<P> Heart of Gold is the first prototype ship to successfully use the revolutionary Infinite Improbability Drive . It is 150 metres long and has been represented in various shapes . The original radio series did not specify a shape . In the novel adapted from the first four episodes of the radio series , it was described as a sleek white running shoe , which the TV adaptation adopted as a basis for its depictions . In the 2005 movie , it is more spherical with a hole and red brake lights on the rear that form the shape of a heart , a shape derived from a teacup in the brownian motion producer that powers the Infinite Improbability Drive . It also features a mural around the hole which depicts the invention of the Drive . It was built as a secret government project on planet Damogran from where Zaphod Beeblebrox , the then - President of the Imperial Galactic Government , stole it at the launching ceremony . </P>
<P> Heart of Gold is the first prototype ship to successfully use the revolutionary Infinite Improbability Drive . It is 150 metres long and has been represented in various shapes . The original radio series did not specify a shape . In the novel adapted from the first four episodes of the radio series , it was described as a sleek white running shoe , which the TV adaptation adopted as a basis for its depictions . In the 2005 movie , it is more spherical with a hole and red brake lights on the rear that form the shape of a heart , a shape derived from a teacup in the brownian motion producer that powers the Infinite Improbability Drive . It also features a mural around the hole which depicts the invention of the Drive . It was built as a secret government project on planet Damogran from where Zaphod Beeblebrox , the then - President of the Imperial Galactic Government , stole it at the launching ceremony . </P>
what is the name of the ship in hitchhiker 's guide
what is the name of the ship in hitchhiker 's guide
Heart of Gold
Heart of Gold