Making a Vogon Spaceship from Hitch-Hiker's Guide To the Galaxy

[Weaver]

Does exactly what it says on the tin (if videos came in a tin):

[Nick]

Does it hang in the sky, much like bricks don't?

[Weaver]

Does it hang in the sky, much like bricks don't?

In fact, in exactly the way that bricks don't...

[Joe CalPo]

Were the plans found underneath the bottom drawer of a cabinet in a subbasement of an office on another planet?

[Weaver]

Were the plans found underneath the bottom drawer of a cabinet in a subbasement of an office on another planet?

Stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "beware of the leopard"...

[Rick Lowe]

Does exactly what it says on the tin (if videos came in a tin):

My complete set of Tour of Duty DVDs came in a tin, does that count?   

[Mossie]

Tour of Duty! There's one to add to the re-watch pile. Along with Hitchhikers Guide.     

[Gondor]

It's not a ship that I remember from the TV series.

[Weaver]

It's not a ship that I remember from the TV series.

They're the ships that demolish the Earth, pretty much in the first episode if I remember correctly. This model isn't a copy of the ones in the series, rather it's his own interpretation based on the text of the book.

[andrewj]

Don't really know why, but I always thought Vogon constructor ships were Caterpillar yellow .

[Mossie]

Don't really know why, but I always thought Vogon constructor ships were Caterpillar yellow .

I believe there was a book cover that showed a space going bulldozer in yellow.

[Mossie]

Don't really know why, but I always thought Vogon constructor ships were Caterpillar yellow .

I believe there was a book cover that showed a space going bulldozer in yellow.

Found it. A friend had this version on his bookshelf.

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[Weaver]

The ships are described as yellow, slab-like and as big as office blocks in the book, which is to say big, but not unimaginably so.

In the TV series they had an inverted triangular cross-section which made them rather resemble aircraft carriers.

In the film (which I and many others regard as unsatisfactory to say the least), they ignored the yellow and made them like literal grey office blocks.

[McColm]

Are they the ones with the worst poetry in the galaxy?

[Old Wombat]

Are they the ones with the worst poetry in the galaxy?

Yes.