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Jan 12, 1981 Season 1 Episode 2 TV-PG

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Season 1 Episode 2 — Aired on Jan 12, 1981.

Notable cast/guest names in this episode include Simon Jones, David Dixon, Peter Jones.

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Arthur and Ford have been discovered. Vogon Captain Jeltz tortures them by reading his poetry. He then has Arthur and Ford thrown off his ship, to what must be certain death - except for one improbable miracle. At the last second, an infinite-improbability prototype ship (which can pass through every point in the Universe) rescues them. What is rather surprising is that Zaphod Beeblebrox, the hip cat who stole the spaceship, is vaguely familiar to Arthur. And so is Zaphod's companion, Trillian.