Corrected entry: Before Zaphod, Arthur, Ford and Trillian enter the lift after talking to the mice, Trillian wears a dull red suit which hasn't been done up much. However when they leave the lift Trillian's suit is shiny and is considerably more done up. Her suit stays like this until in Episode 5 after the book explains Milliways when it suddenly changes back.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
1 corrected entry in Episode 4
Starring: David Dixon, Peter Jones, Sandra Dickinson, Simon Jones
Revealing mistake: The mice on the table are in slow motion. What's more, you see the same shots of them several times.
Slartibartfast: I'd much rather be happy than right, any day.
Arthur Dent: And are you?
Slartibartfast: No. That's where it all breaks down, of course.
Question: When Marvin is left behind in the Disaster Area ship as the others teleport away, he says, "I'm so intelligent I've probably got time to go through the five." before he is cut off. Is there anything in the books or rest of the series which suggests what we was about to say?
Chosen answer: That seems to be an error in the subtitling of the episode. What Marvin actually says is: "I may just be a menial robot, but I'm far too intelligent to expect to think of me for a moment... far too intelligent..."
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Correction: She is wearing a shiney red jacket over the top of her spandex. As they land on the planet and are walking to the airlock on the ship, you can see her carrying it.