Attention Douglas Adams Fans

[Finomans]

I only read the first one because i cant find any other books but I did read detective agency.

[pandasthumb]

I have a soft spot for Dirk Gently. I often think about his art of 'zen navigation' while driving around.

I believe that much of D Adams script work for Dr who was not used but I think that you would have to agree that the dialogue in City of Death is very, very good. not to mention John and Elenor at the end.

Wasn't it Shada, or another D Adams story that had been partially filmed, the Tom Baker bits used for the Five Doctors?

[overhawk]

Wasn't it Shada, or another D Adams story that had been partially filmed, the Tom Baker bits used for the Five Doctors?

It was Shada. They even released a VHS of Shada some time ago, with linking narration done by Tom Baker himself to cover all of the unfilmed bits. I seemed to remember that the VHS, linking narration and all was about the length of a regular four part episode of Dr. Who, even though it was supposed to be six episodes long.

[BatrickPatrick]

*bump*

I saw the advert for this yestarday. Still not sure about it >.>

[Danny B]

I'm looking forward to it. I expected New Who to be a bit rubbish, but was pleasantly surprised. I thought the Sherlock Holmes update was a terrible idea and that the casting choices were appalling, but I found myself thoroughly enjoying it and I'm now looking forward to the new series. For the most part, I trust the BBC completely when they have source material to work from and quite a lot even when making something from scratch. In this case, they have some excellent source material and the BBC have always been very respectful of Douglas Adams and more recently of his legacy, so I'm fairly confident that it will be a faithful adaptation, although I admit that the scriptwriter will have to do some serious work to translate some of the story to the screen effectively...

[Bouncy Castle]

*bump*

I saw the advert for this yestarday. Still not sure about it >.>

Ooooh. When's it on?

[BatrickPatrick]

I forgot when it's actually on >.> I'm sure google can tell us...

[Bouncy Castle]

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/12/08/ ... rk-gently/

Next Thursday, 16th December, on BBC4.

[Jan Van Quirm]

*transfers data holistically to e-calendar*

[Bouncy Castle]

Show off!!

[Who's Wee Dug]

I hope it's better than the film HHGTTG.

[Bouncy Castle]

Oh, that was dire, wasn't it?

[Who's Wee Dug]

There were a couple of good bits in it but overall pretty crap.

[Bouncy Castle]

Nothing can beat the BBC version, IMHO.

[Penfold]

Just a Reminder for those who can get BBC 4. Dirk Gently is showing at 9pm in a one hour program. No idea whether it will be any good, but they didn't do a bad job of Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy.