The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV Series)
Episode #1.3 (1981)
Richard Vernon: Slartibartfast
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Quotes
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Slartibartfast : Come. Come now or you will be late.
Arthur : Late? What for?
Slartibartfast : What is your name, human?
Arthur : Dent. Arthur Dent.
Slartibartfast : Late as in the late Dentarthurdent. It's a sort of threat, you see. I've never been terribly good at them myself but I'm told they can be terribly effective.
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Slartibartfast : It is most gratifying that your enthusiasm for our planet continues unabated. And so, we would like to assure you that the guided missiles currently converging with your ship are part of a special service we extend to all of our most enthusiastic clients, and the fully-armed nuclear warheads are of course merely a courtesy detail. We look forward to your custom in future lives.
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Slartibartfast : Is that your robot?
Marvin : No. I'm mine.
Arthur : Well, if you call it a robot. It's more like an electronic sulking machine.
Slartibartfast : Bring it.
Marvin : "Bring it. Bring it."
Slartibartfast : On second thoughts, leave it here.
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Arthur Dent : The Earth!
Slartibartfast : Well, the Earth Mark II, in fact. We're making a copy from our original blueprints.
Arthur Dent : Are you telling me you originally made the Earth?
Slartibartfast : Oh, yes. Did you ever go to a place - I think it was called Norway?
Arthur Dent : No. No, I didn't.
Slartibartfast : Pity. That was one of mine. Won an award, you know. Lovely crinkly edges.
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Arthur Dent : Excuse me, what is your name by the way?
Slartibartfast : My name?
[pause]
Slartibartfast : My name is Slartibartfast.
Arthur Dent : I beg your pardon?
Slartibartfast : Slartibartfast.
Arthur Dent : [laughing] Slartibartfast?
Slartibartfast : I said it wasn't important.
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Slartibartfast : I was most upset to hear of its destruction.
Arthur : *You* were upset?
Slartibartfast : Five minutes later and it wouldn't have mattered so much. Shocking cock up. The mice were furious.
Arthur : Mice?
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Slartibartfast : You must come with me or you will be late!
Arthur Dent : Late? What for?
Slartibartfast : What is your name, human?
Arthur Dent : Dent, Arthur Dent.
Slartibartfast : Late as in the late Dent Arthur Dent. It's a sort of threat, you see.
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Slartibartfast : [to Arthur] You choose a cold night to visit our dead planet.
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Slartibartfast : [to Arthur] I'm a great fan of science, you know.
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Slartibartfast : [to Arthur] You choose a cold night to viosit our dead planet.