Max Quordlepleen is an entertainer who hosts at Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe and the Big Bang Burger Bar (or "Big Bang Burger Chef" in the original radio version). His feelings about the Universe outside of his onstage persona are unclear, but he has witnessed its end over five hundred times.
His name is derived from a phenomenon during a rocket's ascent.
Appears in:
- the novel The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
On radio, Roy Hudd played him. On television, it was Colin Jeavons.
He re-appears in the final episode of the radio series The Quintessential Phase, played by Roy Hudd again.
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“It must be a moment of great satisfaction in your profession when the bolt is pulled, the noose tightens and you know that your murderer is done for.”
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