It is a planet with an ancient and mysterious history in which the most mysterious figures are those of the Great Circling Poets of Arium.

9 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 6 sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:21:01.143 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

Quote context

[...]

- I should be out of this bath, in fact... Oh, I don't know though, why stop just when I'm enjoying it?

- We are about to land, then?

- Well, not exactly land, no. I think, as far as I remember, we were programmed to crash on it.

- Crash?

- Yes, there was some reason for it, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was now...

- You're all a load of useless bloody loonies!

- Yes, that was it. That was the reason. Yes...

- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy has this to say about the planet of Golgafrincham.

- It is a planet with an ancient and mysterious history in which the most mysterious figures are those of the Great Circling Poets of Arium.

- It was of course a descendant of these eccentric poets who invented the spurious tales of impending doom which enabled the people of Golgafrincham to rid themselves of the useless third of their population.

- The other two thirds stayed at home and lived full rich and happy lives until they were all suddenly wiped out by a virulent disease contracted from a dirty telephone.

- Meanwhile, the remaining, useless third have crash-landed into the prehistoric dawn of a small, blue-green planet at the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy.

- It's odd, isn't it?

- With them are Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect.

[...]

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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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