Walking Dead: Mystery of Michonne's walkers

Who were the two walkers Michonne used to walk with her in her first episodes? Were they his husband and friend? So why did she cut their arms?

In the Portal games, what personality traits do the cores represent?

In the first Portal game, it's made quite obvious what most of the cores represent. The silent, purple one is morality, the orange one that asks constant pointless questions is curiosity and the red, growly one is anger/emotion. However, it's never made clear what the core that spouts out a cake recipe or any of the cores from the second Portal other than Wheatley are supposed to regulate on GLaDOS.

I just want to know what emotions/personality traits the cake core, the space core, Rick and the fact core are supposed to be for GLaDOS.

Why addict the Jem'Hadar to Ketracel White?

One of the few things that bothers me about the Dominion arc in Deep Space Nine is the Jem'Hadar. I enjoy the concept but I don't understand why they would be genetically addicted to Ketracel White (or anything else for that matter).

First off, the Dominion has proven that it is capable of breeding loyalty and obedience into a species. The Vorta are almost completely loyal and obedient to the Dominion with very rare exceptions. One of those exceptions shouldn't really count because the Weyoun clone was still loyal to a Founder, Odo. Really, the only example of a Vorta not doing his/her job as prescribed by the Founders is in Rocks and Shoals when Keevan allows himself to be captured rather than killed by his own Jem'Hadar.

Speaking of that, that brings up liability number one of using a drug as a method of troop control. If/when they run out, the Jem'Hadar go ballistic and kill everything in sight uncontrollably.

Liability number two is exposed in A Time to Stand. With the Gamma Quadrant and the supply of White cut off, Starfleets first move was to go after White production in the Alpha Quadrant. The Dominion may as well have put signs up saying "this is our weak spot."

The third liability is a bit more subtle because it's random and can't easily be exploited. In Hippocratic Oath, Bashir and O'Brien meet a Jem'Hadar who was "born" without the addiction. As soon as a Jem'Hadar realizes that he doesn't need the White, he realizes he doesn't have to do what his Vorta tells him and it goes downhill from there.

Ignoring the social implications (which can be hard to do with DS9, especially Avery Brooks, sometimes) and staying COMPLETELY in universe, why would the Dominion use an addiction that would open them up to such obvious liabilities instead of simply breeding the qualities they wanted into their soldiers like they did with the Vorta?

Spock's age, after Genesis

In The Search for Spock, Spock is resurrected as a consequence of super blood the Genesis effect. A new organism, genetical identically to the deceased Spock, is created from the DNA in his corpse, which was left on the planet Genesis at the end of The Wrath of Khan.

On Genesis, the new Spock ages more rapidly than normal, going from infancy to adulthood in the space of a day or two. By the time he is rescued from Genesis by Kirk and friends, he seems to be at roughly the same age as when he died, albeit somewhat conveniently.

My question:

Why did Spock stop aging so rapidly when he was removed from Genesis? (If one must be present on Genesis to experience the effect, why did it not not affect David Marcus or Saavik?). Also, when Spock was removed from Genesis, was he younger, the same age, or older than when he died?

How did Dumbledore know that Slughorn was an armchair?

In Chapter 4 of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, do we know why Dumbledore immediately knew that Horace was the armchair?

Please, I am looking for a different answer than "Dumbledore is brilliant." It takes a bit more than mere brilliance to correctly guess exactly what to poke in a room full of furniture.

Identify this YA book series about dragons, acid blood, and dangerously cold nights

I'm trying to remember the name of a series of books about a boy who works with dragons. Dragon's blood (or maybe it was slobber?) is acidic, and the children who wrangle these dragons often end up with deep pock marks. On this world, days are like ours but nights get very cold, requiring anyone stuck outside to find a shelter until dawn (not the false dawn)

The other thing I remember is that in one of the books by slicing open a dragon and spending the night, the character emerged with special dragon powers.

Crew quarters on the Enterprise in Star Trek (2009) and Into Darkness

Something that bothers me is that, in the two alternate timeline Star Trek films, we do not see crew quarters — not even once.

Were sets for crew quarters built at any point? If not, does concept art exist?

I'm especially interested to know if the quarters were intended to be on the cozy side, as in TOS, or if they were more spacious. As we know, the Enterprise NCC-1701 in the new timeline is larger even than the Galaxy class NCC-1701-D, purportedly as a reaction to the size of Nero's ship (although I admit I take any "new timeline" facts / explanations with a grain of salt). The top-rated response to the question

How much does the Enterprise increase/vary in size between models?

features a nice graphic exhibiting the size differentials. I wonder how this affected the design of interior spaces, but in particular the crew cabins.

In the TV series Gotham, do Cat's goggles do anything?

In the TV series Gotham , other than giving her a vaguely cat-like silhouette do the green-tinted goggles that Cat wears serve any purpose?

Please identify this book about a human turned into a god by aliens

I am wracking my brain trying to figure out the name of this sci- fi novel--and its respective author--that I read back in early to mid-1980s.

The book is about an ordinary man who, during some sort of interstellar space exploration (the book takes place pretty far into the future) is involved in some sort of accident or something and almost dies. He would've died had not an alien or aliens saved him. This alien (or aliens) is a god compared to humans and this man is given god-like powers too. Other than that, all I remember is that he saves three alien civilizations when their star goes supernova (or something like that). I wish I could remember more.

It was a paperback that I read, so I don't know if it was ever a hardcover or not. I don't know the title of the book or the author, unfortunately, but if someone told me I'd be able to say, yep that's it, or nope that's not it.

Thank you!!

Need to know the name of this 90s scifi paranormal show

I watched this show in 1991. One episode I remember is a teenage girl who had a crush on her teacher.She walked through a mirror and everything looked the same except it was backwards(?)She had a bad experience with the teacher and ended up having to come back.It was like an anthology series.

Why was Hulk so intent on killing Natashia (Black Widow) while on the Helicarrier?

She had never attacked him or offered any violence towards him in any way, yet he stalked her throughout the bowels of the ship intent on killing her as she did her best to avoid him and play hamster in the ducting. This has always bugged me as it seems to go against Hulk's established rage nature. What was it about her that pissed him off?

Why does the One Ring prevent Frodo from throwing it into even an ordinary fire that can't possibly harm it?

Near the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring, as Frodo learns the true nature of Bilbo's ring from Gandalf, Gandalf challenges Frodo to throw the ring into his hearth. Though Frodo has been able to set aside the ring previously, and though the fire can do no harm to the ring (and had in fact been in this fire only shortly before and not even gotten warm), Frodo finds himself incapable of putting the ring in the fire.

Why? Why does the ring prevent this symbolic act that can not possibly hurt it?

Why did nobody ever use the Room Of Requirement to it's full potential?

In all the time The Golden Trio spent fighting Lord Voldemort, why did nobody ever go to the Room of Requirement (once they had discovered it), and say "I need a way to defeat Lord Voldemort permanently"?

Am I the only one to find it suspiciously convenient that Hermoine, who was the much-vaunted "Brightest Witch Of Her Age", never once suggested they make use of the Room Of Requirement to learn everything they possibly could about either defeating Lord Voldemort for good, or at the very least learning everything there was to know about horcruxes and how to destroy them?

If you read the series, you find out that the specific books pertaining to horcruxes which initially resided within the school library's Restricted Section were removed by Dumbledore around the time Tom Riddle started asking pointed questions about the horcrux process. Those books remained in Dumbledore's office until Hermoine summoned them in Book 6 after his death (which raises another question about warding which I won't get into here).

If the Room had so much potential, and was capable of providing a fully-functional DADA training facility, why not a library to research either a way to defeat the Dark Lord, a way to destroy horcruxes, or both?

For that matter, if Tom Riddle knew about the Room of Requirement, why not side-step Dumbledore's attempts at blocking him by asking the Room for everything he needed to know about horcruxes?

And after the all the Time Turners were destroyed during the Big Fight in the Ministry of Magic, why didn't anybody go to the Room of Requirement later on and ask for a room full of them?

It seems to me that this Magic Room probably has infinite (or very nearly) potential powered by the very magic of the Castle itself, and is at least semi-sentient in order to understand, and process requests then produce the expected results, and yet, was probably the most under-used asset available to Harry.

Let's be honest here! If you were in Harry's place, and you knew (as he did before he left the school at the end of Book 6) what you needed to do, wouldn't you go to the Room of Requirement and ask for a room full of Time Turners and books with everything there is to know about finding and destroying horcruxes?

Bottom Line (or TLDR): Is there a clear reason given for why the Room of Requirement (which doesn't appear to have any limitations) was so under-used?

How did Wolverine pass through the spinning blades unharmed?

In the first X-Men film (2000) near the end when Wolverine gets lifted up by Storm (and Jean to stable him) and he catches the "helm" of the device containing Rogue who was surrounded by spinning blades, he casually jumps down to try and free her.

Why didn't he get violently mutilated by the blades? Did I miss something obvious or was it production error?

Why specifically was Obi-Wan Kenobi the "only hope" of Princess Leia?

I know that there is a sort of similar question about how Princess Leia knew about Obi-Wan here, but I'm curious as to why and how Princess Leia thought an aging Obi-Wan Kenobi would be of any help to the Rebellion worth risking herself and her crew in addition to the stolen Death Star plans (which apparently the Rebellion only had stored on R2-D2 physically, and no other copies)?

Things to consider:

1. Obi-Wan as a resource to the Rebellion didn't even have his own ship or own resources to contribute (not even enough to pay for passage for a smuggler to transport him).


