Looks like it's going to be done properly, and some very capable hands familiar to folks hereabouts will be involved, with the author as EP. Maybe after this works, they might turn their attention to a complete Hitchiker's Guide?
The Doctor: I am not a good man! I'm not a bad man. I'm not a hero. I'm definitely not a President, and no, I'm not an officer. You know who I am? I AM... an idiot, with a box and a screwdriver, passing through, helping out, learning. I don't need an army, I never have.