Extremely British? Absolutely. And I'm such an anglophile. *g*
The HHGttG connection is no coincidence...Douglas Adams was both influenced hugely by Doctor Who as a kid (basically Doctor Who + PG Wodehouse = HHG), and was himself a writer and story editor for the show in the 70s, just before he did HHG. The first Dirk Gently novel, in fact, borrows a character and some settings from a Doctor Who he wrote that was never finished thanks to a labor strike. (Of course I have the unfinished ep on tape, 'cause the BBC released it on VHS a long while back with linking narration from the actor who played the 4th Doctor. *g*)
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Date: 2006-02-11 04:46 pm (UTC)The HHGttG connection is no coincidence...Douglas Adams was both influenced hugely by Doctor Who as a kid (basically Doctor Who + PG Wodehouse = HHG), and was himself a writer and story editor for the show in the 70s, just before he did HHG. The first Dirk Gently novel, in fact, borrows a character and some settings from a Doctor Who he wrote that was never finished thanks to a labor strike. (Of course I have the unfinished ep on tape, 'cause the BBC released it on VHS a long while back with linking narration from the actor who played the 4th Doctor. *g*)