2. Obi-Wan as a fighter did not do any extensive amount of fighting in A New Hope (he cut off a guy's arm in a bar, and sacrificed himself vs Darth Vader, that's it)


3. Obi-Wan as a Jedi didn't have an apprentice yet, and was probably not going to have a shot at taking on Darth Vader or the Emperor.

Possible answers I've considered (I'm curious for more though):

1. Obi-Wan might have some sort of wisdom or knowledge about attacking the Death Star and he may have been able to analyze the stolen Death Star plans for weaknesses (but the Rebels did a good job of this anyway).


2. Obi-Wan would have been exceptional at espionage and infiltration (took out the tractor beam on the Death Star, successfully avoided almost every stormtrooper he encountered, and Jedi mind tricked the ones he couldn't avoid -- think "these aren't the droids you're looking for"), although Obi-Wan's stealth would not have been needed inside the Death Star had Leia not gotten herself captured and in need of a rescue from the Death Star in the first place, which happened as a result of trying to visit Obi-Wan.

Why didn't Obi-Wan or Owen Lars change Luke's last name?

The novelization of Episode III makes it clear that Anakin was known as a galaxy-wide hero on the HoloNet, and that he had become a household name.

Why did Obi-Wan and Owen Lars, when making the handoff of Luke, change Luke's last name? Even on Tatooine, a lot of people would probably recognize the name Skywalker. Some especially curious people could have done some basic detective work and figured out additionally that Luke's guardians were related to Anakin Skywalker's family.

"John Brown's Body"

NOT the William P. McGivern/David W. O'Brien story. This short story had Brown colonized with helpful microbes (from the days before nanites) that did him all sorts of good, however sometimes they decided what his good would be, independent of his 'druthers—-so they would keep him from drinking alcohol or induce him to be aroused by a woman that the microbes themselves wanted to colonize. Probably from the late '60s through the '70s. Thanks.

Help finding a very interesting book about alien invasion, please

In the 1990s, I checked out a book from my local library about an alien invasion. I think it was misfiled, because it was in the non-fiction section.

The book was designed in such as a way to make it look like a classified document that was transcribed. There were markings like "eyes only" and "classified" on it.Full of diagrams and black and white drawings, and fake military looking insignias.

In the book, several alien species were described.

The main bad guys were known as "The Blight", who were small creatures led by a queen. They had a weapon called a "Skeletal Disintegrator". They were supposedly susceptible to bacteria, demanded extreme cleanliness, and were very weak against high volume or intense sound waves. In the end, they were defeated by using a radio telescope to beam sound waves toward their fleet - and the technician in control accidentally inputted the late show or something instead of the intense sound developed by scientists, but it worked anyway.

They also controlled alien spies called the "Aerie" which were just like classical fairies, and they were a subjugated race.

During the tour of space described by the narrator, they flew past a steampunk ship piloted by the "Body Electric" race. The narrator also flew past the planet - get this - "V-8" inhabited by "mobile vegetable lifeforms". These two things were illustrated.

Thats all I can remember, It was was early 90s. It was very absurd, but id still like to find a copy!

Thanks if you can help me, and everyone have a good day!

The reason for two year skip in the past?

In 12 Monkeys (TV series) the "meet me in two years" serves as major part of initial plot set up. At first I thought Cole is stuck jumping in intervals or something. But later it's clear that it's relaxed (relatively :) go to the past, return to the future to hang around, go to the different time.

Did I miss something (it's time travel, it's confusing, ok) or there wasn't really a reason named for doing that two–part trip with two–year gap?

ID this Book: Faculty at Second-Rate Magic University Saves the World

I read this book a few years ago, but I don't think it was new then. Now I can't find it. The protagonist is a faculty member at a second-rate magic university, on a world dominated by a race of godlike magicians thought to be aliens. The protagonist and his ragged band of not-all-that-talented friends find themselves reluctantly drawn into what turns out to be a battle between good and evil for the future of the planet. Along the way they make a surprising discovery about the nature of the superior beings. What is the title of this book? Who wrote it?

Short story :super computers save humanity

This is a short story about 1 super computer (USA). The computer(big one) is talking to the captain , the news is that there are less and less children born on Earth. They ask the computer if the Russian have something to do with this , after a time the computer say no. Something is coming from the moon. The USA send the captain to the moon also the russian send a cosmonaut to the moon (female).

After one month they come back , and they tell that they have escaped from a alien base on the moon and that the beam is destroyed.

Now again are children born .

When the captain goes to talk to the computer he remember what realy happened on the moon, he and the russian female astronaut had a good time there they felt in love.

The man wants to meet to woman but the computer tells him she is already on the way to him.

It seen that both supercomputer came up with same plan to make a common enemy.

Any idea who has written this story.

Why does Dumbledore wait until Half-Blood Prince to start hunting Horcruxes?

Voldemort attempts, and fails to kill Harry. People are said to think he's still alive

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Dumbedolre appears to be highly intelligent wizard. Surely he must have have understood why Voldemort didn't die - because of the conversation he had about Horcruxes. We know that Dumbedolre knew about this conversation, or at least the part that V asked about the magical item "Horcrux".

Only knowing about this conversation would not be much of a proof that he actually created one. But then Voldemort appears to be some form of alive in the Philosopher's Stone.

So... after the events of Philosopher's Stone, Dumbledore knows 2 things for sure :

1. Voldemort is still alive

2. Voldemort has asked about Horcruxes one of the Hogwarts teachers

Dumbledore is known for his guesses. He must have guessed that V has at least ONE horcrux.

So my question is, why did he wait the events up to Harry's 6th year to actually start hunting it ?

What Was the Name of the High Tech TV Spy Show in the 70's?

I remember a show from the 1970s where agents had miniature cameras (rings and pendants) and 2-way communications with a command center staffed by translators and other specialists who communicated with them in real time. Does anyone know what the title of this show was?

Young adult novel

I'm trying to find this book i read a while ago when a these kids am sixteen change and they can use their magic . There are two breeds of soldiers who on inter breeding create a third powerful kind and the protagonist is the powerful one who infuses crystals with her magic to fight she wears contacts to hide that she is a mix breed

Is the character of Mirasta Yale from TNG episode "First Contact" ever revisited?

First off, this is not a question about the movie First Contact. It is a question about the eponymous episode from Season 4 of TNG.

In that episode, Riker is wounded on Malcor III, where he is posing as a Malcorian. Malcor III was on the verge of warp capability and Riker was collecting data in order to help assess the impact that first contact might have. Riker's injury and capture forces Picard to reveal himself to the Malcorians slightly ahead of schedule.

Picard's main contact on Malcor III is Space Administrator Mirasta Yale. She advocates for Picard and Riker's good intentions, and convinces the Malcorian Chancellor to give Picard Riker's whereabouts.

Eventually, the Chancellor decides to postpone relations indefinitely with the Federation. Having seen all that she has seen, Mirasta is unwilling to return to Malcor III and the Chancellor gives her permission to stay off-world. Picard orders Worf to assign her quarters. That is the last we see of her, to my knowledge.

Do we hear of Mirasta again? If not in the official universe, then how about in the extended universe? In particular, does she remain on the Enterprise?

Can Gungans speak standard basic (English) instead/in addition to their own variation?

I'm wondering if Gungan who were a Jedi, or who were raised by some other people not their own, would speak regular Basic or not. And a regular Gungan could speak Standard Basic if they choose it or they learn it?

Why didn't the machine kill Neo after he was ejected?

After Neo chose the red pill and was ejected from The Matrix, a large machine came to unplug him.

Why didn't it kill Neo?

Sci-fi book identification-Feral Child to Superhuman

I read a sci-fi/thriller novel many years ago, probably published between 1980-1990 in the USA in English that had the following elements:

1. A feral child/teen is found in the wilderness, but his brain is underdeveloped.


2. Scientists "fix" him with a brain tissue transplant to increase his intelligence.


3. The child rapidly develops vast intelligence, surpassing his doctors.


4. The doctors hire a prostitute to do an experiment on the teen/experiment


5. Teen develops telepathy


6. Teen uses super brain to augment another low-intelligence female patient.


7. The book ends with the end of the world and the teen and his newly-enhanced female friend watch the end of the world from a jungle. There is a definite Adam/Eve vibe to the ending.


8. Protagonist may be named Adam.

Story with children that have magical powers imbued by wearing stones around their neck

I believe I first read this in the mid/late 80s. Here what's I can recall:

• It involved a boy and a girl - I believe 7-10 years old - I don't recall if they were friends or brother and sister


• They were given a "stone" on a string necklace that enabled magic and protection of some sort from some middle-aged/old-aged guy that lived in town


• One plot is where an evil "magician" of some sort comes to their school and turns the assembly into an assortment of snails/other creatures, but their "stones" protect them from the magic


• I vaguely recall that they were both taught transformation "spells" and could turn themselves into snails or something


• At the end of the book, I believe the boy is also able to control the weather - he makes it rain to fill up a water barrel (or maybe he stopped it raining - something like that).

It's a book that my nephew would thoroughly enjoy and would like to get for him, however, the above is pretty much all I can remember these days - I'd recognise it if I see it though...

Inventor experiments with irradiating food and creates nasty plague

At least 25 years ago I read a short story about man trying to invent something that will make him famous. In addition to other experiments, he tinkers with irradiating food. He ends up accidentally creating a new strain of botulism that wipes out most of the population including him because it can be transmitted by air. The plague is named after him.

How does offering asylum not violate the prime directive?

Assuming that the criteria by which the offer of asylum is offered is based on human values, how can it be offered without violating the prime directive?

In Ex Machina, can this character survive?

