Writing
Douglas Adams
Born March 11, 1952 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Died May 11, 2001 · aged 49
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…
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
★ 6.72005
MovieAdventureComedy
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 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Faraway Eyes · 2021Faraway Eyes
★ 4.82021
MovieFantasyComedy
Michael, a struggling actor, dies right after a bad breakup. He finds himself awakening in a very bright room with a very strange lady and learns that he is in singles Purgatory, where he must find his soul mate in order to cross over to the other side. With limited time to find true love among other recently deceased single New Yorkers, Michael must navigate the new customs of a ghostly dating life... as if dating in life wasn't hard enough already.
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy · 1981The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
★ 7.31981
MovieAdventureComedy
Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman whose life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed. His friend tells him about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a guide with anything you ever needed, and wanted to know. They travel across the galaxy, meeting friendly, and not so friendly characters in order to find the great question (the answer being 42).
Doctor Who: City of Death · 1979Doctor Who: City of Death
★ 9.01979
MovieComedyAdventure
While taking in the sights of Paris in 1979, the Doctor and Romana sense that someone is tampering with time. Who is the mysterious Count Scarlioni? Why does he seem to have counterparts scattered through time? And just how many copies of the Mona Lisa did Leonardo da Vinci paint?
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit · 1979Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
★ 6.01979
MovieActionAdventure
The Doctor and Romana follow a distress signal which leads to the jungle planet Chloris, whose ruthless ruler Lady Adrasta harbors a deadly creature in a pit.
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor · 1979Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
★ 5.51979
MovieActionAdventure
The final segment of the Key to Time is at the heart of a devastating war between neighbouring planets Atrios and Zeos. The Fourth Doctor discovers that a sinister entity is manipulating events and the cost of obtaining the final segment may be more personal than he imagined.
Hyperland · 1990Hyperland
★ 7.01990
MovieDocumentary
This made-for-TV documentary introduces the layperson to concepts and technologies that were emerging in computer interface design in the late 1980s and early 1990s: hypertext, multimedia, virtual assistants, interactive video, 3D animation, and virtual reality.
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden · 1979Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
★ 6.31979
MovieActionAdventure
A freak accident leaves two dangerously unstable spacecraft locked together, and a horde of monsters unleashed on their passengers.
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