![]() ![]() And upon re-reading Aliens Stink!, I can clearly see its lineage: a humorous situation grows darker, as menace blossoms from the absurd a small band of humans and benevolent aliens are pitted against dark cosmic creatures whose ambitions are as prosaic as our own but played out on a far grander scale. Like much of Adams' later work, and like all the best work for children, beneath a superficially brash and colourful clash of characters there is something more complex and disturbing going on. I concurred with the Doctor when he observed, "A bit crude, but immensely satisfying." He was in charge of merchandising at BBC Enterprises between 19, deciding which stories. Its super-inventive premise is built on the most flamboyant technobabble, and yet it takes a literal (if badly green-screened) spanner in the works to save the day, as the physics-twisting threats are sorted by a massive explosion. Stephen Cole, who has also published work under the pseudonyms Michael Collier Tara Samms, Andrew Miller and Paul Grice (born 1 January 1971) is an author of science fiction and children's novels. The story featured a robot parrot, a cyborg pirate captain, an ancient evil queen and Tom Baker haring about like a mad dog. The convoluted plot centred on a hollow planet that could zip through space and materialise around other worlds, draining them of wealth and energy and leaving them shrunken husks. He wrote a Doctor Who TV story called The Pirate Planet, which became my special favourite. ![]() I'd first felt Adams' influence long before I knew of Hitchhikers, at the age of just seven. ![]() Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (S.F. ![]()
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