This is not about

who I'm quite sure is doomed, but

Is there any way this character could survive for long?

Is the last "One" present at the re-founding of Zion?

The comment discussion in this question made me wonder something: according to the Architect, the One plays a key role in re-founding Zion and beginning the next iteration in the Matrix cycle.

But does the One survive this process? Is he a part of the newly rebuilt Zion?

I remember that the One chooses 23 individuals to re-found the city, but I also seem to remember a comment about "returning to the Source" and "re-inserting the prime program." Are we supposed to take this as an action that the One performs, and then leaves to return to his people? Or does the One "returning to the Source" mean that he is absorbed or somehow destroyed?

Basically, do those 23 people ever get to meet the One (if they hadn't already)? Or are they on their own, and the One's journey ends as Zion is reborn?

Were all "The Ones" before Neo also called Neo?

We learn that Neo (aka Thomas A. Anderson; aka Missster Anderson) is the 6th incarnation of "The One". Since The Matrix is a complex simulation of the real life, let's assume that each individual/entity is identified by their name, so that The Matrix can keep track of everyone. Now, Neo is an anagram of "One" which our friend has as a hacker name (which could also essentially be a nickname).

Have the previous 5 "Ones" also gave themselves the nickname Neo or was it just a happy coincidence that the 6th incarnation we see was called that?

Discrepancy in "Towers of Midnight"

In WoT 13, Towers of Midnight, Tam is with Perrin and Rand at the same time. He goes to Rand, talks with him. At the same time, it is told him speaking with Perrin and crew. No mention of him being taken from Perrin's side by Aes Sedai. Because then Perrin would know all about what was happening in Tear from the Aes Sedai. No mention of Tam coming back either. It says Rand sent Tam back to Two Rivers.

Were the other Potentials actually humans?

In the second movie, when the Kid catches up with Neo right before he leaves Zion, he hands him a gift from one of the Oracle's children: a spoon. Of course, it's a reminder of the lesson learned by Neo on the first movie "There's no spoon".

But how could the spoon be delivered in the real world? Were the other potentials actually humans, and freed at some point? I've never watched Animatrix, so I don't know if it is explained in it...

Why does Ava act this way?

Obviously, spoilers for Ex Machina below.

Towards the end of the film;

Why would Ava do that?

Were there any fat people in the Matrix?

I don't reckon I saw any, so my question is: were there any? If not, how come people in the Matrix can't get fat in their perspective. I mean, no one tried to gain weight?

HELP! name of film please...been looking for 23 years!

Watched in UK in about 1991. Mexico? desert. Cowboy-ish, contemporary as a pick up truck arrives in last scene. Totally bizarre, a man is chained to a gold Inca style shield and wanders desert, thirsty and eats dust out of a skull. Little dialogue. THANKS!

Movie: producer/director stages alien abduction to help single mom and kid facing eviction

I remember this movie from the 80's or early 90's. Might have been a TV movie. Looking for the name. Plot outline:

• movie producer/director is making an alien-themed film


• has a young boy (hispanic/latino, perhaps) as a helper around the office and/or set


• boy and his mother are about to be evicted by a wealthy landlord that lives in a big house sort-of in the country (i.e. not suburbs)


• producer/director uses props and special effects to "land" a UFO on the landlord's property during dinner


• "abduct" the guy, load the UFO onto a semi trailer, drive back to soundstage


• the semi with the ufo on the trailer gets pulled over by a cop at one point and it looks like the jig is up (false alarm)


• take the guy aboard the "mothership" where he sees a particular symbol all over


• they tell him he'll recognize the "chosen one" or whatever by that symbol


• at some point in this you see an actor in an alien suit off-duty smoking a cigarette


• return the landlord home or release him


• they rush to get a medallion to the boy with that logo on it


• landlord sees it, takes the heat off the mother/boy re: eviction


• happily ever after?

What happens between Sauron and Saruman after the battle at Dol Guldur?

After the battle at Dol Guldur when Sauron is bansihed back to Mordor (I think it's Mordor), Saruman tells Elrond

Leave Sauron to me

What happens next?

Does Saruman travel to Mordor with the intention of finishing Sauron off, or was he always planning on joining him?

Was Smaug the last living dragon in Middle Earth?

I think he's the only dragon named in the six movies, he's certainly the only dragon we see anyway.

When he died at Laketown, was that the end of all dragons in Middle Earth?

Deus Ex Machina?

I'm looking for a sci-fi story I read about 20 years ago. It includes the following elements:

• A lab, and a computer simulation of the universe or earth. Evolution (possibly).


• A simulation created with the first simulation by scientists within the first simulation.


• A real world lab technician/scientist entering the simulation(s).

I would appreciate some help finding this story, thanks.

The ultimate fate and influence of the HMS Bounty

Following on from my question

Bridge of HMS Bounty between The Search for Spock and The Voyage Home ,

is there any (canonical) information regarding the fate of the Klingon Bird-of-Prey that was re-christened "HMS Bounty"?

It was last seen floating in San Francisco Bay at the end of The Voyage Home, as a backdrop to Kirk and friends playing with whales in the water.

By some standards, it should be a famous ship.

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  It was the last vessel to be nose-to-nose with the original USS Enterprise.

  
  


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  It was the last ship to orbit the planet Genesis before its demise.

  
  


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  It probably has the distinction of being the first (or only) Klingon Bird-of-Prey to be captained by a non-Klingon — for several months, for that matter.

  
  


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  It's probably the only Klingon warship to have been to the surface of Vulcan (certainly true in pre-Khitomer Accord times, and likely even after the Accord).

  
  


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  It's probably the only Klingon warship to have been to the surface of Earth — in multiple centuries, for that matter.

  
  


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  It's probably the only K'Vort class warship to have been to the 20th Century.

  
  


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  It's probably the only Klingon warship to have an aquarium installed in it.

  
  


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  It managed to return the AWOL Enterprise crew, a recently resurrected Spock, a Terran marine biologist from the 1980s, and two humpback whales also from the 1980s to (23rd Century) Earth.

  
  


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  Finally, it saved Earth from certain destruction at the hands of a space probe that only speaks to whales.

  
  

Fame aside, the ship's grounding on Earth would probably represent an immense tactical advantage for Starfleet at the time. Is there any canonical information about what was done with the ship by Starfleet?

Related enough to be part of this question: Did the capture of the Bounty influence any subsequent design decisions of Federation starships or of Birds-of-Prey? (This should be treated as a sub-question of the main question, regarding the fate of the ship.)

Which story contained aliens experimenting on human capitalism by creating an entirely new market in butter pats?

AIRI after creating a huge butter pat (butterpat ?) market from nothing, one day the aliens just walked away from it. Probably some deep political philosophy behind it that I missed when I first read it 30-40 years ago.

Story where child is raised by robots and 'rescued' by humans

I'm trying to remember what book this was. Think it was a scene in a full length novel. Might have been adult sci-fi or young adult. The bits I remember clearly:

• There was an 'orphanage' where children were raised by robots without human contact


• The main character (almost certain it was a female human) attacks the orphanage at some point and rescues the children or one particular child


• The child was scared of the humans because it had only ever had robot contact


• After they attacked the orphanage there was a battle

I can't quite remember!

HMS Bounty footprints

In The Voyage Home, the former Klingon Bird of Prey "HMS Bounty" leaves very visible footprints/indentations due to its mass, in a clearing in a park in San Francisco. The cloaked landing and the formation of the depressions frighten a couple of city waste collectors.

These footprints are essentially (non-circular) "crop circles".

Were the writers inspired by the mania / interest surrounding crop circles (as possible markings left by extraterrestrial vessels) in the second half of the 80s?

Also, is there any reference in the Star Trek Extended Universe to these footprints left behind by the Bounty?

Why was the human Doctor dangerous?

From Doctor Who episode Journey's End transcript:

ROSE: No, but I spent all that time trying to find you. I'm not going back now.

DOCTOR: But you've got to. Because we saved the universe, but at a cost. And the cost is him. He destroyed the Daleks. He committed genocide. He's too dangerous to be left on his own.

NEW DOCTOR: You made me.

DOCTOR: Exactly. You were born in battle, full of blood and anger and revenge. Remind you of someone? That's me, when we first met. And you made me better. Now you can do the same for him.

ROSE: But he's not you.

DOCTOR: He needs you. That's very me.

DONNA: But it's better than that, though. Don't you see what he's trying to give you? Tell her. Go on.

NEW DOCTOR: I look like him and I think like him. Same memories, same thoughts, same everything. Except I've only got one heart.

Maybe, the human Doctor was born in battle, but he had full memories of The Doctor which includes the time he spent with Rose. Why was Rose needed again to make him better? Weren't memories enough? I mean, wasn't he already a better Doctor than his pre-Rose existence?

Did the little girls feed mice to walkers in The Walking Dead (season 4)? [on hold]

Who fed mice to the walkers outside prison in Walking Dead season 4? I am assuming it was the little girls?

How did new human Doctor survive (or, remain sane)?

From Doctor Who episode Journey's End transcript:

DONNA: I thought we could try the planet Felspoon. Just because. What a good name, Felspoon. Apparently, it's got mountains that sway in the breeze. Mountains that move. Can you imagine?

DOCTOR: And how do you know that?

DONNA: Because it's in your head. And if it's in your head, it's in mine.

DOCTOR: And how does that feel?

