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AdamsDN/1/2/1/45
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- 16 April 1977-21 April 1977 (Creation)
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2 pages; paper
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As well as the creator of the sitcom '2point4 Children', Marshall was the inspiration for the character of Marvin in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'.
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Letter to Adams. Returns sketches, references a forthcoming meeting with Humphrey Barclay, mentions two new Robert Sheckley paperbacks from Pan (Sheckley was to be occasionally acknowledged as an influence upon The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), and wonders why BBC2 is repeating 'antique' episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Typescript. 16 April 1977.
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Letter to Adams. Mentions that the previous night's episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus was 'pathetic', expresses an interest in collaborating with Adams on a television project, and notes that the shortest distance between two points is 'directly from one to the other without going through space at all'. Typescript. 21 April 1977.