Trillian in [[The
** David Dixon, the TV Ford Prefect, also had a cameo in the second episode of the Quandary Phase, getting pissed off at Arthur for trying to donate to save the dolphins when he should know they've all vanished. (This case is lampshaded, as Arthur--still played by Simon Jones, who acted alongside Dixon in the TV series--asks if they've met before.)
** Chris Langham, Arthur Dent from the 1979 Institute of Contemporary Arts stage production of ''Hitchhiker's'', pops up as Prak in the finale of the Tertiary Phase.
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