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Great Atuin
The Discworld is the fictional world where English writer Sir Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' fantasy novels take place. It consists of an interstellar planet-sized disc, which sits on the backs of four huge elephants, themselves standing on the back of a world turtle, named Great A'Tuin, as it slowly swims through space. The ''Disc'' is the setting for all forty-one Discworld novels; it was influenced by world religions which feature human worlds resting on turtles, as a setting to reflect situations on Earth, in a humorous way. The Discworld is peopled mostly by the three main races of men, dwarfs and trolls. As the novels progress, other lesser known races are included, such as dragons, elves, goblins and pixies. Pratchett first explored the idea of a disc-shaped world in the novel ''Strata'' (1981). Great A'Tuin Great A'Tuin is the Giant Star Turtle (of the fictional species ''Chelys galactica'') who travels through the Discworld universe's space, carrying four giant elepha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SkyOne
Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Sky Television (1984–1990), Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite television, satellite and non-terrestrial television, terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1989, it became Sky One and broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom and Ireland as Sky UK, British Sky Broadcasting's flagship channel. It existed until 1 September 2021, when it closed down as part of a restructuring with its Electronic program guide, EPG position taken by Sky Showcase and much of its content library moved to Sky Max. Sky One included some very popular List of programmes broadcast by Sky One, original programmes—such as ''An Idiot Abroad'', ''Brainiac: Science Abuse'', ''The Russell Howard Hour'', ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica''—and many imported from North America, including ''24 (TV series), 24'' (seasons 3–9, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
