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42
Series 3, episode 7. First broadcast BBC One, 19 May 2007. Title, story-clock, and century.
The episode is called 42. The crew have forty-two minutes before the ship hits the star. The story is set in the forty-second century. Three writings of one integer, in one hour of television. Chris Chibnall wrote it. Whether Adams sat in the writers’ room is reception, not the object.
What it supports
A dated public broadcast. BBC keeps the episode page. Wikipedia keeps the production record. 7.41 million viewers that week. Title, duration of the crisis, and century are all printed as 42.
What it does not
Not a measured forty-two. Not physics. Not proof that the BBC encoded the Answer. Lost’s 42 is another screen. They did not hire each other.
ExactnessAuthored use
Form42
Unitepisode
Strengthattested
When2007-05-19
Hung13 September 2026