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defines a robot Marvin as "Your plastic pal who's fun to be with".]] ]] with Kimi Wong (female voice, ex-wife of Richard O'Brien )]] '' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy '' is more spherical than he is described in the book series.]] Marvin, the Paranoid Android is a Fictional Character in '' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy '' series by Douglas Adams . ABOUT MARVIN Marvin is the ship's Robot aboard the Starship '' Heart Of Gold ''. He was built as a Prototype of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation 's ''GPP'' ( Genuine People Personalities ) technology. Marvin is apparently afflicted with severe Depression and Boredom , in part because he has a " Brain the size of a Planet " which he is seldom allowed to use. Indeed, the true horror of Marvin's existence is that no task he could be given would occupy even the tiniest fraction of his vast intellect. Marvin claims he is 50,000 times more intelligent than a human, though this is, if anything, a vast underestimate. When kidnapped by the bellicose Krikkit robots and tied to the interfaces of their intelligent war computer, Marvin simultaneously manages to plan the entire planet's military strategy, solve "all of the major mathematical, physical, chemical, biological, sociological, philosophical, etymological, meteorological and psychological problems of the Universe except his own, three times over," and compose a number of lullabies. He seemed to find the latter the hardest, and only one, " How I Hate The Night ", is known. Marvin's voice was performed by Stephen Moore on Radio and Television , while Alan Rickman played this role in the Film . David Learner operated his body on television, having previously played and voiced the part for the stage version, and Warwick Davis wore the Marvin costume for the feature film. He is "probably... the most popular character to appear in the Guide", according to Geoffrey Perkins , producer of the radio series. Stephen Moore released two Pop Singles — " Marvin "/" Metal Man " and " Reasons To Be Miserable "/" Marvin I Love You " (double B-side ) — in the UK in 1981, though neither reached the Top 40 . Two of these were re-recorded and remixed to coincide with the 2005 Hitchhiker's movie release, ''Reasons To Be Miserable'' and ''Marvin'' now being performed by Stephen Fry . There was also a short-lived fanclub called "The Marvin Depreciation Society". Marvin from the 2005 film was featured (although behind a glass screen) in the ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' Exhibition that ran at Blackpool Zoo . A recreation of the costume from the BBC Television version of the story (all but the head of the original was lost decades ago) has a cameo role in the feature film, appearing in the Vogon office queue with various other life forms.
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