The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Secondary Phase (Original BBC Radio Series)
by Douglas Adams
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Author: Douglas AdamsReader: Simon Jones
Reader: Geoffrey McGivern
Reader: Mark Wing-Davey
Reader: Susan Sheridan
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook
Published: 2009-01-20
ISBN: 1602835454
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Book Reviews of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Secondary Phase (Original BBC Radio Series)
Book Review: As good as the first!(IMO)
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a follow up to his "hit" Science Fiction Radio Series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
I believe it came out a little after the [unfinished by due to deadlines was released anyways] book adaptation of the radio series.
This version follows the events of Primary Phase, where Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are stranded on Prehistoric earth. Also Zaphod Beeblebrox has his own MAJOR plot, with his quest to find Zarniwoop.
The series is IMO just as funny as the previous series, though not as original(since most of the original ideas were in Primary Phase).
This version is something heavily tampered with. Which saddens me.
For one thing, since the book was unfinished the last 2 parts of the radio series were put in the end of the radio adaption of this, ruining any chance of a sequel that actually acknowledged the events here happened(though Tertiary Phase is still really good)
So when they did make a sequel after a few eternities, everything in this series was pretty much just a psychotic episode on Zaphod's part.
This series is REALLY good though despite the problems.
So pick it up if you're a fan of Primary Phase, the 80's TV series, or the Books(and maybe if you're a fan of the movie).
Summary of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Secondary Phase (Original BBC Radio Series)
Stranded on Prehistoric Earth since the end of the first series, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are once again trying to hitch their way off the planet. Zaphod Beeblebrox, meanwhile, finds his visit to the offices of the Guide rudely interrupted by Frogstar fighters, who further threaten to feed him to the Total Perspective Vortex. Could this prove fatal for his ego? With the three reunited, Arthur's preoccupation with tea soon gets them all into hot water before they fetch up on the planet Brontitall. There they find an enormous guano-encrusted statue of Arthur, and an indigenous species in something of a flap. As a woeful story of economic collapse at the hands (feet?) of the shoe shop industry unfolds, Arthur meets Lintilla--for whom fate has in store a very unhappy marriage--and Marvin gets to be a hero once again. All this culminates in a meeting with the Man in the Shack who apparently runs the Universe. These original BBC Radio episodes star Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan and a full supporting cast.Humor Books
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