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    Ford Prefect is an extraterrestrial being who landed on earth fifteen years before the planet’s destruction. Ford is from “a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse,” and is the distant cousin of the galaxy’s president, Zaphod Beeblebrox.
    Ford is one of Arthur ’s closest friends. He is not of the Earth (that was) but is, in fact, from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse.
    Grew Up… on a little planet near Betelgeuse. Contrary to his claims, Ford Prefect is not from Guildford. In fact, Ford isn’t even human. He managed to get stuck on Earth while doing research for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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    Ford Prefect (also called Ix) is a fictional character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by the British author Douglas Adams.
    Somebody who enjoys a good time, Ford originally came to earth in order to gather new information on the planet for an updated edition of the reference book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Unfortunately for him, though, he hasn’t been able to hitch a ride off the planet since he first arrived, since not very many aliens travel to earth.
    Ford Prefect is an adventurous, eccentric, and existentialist Betelgeusian field researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who travelled across the universe with Arthur Dent on many bizarre adventures, primarily as a crewman on the Heart of Gold and the Bistromath. The Betelgeusian who...
    The Ford Prefect was a popular British car manufactured from 1938 to 1961, and Adams later clarified in an interview that Ford "had simply mistaken the dominant life form" of Earth. This was expanded on somewhat in the film version, where Ford is almost run over while attempting to greet a blue Ford Prefect.
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