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	Ford Prefect (character) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ford is a good friend of the main character, an ordinary Earthman named Arthur Dent, who has known him for several years and believes him to be an out of work actor from the town of Guildford in Surrey.
		The Ford Prefect was, in fact, a line of inexpensive automobiles manufactured in the United Kingdom in the 1950s.
		For the listener/reader/viewer, Ford is the source of much explanation of the weird universe that Arthur finds himself in, for example the importance of knowing where your towel is, sticking fish in your ear, and why the greatest cooks in the universe cook such bad food on Vogon spaceships.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ford_Prefect_(HHG) (651 words)

	Ford Prefect: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Ford Prefect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Ford Prefect was introduced in 1938, built by the Ford plant in Dagenham, Essex[?].
		The fictional character Ford Prefect in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is named after the Ford Prefect car, although author Douglas Adams later observed that the joke was lost on U.S. audiences who assumed it was a joke on "perfect".
		The character (an alien from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse) is pretending to be an ordinary British man, but had "skimped on his preliminary research" and assumed that the name would be "nicely inconspicuous".
	www.encyclopedian.com /fo/Ford-Prefect.html (302 words)

	Ford Prefect (car) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Ford Prefect was a line of (The people of Great Britain) British (4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine) cars produced by the UK section of the (Click link for more info and facts about Ford Motor Company) Ford Motor Company.
		The Ford Prefect was introduced in 1938 and built by the Ford plant in (Click link for more info and facts about Dagenham) Dagenham, (A county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary) Essex.
		In an earlier version of the script, Ford chose the name "Ford Prefect" because he believed that automobiles were the dominant species on earth, hence the "inconspicuous" name.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fo/Ford_Prefect_(car).htm (376 words)

	Ford Prefect (character) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Adams later clarified in an interview[1] that Ford "had simply mistaken the dominant life form".
		The Ford Prefect is, in fact, a line of automobiles manufactured in the United Kingdom.
		Despite all this, his semi-cousin Zaphod Beeblebrox calls him "Ford" the first time they are reunited.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/ford_prefect__character_ (519 words)

	Ford Prefect (character) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ford is a good friend of the main character, an ordinary Earthman named Arthur Dent, who has known him for several years and believes him to be from the town of Guildford in Surrey.
		Adams later clarified in an interview (http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~gdarvill/hhg.htm) that Ford "had simply mistaken the dominant life form".
		This was expanded on somewhat in the movie version, where Ford is nearly run over when trying to greet a car.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Ford_Prefect_%28HHG%29 (553 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ford-Prefect-(character)
		The Ford Prefect was a line of British automobiles produced by the UK.
		A joke is a short story or short series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of being laughed at or found humorous by the listener or reader.
		He is well remembered for playing Ford Prefect in the radio series and subsequent LP releases of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which role he reprised for the three new series broadcast in 2004 and 2005.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ford_Prefect_%28character%29 (1495 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Ford Prefect (car)
		The Ford Prefect was a line of British cars produced by the UK section of the Ford Motor Company.
		The original Ford Prefect was a slight reworking of the previous year's 7Y, the first Ford car designed outside of Detroit, Michigan.
		In Douglas Adams's science fiction/comedy series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one of the characters is an alien who adopted the name "Ford Prefect" while visiting Earth, believing as a result of lazy research that the name would be "nicely inconspicuous".
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Ford_Prefect_%28car%29 (485 words)

	Ford Prefect (character) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The (Click link for more info and facts about Ford Prefect) Ford Prefect is, in fact, a line of inexpensive automobiles manufactured in the United Kingdom.
		Ford came to Earth for a week, and got stuck there for fifteen years, departing only when a fleet of (Click link for more info and facts about Vogon) Vogon construction ships appear in the first episode, taking Arthur Dent with him.
		Douglas Adams has explained this by indicating that, prior to visiting Earth, Ford (Click link for more info and facts about went back in time) went back in time and changed his name at birth to Ford Prefect; hence he has now always been called Ford.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fo/ford_prefect_(character).htm (405 words)

	Trillian (character) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tricia McMillan aka Trillian is a fictional character from Douglas Adams' series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
		In the original radio series she is portrayed with a British accent — in both the tv series and movie she is played as an American.
		The Quintessential Phase of the radio series features Sandra Dickinson in the role of the alternate version of Tricia McMillan as a "blonder and more American" Trillian — the radio series indicates that the character is identical to the first Trillian and was born in the United Kingdom.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trillian_(fictional_character) (534 words)

