Technology in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at anybody at that moment he probably would have burnt his signature on them." In the 2005 movie adaptation, the gun has a sophisticated look. It is more of a white sphere that covers the hand and has a trigger on the inside. This version is wielded by Marvin. The Point of View Gun is a device created by Douglas Adams for the movie version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"; it does not appear in any of the previous versions of the story. According to the film, the gun was created by Deep Thought prior to its long
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel) of an encyclopedia. The book begins with city council workmen arriving at Arthur Dent's house. They wish to demolish his house in order to build a bypass. Arthur's best friend, Ford Prefect, arrives, warning him of the end of the world. Ford is revealed to be an alien who had come to Earth to research it for the titular "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", an enormous work providing information about every planet and place in the universe. The two head to a pub, where the locals question Ford's knowledge of the Apocalypse. An alien race, known as Vogons, show up