Performing Queries With T-SQL DBs With Illegal Characters In Their Name

I've been trying to connect to a DB on a completely different server, using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, and discovering a big problem. The SQL Server I'm trying to query has a '-' character in it's name.

This is overcome using two methods:

1. Add the SQL Server to the local (on my development machine) SQL Server linked servers list.
   
   This is done by:
   
   Using the Object Explorer and opening "Server Objects -> Linked Servers", right clicking and selecting "New Linked Server".
   
   The important next step is that the "Linked server" field is filled out with the SQL Server name only, eg: SOMELIVEBOX-SQL5 and then the "SQL Server" radio button is selected.
   
   Next, on the left, select "Security" and choose "Be made using this security context:" and fill out the SQL Server login details.
   
   
2. Then the query, and this is only relevant if the SQL Server name has an illegal character (like '-') in it.
   
   Lets say the table is called "MyTable", is in a database called "MyDB", is in the server mentioned in point 1 and we want all the records from it...
   
   Open a new query window from inside the local database and type:
   
   SELECT * FROM [SOMELIVEBOX-SQL5].MyDB.dbo.MyTable