The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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British science fiction franchise science fiction comedy series

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic science fiction series following the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend as they travel through an absurd and satirical universe.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British science fiction franchise → science fiction comedy series →
awarded	Golden Pan Award →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
creator	Douglas Adams →
firstBroadcastDate	1978 →
genre	comedy → satire → science fiction →
hasAdaptation	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981 TV series) → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show) →
hasFandom	cult following →
hasForm	feature film → novel series → radio series → stage production → television series → video game →
hasPart	And Another Thing... → Life, the Universe and Everything → Mostly Harmless → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel) → The Restaurant at the End of the Universe →
influenced	British science fiction comedy →
mainCharacter	Arthur Dent → Ford Prefect → Marvin the Paranoid Android → Trillian → Zaphod Beeblebrox →
notableConcept	Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything →
notableNumber	42 →
notableObject	The Guide →
notablePhrase	Don't Panic → So long, and thanks for all the fish →
originalLanguage	English →
originalMedium	radio series →
originalNetwork	BBC Radio 4 →
publisher	Del Rey Books → Pan Books →
setting	Earth → Milky Way galaxy →
theme	absurdity of the universe → critique of modern society → satire of bureaucracy →

Referenced by (140)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
"Don't Panic" (Hitchhiker's Guide slogan) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)") → Arthur Dent → Arthur Dent ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film)") → Betelgeuse Five → Betelgeuse Five ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)") → Betelgeusian → Betelgeusian ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)") → Don't Panic → Don't Panic ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)") → Don't Panic ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film)") → Ford Prefect → Ford Prefect ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series") → Ford Prefect ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy television series") → Ford Prefect ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005 film") → Heart of Gold → Heart of Gold ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)") → Heart of Gold → Marvin the Paranoid Android → Marvin the Paranoid Android ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film)") → Megadodo Publications → Megadodo Publications ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)") → Milliways ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series") → Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster → Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)") → Random Dent → Sirius Cybernetics Corporation → Sirius Cybernetics Corporation ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)") → Slartibartfast → The Guide ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005 film") → Tricia McMillan → Trillian → Trillian ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)") → Ursa Minor Beta → Vogon → Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)") → Zaphod Beeblebrox → Zaphod Beeblebrox ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film)") →	appearsIn
Arthur Dent ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Don't Panic ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Ford Prefect ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Krikkit war ("Hitchhiker's universe") → Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Random Dent ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Slartibartfast ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Trillian ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged ("Hitchhiker's Guide universe") →	fictionalUniverse
"Don't Panic" (Hitchhiker's Guide slogan) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") → Betelgeusian ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") → Don't Panic ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") → Genuine People Personalities ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy franchise") → Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") → Sirius Cybernetics Corporation ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise lore") → The Guide ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") → The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)") → Vogon ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") →	partOf
Betelgeuse Five ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Betelgeusian ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Heart of Gold ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Megadodo Publications ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Ursa Minor Beta ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe") → Vogon ("Hitchhiker's Guide universe") → Wikkit Gate ("Hitchhiker's Guide universe") → Wikkit Key ("The Hitchhiker's Guide universe") → Wonko the Sane ("Hitchhiker's Guide universe") →	universe
And Another Thing... ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series") → Mostly Harmless ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series") → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)") → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)") → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (concept by Douglas Adams)") → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show) → The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)") →	basedOn
And Another Thing... → And Another Thing... ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy") → Life, the Universe and Everything → Mostly Harmless → Random Dent ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book series") → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") →	partOfSeries
Fenchurch → Krikkit war → Ursa Minor Beta ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series") → Wikkit Gate → Wikkit Key → Wonko the Sane →	appearsInSeries
"Don't Panic" (Hitchhiker's Guide slogan) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe electronic guidebook)") → Arthur Dent ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe book)") → Don't Panic ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional guidebook)") → Tricia McMillan ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe electronic guidebook)") → Wonko the Sane → Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") →	associatedWith
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)") → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Primary Phase)") → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Secondary Phase)") → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Tertiary Phase)") → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Quandary Phase)") → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Quintessential Phase)") →	hasPart
Douglas Adams → Douglas Adams → Megadodo Publications ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (electronic guidebook)") → Sam Rockwell →	notableWork
Ford Prefect ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series") → Slartibartfast ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel, 1979)") → Vogon ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel, 1979)") →	firstAppearance
Krikkit war ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") → Milliways → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") →	partOfFranchise
Arthur Dent ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel, 1979)") → Tricia McMillan ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)") →	firstAppearanceInPrint
And Another Thing... ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy franchise") → So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") →	franchise
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981 TV series)") → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film)") →	hasAdaptation
Douglas Adams ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series") → Douglas Adams ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novel series") →	hasSignatureWork
Don't Panic ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (book series)") → Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged →	relatedWork
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") →	adaptationOfFranchise
Betelgeuse Five ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise") →	appearsInFranchise
Genuine People Personalities ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books") →	appearsInFranchiseElement
Stephen Moore ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams") →	basedOnWork
And Another Thing... ("Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide series") →	continuationOf
"Don't Panic" (Hitchhiker's Guide slogan) ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fandom") →	fandomAssociation
And Another Thing... ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe guidebook)") →	featuresElement
Heart of Gold ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel, 1979)") →	firstAppearanceInNovel
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)") →	followedBy
Mostly Harmless ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe book)") →	hasCharacter
The Guide ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (book-within-book topic)") →	hasEntryOn
Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fandom") →	hasFandom
Ursa Minor Beta ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe company)") →	hasOrganization
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy") →	hasPrequel
Genuine People Personalities ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy") →	introducedInWork
Genuine People Personalities ("novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy") →	mediumAppearance
Genuine People Personalities ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy universe") →	narrativeUniverse
Mos Def ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film)") →	notableFilmAppearance
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional electronic guidebook)") →	notableItem
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy") →	precededBy
Megadodo Publications ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe book)") →	product
Ford Prefect ("Guide to Arthur Dent") →	role
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ("The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy") →	series
And Another Thing... ("Hitchhiker's Guide universe") →	setInFictionalUniverse