DONNA: Brilliant! Fantastic! Molto bene! Great big universe, packed into my brain. You know you could fix that chameleon circuit if you just tried hotbinding the fragment links and superseding the binary, binary, binary, binary, binary, binary, binary, binary, binary, binary, binary, binary, binary, binary. (gasp) I'm fine. Nah, never mind Felspoon. You know who I'd like to meet? Charlie Chaplin. I bet he's great, Charlie Chaplin. Shall we do that? Shall we go and see Charlie Chaplin? Shall we? Charlie Chaplin? Charlie Chester. Charlie Brown. No, he's fiction. Friction, fiction, fixing, mixing, Rickston, Brixton.

(This time it hurts.)

DONNA: Oh, my God.

DOCTOR: Do you know what's happening?

DONNA: Yeah.

DOCTOR: There's never been a human Time Lord metacrisis before now. And you know why.

DONNA: Because there can't be. I want to stay.

DOCTOR: Look at me. Donna, look at me.

DONNA: I was going to be with you forever.

DOCTOR: I know.

DONNA: The rest of my life, travelling in the Tardis. The Doctor Donna. No. Oh my god. I can't go back. Don't make me go back. Doctor, please, please don't make me go back.

DOCTOR: Donna. Oh, Donna Noble. I am so sorry. But we had the best of times.

DONNA: No.

DOCTOR: The best. Goodbye.

DONNA: No, no, no. Please. Please. No. No.

(The Doctor mind melds with Donna and takes her memories away.)

DONNA: No!

(Donna passes out.)

....

....

....

DOCTOR: She took my mind into her own head. But that's a Time Lord consciousness. All that knowledge, it was killing her.

WILF: But she'll get better now?

DOCTOR: I had to wipe her mind completely. Every trace of me, or the Tardis, anything we did together, anywhere we went, had to go.

WILF: All those wonderful things she did.

DOCTOR: I know. But that version of Donna is dead. Because if she remembers, just for a second, she'll burn up. You can never tell her. You can't mention me or any of it for the rest of her life.

But, the human Doctor born out of meta-crisis earlier in the same episode never showed any kind of insanity till the end and The Doctor also wasn't worried about that. He was talking about spending life with Rose.

Note: Human Doctor had human brain and he possessed a Time Lord consciousness with the entire knowledge of The Doctor.

Why wasn't he affected in any way?

Why didn't 10th Doctor cut and keep a body part after regeneration?

When 10th Doctor first regenerated after being shot by a Dalek, he kept his body same (using his old body part preserved by Captain Jack Harkness) because he had vanity issues at that time.

Just after regeneration, why didn't he cut his hand (or any other body part) again (which would have been repaired in regeneration phase) to use it next time (Vanity Issues)?

Short Story I read in Elementary School

From what I remember, the story is a POV telling of someone describing an alien invasion in detail. As the story progresses, the aliens themselves are described by the narrator, however this is done in such a way as to obscure the fact that the narrator is describing humans who have invaded his/her home world (i.e. their skin was smooth and they had claws and teeth etc.)

HMS Bounty and park-goers in The Voyage Home

In The Voyage Home, why didn't park-goers bump into the cloaked Bird-of-Prey (also known as the "HMS Bounty") more often?

It seemed to be a fairly active park in an urban area (San Francisco). Shouldn't more joggers be colliding face-first into the landing struts? You might imagine that frisbees and baseballs would have been bouncing off of the hull. What about birds dropping out of the sky after banging their noggins on the invisible obstacle?

You would also think that a few incidents of walking into an invisible object would cause a stir of some kind.

In Predestination, why does the bartender pull John away from Jane?

Why does the bartender pull John away from Jane?

Having the ability to time travel means that you're not bound to the current time - you can set out to travel later and still get to the same point in time in the future/past.

So when the barkeeper explains to John that he must time travel to stop the Fizzle bomber, why does John (who loves Jane so much, to the extend that he has sex with her knowing that he'll mess up their life - he just can't control it) abandon Jane?

He has all the time in the world to spend with her, and then travel through time at his own convenience.

Why the rush?

How did Dumbledore know that slughorn was an armchair

In Chapter 4 of the Half-Blood Prince, do we know why Dumbledore immediately know that Horace was the armchair?

Please, I am looking for a different answer than "Dumbledore is brilliant." It takes a bit more than mere brilliance to correctly guess exactly what to poke in a room full of furniture.

Can Mystique replicate a person be just looking at photograph?

I have always wondered how does Mystique's transformation works.

Please spare me as I don't read many Marvel comics, just those random ones which I can get.

If Mystique has never seen a person, but gets his/her photo with only face visible (passport sized). Can she still replicate him/her? If Yes, how does she recreate the body, by her own imagination and assumption?

Mystique replicating target's attire, how does it work?

I have always wondered how does Mystique's transformation works.

Please spare me as I don't read many Marvel comics, just those random ones which I can get.

From what is seen in movie, she can instantly transform into anyone once she gets clear look at him/her. She can even replicate the target's attire. In this case, she doesn't know what he/she looks under the attire, so does she just copies the dimensions to match the size while remaining blue skinned under it?

Biological functions of Mystique when morphed [on hold]

I have always wondered how does Mystique's transformation works.

Please spare me as I don't read many Marvel comics, just those random ones which I can get.

When Mystique transforms to male characters, does she also inherit the bodily functions? In X-Men:DoFP, we saw that she cries when morphed as Trask. Since male and female tear glands function similarly (at least what I assume, never studied Biology), it must not be an issue. But what about other parts that act as outlet for some bodily liquids which differ in functioning due to gender differences? Also does Mystique inherit target's injuries and pain along with it?

If Mystique morphs into a pregnant lady she sees, will she also replicate the baby inside. If Yes, when she transforms back to original form, will she terminate the baby?

Will Fast and Furious 7 be the last movie in the series?

I mean with Paul Walker no longer alive, will Fast and Furious series continue?

If main series ends, will there be any other spin-off movies like Tokyo Drift?

Palpatine and his walking stick

When did Palpy first use a walking stick? I don't see him having it towards the end of Episode III and since he wasn't shown on screen in IV and V, I would presume somewhere in between?

On the other hand, with him being a Sith Lord, I would assume that he wouldn't need it anyway, so was it used just to mask himself as being a frail, aged person?

Seeking Sci-Fi movie about a black men alone in spaceship

I think it was an english only movie and a bit modern. The movie is only about the one black guy (astronaut) in the spaceship, who was on a mission to (jupiter?), and he is alone. He decides to continue the mission and not landing on earth, after month alone on the spaceship.

I hope you understand it.

Why is Science Fiction in the same category as Fantasy??

Why is Science Fiction in the same category as Fantasy?? They are not the same and in some ways could be considered to be the antithesis of each other. One is based on some wishy-washy 'magic' ability/environment, and the other based on possible future scientific discovery/invention.

As a science-fiction reader for over 45years and a science-fiction writer for 25 of those years, I take great offense at the category sharing.

Stamps that can deliver letters to dead people and bring an answer back

This is a long shot because my recollection is rather vague, but around 40 years ago when I was a kid, I read a story about a boy who somehow acquired special stamps. If you addressed a letter to a dead person and put one of these stamps on it, the stamp would deliver the letter and bring a reply back. I believe he uses them to communicate with his dead mother. He might even be able to watch the letters float away to their destination. That is about all I remember about it. I'm not even completely sure it was stamps and I'm not totally sure it was a boy, there is a possibility it was a girl.

Science fiction story about political acumen

I vaguely remember reading a science fiction story in which the character was introduced as a unambitious government official (a bureaucrat). I believe in the story it mentions that while his superiors had come and gone, he always remained due to his unoffensive nature. Throughout the story the character manipulates his way to meet his ends (which I believe had to do something with aliens and their rights). I believe it was written by Asimov, but it might have been Arthur C. Clark or Robert A. Heinlein.

P.S.: Sorry for all the 'I believe', but I honestly have to strain my memory to even have a vague recollection beyond 'story about political acumen'.

Novel about a spacefaring mission trying to reestablish contact with Earth

Looking for a novel I read in the early 90s; came from a local library so it may be quite a bit older. Might've been a YA novel, as it was in the same shelf as a bunch of William Sleator novels. All my memory detailed below.

• A spacefaring civilization sends a mission to re-establish contact and possible trade with Earth; they had been in the first stages when WW3 or some other apocalypse began.


• The leader of the mission is a younger woman, humanoid, remember something green about her but can't remember what exactly. The core team is small, maybe 3 or 4 people, but they have a full ship as support


• Earth has largely recovered and is covered by a lot of wilderness. Humanity is around but what's left is at some tribal, some pre-industrial levels, no big cities. They establish contact with one of the bigger centers, and find a bunch of radios oddly used as cult objects


• Buncha aliens show up, the ship bugs out because they got caught flatfooted and don't recognize them. Core team is left on their own with a bunch of half-built bases, but still have shuttles, supplies, bits of tech, but mostly shields that can stop anything


• The aliens had arranged the radios for easy collecting of humans, so they can enslave them for use in some sort of farm (the animal they were farming was really odd, something about fabric?), for which Earth is ideal apparently, strongly implied they pulled strings to cause the fall of man in the first place


• Aliens set up their farms, guerilla war and much sneakiness ensues, their mothership is brought down by the woman sneaking onboard but she only barely survives the crash due to shield tech, and ends up setting herself up in control of Earth thru a fair bit of ballsy and toying with both the aliens that are left and the egos of her commanders that lamely arrive late to “rescue” her

Names of a series of books. Fantasy

I believe in one of the books an elf makes his way through a maze to find a black crystal of some sort. And when he leaves the maze there is an army outside waiting for him and he uses it to kill the army.

Also I believe in another book they are trying to make a sword, they find a blacksmith with an amazing one already made. He won't sell it, but he says if they get the material he'll make them a new one.

