Images of the new Marvin The Paranoid Android for the forthcoming The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy stage show have been released.

Fans of Douglas Adam’s classic sci-fi farce tend to have very specific ideas of what this central character looks like, despite that look being different in pretty much every version of story. Marvin’s personality is wildly negative, his grumbling adding a bitter-sweet sense of humour to the well loved, world famous story.

This new puppet, designed for the stage show coming to London this November, has been designed by the reknowned Charlie Tymms. You can book tickets for the new show here.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy experience features a mix of pre-recorded celebrity voices and live performers including well-loved British talent including actor and comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar as the voice of Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, the infamous alien bureaucrat with a mission to destroy he Earth. Lenora Crichlow will voice Tricia McMillian, also known as Trillian, while journalist Samira Ahmed will appear as a newsreader reporting on the planet’s impending doom. BAFTA nominee Tamsin Greig will be the voice of The Guide, the ever-present source of wisdom and guidance throughout the story.