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Welcome to Geek Native's TV section, your guide to the best of the small screen. From epic fantasy series and sci-fi sagas to the latest superhero shows, we cover the television that fuels our geek passions. This is your hub for news, reviews, and a whole host of trailers to keep you ready for the next big premiere.

Our TV coverage has a special focus on Anime, with a dedicated section for the latest news and reviews from Japan. We also explore the ever-growing world of Online Shows, including the popular 'Actual Play' series where tabletop adventures come to life on screen. Whatever you're watching, you'll find it discussed here.

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Continuing the archive of independent TV reporting (Archive Page 210).

Who will be the next Doctor? Bookies put Rupert Grint and Russel Tovey among favourites

June 2, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Matt Smith’s last episode in Doctor Who will be the Christmas special. Who will replace him? BBC News are pushing the question. Experts and pundits are landing TV interview roles to tackle the question in front of millions. “Does the Doctor have to be male?” is a common question. William Hill are offering 8/1 odds […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, billie piper, Daniel Radcliffe, David Tennant, Eleventh Doctor, Ewan McGregor, idris elba, John Hurt, Martin Freeman, matt smith, Neil Patrick Harris, Richard Armitage, Robert Pattinson, simon pegg, Stephen Fry, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Twelfth Doctor

Matt Smith quits Doctor Who

June 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Matt Smith will leave Doctor Who after the Christmas special. He said; “Doctor Who has been the most brilliant experience for me as an actor and a bloke, and that largely is down to the cast, crew and fans of the show. “I’m incredibly grateful to all the cast and crew who work tirelessly every […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, matt smith, steven moffat, Twelfth Doctor

Damsel in Distress: Part 2 – Tropes vs Women in video games

May 31, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Damsel in Distress series by Feminist Frequency is picking up plenty of attention. Rightly so; it’s an intelligent commentary on the role of women in video games. Feminist Frequency comes at their observations from a feminist point of view and that can only be a good thing. I find it impossible to accept that […]

Filed Under: Games, Online Shows

Nights at the Round Table trailer

May 30, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

RedShirt Film’s latest web series looks like it might interest gamers. I pressed play on this by chance. An idle second when I had nothing better to do – click. It had my attention straight away and it was the joke on the t-shirt that did it. Yes, seen it many times before, I’m a […]

Filed Under: Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: trailers

The Memories of Phantasm: Fan made game sees second anime

May 30, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Memories of Phantasm is the second anime to come out of the dojin game Touhou Project. Touhou Project is a shooter developed by ZUN. That’s all we know about her or him. A dojin game is a fan made project and ZUN is responsible for all the graphics, programming and music, well, pretty much. […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: anime, trailers

Short film: From the Future with Love

May 27, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Imagine a Robocop-like future where the police have become privatised. You’ll have well equipped officers prowling the streets looking to protect their insurance paying clients. It might be sold a bit like car insurance and breakdown cover; with ads telling you how quickly the police can get to you. In director K-Michel Parandi’s vision you’ll […]

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: sci-fi, short film

Chronicles of Doom: Episode 1

May 20, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

   This is the startChronicles of DoomNext video >    To support the forthcoming Marvel Heroes, a free to play MMO from Marvel and Gazillion. Gazillion is David Brevik’s current project, he’s one of the creators of Diablo. The Chronicles of Doom is a four part motion comic series that’s been written by Brian Michael […]

Filed Under: Comics, Online Shows Tagged With: Brian Michael Bendis, chronicles of doom, Doctor Doom, fantastic four, marvel, marvel heroes, motion comic

Theories: Who is the John Hurt Doctor?

May 19, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 24 Comments

This post contains speculation and if you have not seen The Name of the Doctor it will contain spoilers. Some of the speculation in this post includes links to media coverage which claim exclusives and insider knowledge. You may consider these spoilers but experience shows that there will be a dozen pieces of conjecture, misinformation […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: clara oswald, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman, John Hurt, Ninth Doctor, Sarah Jane Adventures, steven moffat, Tenth Doctor

The Name of the Doctor trailers and pictures

May 18, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The BBC have been recovering after accidentally shipping pre-orders of Doctor Who on disc early. Fans have been asked not to spoil the finale by posting details. Have you seen any? The clips below are from a range that the BBC did intend to share. If you like your teaser trailers, enjoy! She Said, He […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: clara oswald, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman, matt smith, steven moffat, tardis, the great intelligence

All 11 Doctors, the TARDIS and a few generations of sonic screwdriver

May 15, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 6 Comments

This collection of Doctor Who fan art, showing all current 11 Doctors and the TARDIS, is the work of deviant artist Erich Owen. Owen is based in the US and took a break from drawing James Bond when we started this collection of Timelords.

Filed Under: Art, TV Tagged With: doctor who, eighth doctor, Eleventh Doctor, fifth doctor, first doctor, fourth doctor, Ninth Doctor, Second Doctor, Seventh Doctor, sixth doctor, Tenth Doctor, third doctor

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