In Interstellar, how could you build a space colony without bringing the Blight with you?

In Interstellar, there is a Blight destroying all the world's crops. If Plan A involves launching a space colony, presumably full of crops, etc., how could they avoid bringing the Blight with them?

Why is the Elder Wand aligned with Harry and not Voldemort?

I get that Draco was the true master of the elder wand, and by disarming Draco, Harry becomes the wands true master.

However...

When Harry is hit by Voldemort's killing curse in the forbidden forest, does Voldemort not, technically, defeat Harry? If that's the case, shouldn't the wand see Voldemort defeating it's master and then switch allegiance to Voldemort?

Why did the machines not invest into clearing the skies?

The machines turned to using humans as a source of power after the humans darkened the skies, since the machines relied on solar power before.

If the machines were smart at all, they'd realise that their strategy is unsustainable, since energy on Earth predominantly comes from the Sun in some shape or form (i.e. plants, oil, coal). So why would they not invest into penetrating or even getting rid of the clouds?

The 3rd movie clearly shows that it's possible to penetrate the cloud layer when Trinity flies through it. Although there was an issue with the lightning interference, hey, they survived! And I'm sure they can either build some sort of shielding, or even harness the lightning to their advantage.

But I guess if they did that, there would be no movie at all... So I'm just wondering if there are like-minded people out there why more theories about this possibility :)

Science fiction novel about a man who travels through time and falls in love with a warrior woman

I believe it was a full novel, that I must have read as a preteen, so it can't be newer than the late '90s or early 2000s.

I don't remember much, but I think it was about a man who travels forward in time and gets stuck there, eventually falling in love with a tribal woman. He lives there for some time until they are going to be married, but then his time machine is fixed and he may go back home. I think the woman may also have been a princess or daughter of a chief or something.

I could very well be getting some details wrong, and unfortunately I can't recall anything more clear than that.

What is the name of a short story collection all set in a dystopian future?

I'm sure the first story was something to do with a human exhibition- I think two people had shifts working in a cave depicting early human life or something of the sort... I think the novel altogether had 5-7 short stories.

Erkenbrand of Westfold

Is it ever stated why Erkenbrand of Westfold isn't in the movies? He plays such a vital part in the book of the Two Towers with Gandalf aiding the battle of Helms Deep it just seems strange to leave him out?

What was the TV Show in the 70's?

where agents had cameras (rings and pendants) and 2-way communications with a command center staffed by translators and other specialists who communicated with them in real time?

Why didn't the Death Eaters take Harry Potter at the end of the Half-Blood Prince?

I was watching the Half-Blood Prince film recently and when Harry tries to take down Snape at the end (after he kills Dumbledore) it was a perfect opportunity for the Death Eaters to take him to Voldemort. Was it too much of a risk for them to take him?

In series 5 final the big bang how did the doctor get out of the pandorica?

I was wondering in the grand final of series 5 the big bang how ever did the Doctor manage to get out of the pandorica as it has never come up. I've also tried looking it up in My Doctor who encyclopedia but had no luck finding anything

How fast is Miller's planet orbiting Gargantua in the movie Interstellar?

In the movie Interstellar, Miller's planet is so close to the black hole that it experiences severe time dilation - one hour on the planet is seven years for every one else.

The planet is (presumably) in a stable orbit around the black hole and in no danger of falling in any time soon. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a very good candidate for new Earth. Thus, it must be speeding around the black hole very quickly to have enough angular momentum to avoid falling in.

Given that the gravity is causing such a severe time dilation, how fast are they travelling?

I suspect that it is very fast since even at 90% of the speed of light (something we are not even close to achieving for macroscopic objects), there is little time dilation.

EDIT: I was incorrectly equating time dilation due to speed with gravitational time dilation, so ignore the above sentence. They are related, but not in the way I suggest.

So, how fast did they need to accelerate the ship to match Miller's orbit and land? And again, when they take off, they would need to decelerate to match that of the mother ship. Wouldn't that delta-v have used up most of their fuel? That alone should have precluded them from attempting to visit this planet until they exhausted Mann's and Edmund's planets.

Highly related question: Since there is such a severe time dilation, if you measured your speed while on Miller's planet, you'd see that it was substantially higher than when measured from the mother-ship.

Would the planet appear to be orbiting the black hole very slowly from the perspective of the mother-ship, even though it is orbiting very fast?

Does that mean that as objects fall into black holes, outside observers perceive it to take longer for the object to fall in due to the time dilation? I believe this is the case.

So as the Endeavour approaches the planet, they would perceive that the planet is accelerating and would need to speed up to catch it. Bromily from the mother ship might see them as travelling a constant speed, or (most likely) even slowing down as the approach the planet, when in reality they are accelerating towards it.

Likewise, when they leave the planet, Bromily would see them very slowly coming towards him, but accelerating as they got nearer. In reality, however, they would be decelerating to match the speed of the mother ship.

When and how does Vader learn that Luke is his son?

During the Battle of Yavin, it's fairly clear that Vader does not know that Luke is his son. Or at least, he doesn't sense a familial connection (and he doesn't sense one with Leia either, who he shares a room with at least 3 times). The closest he gets with Luke is sensing his Force abilities during the battle:

The Force is strong with this one!

But by the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back, he knows of Luke Skywalker, and he knows he's with the rebels. When the probe discovers the rebels on Hoth:

OZZEL: My Lord, how do you know it's them? There are so many uncharted settlements. It could be smugglers ...

VADER: I know. And I know young Skywalker is with them. Bring in the patrol ships, Admiral, and set your course for the Hoth System. General Veers, prepare your men.

And he isn't surprised when the Emperor later indicates that Luke is the son of Anakin:

The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.

So when did Vader learn about Luke? Did the Emperor know that he had lived the entire time and keep it from him? Did they both learn the truth sometime after the Battle of Yavin?

Ocean of time book?

I remember reading a book where people figured out time travel and when they entered "Time" they could swim through it, but it would cause ripples and change things.

They would take certain time zones and physical locations as their new currency, eventually there were wars in the ocean of time.

After a while there was a hardening of the ocean of time.

I also remember that they never went to the beginning for fear of erasing Humans completely.

Characters: No main Characters

Type: A history (Sci-Fi)

What book is this?

Why didn't the Doctor and River do this at the end of "The Angels Take Manhatten"? (SPOILERS)

At the end of this episode,

What I am confused about is, if the author of this book had prior knowledge of what would happen when they wrote it (as seems apparent early in the episode), then why

There seems to be another possible solution as well:

Also, for the record I'm only at that episode in the series, so there could very well be something in future episodes that explains it (in which case please refrain from giving it away :) haha)

Why do the Agents bother trying to get the Zion mainframe codes?

In the first film, Agent Smith spends a lot of time torturing Morpheus because he knew the code for Zion's mainframe. My question is, why did they even need that code, I mean, surely they would already know where Zion is. The previous One did after-all pick the people to remake Zion, and you would think the Machines would know where the new Zion would be. Someone explain?

Has Hulk ever been defeated by a normal person with limited weaponry?

I am a fan of the Marvel universe but don't follow much of its comics. So please spare my ignorance.

Just to elaborate what I am asking, let's take Hawkeye as our subject. Hawkeye doesn't have super powers. He has been trained to achieve an extreme level of accuracy, timing and precision. He relies on weapons like bow and arrow, guns and melee weapons. These weapons have limited power, range and ammunition. These weapons can be upgraded to amplify the effects, but still they won't match power of Iron Man's weapons.

Now what I want to know is has Hawkeye, or any other character from the Marvel universe without super powers, a normal human, defeated Hulk?

Conditions:

1. 
   

   Hulk must not be in Bruce Banner form.

   
   


2. 
   

   Characters like Iron Man and Falcon don’t count. Though they are normal humans, they have extremely high-tech weaponry to assist them. (Yes, Hawkeye too has sophisticated/modified arrows. But they still have limitations and Hawkeye has to rely on raw skills to use them.)

   
   


3. 
   

   Specified character was not under the influence of power-enhancing materials, power-altering commands, enchantments or any other sort of power enhancing mechanism.

   
   


4. 
   

   Hulk was not be under any material, power altering command, enchantment or any other sort of mechanism that suppresses his powers.

   
   


5. 
   

   Specified character must have fought alone without any assistance. (Examples: a) Thor has already beaten shit out of Hulk and then Hawkeye comes to deliver the last shot; b) while in a fight, Thor comes in to distract Hulk so that Hawkeye can attack from behind.)

   
   


6. 
   

   Specified character received assistance from another character who didn't have a superpower, but again didn't have extremely awesome weapons to assist. (Example: Black Widow).

   
   


7. 
   

   Hulk was unaware of specified character's presence. Specified character took Hulk by surprise.

   
   


8. 
   

   Use of tranquilizers or similar weapons which can put Hulk to sleep or render him unconscious, paralyzed or unable to act are not considered.

   
   


9. 
   

   Hulk must not have run away from the fight because his opponent is not of his match.

   
   


10. 
    

    (w.r.t. point no. 6) An army of normal humans will not be considered. Neither will be the situation where a single human calls in a S.H.I.E.L.D.-like agency for assistance be considered.

    
    


11. 
    

    Bruce Banner's love interest or S.O. was not brought between the fighters to get Hulk to calm down.

    
    

Has any such event occurred ever in the Marvel universe where a normal human has defeated Hulk?

And aside from just Hulk being defeated by a normal human, any other incident where a powerful superhero/villain like Groot, Thanos or Ultron have been defeated by a normal human would be interesting.

