A pig that wants to be eaten

Original BBC Production: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
In this clip an Ameglian major cow seems indifferent regarding its own mortality.

• Category

  Comedy

[anton1990]

That's Peter Davidson! The fifth Doctor Who!

[Sergio Lopez]

None one better to make a point about humanity's fake values like Sir Douglas Adams. Rest in peace, sir, and thanks for all the fish!

[Marcus M]

Seems to be from the Southwest. Bristol, Somerset, Devon, or Cornwall. A little bit hard to place the accent precisely as it's put on but I'd say a fake mid-Somerset.

[Zachary Moss]

Either that is the kindest beast in existence or just plain suicidal

[FrakkinToaster Luvva]

Douglas Adams' humor does resemble Monty Python. As a matter of fact, he was friends with Graham Chapman and even co-wrote a Monty Python sketch.

[FrakkinToaster Luvva]

Really? That's what you think? Though I guess maybe they would, if they realized that this makes a point for what they're fighting for much better than they ever did.

[xeman88]

....can anyone from the UK tell me what accent Peter Davidson is using for this Ameglian Major Cow? :)

[Gernot Kappeskopp]

So what. The book is an adaptation/expansion of the radio plays. Every incarnation of the story is intentionally different. And that still very much looks like a cross breed of cow and pig. It is not really a pig here, either, you know? It's just referred to as the "Dish of the Day".

[Gernot Kappeskopp]

So what. We're not on a directly Doctor Who related video or forum. In non-fan circles, the character is often referred to as "Doctor Who" (even the actors playing him call him that), though technically that is wrong, but like this, everybody knows who is meant. Granted, a better way to please all sides would have been "The Fifth Doctor of SciFi franchise Doctor Who", but that's perfectly fine, too, I assure you as a self-proclaimed hardcore fan.

[Gernot Kappeskopp]

Every incarnation of the story differs intentionally from the others. The "original" are the radio plays, but it doesn't really play a role whether it is a talking cow that wants to be eaten, or just some vaguely bovine creature.

[Magim1001]

In the book it was a cow

[sensitivebeat]

The fifth Doctor Who? It's not .... you can't.... it's "the Doctor" the Fifth "Doctor"!