In these enlightened days, of course, no-one believes a word of it.

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

You can hear this line at 00:03:16.389 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

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- The home of this industry was the planet Magrathea, where vast hyperspatial engineering works were constructed to suck matter through white holes in space, and form it into dream planets, lovingly made to meet the standards of the Galaxy's richest men.

- And so successful was this venture that very soon Magrathea itself became the richest planet of all time.

- And the rest of the Galaxy was reduced to abject poverty.

- And so the system broke down, the Empire collapsed, and a long, sullen silence settled over the Galaxy.

- Magrathea itself disappeared, and its memory soon passed into the obscurity of legend.

- In these enlightened days, of course, no-one believes a word of it.

- I'm sorry, I don't believe a word of it.

- Listen to me, Ford. I found it. I swear I've found it!

- A non-existent planet?

- Yeah! I know!

- Listen, it's...

- Myth. Magrathea is a fairy story. It's what parents tell their children at night when they want them to grow up to become economists.

- And we are currently in orbit around it.

- I can't help what you may be personally in orbit around, but this ship...

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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.

What we demand is solid facts. -No, we don't. That is precisely what we don't demand. -We don't demand solid facts. What we demand is a total absence of solid facts.

By law, the quest for ultimate truth is the inalienable prerogative of your working thinkers. And if the machine actually goes and finds it, we're straight out of a job, aren't we?

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Sound Clip

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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