The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Radio)

Are there any fans of the original Radio broadcast? I have aquired all of the episodes but can not figure out what order they go in.
I have:
The Primary Phase
The Secondary Phase (I was able to figure out that these two went first)


Here are the ones I don't know:
Quandary Phase
Tertiary Phase
Quintessential Phase

Anyone know which order I should listen to them in?
Thanks a million!
 

The Primary Phase
The Secondary Phase
The Tertiary Phase
The Quandary Phase
The Quintessential Phase
 

Thank you very very much! I'm going to go listen to Tertiary Phase now
 

god i love douglas adams. I hav the original scripts to this. my most prized possession.
 

I have a first edition of the first book (paperback). Not in the greatest condition, but a first edition nonetheless!
 

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Quote: Aaron @ May 8 2008, 11:39 AM BST

I have a first edition of the first book (paperback). Not in the greatest condition, but a first edition nonetheless!

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Me too - although it's no longer really a book, more just a pile of loose pages.
 

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Yep. Preeetty much what mine's like!
 

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What did people think of the various radio sequels? I liked them, but I could never fully follow what was happening half the time.
 

So far I've enjoyed the 2nd installment just as much as the original. Very funny, creative and smart writing. Although I know I'll get a lot of hate for this...but I really liked the new movie's version of Zaphod. It especially works well for the second recording.
 

The Extended Tertiary, Quandary, Quintessential Phases are worth a listen if you want to buy the CDs or acquire them from other places.
 

I've finished Tertiary and I have to say it was definitely not as funny as the first two. I'm actually rather disappointed. Are Qandary and Quintessential any better? I liked the parts with Marvin though he's always funny. And the last few episodes of the Tertiary were funny. I laughed a lot with the creature who was perpetually killed by Arthur.
 

From memory I think that each phase corresponds to a particular book (I do own the full boxset but it's not to hand)

The Primary Phase - Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Secondary Phase - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Tertiary Phase - Life the Universe and Everything
The Quandary Phase - So Long and Thanks for all the Fish
The Quintessential Phase - Mostly Harmless


Def.
 

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Didn't the radio show come before the book? I seem to remember hearing that somewhere.
 

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Yes the H2G2 radio series came first.

Agree with whoever said that it was almost impossible to follow the later radio serials due to an overabundance of sound effects and shouting.
 

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"'Reality,' sa molesworth 2, 'is so unspeakably sordid it make me shudder.'"
 

Quote: David Bussell @ September 2 2008, 2:41 PM BST

Didn't the radio show come before the book? I seem to remember hearing that somewhere.

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Very good point and I think you are pretty correct - to a point. I'm doing this from memory now but I have read through the sleeve notes of each phase and I think (at the very least) the last set is based on the book Mostly Harmless. This may have been enacted around 2004.

Bum, I will have to go home and read the notes again!

Perhaps I would have been better off saying that each eventual book would 'roughly' correspond to each radio phase. Or something like that anyway...


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Do you expect me to talk?
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