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"Don't Panic." -- The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
By driftglass — January 5, 2026

On this day in 1981 the BBC aired the television adaptation of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy which premiered on this day back in 1981.

"The story of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy begins when a 6-foot ape descendant named Arthur Dent is saved from the destruction of planet Earth thanks to Ford Prefect, who is in fact from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, and not from Guildford as Arthur had first thought."

No More Mister Nice Blog: Donald J. Bush.

Balloon Juice: War Piggy.

Mock Paper Scissors: There Is No Distraction, There Is No Hidden Agenda, There is Only Him.

Attention space nerds! Astronomers detect rare 'free floating' exoplanet 10,000 light-years from Earth.

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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