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Thor, it would appear at least, is no more, obliterated by the new Vogon secret experimental weapon QUEST.

However, in a moment of genius, the earthlings on Nano (including the assembled Dents, and the loons bought to the planetoid by Hillman Hunter) have been saved by Constant Mown, Prostetnic Jeltz's son, quoting law at his father.

But what now for Arthur, Random, and Ford? And will Zaphod's trick of (no-hands) catching Thor's helmet on his head be the Sub-Etha hit he hopes?

I'm not sure. But I do think, that this will be it. The final episode in the readings...

Ermahgerd... 

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Thor (following sound advice from his manager Zaphod, and the threat of unending hatred from Trillian) has NOT killed Wowbagger, even though he is now no longer mortal. Trillian and Wowbagger have, figuratively speaking, now ridden off into a beautiful romantic sunset.

Zaphod and Thor in the meantime are on Nano, living it up at a banquet in Thor's honour, totally oblivious to the fact that the Vogons are in orbit, and preparing the obliterate the planetoid with an experimental weapon, a SECRET experimental weapon.

Onboard the Vogon ship, The Business End, Prostetnic Jeltz is eager to see what this weapon is capable of doing, whilst his grovelling son, Constant Mown, is doing what he can to stop his father. Because, unlike most Vogons, he is not into the whole bureaucratic shindig, and would really like to discuss Country music with somebody...

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Thor and Wowbagger have had their epic showdown, which has left Wowbagger soaring up into the stratosphere of Nano after a spectacular uppercut from Mjölnir.

However, it rather seems that Bowerick Wowbagger was having serious second thoughts about ending his immortality, as he and Trillian have very deeply fallen in love. It would seem.

Arthur meanwhile is trying his very best to not be quite so damnably gauche and, well, English about everything.

Things DO seem to be a bit of a pickle, eh?

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A long period in dark space has massively amplified feelings amongst the passengers of the Tanngrísnir, love seems to be in the air, and hate, or are they?

Wowbagger and Thor look set for a bit of a smack-down, but does Wowbagger still want to die? We know all the cows do, daft buggers.

But most importantly, will Arthur ever get his wine, and will Ford get some sauce for all the recently lightning-fried steak lying around?

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Things have gone... fruit-shaped of some variety... on Nano.

The Nanites and Tyromancers have been failing to have a proper war despite their best endeavours, and Hillman Hunter's diddly-dee charm is struggling to do deal with the reality of the improbable arrival of The Heart of Gold (at first in the form of a giant wheel of cheese, that's improbability for you), and with it, Thor, spoiling for a real fight.

It seems Zaphod is behind all of this, but to what end?

Listen in, and find out. Probably.

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High noon on Nano... what?!?

Well, Zaphod has done what only Zaphod can do by achieving the apparently impossible (or at least the massively improbable) by getting a SERIOUSLY naffed-off Thor back onside with the promise of improving his standings amongst the mortals of the galaxy. It seems he is in the process of brokering a fairly impressive knock-down-drag-out fight between the god and Wowbagger the infinitely prolonged.

But what's all this stuff about Nano? And where does Zaphod fit in?

Listen in and find out!

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It’s the time of year when our thoughts turn to things festive, to the sharing of love, the sharing of joy, of light and happiness. But this doesn’t happen without a bit of effort from all of us. Not least the jolliest of the jolly.

In a world exclusive, guest presenter Vic Hyland (and long-time friend of The Bearded Wit) manages to track down and grab a few minutes of very precious time to talk with the big guy himself during a quick coffee break.

Vic learns a little about what it really takes to make the festive season happen, how long it’s actually been happening, and in this social-media-driven world, what hashtag Santa thinks best describes the true nature of the season.

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Zaphod, having learned Heimdall's real name (and the ability to compel the god into doing what he wants), has now FINALLY managed to get into Asgard.

