Writer
Douglas Adams
Born March 11, 1952 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Died May 11, 200114 films
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame
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First watchThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy20056.7Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The…View filmEssential films
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14 films- 2017Doctor Who: ShadaWriter
- 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyNovel
- 2003Doctor Who: ShadaWriter
- 1992Doctor Who: ShadaWriter
- 1990HyperlandWriter
- 1981The Hitch Hikers Guide to the GalaxyWriter
- 1980Doctor Who: The Horns of NimonScript Editor
- 1979Doctor Who: Nightmare of EdenScript Editor
- 1979Doctor Who: The Creature from the PitScript Editor
- 1979Doctor Who: City of DeathWriter
- 1979Doctor Who: Destiny of the DaleksScript Editor
- 1979Doctor Who: The Armageddon FactorScript Editor
- 1978Doctor Who: The Pirate PlanetWriter
- 1976Out of the TreesWriter