BBC America brought their upcoming original television series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, where they revealed the first footage.

Watch the sneak peek video for the series here below.

Based on the books by Douglas Adams, the television series stars Elijah Wood as Todd, the new, yet highly reluctant assistant to eccentric private detective Dirk Gently (Samuel Barnett).

BBC America has released the first look at Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, their upcoming original television series based on the book by Douglas Adams.

Check out the first image here below.

The image shows Samuel Barnett as detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as Todd, Dirk’s reluctant assistant, seen holding a corgi.

Each and every week, I, “Vic Rattlehead!” Henchman 21 and “Eddie the Head!” Empress Eve read a lot of comics. Seriously you guys, a lot of comics. Maybe too many comics. I mean, it is possible”¦ theoretically. Naturally, we look forward to some more than others. I mean, who doesn’t? So, let’s take a look into the depths of our pull lists, grab some comics, and we’ll let YOU know what the top books to look forward to are for the week of May 6, 2015. Single issues and trades, they’re all here.

I hope you all had a nice Free Comic Book Day and picked up lots of goodies, but it’s back to business as usual, and that means you’ve got to pay for your comics this week. There is a lot of great stuff out this week, including the start of a huge event, a comic that is an event every time it comes out, and some of the best comics from around the world. It’s time for The GoD List!

Part of today’s Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon is the Douglas Adams novel Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency for only $1.99 (that’s 75% off the regular price of $7.99). If you’d like to purchase a physical copy of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, the book is also available in mass market paperback.

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Wednesday, December 18, 2013, until 11:59pm PST.

Be sure to check out this month’s Kindle deals: 100 Kindle Books For $3.99 or Less, which includes Stardust by Neil Gaiman for $1.99; Stephen King’s The Shining for $3.99; The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters for $2.79; and Divergent by Veronica Roth for $3.99.

As many of you know, while he was working on the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams cut his teeth and refined his craft with the crew of Doctor Who, back when Tom Baker was portraying the fourth incarnation of the Doctor. Adams served as script editor for the series, and also is credited as writing a few episodes of the show.

One of the most infamous episodes written by Adams was once called Shada. This Doctor Who serial was never completed or fully broadcast due to industrial action and protests that happened at the time.

Where am I going with this? Well, as it turns out, the BBC is about to launch a new show called Dirk Gently; which is based on the novels Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul written by Douglas Adams. These two novels, in part, form the basis of the unaired Shada episode of Doctor Who.

Essentially, what happened was Adams decided to take the concepts he really enjoyed from the unaired episode and created a whole new adventure focusing on the detective known as Dirk Gently.