Milky Way Galaxy (fictional setting)
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The Milky Way Galaxy in this context is the sprawling, humorously portrayed interstellar backdrop of Douglas Adams’ "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy" series, filled with eccentric alien civilizations, absurd bureaucracies, and cosmic satire.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional galaxy
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fictional setting ⓘ location in literature ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Life, the Universe and Everything
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Mostly Harmless ⓘ So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish ⓘ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1981 TV adaptation)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ⓘ |
| contains |
Barnard’s Star system (Hitchhiker’s Guide version)
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Betelgeusian ⓘ
surface form:
Betelgeuse system (Hitchhiker’s Guide version)
Damogran ⓘ Earth (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) ⓘ
surface form:
Earth (Hitchhiker’s Guide version)
Horsehead Nebula (Hitchhiker’s Guide version) ⓘ Krikkit war ⓘ
surface form:
Krikkit system
Magrathea ⓘ Milliways ⓘ Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal’s homeworld ⓘ Traal ⓘ Ursa Minor Beta ⓘ Vogsphere ⓘ |
| createdBy | Douglas Adams ⓘ |
| depicts |
commercialization of space travel
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inefficient galactic bureaucracy ⓘ |
| genre | comic science fiction setting ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Galactic Government
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surface form:
Galactic Government (Hitchhiker’s Guide)
Galactic President (Hitchhiker’s Guide) ⓘ |
| hasLocationType |
hyperspace bypasses
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spaceports ⓘ |
| hasOrganization |
Megadodo Publications
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Sirius Cybernetics Corporation ⓘ The Book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (television series) ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe guidebook publisher)
Vogon ⓘ
surface form:
Vogon Constructor Fleet
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| hasTechnology |
Babel fish
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Infinite Improbability Drive ⓘ Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
absurdism
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cosmic nihilism ⓘ parody of science fiction tropes ⓘ satire of bureaucracy ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Betelgeusians
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Krikkit war ⓘ
surface form:
Krikkiters
Magratheans ⓘ Vogon ⓘ
surface form:
Vogons
humans (Hitchhiker’s Guide version) ⓘ |
| languageWithinWork | Galactic languages translated by Babel fish ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary setting of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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surface form:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy universe
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| tone |
humorous
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satirical ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Milky Way Galaxy (fictional depiction)
this entity surface form:
the Galaxy (in-universe, nominally)
this entity surface form:
Milky Way Galaxy (Hitchhiker’s continuity)
this entity surface form:
Milky Way galaxy (fictional depiction)
this entity surface form:
Milky Way galaxy (fictional)
this entity surface form:
Milky Way Galaxy (fictional depiction)
this entity surface form:
Milky Way galaxy (Hitchhiker’s Guide continuity)
this entity surface form:
Milky Way Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide continuity)
this entity surface form:
Milky Way (Doctor Who continuity)