	BookBag@theLogBook.com: Mostly Harmless
		Ford Prefect, in the meantime, is researching something more deadly serious than usual - a new and particularly lethal version of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy which employs multi-universe-manipulating technology to make sure that its version of events comes to pass, no matter how unlikely.
		Ford tracks down the new model of the Guide, whose new specs are a wee bit dangerous in a slightly universe-destroying kind of way, in a very Doctor Who-ish manner.
		The way in which Fenchurch is disposed of so Adams can move on with this new story incensed many a reader who grew attached to that character in So Long And Thanks For All The Fish, especially when her exit involves a horrible fate and is relayed in a casually dismissive manner.
	www.thelogbook.com /read/q2-02/harm.htm (817 words)

	ford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A ford is a section of water (most commonly a section of a river) that is sufficiently shallow as to be traversable by wading.
		A ford is therefore a cheaper alternative to a bridge when building a road across a waterway.
		Most modern fords are sufficiently shallow as to allow an automobile to pass through.
	www.fact-library.com /ford.html (87 words)

	Read about Ford Prefect (character) at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Ford Prefect (character) and learn about ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ford is a good friend of the main character, an ordinary Earthman named
		Ford Prefect is, in fact, a line of inexpensive automobiles manufactured in the United Kingdom.
		Ford came to Earth for a week, and got stuck there for fifteen years, departing only when a fleet of
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Ford_Prefect_%28HHG%29 (475 words)

	Ford Prefect (character) - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		de:Ford Prefect Ford Prefect is a fictional character in the radio series (and subsequent books, television series, and so on) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by the British author Douglas Adams.
		In fact, the Ford Prefect is a type of car, although author Douglas Adams later observed that the joke was lost on U.S. audiences who assumed it was a joke on "perfect".
		Adams explained in an interview[1] that Ford "had simply mistaken the dominant life form", although some commentators believe this explanation to be apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Ford_Prefect_(HHG) (475 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Ford Prefect
		Ford was nicknamed 'Ix' in school, which in the language of Betelgeuse V means: “A boy who is not able satisfactorily to explain what a Hrung is, nor why it should choose to collapse on Betelgeuse Seven.”
		The name 'Ford Prefect' was chosen by Ford after arriving on the Earth for being “nicely inconspicuous.” Obviously, he had skimped a bit on his preparatory research (Ford Prefect is the name of a car).
		Ford is capable of Pheromone Control, a technique he learned from some Ex-Pralite monks running a mind surfing resort in the hills of Hunian.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A2934849 (1004 words)

	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ford's semi-cousin and sometime Galactic President, saves the pair from death in his (stolen) spaceship, the Heart of Gold, whose crew rounds out the main cast of characters: Marvin the Paranoid Android, a terminally depressed robot, and Trillian (character)Trillian/, a woman known by Arthur as the only other surviving human being.
		Ford and Arthur, meanwhile, fall backwards through time and end up on a spacecraft full of the outcasts of the Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#GolgafrinchamGolgafrincham/ civilization.
		The character of Lionel, in the PBS Kids' series Between the Lions wears a '42' on his rugby jersey sleeve.
	www.infothis.com /find/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy (3772 words)

	The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - Character Bios - Ford Prefect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As is typical of Ford, he chose an inappropriate name for his stay on Earth (we don’t actually learn his real name) by selecting the most popular name in the hope of being inconspicuous.
		He chose Ford Prefect as opposed to, John Ford, Anna Ford, Henry Ford, Ford Anglia, Ford Consul etc.
		The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy names, characters and everything else associated with the series are the property of The British Broadcasting Corporation and Douglas Adams.
	www.sadgeezer.com /hhg/ford.htm (312 words)

	Ford Prefect (carácter) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ford Prefect es un carácter ficticio en la guía de radio serie (y los libros subsecuentes, serie de la televisión, etcétera) del autostopista a la galaxia del autor británico Douglas Adams.
		Ford es un buen amigo del carácter principal, earthman ordinario nombrado Arturo Dent, que le ha conocido por varios años y lo cree ser de la ciudad de Guildford en Surrey.
		Ford vino conectar a tierra por una semana, y consiguió pegado allí por quince años, saliendo solamente cuando una flota de naves de la construcción de Vogon aparece en el primer episodio, tomando la abolladura de Arturo con él.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/fo/Ford%20Prefect%20%28car%E1cter%29.htm (439 words)

	Ford (disambiguation) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ford is a shortened name for the Ford Motor Company, founded by Henry Ford.
		Sir David Robert Ford, the fifth Chief Secretary of Hong Kong
		Ford Prefect, fictional character in the Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ford_%28disambiguation%29 (148 words)

	Ford Prefect - www.ezboard.com
		that Ford "had simply mistaken the dominant life form", although some commentators believe this explanation to be apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate.
		Ford came to Earth for a week, and got stuck there for fifteen years, departing only when a fleet of Vogon
		For the listener/reader/viewer, Ford is the source of much explanation of the weird universe that Arthur finds himself in, for example the importance of knowing where your towel
	p196.ezboard.com /fcollinwoodfrm38.showMessage?topicID=8.topic (451 words)

