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Geoffrey M. McGivern is a British actor in film, television, radio and stage, as well as a comedian. He is best known for originating the role of Ford Prefect in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He played Ford Prefect in the radio series (1978–80) and subsequent LP releases of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams whom he knew from Cambridge University, and reprised the role for the four new series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 2004 and 2018. A more recent radio broadcast was in The Ape That Got Lucky and he has appeared in TV shows such as Noel's House Party, Press Gang, Chef!, Big Train, Blackadder the Third ("Dish and Dishonesty") as Ivor Biggun, Chelmsford 123, Jonathan Creek, 15 Storeys High, Armstrong and Miller, Toast of London and series three of Peep Show. McGivern appeared in the first series of the comedy show Big Train in 1998, and later that year for the 1998 radio SciFi drama Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (Colin Swash, BBC) McGivern teamed up with old Hitchhiker's colleague Stephen Moore and Lorelei King (member of cast in the 2005 Hitchhiker's radio show sequel). He later played the Supreme Ruler in BBC2's sci-fi comedy Hyperdrive (2006–2007). In 2007, he appeared in the BBC Radio 4 comedy Peacefully in their Sleeps and in 2008 he appeared as Professor John Mycroft in the BBC2 science sitcom Lab Rats and in the 2008 BBC series Little Dorrit where he played Mr Rugg. He also appeared in episode 5 of series 3 of the TV series A Bit of Fry and Laurie. In 2015, he guest-starred in EastEnders as Dickie Ticker, the crude comic brought in by Mick Carter for Kush Kazemi's stag night. In 2016, he appeared in four episodes of the Disney Channel musical drama The Lodge, as Patrick. McGivern played the narrator Charlie Swinburne in the BBC Radio's 2013 six part dramatisation of G. K. Chesterton's The Club of Queer Trades. In 2017, he appeared in the Channel 4 sitcom Back, written by Simon Blackwell, alongside David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Later that year, he began portraying the recurring role of Frank in the Netflix series Free Rein. Since 2019, he has appeared as recurring character Barclay Beg-Chetwynde in the BBC comedy Ghosts. In 2022, he appeared as the main character Russ, in Radio 4 comedy No-Platformed. The show's episode guide contains a humorous note about McGivern's extensive credit list, by starting a list of his credits and then adding "oh, hundreds of things". In 2024, he appeared as recurring character Lord Rookwood in the Apple TV+ series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.
It takes place when Hank Pym was just starting to make Pym Particles. He was friends with Reed Richards. Pym asks Richards if he want to test out the particles. Richards decides to bring Susan and Johnny Storm, Ben Grimm, and Victor Von Doom. They all shrink down and can’t return. They panic for about an hour until someone frees them. They expected Pym but it was Scott Lang looking through Pyms old stuff. They thought there were in there for an hour but it was 50 years. They discover their powers one by one until Doom decides to leave for a vacation. They rest of the gang decides to stay together until they can fix themselves. They soon realize its permanent and gives up. While all of this is happening, Skrulls have taken over the city. The Skrull are trying to find Captain Marvel. She invaded a Skrull headquarters and are now the Skrulls are after her. The Skrulls have modified a Skrull and called it a Super Skrull. This Skrull can mimic the superpowers of heroes. They test his out on civilians until The Fantastic Four come to defeat him. Captain Marvel leaves because she knows the Super Skrull can kill her. The group decides to battle the Super Skrull and his army becoming victorious in the end. The credits pass and it fades to black. You see an alien looking lady in a space station screaming and calling for help on a speaker. The camera turns towards the window and you see a big silhouette of Galactuses Helmet.
