The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw Poster presentation en-us 2021-11-07 19:21:18 UTC 2022-01-26 12:43:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f47d.png Relaunch davidfranz https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873268044 Relaunched succesfully in 2005]]> 2021-11-07 19:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873268044 davidfranz https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873269558 -HG2G
-sci-fi, comedy novel, broadcast and TV show
-Arthur Dent (last surviving man), demolition of planet earth
-Ford Prefect (alien) rescues Arthur before the destruction
-Explore the galaxy and meet other individuals
-Fate of the universe]]> 2021-11-07 19:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873269558 davidfranz https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873286358 What is sci-fi?

-Speculative fiction
-imaginative
-futuristic
-advanced technology
-> space exploration, time travel, parallel universes

What do you think: Is sci-fi just entertaining or does it inspire?]]> 2021-11-07 19:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873286358 davidfranz https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873293332 2021-11-07 19:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873293332 davidfranz https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873297069 2021-11-07 20:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873297069 davidfranz https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873340343 2021-11-07 20:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1873340343 sabrinaswirsch https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1878656628 -First released in the UK by the

Pearson's Magazine in 1897

-First hardcover appearance in 1898

]]> 2021-11-09 15:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1878656628 sabrinaswirsch https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1878714969 In 1938, Orson Wells caused a panic, with his adaption of H.G. Wells story The War of the Worlds. Listeners who did not catch the introduction genuily believed Martians are attacking planet earth.]]> 2021-11-09 15:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1878714969 sabrinaswirsch https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1878733597 -Author of the Hitchhiker’s Guide radio show and of the five following Hitchhiker novels

-Wrote multiple Stories for Doctor Who

-Part of the Radio Academy's Hall of Fame for his work on the British radio

-Had a hard time, meeting deadlines: “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”

]]> 2021-11-09 16:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1878733597 sabrinaswirsch https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1878779296 -Part of the BBC Scifi Televison since 1963
-The classical version of the show aired from 1963 to 1989, includes 26 seasons and one TV film
-The story follows a humanoid alien of the species of the Time Lords, who goes by the name “the Doctor”. While fleeing from their home planet they took a time machine with them, which appears, due to a malfunction, as a blue British police box. Together with mostly human companions, the doctor travels through time, experiencing many adventures. ]]> 2021-11-09 16:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1878779296 Doctor Who missing episodes sabrinaswirsch https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1878837936 During the years 1967 and 1978, the BBC cleared their archives out of practical reasons, resulting in the loss of 97 episodes of the classical show. Some of them have been reclaimed from overseas broadcasters, while others remain lost to this day.]]> 2021-11-09 16:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1878837936 Britain's first sci-fi film davidfranz https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1879115605 -Charles Hawtrey is visited by a Martian
-The Martian is only allowed to travel back if he positively changes Hawtrey's attitude
-The BBC has partnered with the BFI to restore the film

]]> 2021-11-09 18:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1879115605 davidfranz https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1879134630 -TARDIS: time-travelling space ship
-A doctor helps people in need]]> 2021-11-09 18:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1879134630 Story sabrinaswirsch https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1881151465 Martians attack the UK, wanting to exploit the planet for its resources.]]> 2021-11-10 12:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/davidfranz/pavfjzzdfmvyuovw/wish/1881151465