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...play that led to a new television series on [[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]] in 2013. ...e opposed by the British [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Civil Service]], in particular his [[Permanent Secretary]], [[Humphrey Appleby|Sir Humphrey App

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| caption = The Pythons in 1969:<br /> ...In protest at [[w:George W. Bush|]], he renounced his American citizenship in January 2006 and is now only a British citizen. {{citation|place=DE|url=ht

This page is a '''list of characters''' in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', by [[Douglas Adams]]. The des ..., but seems to have trouble obtaining it in the far reaches of the galaxy. In time, he learns how to fly and carves a niche for himself as a sandwich-mak