Acornsoft also published a number of text adventure games by authors such as Peter Killworth, including Philosopher's Quest and Countdown to Doom, that remain highly regarded within the interactive fiction community.

Countdown to Halloween-An adventure where The Count leaves his castle to YOU!

* Countdown ( video game ), a point-and-click adventure game by Access Software

The first programme to air on the channel was the teatime game show Countdown, at 16: 45 produced by Yorkshire Television ; it is still running as of 2012.

Time Out was followed by several albums with a similar approach, including Time Further Out: Miro Reflections ( 1961 ), using more 5 / 4, 6 / 4, and 9 / 8, plus the first attempt at 7 / 4 ; Countdown: Time in Outer Space ( dedicated to John Glenn ) ( 1962 ), featuring 11 / 4 and more 7 / 4 ; Time Changes ( 1963 ), with much 3 / 4, 10 / 4 ( which was really 5 + 5 ), and 13 / 4 ; and Time In ( 1966 ).

As with Geen Ballade the album got limited promotion ; a few television appearances both live and playback ( Countdown ), and one acoustic solo gig the Vondelpark in Amsterdam.

Since its launch in Paris in December 2008, Global Zero ( campaign ) has grown to 300 leaders, including current and former heads of state, national security officials and military commanders, and 400, 000 citizens worldwide ; developed a practical step-by-step plan to eliminate nuclear weapons ; launched an international student campaign with 75 campus chapters in eight countries ; and produced an acclaimed documentary film, Countdown to Zero, in partnership with Lawrence Bender and Participant Media.

As a writer, he says he has no intention whatsoever of using his imagination ; rather, he wants to chronicle his present life, which in turn is fuelled by his most ambitious literary project so far, the completion of a trilogy entitled Countdown to Chaos.

Daria and Jane also hosted MTV's Top Ten Animated Videos Countdown and two Daria Day marathons of their episodes ; the Countdown and second marathon segments are included on the 2010 DVD release.

Since its launch in Paris in December 2008, Global Zero ( campaign ) has grown to 300 leaders, including current and former heads of state, national security officials and military commanders, and 400, 000 citizens worldwide ; developed a practical step-by-step plan to eliminate nuclear weapons ; launched an international student campaign with 75 campus chapters in eight countries ; and produced an acclaimed documentary film, Countdown to Zero, in partnership with Lawrence Bender and Participant Media.

Tidy's many TV appearances have included Countdown, Watercolour Challenge, Through the Keyhole and Countryfile ; his radio appearances include I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

Its name ( defined in The Meaning of Liff as meaning " a moist penis ") often attracts mirth, even coming from Richard Whiteley of the Channel 4 quiz show Countdown ; he held the honorary title Mayor of Wetwang from 1998 until his death in 2005.

Much of the show's influence derived from its timeslot ( Sundays at 6pm ) and the fact that each week's show was repeated the following Saturday at 5pm ; the series also undoubtedly benefitted hugely from the long-delayed introduction of PAL colour television system in Australia, which was introduced four months after Countdown premiered.

Many international acts who would otherwise have gone largely unheard on Australian commercial radio, gained important exposure in Australia on Countdown through their music videos ; the list includes many UK " New Wave " acts, such as XTC, The Beat, Elvis Costello, The Specials, Lene Lovich, Joe Jackson, and The Cure, and US acts such as The Ramones and The Cars.

Firestorm has appeared in various alternate realities within the DC Multiverse: a gender-reversed version appears in Countdown: The Search for Ray Palmer as an inhabitant of Earth-11 ; a version of the Ronnie Reymond Firestorm appeared in JLA: The Nail ; a Firestork in Just ' a Lotta Animals ; a Firestorm of a Justice League 100 years in the future, where Maxwell Lord has plunged humanity into a massive Metahuman war appeared in Justice League: Generation Lost ; and a merger of Ronnie Raymond and Nathaniel Adam of Earth-37 called Quantum-Storm was summoned by Monarch in the mini-series Countdown: Arena.

Devo remained popular in countries such as Australia, where the nationally broadcast 1970s – 1980s pop TV show Countdown was one of the first programs in the world to broadcast their video clips.

A concise biography for Luthor, later outlined in Action Comics # 850, first appeared in the 2007 limited series Countdown to Final Crisis.

The group also picked up a cult following in Australia thanks to the support of the Sydney rock radio station 2JJ ( now Triple-J ) and the nationally broadcast weekly music TV show Countdown, which screened all of the band's early videos ( beginning with their first Australian single release-" This Is Pop "); thanks to this interest, the group made two well-received tours there in 1979 and 1980.

Programs known to have been lost include most studio segments from the 1960s current affairs shows This Day Tonight and Monday Conference, hundreds of episodes of the long-running rural serial Bellbird, all but a handful of episodes of the early-1970s drama series Certain Women, an early-1970s miniseries of dramatizations based on Norman Lindsay's novels, and nearly all of the first 18 months of the weekly pop-music show Countdown.

Although the ABC's facilities and expertise enabled Countdown to present regular studio ' performances ' by local and visiting acts, rival shows like Sounds lacked the resources to present such segments, so they at first used music videos almost exclusively.

