Arthur Dent

Arthur Dent, an ape-descendent, is the last man from Earth following its destruction to make way for a hypher-spatial express route. Before being rescued from the doomed planet by his friend Ford Prefect, Arthur spent most of his time worrying about the fact that people were always asking him what he was looking so worried about.

Ford Prefect

Ford hails from a small planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse but has spent years on Earth posing as an out-of-work actor. He always carries a satchel containing, amongst other things, a couple of dog-eared scripts, some biros, a bath towel and, of course, a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which bears the legend DON'T PANIC!

Zaphod Beeblebrox

President of the Imperial Galactic Government, the "man" who invented the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, ex-confidence trickster, once described by Eccentrica Gallumbits as the Best Bang since the Big One, and recently voted the Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe for the seventh time, has got 3 arms, 2 heads and 1 planet-size ego. He's on a mission to find the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything, not for any deep, personal need to know, but mostly for the fame and cash.

Trillian

Trillian is a dark haired humanoid with a full mouth and absurdly brown eyes who coincidentally has degrees in Maths and Astrophysics. In spite of her bright compassionate nature she finds that she can't stand Marvin's negativity for very long and is only too aware of Zaphod's overwhelming ego. If anyone is the heart of the Heart of Gold, it's Trillian.

Marvin

Marvin was made by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, and is a prototype robot with the new Genuine Personality feature, which may account for his depression. He's also incredibly smart. Through very odd circumstances involving time-travel, he is thirty-seven times older than the universe itself. In all that time, the diodes down his left side, which cause him pain, have never been replaced. Did we mention he's depressed?

Slartibartfast

This rather cheerless old man has spent five million years asleep inside the planet Magrathea dreaming of the glory days, spent designing and building vast worlds and luxurious planets for only the most discerning of customers. Slarti's speciality is the designing of coastlines. Fjords being a personal favourite, and he even won an award for his work on Norway.

Questular Rontok

The only job that is guaranteed to give you more stress than that of President of the Galaxy is the job of Vice-President of the Galaxy, a position Questular Rontok happily fills, though the gossip rags say her relationship with the President may involve more that just politics. But we don't read that sort of rubbish, do we?

Humma Kavula

Humma is an intergalatic missionary with only the slightest grasp of sanity, which is, perhaps, the only pre-requisite necessary for becoming a megalomaniacal, religious cult leader. He can be found preaching to the Jatravartid people of Viltvodle VI as they await the arrival of the big Handkerchief.

Vogons

Vogons are so unpleasant that they ought to carry a health warning and above all else never listen to their poetry, it is the third worst in the Universe, can you imagine that? So stubborn are the Vogons in their unflinching refusal to comply with those around them that they even stopped evolving, resulting in the wretched forms you can see before you.

Mice

The race of hyper-intelligent beings who've been conducting experiments on unwitting Earthlings for quite a long time, are in fact the most intelligent species found on that planet, with dolphins of course being second, and humans, dare we say, a distant third.