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  • No information has yet emerged about the plot of the novel but Hitchhiker fans will be hoping for a resurrection of much-loved characters Arthur Dent, Trillian and Ford Prefect, who were all apparently blown to smithereens at the end of the fifth novel, Mostly Harmless.

    The Guide Goes On 2008

  • No information has yet emerged about the plot of the novel but Hitchhiker fans will be hoping for a resurrection of much-loved characters Arthur Dent, Trillian and Ford Prefect, who were all apparently blown to smithereens at the end of the fifth novel, Mostly Harmless.

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • In the words of Ford Prefect, I could really use a strong drink and peer group, but alas it won't be tomorrow.

    What I do for a living - Anil Dash 2006

  • The basic story is intact: Arthur Dent finds out his house is being destroyed to make way for a highway only to discover the Earth is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace highway, and is rescued by his friend Ford Prefect, who isn't from Guilford but is in fact from a planet near Betelgeuse, and who rescues Arthur.

    Tuesday's dead suricattus 2005

  • I just tried to draw I really wanted to finish my Ford Prefect picture and I couldn't do it.

    4th May '05 2005

  • Most of the time he was able to put this thought aside and not worry about it, but it had been re-awakened by the sudden inexplicable arrival of Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent.

    The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 1996

  • In fact, Ford Prefect was a roving researcher for that wholly remarkable book The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

    The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 1996

  • The first episode casting had been done by Douglas with Simon Brett, crucial casting since it involved the roles of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect and The Book.

    Don't Panic Gaiman, Neil 1993

  • Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect get drunk on Old Earth and start seeing a spaceship.

    Don't Panic Gaiman, Neil 1993

  • If any of them had chosen to look out of the window at that moment they would have been startled by the sight of Ford Prefect dropping past them to his certain death and flicking V-signs at them.

    Mostly Harmless Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1992

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