Join Mark and the Jons as they traverse the [letter] section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Sun diveHotblack Deseato’s band has a completely black stunt ship that dives into the sun on Kakrafoon, as part of the climax of a gig.Susan SheridanSusan Sheridan played Trillian in the radio series. She died in 2015, but had a good career as a voice actor with credits including Budgie the Little Helecopter and Jimbo(a personal favourite). We’re going to talk about Trillian in a few weeks, but for now, consider our caps doffed.SwutSwut is a swear word.TeaTea is a substance that can be used to power a Finite Imrobability Generator, or for confusing a machine into giving you a substance that’s almost – but not quite – indistinguishable from it. It is now available in most megamarkets, in easy-to-swallow capsules.TeasersA teaser is usually a rich kid with nothing to do. They cruise around looking for planets which haven’t made interstellar contact yet and “buzz” them, which involves strutting back and forth with silly antenni on their heads and making “beep beep” noises.TempophoneThe Tempophone is – presumably – a telephone that can make calls across various times.Ford advises Arthur never to call himself up from the future.Terry JonesTerry Jones played a parrot in the Starship Titanic video game, and wrote a book called Starship Titanic, based on a video game, but apparently in a different universe from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Seems like something we should address, really.Anyhow, he plays a parrot because Adams had discussed with Jones that most of the characters he played in Monty Python sketches and films sounded like parrots.LinksFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Jon Hickman on TwitterFollow Mark on InstagramLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsFind more shows from the OutpostAn essay about a liquid almost, but not quite, entirely like the best cup of tea ever, by Jon BoundsTea on h2g2.comJournalists must fight for facts – and ignore Boris Johnson’s tea partyA Really Hot Cup of Tea. by Douglas AdamsA Nice Cup of Tea, by George OrwellAmericans don’t have kettles and people are losing itClipper TeaGrant Shapps’ Brexit mug tweetISO 3103: the tea standardSir Bedevere 12’’ action figure

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