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February 23

Did Doctor Who's Brigadier ever leave Earth?

Does anyone happen to know if the Brigadier General ever left Earth? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 14:27, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

During The Five Doctors he was on Gallifrey, the TimeLord homeworld. 15:05, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

The Brigadier is a handy redirect for those with spelling problems! I'm pretty sure he also left Earth in Battlefield, stepping into a dimensional portal of some kind. But it's a long time since I saw it. 86.163.4.148 (talk) 19:08, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

rap and techno

What type of music is the combination of hip-hop and techno music? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.152.237 (talk) 16:32, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Our extremely long List of music styles may contain the answer, though I suspect that combination might fall under more than one genre. 10draftsdeep (talk) 19:08, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Trip hop is one genre that blends electronic music with hip-hop vocals. Massive Attack is a classic example of the form. SemanticMantis (talk) 15:35, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

the combination of techno and hip hop music is known as techno hip hop music,you could look up more stuff about it right here on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trishalsezsmile (talk • contribs) 15:54, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Viral video shown on Tosh.0

On Tosh.0, they played a video of a group of kids pushing one girl off a house in a homemade swing. It looked like the rope was made of bed sheets. The show's host called the kids Russian. What is the YouTube link for this video? --Endlessdan (talk) 17:29, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Webcomic

request for opinion and link to poll site
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
What would you like to see in a webcomic? I am starting one and would like to see what it could be about. Answer here or here.(Look to the sidebar and you will see a poll that should be anwsered. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Random Fat Guy (talk • contribs) 19:20, 23 February 2011 (UTC) Regular updates. APL (talk) 21:15, 23 February 2011 (UTC) Babes. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:27, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

I've collapsed this. The reference desk is not the place to ask for personal opinions, as it says clearly at the top of the page, and linking to a poll on the site where you will eventually publish your work is not much better than advertising it. Karenjc 21:19, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Ok thanks everyone for your opinons and I will use them. I'm sorry about any problem this was.Random Fat Guy (talk) 21:30, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem. Good luck with your comic. Karenjc 21:33, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks.Random Fat Guy (talk) 21:34, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Children's Television Show

I am trying to remember the name of a children's television show that probably aired sometime in the mid to late 1970's in the United States on Saturday mornings. It was not animated or a cartoon, but if memory serves me correct it involved colorful costumes, real life actors and possibly some puppets. The only character I remember was a man wearing Buddy Holly styled eyeglasses, often dressed in an alligator costume, (perhaps consistently shown during the opening credits) I think he might have been the main character or host of the show, and it is possible he wore other outfits. Does anyone remember this? I checked our article on List of children's television series by country , but nothing I saw seemed to match since I don't remember the title of the show. Thanks, 10draftsdeep (talk) 21:48, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Could it be Uncle Croc's Block?--Michig (talk) 22:00, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

That is it! Thanks Michig. Perhaps I should add it to the list. 10draftsdeep (talk) 22:10, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Resolved

Looking for 2 computer game titles

I'm looking for the following game titles:

1. A game for the Amiga where you play an important official's son, who has been altered by a mad doctor to kill someone. You escape and go on a rampage using various weapons to kill as many people as you can. I remember playing the demo that was included with one of the CU Amiga cover disks, but can't remember the name.
2. A commodore 64 game where you have to try and defeat a Skynet like machine, by destroying 3 uplink stations. I think it was published by Imagine, but can't recall the name.

In both cases I've tried searching, but couldn't find these games. Jarkeld (talk) 22:04, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

It might help if you can describe the style of game (platform, text adventure, shooting, etc) or can remember any other details, particularly for the second game. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:40, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

If you have a general year, you can use a list like this to see what titles were on the CU cover disk in that time period. -- kainaw™ 14:15, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

1) was a side view shooter where you walked on the sidewalk and could enter buildings. It was made by a small company from Scandinavia. 2) was a shooter as well I think, a bit commando style, but contained in a fixed area you could revisit. Jarkeld (talk) 21:36, 24 February 2011 (UTC)