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Ancient computers, ranged in the long caves, deep in the bowels of the planet, tick away the dark millennia, and the ages hang heavy on their dusty data banks.

11 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 3 sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:22:40.760 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

Quote context

[...]

- Where are you going?

- I think I'll just take a short walk.

- Don't blame you.

- You choose a cold night to visit our dead planet.

- Who are you?

- My name is not important.

- You startled me.

- Do not be alarmed. I will not harm you.

- But you shot at us. There were missiles.

- Oh, an automatic system.

- Ancient computers, ranged in the long caves, deep in the bowels of the planet, tick away the dark millennia, and the ages hang heavy on their dusty data banks.

- I think they take the occasional pot-shot to relieve the monotony.

- I'm a great fan of science, you know.

- Really?

- Oh, yes.

- You seem ill at ease. Ah!

- Yes, well... Actually, I don't think we expected anyone to be about. In fact, no disrespect, but I gathered you were all dead.

- Dead? No, we have but slept, for five million years. Nothing much seems to have changed.

- Slept?

- Yes, through the economic recession.

[...]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Sound Clip

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) poster

The funniest lines and quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1981 TV Series, with sound clips.

Actors: Simon Jones (Arthur Dent), David Dixon (Ford Prefect), David Learner (Marvin the Paranoid Android), Peter Jones (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Book), Sandra Dickinson (Trillian Astra), Mark Wing-Davey (Zaphod Beeblebrox), David Tate (Eddie the Computer), Martin Benson (Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz), Richard Evelyn Vernon (Slartibartfast), Valentine Dyall (Deep Thought)

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