Billy Boyd has been confirmed as the special VIP guest who will appear in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Road Show – Live! at Aberdeen's Music Hall as The Voice of the Book.

LORD of the Rings and Sunshine on Leith star Billy Boyd has been confirmed as the special VIP guest who will appear in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Road Show – Live! at Aberdeen's Music Hall as The Voice of the Book.

He joins the UK tour of the show for three Scottish dates – Aberdeen on Saturday, November 9, Dunfermline on November 7 and Inverness on November 10.

He joins Simon Jones as Arthur Dent – who is having a bad day when his planet is demolished and he can't find a decent cup of tea, comedian Mitch Benn as Zaphod Beeblebrox and other members of the original cast.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy originated as a radio series and one of its most unique elements was a narrator – The Voice of the Book – who punctuated the action by reading out Hitchhiker's Guide Entries in a friendly if slightly quizzical way.

Over the five Hitchhiker's radio series the Voice was played first by the acerbic Peter Jones and then by the avuncular William Franklyn.

Both these much-loved voices are sadly gone, and so for the new live radio version of the show, guest Voices have been invited to join the original radio cast on stage to re-create Douglas Adams's unique masterpiece.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy became an instant classic on its launch as a radio series.

In 2012, it exploded back into life as a ground-breaking stage production – a radio show like never before, packed with laughter, robots, really wild sound effects and drinks with extremely silly names.

Adapted from Douglas Adams' novels and directed by Dirk Maggs, Adams's choice to conclude the saga in its original medium, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show – Live! proved an overwhelming hit when it first toured last year.

It was seen by more than 35,000 people, with fans young and old discovering and re-discovering Vogons, Babel Fish, Marvin the Paranoid Android and exploring the unique and hilarious Whole General Mish Mash According To Douglas Adams.

Make sure you know where your towel is... and get your Hitchhiker's tickets online at www.boxofficeaberdeen.com, by phone on 01224 641122 and at Aberdeen Box Office at the Music Hall and His Majesty's Theatre.