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Thread #101348   Message #2046345
Posted By: Don Firth
08-May-07 - 03:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: Happy Star Wars Day 2007
Subject: RE: BS: Happy Star Wars Day 2007
It was awhile back that I saw the BBC mini-series, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." David Prowse appeared briefly. It was in the final episode (I think), "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe," in which Peter Davison appeared as the Dish of the Day, laid out on a large tray and offering parts of his carcass as being particularly delectable. I had seen him before in "All Creatures Great and Small," and as one of the 837 actors who have played "Doctor Who," but I hardly recognized him at first, garnished with all that parsley. Bizarre scene!

David Prowse appeared briefly in that episode as a bouncer. I don't recall that he had many lines, but I do remember that his voice was not particularly menacing. I did notice that he had a definite regional English accent, but I'm afraid I'm not familiar enough with such to have identified the locale.

His main job as bouncer seemed to be to loom, intimidating by sheer size. He wore a light colored suit with stripes, as I recall, and that was pretty scary!

Don Firth