Onboard the Tanngrísnir, Ford, Arthur, and Fenchurch are busy ignoring the "boom-chicka-wow-wow" going on between Trillian and Wowbagger.

But will Zaphod be able to persuade Thor to kill Wowbagger? And perhaps slightly more important than this, will he be able to persuade Thor NOT to kill HIM before he gets to ask about killing Wowbagger?

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The saga continues! The dragons chasing Zaphod are all getting a bit... well... dragony... will they unleash their... umm... dragonyness upon him with suitable fury?

And, hey, what's up with the whole Trillian/Wowbagger thang... who saw THAT "let's get it ooooon" coming?

Not Random for sure...

I say, this is all getting rather complicated. Why not tune in as we try and work it all out?

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What will happen to Zaphod in Asgard? What’s happened to Arthur? Will he ever see Fenchurch again? Can fish whistle?

All these and many more questions will probably not be answered in this evening’s reading of “And Another Thing…”, but why not tune in anyway?

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We're BACK! Finally, we get to join our intrepid galactic hitchhiking heroes as they attempt to make sense of anything at all. We're about a third of the way into the sixth book "And Another Thing"...

Zaphod has promised to kill Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged, a promise Wowbagger is VERY keen to see fulfilled. The only problem is that they're on their way, at Zaphod's suggestion, to Asgard. What Zaphod does not know, however, is that the beasts guarding Asgard have been given Zaphod's scent...

Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz in the meantime has got a whiff of the fact that a small colony of homo sapiens escaped the multidimensional destruction of (all the) Earth(s) and is now on his way to obliterate them in order to complete his paperwork.

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Wowbagger the infinitely prolonged is very busy trying to ensure his own demise, everyone else is just trying to stay alive. Will any of them succeed? Who cares if you're all watching Belgium v Portugal... (during EURO 2020, when this went out live) BELGIUM MAN! BELGIUM!!!

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The gang are apparently safe and secure having found themselves first being "saved" by Zaphod - and then being REALLY saved by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged. But is this all really helping? Listen in and find out!

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Our intrepid heroes are emerging from a spacetime envelope that has held them "safely" in place for quite some time. But now they are being sliced to death by the Grebulon death rays...

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We continue to uncover what on EARTH happened to our intrepid heroes after Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz got to put a final tick on his "to-do" list...

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And Another Thing... We dive into the sixth book of three - the final instalment in the Hitchhiker's saga - this time penned by Eoin Colfer of "Artemis Fowl" fame. Sanctioned by Adams' widow, Jane Belson, this is the book that he had intended to write before his all-too-early passing. After writing five Hitchhiker books, Adams had felt the need to continue the story: "I suspect at some point in the future I will write a sixth Hitchhiker book...", and "People have said, quite rightly, that Mostly Harmless is a very bleak book. I would love to finish Hitchhiker on a slightly more upbeat note, so five seems to be a wrong kind of number; six is a better kind of number." Grab your towels and put on a brew, we're off again!

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And now, the end is near, we turn to face the final curtain... But ONLY if we can find out WHERE in the zarking universe Stavromula Beta actually is...

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Ford has arrived on Lamuella and having been knocked out twice by Random (who then disappeared off with the new version of the Guide to find Earth) has met up with a bewildered Arthur and persuaded him to try and get off the planet by riding on a Perfectly Normal Beast through a rip in reality at the end of Anhondo Plains... This has pleased Old Thrashbarg very much indeed. But where will Arthur and Ford end up - and who, for zark's sake, is "THE" King?

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Random has vanished with the new multidimensionaltimesandrealitythingy version of the guide, and Arthur has been left sitting on a body in a cave. Doesn't sound awfully promising does it? Ah well... there's always tea...

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Arthur and (his up-to-now completely unknown daughter) Random have been getting to know one another. Thrashbarg is running out of ways to make more spaceships fit into his blatantly self-serving "Almighty Bob" narrative. And Trillian is off... somewhere in the spacetime continuum... But where will this all end? Listen in and find out more...

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