| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | |
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| First appearance | Fit the First (radio) |
| Last appearance | And Another Thing... |
| Created by | Douglas Adams |
| Portrayed by | Peter Jones (all save for following) William Franklyn (radio series 3–5) John Lloyd (radio series 6) Stephen Fry (film) |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | The Guide |
| Origin | Ursa Minor Beta |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a fictional electronic guide book in the multimedia scifi/comedy series of the same name by Douglas Adams. The Guide serves as "the standard repository for all knowledge and wisdom" for many members of the series' galaxy-spanning civilization. Entries from the guidebook are used as comic narration to bridge events and provide background information in every version of the story. The guide is published by "Megadodo Publications", a publishing company on Ursa Minor Beta, and it is written and edited by many characters throughout the series.
In the original radio scripts, the Guide's voice was called the "Narrator" and in the 2004–2005 series, "The Voice".[1][2] For all of the radio series and the 1981 TV series, the role was credited as "The Book", though this was changed to "Narrator/The Guide" for the 2005 movie.
In the first two phases of the radio series, the LP album adaptations of the first radio series and in the television series, the Guide was voiced by British actor Peter Jones. During the 2004–2005 radio series, The Guide was voiced by William Franklyn. In the film version, it was voiced by Stephen Fry. In the Hexagonal Phase of the radio series, based on the novel, And Another Thing..., the Guide was voiced by the series co-creator John Lloyd.
- ^ Adams, Douglas (2003). Geoffrey Perkins (ed.). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts. additional material by M. J. Simpson. (25th Anniversary ed.). Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-41957-9.
- ^ Adams, Douglas. (2005). Dirk Maggs (ed.). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts: The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-43510-8.