49: From the Radiophonic Workshop to Reg Nullify

Join Mark and the Jons as they continue through the R section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Radiophonic Workshop The Radiopohinc Workshop was a BBC department that mae music and noises for BBC programmes, originally for radio and then for TV too. Arguably their most famous contribution is the Doctor Who theme. They were formed in 1958 and carried on for another 40 years until John Birt, the then Director General shut them down as they weren’t profitable enough. Random Dent Random Dent is Arthur’s daughter, mothered by Trillian from sperm donated by Arthur in order to travel around the Galaxy. She’d been born in a spaceship that had been going from somewhere to somewhere else, and when it had got to somewhere else, somewhere else had only turned out to be another somewhere that you had to get to somewhere else again from, and so on. Ratchet screwdriver fruit Once picked, ratchet screwdriver fruit needs a dark dusty drawer in which it can lie undisturbed for years. Then one night it suddenly hatches, discards its outer skin which crumbles into dust, and emerges as a totally unidentifiable little metal object with flanges at both ends and a sort of ridge and a sort of hole for a screw. This, when found, will get thrown away. No one knows what it is supposed to gain from this. Nature, in her infinite wisdom, is presumably working on it. Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal The ravenous bugblatter beast of Traal is a mind-bogglingly stupid animal with a gaping mass of slavering fangs. You can easily fool it by putting your hands over your eyes, because it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you. The Reason One night, a spaceship appeared in the sky of the planet Dalforsas, which had never seen one before. The tribesmen who saw it swore that they’d seen a sign from their gods which meant that they must now arise and slay the evil Princes of the Plains, who likewise had seen the sign and assumed it to be an order to kill the tribesmen. This sort of thing happened a lot, as pretty much eeryone on the planet took everything that happened as some sort of sign. This was mainly a problem for the forest dwellers who lived where the battle would inevitably and repeatedly take place. Whenever the forest dwellers complained and asked why their forest needed to be destroyed yet again, someone from either side would tell them the Reason, in very calm and rational tones. The forest messenger would nod dumbly and walk back to his tribe, where he’d try to explain this very sensible Reason, only to have completely forgotten it. Reg Nullify Reg Nullify leads the Cataclysmic Combo band at Milliways. He can be a little proactive on the drums, if Max Quordlepleen is any judge. Links Follow Danny on Twitter (https://twitter.com/probablydrunk) Follow Jon Bounds on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bounder) Follow Jon Bounds on Twitter (https://twitter.com/jonhickman) Follow Mark on Twitter (https://twitter.com/iamsteadman) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/beware-of-the-leopard/id1260191839) Find more shows from the Outpost (http://theoutpost.fm/) BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop) (20) THE TIMELORDS / KLF - Doctorin’ The Tardis - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTELokKfCk) Hal Robson-Kanu - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Robson-Kanu) Press Release: Jon Bounds and Jon Hickman first satirists to accept Bitcoin - Paradise Circus: A Birmingham Miscellany (http://paradisecircus.com/all-posts/press-release-jon-bounds-and-jon-hickman-first-satirists-to-accept-bitcoin/) 4 Poofs and a Piano - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Poofs_and_a_Piano) Paul Ableman - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ableman) The Barron Knights - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barron_Knights) Shane Richie - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Richie) The Grumbleweeds - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grumbleweeds) Shirehorses - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirehorses) Stuart Millard is creating words | Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/franticplanet)