The Book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (television series)

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fictional electronic guidebook narrative device television character

The Book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (television series) is the omniscient, humorous electronic guidebook whose narrated entries provide exposition and comic commentary throughout the show.

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Surface form Occurrences
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe guidebook publisher) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional electronic guidebook ⓘ
narrative device ⓘ
television character ⓘ
appearsIn The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1981 television series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
catchphrase Don’t Panic NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfSeries United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
coverText Don’t Panic NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator Douglas Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom in the galaxy (within the fiction) ⓘ
diegeticStatus diegetic object within the story world ⓘ
fictionalTechnologyType portable electronic encyclopedia ⓘ
firstAppearance Episode 1 of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1981 television series) ⓘ
franchise The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre science fiction comedy ⓘ
humourStyle deadpan ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
influencesToneOfSeries comic and ironic atmosphere ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium electronic guidebook ⓘ
narratedBy Peter Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrationType voice-over ⓘ
narrativeFunction interrupts action with humorous entries ⓘ
provides background information on people, places and concepts ⓘ
pointOfView omniscient ⓘ
primaryAudienceFunction explaining complex fictional concepts ⓘ
productionCompanyOfSeries BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesEntryOn Babel fish NERFINISHED ⓘ
Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Infinite Improbability Drive NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vogon NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (film) guidebook ⓘ
roleInNarrative comic commentator ⓘ
exposition provider ⓘ
secondaryAudienceFunction providing meta-commentary on events ⓘ
setting Milky Way galaxy (fictional setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ
tone humorous ⓘ
wry ⓘ
usedByCharacter Arthur Dent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ford Prefect NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marvin the Paranoid Android NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trillian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zaphod Beeblebrox NERFINISHED ⓘ
visualRepresentation animated graphics sequences ⓘ
visualStyle diagrammatic illustrations ⓘ
line-drawn animation ⓘ

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Peter Jones → voiceRole → The Book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (television series) ⓘ
Milky Way Galaxy (fictional setting) → hasOrganization → The Book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (television series) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (in-universe guidebook publisher)