A magrathean designer of planets in the hitchikers guide to the galaxy. Slartibartfast is a character in Douglas Adam's radio/TV/book/film/computer game entity; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He first appears in the radio series, he is a designer for Magrathea - a planet who's natives specialise in designing planets (including Earth). Slartibartfast designed Coastlines - including Norway. Douglas Adam's wanted an embarrassing name and started off with a collection of unbroadcastable obsenities then used similar sounding words to create the final name. Slartibartfast reappeared in the book Life The Universe and Everything - trying to save the Universe from the evil of Krikkit.
Slartibartfast was created in 1978.
Glaciers (or Slartibartfast)
God (or Slartibartfast)
Slartibartfast, ir Douglas Adams is to be believed. But that isn't important.
Well, if you believe Douglas Adams in The Hiitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, then of course he did. He couldn't have won the award for designing it if he didn't design it.Second answer: Actually, the award was not for the whole of his Norway work, but only for his outstanding design of the fjords.
The main cast of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio show included Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, Geoff McGivern as Ford Prefect, Stephen Moore as Marvin the Paranoid Android, and Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox.
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" follows Arthur Dent, an Earthling who is rescued by his alien friend Ford Prefect moments before Earth is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Together, they embark on a series of wacky adventures that involve a depressed robot named Marvin, the two-headed, three-armed president of the galaxy Zaphod Beeblebrox, and the eccentric researcher Slartibartfast as they roam the galaxy in search of the meaning of life. The story is a comedic and satirical take on space travel and philosophy, filled with absurdity and wit.
Cast - Stephen Fry as Narrator / Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent Zooey Deschanel as Tricia McMillian/Trillian Mos Def as Ford Prefect Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox Bill Nighy as Slartibartfast Anna Chancellor as Questular Rontok John Malkovich as Humma Kavula Warwick Davis (Alan Rickman, voice) as Marvin the Paranoid Android Helen Mirren as Voice of Deep Thought Thomas Lennon as Voice of Eddie the Computer Kelly Macdonald as Reporter Richard Griffiths as Voice of Jeltz Bill Bailey as Voice of The Whale
Douglas Adams chose the number 42 without a specific reason, intending it to be a random, humorous answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. In the story, it highlights the absurdity of seeking meaning in a seemingly arbitrary answer.
The answer to THIS question seems immediately obvious. All of the resources of the internet are available but you have to look for the information you need. How would someone else know you wanted it?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------To quote from episode 5 of the Hitch-Hikers' Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams:"DEEP THOUGHT: Good Evening"ONE: Good Evening...Oh Deep Thought...do you have..."D T: An answer for you? Yes, I have"..."ONE: To Everything? To the great question of Life, the Universe and Everything?"D T: Yes"..."D T: Though I don't think you're going to like it"TWO: Doesn't matter! We must know it!"..."D T: You're really not going to like it."TWO: Tell us!!!!"D T: All right. The Answer to Everything..."TWO: Yes...!"D T; Life, The Universe and Everything..."ONE: Yes...!"D T: Is..."TWO: Yes...!"D T: IS...!"ONE: YES...!"D T: Forty two...It was a tough assignment"ONE/TWO: Forty two!!"D T: I think the problem (such as it was) was...You never actually stated what the question was."So there you have it. Deep Though designed....oops, that was Slartibartfast...We can give you lots of answers, but unless you tell us the question any answer you get is going to be next to worthless...unless you like playing/watching Jeopardy?
Arthur Dent narrowly escapes Earth's destruction only to be picked up by his alien friend Ford Prefect, who reveals he is actually an alien researching for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. They hitch a ride on a spaceship that picks them up, leading them on a series of misadventures that include encounters with various alien races. They meet Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed ex-President of the Galaxy, and Trillian, the only other human survivor of Earth's destruction. The group embarks on a journey to find the legendary planet of Magrathea, known for its custom-designed luxury planets. They uncover the truth about Earth's purpose as a supercomputer created to find the Ultimate Question to the Answer of Life, the Universe, and Everything. Arthur learns the answer to this Ultimate Question but it turns out to be ambiguous, leading to further adventures to discover the true meaning.