Continuity mistake: In the Guide entry on the Babel Fish, the teletype text that displays the words spoken by the guide stops after the word 'anything', but the voice of the book speaks a further line.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
Episode list - season 1
Starring: David Dixon, Peter Jones, Sandra Dickinson, Simon Jones
| All season 1 mistakes | Mistakes | |
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| Show generally | 0 | |
| 1 | Episode 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | 0 |
More mistakes in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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.
More trivia for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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?
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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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