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Douglas Adams

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Douglas Adams


Douglas Noel Adams was born in Cambridge on March 11, 1952.  He went to school at Brentwood School, Essex and St John's College, Cambridge.  In 1974 he gained an MA in English Literature.

He started writing at Cambridge.  Some of his earlier writings were featured on the radio.  He went on from radio to become the script editor of Doctor Who where he wrote a couple of stories for the Tom Baker incarnation of the Doctor (4th Doctor).  He wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which was comissioned and aired as a radio series in March 1978.  Since then it has been transformed into a series of best-selling novels, a television series, records, cassettes and CDs, a computer game and several stage adaptations.

In 1991 he married Jane Elizabeth Belson and leaves a daughter, Polly Jane Rocket.  Douglas Adams died suddenly of a heart attack on May 11, 2001
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Quotes

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.

Books

Movies and Shows

# Release Date Title Role
1 29 Apr 2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Writer

Television Episodes

# Air Date Show Episode Role
1 30-Sep-1978 Doctor Who (S:16;E:5) The Pirate Planet (Part 1) Writer
2 07-Oct-1978 Doctor Who (S:16;E:6) The Pirate Planet (Part 2) Writer
3 14-Oct-1978 Doctor Who (S:16;E:7) The Pirate Planet (Part 3) Writer
4 21-Oct-1978 Doctor Who (S:16;E:8) The Pirate Planet (Part 4) Writer
5 01-Sep-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:1) Destiny of the Daleks (Part 1) Script Editor
6 08-Sep-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:2) Destiny of the Daleks (Part 2) Script Editor
7 15-Sep-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:3) Destiny of the Daleks (Part 3) Script Editor
8 22-Sep-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:4) Destiny of the Daleks (Part 4) Script Editor
9 29-Sep-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:5) City of Death (Part 1) Script Editor
10 06-Oct-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:6) City of Death (Part 2) Script Editor
11 13-Oct-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:7) City of Death (Part 3) Script Editor
12 20-Oct-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:8) City of Death (Part 4) Script Editor
13 27-Oct-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:9) The Creature from the Pit (Part 1) Script Editor
14 03-Nov-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:10) The Creature from the Pit (Part 2) Script Editor
15 10-Nov-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:11) The Creature from the Pit (Part 3) Script Editor
16 17-Nov-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:12) The Creature from the Pit (Part 4) Script Editor
17 24-Nov-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:13) Nightmare of Eden (Part 1) Script Editor
18 01-Dec-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:14) Nightmare of Eden (Part 2) Script Editor
19 08-Dec-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:15) Nightmare of Eden (Part 3) Script Editor
20 15-Dec-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:16) Nightmare of Eden (Part 4) Script Editor
21 22-Dec-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:17) The Horns of Nimon (Part 1) Script Editor
22 29-Dec-1979 Doctor Who (S:17;E:18) The Horns of Nimon (Part 2) Script Editor
23 05-Jan-1980 Doctor Who (S:17;E:19) The Horns of Nimon (Part 3) Script Editor
24 12-Jan-1980 Doctor Who (S:17;E:20) The Horns of Nimon (Part 4) Script Editor
25 05-Jan-1981 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (S:1;E:1) Episode 1 Writer
26 12-Jan-1981 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (S:1;E:2) Episode 2 Man in Ocean
27 19-Jan-1981 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (S:1;E:3) Episode 3 Writer
28 26-Jan-1981 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (S:1;E:4) Episode 4 Writer
29 02-Feb-1981 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (S:1;E:5) Episode 5 Writer
30 09-Feb-1981 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (S:1;E:6) Episode 6 Writer







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