Teen Wolf universe Werewolf Strength

I have Just started Teen wolf and got to wondering What is the strength level of Werewolves in The Teen Wolf Universe? What feats of strengths have been shown?

How strong are vampires in The Vampire Diaries?

What is the strength level of vampires in The Vampire Diaries universe? What feats of strengths have been shown?

What determines the power of a wizard in Harry Potter's world

It is obvious that different wizards can cast spells with different power and/or effect (same for potions). But why?

Just some observations from my side - perhaps I'm wrong for some of them:

Spell casting seems to be like playing music or painting. More or less everyone can do it and the quality depends on some factors like:

• knowledge - gained by studying


• experience - gained by practicing


• intelligence - innate and cannot be gained easily


• concentration at the moment (or ability to concentrate in general)

and last but not least

• innate ability (talent) - you either have it or not

To me it looks like that the last one is determining everything. Some wizards like Dumbledore or Voldemort just "have it" and others will never be able to reach their power no matter how hard they try. Another example - Hermione is very intelligent and has read all the books but Harry beats her in defense against the dark arts nevertheless (and no - it's not Quiddich that helps him :) ).

Bridge of HMS Bounty between The Search for Spock and The Voyage Home

The bridge of Captain Kruge's ship — stolen by Admiral Kirk and company in The Search for Spock and re-christened the HMS Bounty — looks completely different between that film and The Voyage Home.

Little, if anything, looks the same.

Several months of exile pass between the two films, with the Bounty grounded on Vulcan. Are the differences in the bridge the result of modifications made by Scotty and/or Vulcan engineers during that period?

It seems unlikely that anyone would care about altering the bridge to that extent, especially given that the ship would only ever serve as temporary transportation. Was it simply that the bridge of The Voyage Home fit the aesthetics of the film better, and it was hoped that we wouldn't notice the change?

Horror movie about family driving down a country road

This American horror movie came out in the mid to late 90s / early 2000s.

It centres around a family going on a vacation. Mother, father and two teenagers.

They're driving down a highway somewhere in the states and I think the father suggests taking a short cut down a long country road.

Lots of freaky stuff happens on this country road, they crash and die a few times I think but they keep waking up back in the car.

Each member of the family flips out one after another and they attack each other and everyone dies but they keep waking up back in the car.

Other weird stuff happens, at one point the mother sustains a serious blow to the back of her head, she goes insane and starts picking out her own brains and eating them. Which is nice...

I know there is a hearse following them for the entire journey though.

I can't remember the ending, but I think at least one of them survives and wakes up in a hospital and the hearse is parked outside.

I'm not sure if they ever have any interaction with the hearse driver or if you ever find out what's going on with the hearse.

This sounds like a lot of jibberish, hopefully someone can decipher it and help me out!

Can a Green Lantern's construct exist independently of the Green Lantern? And for how long?

If a Green Lantern can create a power ring for someone else.

Can the Green Lantern then leave the new ring with that person indefinitely?

How long will the ring last?

Are there any example of this in any canon?

Were there any fat people in the Matrix?

I don't reckon I saw any, so my question is: were there anyone? If not, how come people in the Matrix can't get fat in their perspective. I mean, no one tried to get weight?

What happened to Gandalf the Grey's body when he was sent back as Gandalf the White?

So Gandalf and the Balrog of Moria have a little fisticuffs and they both died. Presumably dead bodies lie on the mountain side somewhere.

Gandalf "strayed out of thought and time", gets a can of spinach and a new colour then he comes back sometime after his death as Gandalf 2.0.

The questions are thus:

1. Did Gandalf's old body get burnt to a crisp, or suffer some other death that meant there was no dead body left? OR


2. Did his old body get renewed?

Or do we not know? If his body was left in the snow, then wouldn't it have been preserved due to freezing? This seems like an obvious oversight in the story.

I'd like to stick with the book canon, but out-of universe answers are also welcome.

Clarification: I'm not asking about his soul or whether he can die or where he went. I am specifically asking about what was left behind on the mountain.

In Spiderman's story line, is there any other newspaper except the Daily Bugle?

In all Spiderman related canons that I have read or watched, the only newspaper seen is the Daily Bugle. Since all these canons revolve around Peter Parker, it is justified to have the highest priority for the Daily Bugle.

I always wondered, isn't any other newspaper interested in Spiderman's stories? With Peter Parker snapping so many great pictures of Spiderman, no other competitor of the Daily Bugle ever tried to hire him? With Jameson's über-sarcasm any employee would have quit working under him, but still Parker works for him and that too after being underpaid most of the time.

In one animated series, Jameson is running his own news channel with himself as news reporter. This news channel is always being shown on screen at Times Square in which Jameson is running anti-Spiderman rants.

Isn't there any other newspaper in Spiderman's city?

Did the Elder Wand try to kill Harry?

If Harry needed to die, then the Elder Wand should have done it's best to follow Harry's intentions.

The excerpt below sounds like Harry wishing for his death to be quick. If the Elder wand is tuned in to Harry's intentions then the Elder Wand would be trying it's best to kill Harry.

Deathly Hallows chapter The Forest Again

Voldemort had raised his wand. His head was still tilted to one side, like a curious child, wondering what would happen if he proceeded. Harry looked back into the red eyes, and wanted it to happen now, quickly, while he could still stand, before he lost control, before he betrayed fear —

He saw the mouth move and a flash of green light, and every- thing was gone.

Does this mean that the Wand did try to kill Harry (to follow Harry's intent and Voldemort's too of course).

How many Vaults are there?

In the Fallout lore, I have gathered that there are 112 vaults. But is that all of them or just the vaults that have been released as in-game content? And wouldn't there be other vaults in the other countries across the Atlantic?

So all in all, how many Vaults are there?

Can Green Lanterns make copies of their Power ring?

Supposing that a Green Lantern agent wanted to 'deputise' a friend for some reason, e.g. insuring the safety of his homeworld while he was fighting crime several solar systems away, could he use his willpower to create a copy of his ring? Granted, the process might require a LOT of power (from the ring and from its user), perhaps too much for it to be practical (conservation of energy), but could you make, at the very least, an imperfect copy in theory?

And just to get extraneous issues out of the way; let's assume this friend is strong-willed enough to be a ring-bearer (perhaps even a prospective Lantern!), and the Guardians have sanctioned this experiment for the time being (out of sympathy or at least scientific curiosity). Furthermore, I believe Jordan's Green power ring HAS been 'copied' in at least one comic storyline (Superman: Red Son), though I haven't really read it and don't quite know how that universe's Jordan accomplished it.

In what tone of voice does Tom Riddle use

In Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets what tone of Voice does Tom Riddle say "You'll be with your dear Mudblood mother soon, Harry" I've read the book over and over again and it isn't mentioned

Why does Nathan program his artificial intelligences like this?

Spoilers for Ex Machina below, obviously.

Towards the end of the film;

It seems like a strange ommision when building an AI, an ommision that Nathan must have been aware of and decided to make - I just can't figure out why.

Why does A.V.A act this way?

Obviously, spoilers for Ex Machina below.

Towards the end of the film;

Why would A.V.A do that?

Can anyone recognise this Batman villain?

Can anyone tell me who this villain is and what storyline this scene comes from?

Maybe a strange incarnation of Solomon Grundy?

That's definitely The Ventriloquist and Scarface in the background anyway.

Longest blood line in Marvel Universe

I mean Odin ==> Thor, Norman Osborn ==> Harry Osborn are characters with blood lines who have been shown in various canons to have direct affect on story and events.

Which is the longest blood line to have actively participated in events of Marvel Universe?

(The specified characters in blood line should be present in person in the canons and not restricted to dialogue based references, photos held by characters or dreams.)

Who/what killed all the fae at Arctis Tor?

In Jim Butcher's book "Proven Guilty", a book in the Dresden Files series, Harry and gang to to Arctis Tor, the stronghold of the winter fae, in search of Charity's daughter Molly who was brought there by a gang of fetches. When they get to the front gate after crossing over, the gate has been destroyed and the bones of a lot of fae were scattered about.

From what I can gather, the fetches wouldn't/couldn't have caused this sort of destruction. I have finished my rereading of the book, but I don't remember it being mentioned, at least in this book, what happened.

Do we know what happened here (including all the way to Skin Games)? Who broke the gate, and who killed all the fae?

Walking Dead season 4

Who fed mice to the walkers outside prison in Walking Dead season 4? Were it the little girls? And who killed David and Karen by burning them with gasoline and fire?

Inconsistencies explained by an alternate timeline, originating from First Contact?

There have been several questions — for good reason, I might add — dealing with a couple of inconsistencies in the Prime Trek timeline, surrounding the Federation's first contact with the Borg.

I intend to ask a question that is somewhat orthogonal to those other questions. First, some background:

In the TNG episode "Q Who", Picard's Enterprise makes first contact with the Borg, as a result of an intervention by Q. The Enterprise crew show no recognition of the Borg whatsoever, and the computer does not make any kind of automatic identification of the Borg or their vessel (suggesting no such records exist). In this episode, it is revealed that Guinan's culture was decimated by the Borg. It is clear from her conversations with Picard in the episode that she has never discussed the Borg with Enterprise crew members on any prior occasion.

In "The Best of Both Worlds" (parts 1 and 2), Fleet Admiral J.P. Hanson tells Picard that Starfleet has been preparing for a year for the eventual encounter with the Borg. He and Lt. Cmdr. Shelby both make statements that imply that the only information they have to work with are the sensor logs recorded by, and damage inflicted upon, the Enterprise during the "Q Who" encounter. This suggests that Starfleet has no data from any prior encounter with the Borg. This also suggests that neither Guinan nor any other El-Aurian refugee (e.g. Tolian Soran) living in Federation space had discussed the Borg with Starfleet or any official representatives of the Federation. (This is consistent with their reclusive nature.)