	Racism in Action? The Black "Ford Prefect" [Archive] - RPGnet Forums
		Again as with the other 2, a fl character would have made no difference to me. Even a cool-looking actor would have made no difference to Arthur, because he is so obviously out of his depth.
		He pretended he wasn't, but everything about his character and appearance told you he was getting by on luck and slacker's charm.
		Ford always seemed like the average hitch-hiker to me. I agree that this Ford (judging by the trailers) has more similarity to Zaphod as opposed to the BBC series Ford, who was closer to Arthur.
	forum.rpg.net /archive/index.php/t-174786.html (3200 words)

	probably_evil
		I initially suspected the choice of a fl man to portray Ford was not (as one would hope) on the actor's merit, but more based on their ability to make the film appeal to more 'groups' of people.
		His character was embodied by the fact that he was not easily rattled.
		I now feel very sad for her, as Trillian's character appears to be as barbarised and superficialised as the rest.
	probablyevil.multiply.com /reviews/item/3?&item_id=3&view:item=threaded (1840 words)

	Encyclopedia: Model railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		To decide which layout to build requires some decision as to the 'philosophy' of one’s railway, and time spent thinking over the alternatives and their relative merits will be a good investment.
		The design, size and character of a layout can be very different according to what aspect of railways interests the modeller.
		Some are interested mainly in highly detailed scenery and buildings, realistic trackside vehicles and figures, others may be interested in signalling, and will want a fully signalled layout.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Model-railway (4357 words)

	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Freepedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The answer to the question of the universe is never resolved, although the being controlling the universe turns out to be a man living in a wooden shed with his cat.
		The third plot line (arguably the most contained and resolved) was that of Life, the Universe, and Everything, in which the characters must fend of a galactic war with the people of Krikkit.
		Marvin himself (played and sung by actor Stephen Moore; the character was originally named 'Marshall' after comedy writer Andrew Marshall, a friend who Adams regarded as being a very depressed person, then changed to Marvin so as not to cause offence) released two novelty singles, "Marvin" and "Marvin, I Love You".
	en.freepedia.org /Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy.html (1644 words)

	prefect
		in the context of schools, a prefect is a pupil who has been given authority over other pupils in the school.
		A prefect (préfet) is the State's representative in a région (thus called préfet de région) or département.
		The prefect of a région is also responsible for the département where his préfecture is seated, and the prefect of a département for the arrondissement where his préfecture is seated.
	www.fact-library.com /prefect.html (213 words)

	Ford Prefect - Floor 42 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Discuss Ford Prefect in the Floor 42 Forums
		So that was the departure point for Ford.
		He wasn't based on any particular character but come to think of it, aspects of Ford's later behavior became more and more based on memories of Geoffrey McGivern's more extreme behavior in pubs."
	www.floor42.com /jump.cgi?ID=47 (159 words)

	DNA/Forum/Info
		i hope you mean the name and not the character...
		the ford prefect was a car at the time it was written - do a search on the web if you wish to see one, or failing that i believe one of the tribute sites has a picture on it.
		when doing his research to come to earth ford got the idea that ford prefect was an inconspicuous name for a human, when in actual fact it was an inconspicuous name for a car.
	www.douglasadams.com /cgi-bin/mboard/info/thread.cgi?12202,1 (123 words)

	Prefect_ford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There are a bunch of new characters, and Arthur's life takes on some new and interesting twists...
		This Is Another Great Book By Adams : I loved this book and I see no reason for you not to like it, it stays true to the series and I thought it was the funniest in the series besides the first.
		Ford 100E, Anglia, Prefect, Popular, Escort, Squire, Thames Vans 300E, 1953-61
	books.mysic.ca /Prefect_Ford (285 words)

	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Plot Outline: Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." (more) (view trailer)
		Goofs: Continuity: When Mr Prosser is talking to Arthur you can see Ford Prefect in the background with a trolley full of beer, before he has actually arrived.
		Best moment: Ford attacks the Vogons with a towel and foils them by closing a tiny garden gate ("Oh no! We'll have to go around!").
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0371724 (665 words)

	Howstuffworks "The 42 Things You Should Know About The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
		Prefect, a writer for a galactic travel guide, was to provide context for the audience and a detached non-Earthling perspective.
		4.) The main character's name was changed from Aleric B to Arthur Dent during a taxi ride to the BBC pitch meeting.
		At the time, both actors were considered for the role of Ford Prefect.
	www.howstuffworks.com /hitchhikers-history.htm/printable (2533 words)

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