Episode 4

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Season 1: Episode 4

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BBC-2 | BBC Two | Air Date: January 26, 1981
Starring: Simon Jones, Peter Jones, Stephen Moore, Mark Wing-Davey, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Tony Clark (IX)
Summary: Arthur learns about the Great Project. This is the second most powerful computer in existence, called Deep Thought, and it was created to answer the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. The computer comes back online much later to give its final answer, which is the number 42. The scientists are understandably less thanArthur learns about the Great Project. This is the second most powerful computer in existence, called Deep Thought, and it was created to answer the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. The computer comes back online much later to give its final answer, which is the number 42. The scientists are understandably less than thrilled with this answer and are even more hacked off when Deep Thought cannot tell them what the Ultimate Question was. So a new computer, called the planet Earth, has to be constructed for the same purpose. The current owners of the Great Project, Trillian's pet mice, want to cut Arthur's head open to find the Question inside. Then the crew members are all trapped behind a bank of exploding computers, and all seems to be lost.… Expand
Genre(s): Comedy, Science Fiction
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