However, the first inconsistency with this appears in the Voyager episode "Dark Frontier" (part 1). Magnus Hansen, a Federation exobiologist and the father of Seven of Nine, says the following in a flashback:

MAGNUS: Field notes, U.S.S. Raven, Stardate 32611.4. It's about time. The Federation Council on Exobiology has given us final approval. Starfleet's still concerned about security issues but they've agreed not to stand in our way. We've said our goodbyes, and we're ready to start chasing our theories about the Borg.

Chronologically, he made these remarks in 2356, ten years before the events of "Q Who".

The next discrepancy occurs in the episode "Regeneration" of Enterprise. In 2153, human scientists at an arctic research station discover functional Borg drones who survived the destruction of the Borg sphere that went back in time to the 21st Century in First Contact. Captain Archer and his crew subsequently encounter the Borg in space. In particular, Dr. Phlox is exposed to Borg nanoprobes and almost becomes assimilated. He experiences brief periods of the Borg "hive mind". Surely, these experiences would be included in their logs and reports. Although the word "Borg" is not used, they do hear the catchphrase "resistance is futile", and they have enough data to make accurate records regarding the appearance of the Borg, about the assimilation process, and about the Borg's ability to adapt technology to fit their purposes (namely, their modifications to the simple transport ship that they used to escape Earth, which had a top speed of warp 1.4, which they increased to higher than warp 5).

Furthermore, they do research and find that Zephram Cochrane had made explicit reference to cybernetic creatures in a speech given in the 21st Century. His coworker, Lily Sloane, learned the term "Borg" for these creatures. (She remarked that it sounded "Swedish").

While the Bynar are another cybernetic race known to Starfleet, the unique assimilation techniques of the Borg and their collective consciousness and hive nature would certainly mark them out in future encounters, e.g. in "Q Who".

Here is my question:

Is it possible that the inconsistencies in "Dark Frontier" and "Regeneration" are not actually inconsistencies, but rather the result of a new timeline formed by the events of First Contact?

The theory would go like this:

When the Borg went back in time, they shifted their own "first contact" with humanity to the 21st Century. In the 22nd Century, they encounter Archer's Enterprise, and concrete data is collected for the first time regarding a species of advanced cybernetic organisms called the Borg (a named known to Lily Sloane and likely Zephram Cochrane) that can "assimilate" human beings and other species, and which function with a collective consciousness (all experienced firsthand by Phlox). In the 24th Century, Federation scientists Magnus and Erin Hansen follow up on this by requesting the use of the Raven and following the course plotted by the transport ship from the 21st Century (and also working on the suspicion that a subspace message was sent from that ship in the direction of the Delta Quadrant).

This theory also has the following consequences:

The events of "Q Who" either did not occur in the new First Contact-induced timeline, or occurred differently. For instance, if Q had still flung the Enterprise into the path of a distant Borg cube, the crew may not have had to rely purely on Guinan for knowledge regarding the Borg. Also, the events of "Best of Both Worlds" may have been slightly altered.

Is there any canonical information that runs counter to such a theory? Is there any information that supports it, even in the Extended Universe?

District 9: Is there an official explanation why the prawns' mother-ship landed on Earth?

The movie shows the majority of the aliens as unintelligent and seemingly incapable of operating, let alone inventing, a space ship. However, the exosuit/mech was clearly created in their image, weapons are hardcoded to work only with their DNA, and Christopher seems to know exactly how to operate the mother-ship and where their planet is located.

Why then were conditions inside the ship so terrible and why did it stop to hover above Earth?

All that seemed to be required to start the ship again was the black fluid that Christopher, his friend, and his son collect. They obtain this from various pieces of alien technology scattered throughout the slums. Of course this technology must have been located inside the ship, so why didn't they simply collect it during the few weeks between the ship's arrival and the hull being cut open by humans? It took them years to collect this small amount, but I imagine it would have been much easier to locate on the ship, and the process would have been much quicker with the other prawns' assistance.

If help was what they hoped to gain on Earth, why didn't they send an emissary instead of just letting the ship hover over Johannesburg? Clearly, it would have been possible since we see the smaller ship detach from the mother-ship.

Short story about a boy talking to an alien on this computer

I read this short story in elementary school, 15-20 years ago. I can't remember if it were part of an anthology, or if it were it's own book.

It was written for youth around the age I was when I read it.

The story involves a young boy talking to someone on his computer. As far as I recall, all communication is done through text. The boy types questions, and receives responses back in kind.

The boy figures out he's talking to an alien that needs his help.

The only significant detail I can remember is that the alien mentions something about how all of Earth's animals would react to the alien's presence, and even the most "docile" of creatures, the earthworm, would be a danger to it. It never explains how it would be a danger to it, which I remember bothering me. (I also believe that this was the first time I read the word "docile")

Why did Seska care about Tuvok's "betrayal"?

In "Worst Case Scenario," which occurs after Seska's death, she reveals through her hologram incarnation that she was upset at Tuvok for his betrayal of the Maquis crew, describing herself as:

A holographic representation of Seska, one of the Maquis shipmates you betrayed. I would have thought all that time you spent spying on us might have given you a little more insight into the Maquis, but after looking over what you've already written, I can see you need a little help

I was wondering why she cared? At the time, she herself was a Cardassian spy and clearly had a very harsh personality who thought in terms of tactics. This kind of revenge seems unlike her.

I was wondering if there was any in- or out-of-universe explanation for this behavior.

barely remembered story about a moose-like alien

There's a book one I remember very little about, that I probably read about 1979 but that I'm sure dated at least 10-15 years earlier, that I've never found another reference to.

I think it involved a boy and girl who somehow make the acquaintance of an alien that resembles an anthropomorphic moose (yes, really). There was some plot element about how the moose-thing could teleport them, but there was also some sort of shrinking force-field around them that they couldn't leave, possibly generated by the moose's antlers. The reading level for this one would have approximated that of the Mad Scientist novels, and the few illustrations were similar in style to those in the Mad Scientist books as well. I don't have too much more to go on, except there was a Roald Dahl-like tone to the book as well.

Help?

Why is Dale not mentioned in Lord of the Rings?

I am rewatching the Lord of the Rings series now after I saw all of the Hobbit parts and I'm wondering why the people of Dale don't play a role in the Lord of the Rings. Why are they not fighting with the rest of the men army? Is Dale mentioned in the Lord of the Rings books?

Short Story: Explorer crash–lands on uncharted planet, is stripped of technology and observed by alien?

Another story I read a few years ago that is likely to be from the 70s or 80s.

This one involves a pilot crashing his ship on an unknown planet. The crash was caused by an alien creature who resides in a metal pyramid on the planet's surface. After the impact, a message is played back to the pilot, constructed from his own audio logs. It tells him that all technology has been taken from him and challenges him to survive.

With each passing day, the once civilized man more closely resembles an animal, driven by instinct. However, he is able to retain his sense of reason and begins formulating a plan to penetrate the force-field surrounding the pyramid and to infiltrate the structure itself.

When he first catches a glimpse of the alien (referred to as "the Other"), he becomes frightened and runs. Later, he conquers his fear and resolves to return to the pyramid to confront the Other. The Other, although physically more powerful, is terrified by the vicious animal that has somehow bypassed the pyramid's defenses. In the end, the pilot is repeatedly smashing the Other's skull in with a rock, long after the alien's demise.

partially-remembered SF books (aliens, camping, and a moose)

There are a couple of books I read in the 1970s, that probably dated from a decade or more earlier, that I've never been able to identify or find again.

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  The first was a book (and its sequel) about a young alien named something like Martin, Marty, or similar, who comes to Earth, and goes camping (and/or joins the Boy Scouts) with the protagonist young Earthling boy. The sequel was about Martin/Marty/whomever returning the favor by inviting the boy back to his home planet, where they go to a perfectly-reconstructed campsite that is otherwise located in the middle of an empty wasteland. I seem to recall that there were a lot of illustrations.

  
  


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  The next one I remember very little about, except I think it involved a boy and girl who somehow make the acquaintance of an alien that resembles an anthropomorphic moose (yes, really). There was some plot element about how the moose-thing could teleport them, but there was also some sort of shrinking force-field around them that they couldn't leave, possibly generated by the moose's antlers. The reading level for this one would have approximated that of the Mad Scientist novels, and the few illustrations were similar in style to those in the Mad Scientist books as well.

  
  

Any help would be appreciated!

How was Voldemort able to continue flight without a wand

In Chapter 4 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (The Seven Potters) Voldemort was flying unaided, which meant it must have been done with the use of a spell.

Fast forward to Chapter 30 (The Sacking of Severus Snape). Snape jumped out of the window and flew off while McGonagall and the other teachers where in hot pursuit of him. Harry, rather hopefully, wondered if he had jumped to his death. McGonagall, rather gloomily, remarked that alas, he had his wand when he jumped and could employ the ability to fly, a skill he no doubt learnt from his master. She also noted that this situation was unlike Dumbledore's final moment when he was wandless, and thus, could not jump from the ramparts of the highest tower to fly away from Draco Malfoy and the other Death Eaters.

So, this all implies that you do need a wand to fly.

Voldemort started out with a wand but after Harry's wand destroyed it, Voldemort was rendered wandless. You may recall that he was demanding Selwyn's wand.

