Noted during his lifetime for his wit and quotability, Douglas Adams and his work were full of his unique brand of pessimism, surrealism and the hilariously funny. Adam’s highlights on life have lived on as words that betray a great wisdom beyond his untimely 49 years.
In our final piece for Towel Day, we present ten of Douglas’ finest quotes and hope you raise a glass (and a towel) in saluting one of the finest [...]
Author James Goss has spoken on his next project for BBC Books following his immensely well received City of Death novelisation - The Pirate Planet. Scheduled for release in 2016, The Pirate Planet will be the final Douglas Adams story left to novelise from the writer’s Doctor Who output.
Speaking to SFX Magazine, Goss says his aim with the new novel is to try and make people love The Pirate Planet as much as [...]
It’s the crossover that every Doctor Who and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fan has dreamed of - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Daleks!
So take note as The Book gives you all the lowdown on the deadliest creatures of the universe (and former Aston Villa striker Davros), so keep your towel handy, don’t panic, but most of all… just stay away!
Given it’s cultural impact and being written by Douglas Adams, who offered his many skills to Doctor Who both as a writer and script-editor during the 1970s, it’s understandable that there are references to his great work The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy through Doctor Who history.
From books in libraries to references to characters in both franchises, from an actual appearance from Zaphod Beeblebrox and Arthur Dent to the use of the same language, the [...]