Countdown to Ecstasy, released in 1973, failed to match the level of commercial success of the first album.

* He was a guest on Countdown with Keith Olbermann for the first anniversary episode.

In May 1981, the first Countdown market opened at Northlands Mall in Papanui, Christchurch.

On July 1, 2006 at Pride Critical Countdown Absolute, Filipović defeated 1992 Olympic judo gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida by technical knockout ( leg kicks ) in the first round to move on to the semi-finals.

Countdown was the launch programme for Channel 4 at 4: 45 pm on 2 November 1982, and Whiteley was the first person to be seen on the channel ( not counting a programme montage ).

Baxter appeared with Steely Dan on their first three albums, Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972, Countdown to Ecstasy in 1973, and Pretzel Logic in 1974.

Grant Morrison addressed what he described as " the disconnects that online commentators, sadly, seem to find more fascinating than the stories themselves ", by explaining that he provided a rough draft of the first issue, and an outline of the plot, before the writing began on Countdown and Death of the New Gods.

Two of its first releases were Countdown to Doom and Philosopher's Quest, written by Peter Killworth.

In Countdown to Final Crisis, the modern Mxyzptlk claims to have always felt the need for a " public " in the third dimension, and Superman was not his first victim.

The limited series Countdown: Arena onwards depicted three more for the first time.

For example, Countdown # 16 introduced his evil Earth-3 counterpart, a member of the villainous Crime Society of America — and a similar Booster Gold exists on the Antimatter Universe, as suggested in a 1992 Justice League comic book, with Booster's evil variant first appearing in a 2005 Super Buddies story.

Because of this, Countdown was also one of the first Australian TV series to be made entirely in colour, although nearly all of the master videotapes from 1974 to 1978 were later erased and recycled during an ill-advised " economy drive " at the ABC.

Although it is not widely recognised, Countdown also had a strong international influence, because it was one of the first TV shows in the world to promote the regular use of the music video as a major part of its programming.

Madonna achieved her first hit single in April 1984 when " Holiday " was screened on Countdown.

Other international artists including Blondie, ABBA, John Mellencamp, Meat Loaf, Boz Scaggs and Cyndi Lauper achieved their first hits in Australia, thanks to their video clips being aired on Countdown, and this in turn led to their records being picked up and becoming hits in America and / or Europe.

The Society are said to be evil dopplegangers of the heroes of Earth-2, and make their first solo appearance in Countdown Presents The Search for Ray Palmer: Crime Society # 1 written by Sean McKeever and illustrated by Jamal Igle, In addition to the five known members, this version of the CSA includes evil versions of Green Arrow, Wildcat, Black Canary, Hawkwoman, Stargirl, and the Spectre Later issues introduce Annataz Arataz ( the evil counterpart of Zatanna ), and counterparts of Supergirl ( Kara Zor-El ), Wonder Girl ( Donna Troy ), and Booster Gold.

Comic strip adventures of the Doctor appeared almost from the beginning of the television series, first in the 1960s publication TV Comic, and during the 1970s in the mainly Gerry Anderson related comic Countdown, later renamed TV Action.

Nevertheless, my Countdown to Chaos trilogy will resist categorisation of any sort even if certain critics take it to be an example of the picaresque novel.

He is remembered in The Late Show as the newsreader of Late Show News, the co-host of Countdown Classics with Jane Kennedy and the interviewer of stuntman Rob Sitch in Shitscared, although he appeared in various other sketches ( including a recurring role as brainless bush-traveler " Wallaby Jack ").

Armstrong was a leading contender to take over as host of Countdown when Des O ' Connor left in 2008, although when he hosted Have I Got News for You on 24 October 2008, he said he hadn't yet accepted the job, despite team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton making jokes about his " new role ".

Additional DC promotional art for the series Countdown show the Statue of Liberty in ruins, similar to Kamandi # 1 ( although later, Dan DiDio revealed that the Statue's appearance in that teaser ad was a reference to the Sinestro Corps War ).

Andy Wilson, former contestant on the popular letters and numbers television game show Countdown and member of the altpopfolkrock band The David Nelligan Thing, grew up in the village, although now resides in Cork city.

Parody tributes included Punk rock ( I might be a Punk but I love ya baby ), Sherbet ( Howzat ), ABBA ( Salute to ABBA ), KISS ( KISS Army ), Boz Scaggs ( Nylon Degrees ), Billy Ray Cyrus ( Achy Breaky Heart ), and Peter Allen ( I Go to Rio ) ( Allen was present when Gunston parodied him on ABC's pop show Countdown, and didn't seem amused, although he would have been aware of the character having previously appeared on Gunston's ABC show as a guest.

Countdown was a special 80 page comic originally priced at $ 1, much lower than would normally be the case for an 80 page comic, although the second printing was priced at $ 2.

The concept of American Gold is loosely based upon the formats of other ABC shows, American Top 40 and American Country Countdown, although Casey Kasem ( who created those shows ) was never involved in the creation of Gold ( Kasem had left ABC by the time Bartley had joined in 1991 ).

The Mega Winger was badly damaged in Countdown to Destruction, although Zhane revealed at the end of the episode that it was getting repaired on Earth.