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lsquoPrefect, yoursquore fired. Literally.rsquoThis brand new vinyl edition of The Hitchhikerrsquos Guide to the Galaxy Quintessential Phase arrives on heavyweight pink vinyl, packaged in the lavish style of the preceding Primary Phase, Secondary Phase, Tertiary Phase and Quandary Phase LP releases.Here, for the first time ever on vinyl, are Episodes 23 to 26 of the BBC radio series. First broadcast in 2005, the Quintessential Phase is based upon Douglas Adamsrsquos fifth Hitchhikerrsquos novel, Mostly Harmless. This is the first ever publication of the original radio edits of the Quintessential Phase, as heard on their original Radio 4 broadcast. This startling conclusion to the original lsquotrilogy in five partsrsquo features not one but two versions of Tricia McMillan, the woman who wouldwould not take off with a twoheaded alien and become Zaphodrsquos girlfriend Trillian. Arthurrsquos search for his lost love takes him to the planet Lamuella, home of the Perfectly Normal Beast, whilst Fordrsquos visit to the Hitchhikerrsquos Guide HQ reunites him with an old acquaintance. Soon they are all involved in a frantic race to save EarthhellipagainStarring William Franklyn amp Peter Jones as The Book, with Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, Geoffrey McGivern as Ford Prefect, Mark WingDavey as Zaphod, Susan Sheridan as Trillian, Sandra Dickinson as Tricia McMillan, Samantha Beacuteart as Random and Rula Lenska as The Bird, with a guest cast including Jonathan Pryce, John Challis, Mitch Benn, Michael FentonStevens, Saeed Jaffrey, Miriam Margolyes, Griff Rhys Jones, Stephen Moore, Jane Horrocks and many more, with music by Philip Pope and Paul lsquoWixrsquo Wickens. Adapted, Directed and CoProduced by Dirk Maggs. Two 180g heavyweight coloured vinyl discs are presented in illustrated wallets inside a rigid, bound 20 page book, including a Perspective sleeve note by Simon Jones and an overview of the seriesrsquo development by Jem Roberts, Adamsrsquos official biographer.
