Christian Slater is to appear in the final episode of the new radio version
of The Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy, scheduled to be transmitted on the 3rd of
May.
He will play John Watson, also known as Wonko the Sane, who has built an
asylum - and put the world in it so it can recover from it's problems, poor
thing.
This version of the radio play followd the original radio play, which was in
turn followed by A Book Trilogy In Five Parts, a TV series, and now the
movie.
The movie, released 29th April, stars Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent, Bill
Nighy as Slartibartfast and Stephen Fry as the voice of the Guide.
Christian Slater will be appearing alongside original radio cast members
Simon Jones and Mark Wing-Davey, as well as Douglas
Adams himself, who recorded the part of Agrajag before his death in
2001.