FitTheSixth
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ZAPHOD Yeah stand up when you sit on the admiral, primate!
TRILLIAN It’s moving! Look, it’s starting to evolve!
F/X ZAPPY BURSTING SOUND WHICH IS ALSO A BIT SCREAMY AS THE CHAIR BURSTS INTO A TERRIBLE MONSTER
GENERAL CRIES OF 'OH GOSH' and 'GOODNESS GRAICIOUS' FROM THE CAST
FORD Wow, eat your heart out Galapagos Islands.
ZAPHOD G-force, you know what that is?
TRILLIAN Let me guess, horrible! Am I wrong?
ZAPHOD It’s a carbon copy of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal - or I’m a Vogon’s Grandmother!
F/X GHASTLY SCREECH FROM THE BEAST
ARTHUR The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal! Is it safe?
FORD Oh Yes! It’s perfectly safe - it’s just us who are in trouble. If that’s the admiral and he still wants his coffee it ain’t sponge fingers he’s gonna dunk in it.
F/X SCREECH
TRILLIAN Ford, Throw some furniture at it!
FORD What do I do, Pick up this table by the ears?
ARTHUR God, the whole place is coming alive!
F/X FURTHER ROARS SCREAMS AND HOWLS
ZAPHOD Yeah, and we’re coming dead!
TRILLIAN This ashtray just changed into a jar full of anacondas!
ZAPHOD Just- just tell it we’ll let them know!
FORD Get off me you filthy sofa!
ARTHUR God and I thought Time’s Furnishing was horrific!
ZAPHOD Get in the escape capsules!
F/X CHASE: FEET DOWN METAL CORRIDORS FOLLOWED BY BEAST SCREECH, AND GENERALLY KNOCKING FURNITURE OVER AND EATING IT
FORD Right, Arthur and I’ll take this one! Zaphod you and the others take the left-hand one!
((note: radio edit removes opening "right", and gives it to Zaphod as a response to this line))
F/X HATCHWAY OPENS. SCUFFLES AS ARTHUR AND FORD GET IN, THE BEAST'S SCREECHES ARE MUFFLED
FORD Press the go-stud Arthur.
F/X DULL DETONATIONS AS CAPSULE BLASTS OFF FROM THE SHIP, AND THE WHOOSH OF IT ESCAPING
End of segment timecheck: 9:20
Alternate online script
http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/THHGTTG/THHGTTGradio6.htm (note that this appears to be a transcription of the broadcast, rather than following the script books as the above prefers to do)
Other info
- Episode is 30:40 duration in total
- Fix the Sixth: Casting Call - <4c45cf06$0$28644$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>
- Fix the Sixth - Froup Production - <4c45cf06$0$28644$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com> - http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.douglas-adams/browse_thread/thread/57981f852b86f48b#