In short, how did he remain airborne? Side question: did J.K. Rowling ever comment on this extraordinary ability of unaided flight?

What are Batman's qualifications?

I think it's safe to say that Bruce Wayne (being the secret identity of Batman) is a master in numerous skills and abilities, just to name a few:

• Martial Arts


• Intelligence


• Stealth & disguise


• Scientific/technological know-how etc.

Brilliant stuff. But is he actually qualified in anything? Did he go to college/university and graduate?

Why is Harry's protection so unique?

There are a number of questions on this site about the protection spell that Lily gave to Harry through her death, but one question doesn't seem to have been touched on:

Why aren't such spells commonplace?

This question and its answers make it clear that the intention to sacrifice yourself is a vital part of the spell, but even so, would that really be so uncommon? The books make it sound like Harry's protection is incredibly rare, even unique. But Rowling herself, quoted in that question, says...

Now any mother, any normal mother would have done what Lily did.

And not just mothers! Many fathers and grandparents would likely do the same, even friends or lovers. Wars and armed conflicts inevitably lead to stories of comrades "throwing themselves on the grenade" to save their cherished friends. Hell, plenty of famous/powerful people have bodyguards whose whole job is to "jump in front of the bullet." Now maybe a Secret Service officer doesn't have enough love for his protectee to make the spell work, but within the novels I'm sure Harry, Ron, and Hermoine would have been willing to sacrifice themselves for the others at any point, and that certainly would have been out of love.

Now, I'm not saying that everyone has people sacrificing their lives for each other everyday, but wouldn't that kind of protection spell still be fairly commonplace? Especially during a time of strife, like during Voldemort or Grendelwald's rise and reign? It seems like the more dangerous the era, the more often people would be making this kind of sacrifice.

Why would this kind of spell be so rare, given how natural the impulse to protect your loved ones is?

"Secret Fire" in The Silmarillion

It's written in The Silmarillion:

"Then the themes of Ilúvatar shall be played aright, and take Being in the moment of their utterance, for all shall then understand fully his intent in their part, and each shall know the comprehension of each, and Ilúvatar shall give to their thoughts the secret fire, being well pleased."

Why "secret fire" is written here using only small or lower case letters? After all, in other passages the term is written "Secret Fire" or "Flame Imperishable", always with upper case letters... These last manners look more suitable, given that this entity appears to be divine in some way (something like the Holy Spirit, perhaps).

Was (Smith)Bane able to communicate with Smith?

My Answer to another question got me thinking about whether or not it was addressed in the movies if (Smith)Bane could communicate with the Agent Smith Program inside the Matrix.

Is (Smith)Bane just a copy of the program or a piece of the program unattached?

Why aren't we seeing 9th Doctor after he regenerated into 10th?

We see past Doctors frequently in the show. 10th Doctor has shown himself lots of time after being relived of his duties. Excluding The Day of The Doctor, we've also seen 5th Doctor (Peter Davison), 8th Doctor (Paul McGann) and 11th Doctor (Matt Smith) after they were out of service.

Why doesn't 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) show up? I am asking from out-of-universe perspective ofcourse.

What is the tv show from 80s or 90s?

What is the tv show from the 80s or 90s that had a short haired girl talking in a strange voice, maybe even robotic? It was part of the show, but i cant remember what else the show was about. Maybe she was talking to something like a 'Zordon' ...cant remember. I just remember her having short hair and having a strange voice at times...or talking to something that had a strange voice. Not sure if they were in a ship of some kind. Please help me find this show

Why didn't the docbot kill Neo after he was ejected?

After Neo chose the red pill and was ejected from the matrix, a large machine came to unplug him. Why didn't it kill Neo?

Sorry if somebody has already answered this, but I didn't find anything.

How was Vanko not crippled by being crushed repeatedly between a Bently and a wall?

In the introduction of Anton Vanko in Iron Man 2, he stands ready to strike the helpless Tony Stark, who is saved by the timely arrival of Pepper Pots and Happy in a Bently. They crush Vanko against a nearby wall several times but he emerges unscathed. How? He is wearing no armor. He is not super-powered in any way revealed in the film. Why isn't he a cripple after this scene?

man forced to compete in contest where if you win you are killed and you body is used for reproductive material

Short story from at least 25 years ago. A man visiting a planet is forced to compete for the right to die and be used for reproductive material or die trying. The men on this planet intentionally put themselves into deadly situations, so they can use their strength and reflexes to save themselves. If they die, then they weren't good enough. The men, including the visitor have to complete an extremely difficult and dangerous obstacle course. At the end of the obstacle course there was a giant woman, like over 30 feet high. And the reason the woman doesn't kill him is because he stops to talk to her instead of just going between her legs to be crushed for genetic material like the local men who manage to complete the course do. She says she will tell everyone that he completed the course and became part of the planet's gene pool. She helps him escape. The story was making an analogy: the men were like sperm competing to fertilize the woman's egg.

Stamps that can deliver letters to dead people and bring an answer back

This is a long shot because my recollection is rather vague, but around 40 years ago when I was a kid, I read a story about a boy who somehow acquired special stamps. If you addressed a letter to a dead person and put one of these stamps on it, the stamp would deliver the letter and bring a reply back. I believe he uses them to communicate with his dead mother. That is about all I remember about it. I'm not even completely sure it was stamps and I'm not totally sure it was a boy, there is a possibility it was a girl.

Why must Harry Potter be told that a part of Voldemort's soul latched itself onto the only living thing it could find, again?

In Severus's memory, he and Dumbledore have a talk about Harry Potter.

Professor Albus Dumbledore: There will come a time when Harry Potter must be told something. But you must wait until Voldemort is at his most vulnerable.

Professor Severus Snape: Must be told what?

Professor Albus Dumbledore: On the night Lord Voldemort went to Godric's Hollow to kill Harry, and Lily Potter cast herself between them, the curse rebounded. When that happened, a part of Voldemort's soul lached itself onto the only living thing it could find. Harry himself. There's a reason Harry can speak with snakes. There's a reason he can look into Lord Voldemort's mind. A part of Voldemort lives inside him.

This quote was found on IMDB, and I do believe it is the movie edition. I also believe that this happened in the books as well. (If not, and edit would be much appreciated)

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (book), Dumbledore has already told Harry that a part of Voldemort was in Harry.

Dumbledore: Unless I'm much mistaken, he transferred some of his own powers to you the night he gave you that scar. Not something he intended to do, I'm sure...

Harry: Voldemort put a bit of himself in me?

Dumbledore: It certainly seems so.

Harry was already told that some of Voldemort was in himself. Why did Dumbledore ask Severus to tell him again? Was is because he added that Harry must die?

Why must Harry Potter be told that a part of Voldemort's soul latched itself onto the only living thing it could find, again?

Short Story: Space probe (Voyager?) discovered by aliens?

I read this story a few years ago in an anthology, but I'm sure it was written in the 70s or 80s. It was only a few pages long and explored a number of scenarios that could occur if aliens were to discover one of our probes.

I'm certain there were more, but these are the scenarios I remember:

-The probe is discovered by a race of sentient machines who embark on an epic journey to free what they see as enslaved machines from their organic oppressors

-The probe is discovered by a being far more evolved than our species. After thousands or millions of years of studying the probe, the alien determines it to be a message of love. However, its reply is rendered meaningless by the amount of time that has passed.

-The probe is rediscovered by humanity in the far future

I've been searching for this story for a couple of days, but to no avail.

Borg nanites prior to First Contact and "Scorpion"

Are there any references, either in the official canon or in the Extended Universe, to Borg nanites and/or nanoprobes prior to First Contact and the Voyager two-parter "Scorpion"?

During TNG, the Borg are only seen to assimilate individuals "manually", that is, by having drones add implants and components to the exterior of an individual's body. (I am mainly referring to Picard's assimilation in "The Best of Both Worlds".)

In First Contact, we see nanoprobes in use, but we also see Borg drones adding some components (e.g. cybernetic forearms) to mostly-assimilated individuals. It can be deduced from this that nanites can achieve a basic, common standard of assimilation (including cybernetic organelles) while specialized external hardware must be added manually.

Is there any evidence that TNG writers conceived of nanoprobe-based assimilation before First Contact? Alternatively, did the idea arise in the Extended Universe before being made canon in First Contact and being further refined in Voyager?

How did Worf pay for Yridian's information?

In the begining of "Birthright. Part I" episode (Star Trek Next Generation 6x16) an Yridian tells Worf, that he has a certain information,

Yridian is an information broker and agrees to reveal details (i.e. location) only for a price.

How or with what Word would pay for this? There is no economic factor inside the Federation (no money is being used) and I don't recall anything, Worf would have on board Enterprise, that would have enough value for an information this kind.

Dresden files creature weakness

What are the weaknesses of the supernatural in the Dresden Files Universe? Is it classic vampire wooden stake, werewolf silver bullet?

Did all of the Elves leave Middle Earth after the defeat of Sauron?

In both the books and movies of The Lord of the Rings the elves go to the West. However it says nothing of the Mirkwood Elves heading to go West, nor does it say anything about them having any plans to.

Do they leave across the sea at The Grey Havens or do they remain? And if they do stay in Middle Earth, what happened to them? Did other elves stay as well?

I did not read The Silmarillion.

Why didn't 10th Doctor cut and keep a body part after regeneration?

When 10th Doctor first regenerated after being shot by a Dalek, he kept his body same (using his old body part preserved by Captain Jack Harkness) because he had vanity issues at that time.

Just after regeneration, why didn't he cut his hand (or any other body part) again (which would have been repaired in regeneration phase) to use it next time (Vanity Issues)?