Apr 7, 2008

Don't Panic ! (26)



Hello , all things come to an end, and so today after 6 months, The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy sees it final Fit. I hope those who followed the trail and withstood the agony of waiting for a week, understand that this way you get to listening to it, instead of download of 550mb and thinking right 13 hours to listen..when do i have the time ? Well as i resume Rhotation this week, you'll find a link to every phase in the comments..just in case.

Next week there's an encore before moving to another story...

What happened on the penultimate Fit ?

Arthur Dent has, since the last episode, settled on the planet his ship crash-landed on, Lamuella, which is partly in a "plural zone". He is occupied as The Sandwich Maker, making sandwiches for the inhabitants of a village from the meat of the Perfectly Normal Beast. Perfectly Normal Beasts are rather like bison, and migrate.

A messenger brings news to the Sandwich Maker that a spaceship has landed on the planet. When Arthur approaches it, he is surprised to see Trillian disembark. Trillian explains that the crash was known about, but nobody has been to able to rescue him for insurance reasons. She explains that she had a daughter, named Random, using sperm sold by Arthur, and has come to drop off her daughter (of indeterminate age due to time travel, but probably around 16), whilst she is off covering a war.

At the Hitchhiker's Guide building, Ford saves himself by using Colin's antigravity systems to get to a ledge on the 13th floor of the building. He bypasses the rocket-proof glass by unlatching the window. Colin notes that the rocket-proof glass was installed after the Frogstar attack on the building (in Fit the Seventh), which Ford knows nothing about.

Meanwhile, on Lamuella, Random is not settling in well. Born on a spaceship going from one place to another place, she doesn't consider anywhere home, and Earth, the world both her parents are from, has been destroyed. A robot courier arrives with a package, for Ford Prefect care of Arthur Dent, which Arthur decides to keep safely closed on the basis that anything that involves Ford Prefect is dangerous. Distraught at her lack of place in the universe, Random runs off with the package into the forest, which is considered haunted by the natives of Lamuella.

Random discovers that the holo-entertainment system from the rocket ship that Arthur Dent crash landed in, which is still functional, as the source of the "hauntings." She opens the package, revealing the Guide Mark II, in the form of a black bird. The Bird explains the nature of probability and that some alternative Earths do exist, and persuades Random to go to one of them. Random challenges the Bird to get her a spaceship there, and just at that moment, one lands. She downs the pilot with a well-thrown rock, and leaves Lamuella.

The alternate Tricia McMillan has been taken to Rupert and meets the Grebulon leader, who explains their problem of having forgotten everything, and their reasoning in trying to gain purpose through astrology. Meanwhile, Arthur has been looking for Random and has seen the spaceship. Searching the forest he stumbles onto the pilot of the ship, Ford Prefect.

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THHGTTG - Fit 26 (25mb)


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All downloads are in * ogg-7 (224k) or ^ ogg-9(320k), artwork is included , if in need get the nifty ogg encoder/decoder here !

6 comments:

Rho said...

Hello after posting 26 Fits at Rhotation these passed 6 months. Here's a phased round up.

THHGTTG - The Primary Phase (114mb)
THHGTTG - The Secondary Phase (115mb)
THHGTTG - The Tertiary Phase (131mb)
THHGTTG - The Quandary Phase (93mb)
THHGTTG - The Quintessential Phase (96mb)

best of luck, and...Don't Panic !

Rho

Anonymous said...

Hey,
thanks a lot for your blog your efforts - the Tertiary Phase does not download for me :-(
Regards
Claudio

Anonymous said...

- please forget what I've written above - Tertiary Phase worked fine now. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Hey, this is an amazingly cool thing for you to put together, and its even more awesome that you stuck through it.

Do you have any plans/thought about doing something similar for the recent Dirk Gently Radio Series?

Rho said...

Hello &rew , thanks and for me sticking to it is the only sensable thing to do. As for Dirk Gently..as you state...recent and i stay clear of things recent.. I do have some other BBC radio series in the pipeline...

best of luck,

Rho

Anonymous said...

well , can only agree . can´t remember enjoying something so much . thanks for posting this . and of course the biggest thanks go out to the man himself mister douglas adams rest in peace man - we still miss you ! harry lime