Joanna Gaskell is originally from Victoria, Canada. She is the producer and the writer of Standard Action, and plays Edda the Elf Barbarian. You can see her in the board game review series Starlit Citadel Reviews, catch her in the upcoming Gamers: Hands of Fate movie, hear her voice in new animated TV show Animism, […]
TV show news, trailers and reviews
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.
Doctor Who: The Rings of Akhaten previews
Coming up next are two preview trailers for Doctor Who: The Rings of Akhaten. This episode airs today (6th of April) in the UK and North America and tomorrow in Australia and South Africa. The videos are very short, typical to a Moffat era preview, but if you consider the “Coming up next…” clips to […]
Joanna Gaskell: Elf barbarians and loyal geeks could put insipid network TV under pressure
[Back this Campaign] Standard Action is a webseries that follows a disparate group of heroes and would-be adventures in what’s clearly a roleplaying setting. The first season enjoyed tens of thousands of views on each episode. This Kickstarter has been launched to support season 3. Joanna Gaskell created the series, produces it and starts as […]
Doctor Who: Clara and 23 [spoilers]
If you’ve not seen The Bells of Saint John, the first of part 2 of season 7 of Doctor Who then this post contains spoilers. For the rest of us; this post is just speculation. Here’s the prequel to The Bells of Saint John; make sure you catch the girl’s name. Run you clever boy […]
Hyperdimension Neptunia trailer
The anime for the Hyperdimension Neptunia RPG has a trailer. The official site says that Masahiro Mukai is directing and Hitomi Takechi the designs used in the RPG for anime. The RPG was developed by Idea Factory and shipped by SEGA. It was a PS3 exclusive in Europe and the game itself is take on […]
Questions after The Bells of Saint John [spoilers]
Doctor Who has returned to our screens in the run up to the 50th anniversary. As expected in this episode the eleventh Doctor manages to catch up with someone called Clara. This post contains spoilers and speculation. We ask some of the questions that have risen as a result of the new plot and share […]
Ghost in the Shell Arise trailer reveals “Rojikoma” mech design
Ghost in the Shell Arise will air in four 50 minute episodes, starting in cinemas in Japan this June before moving on blu-ray for late July. The series features Mokoto Kusanagi as well as Batou however rather than Tachikoma it looks like we’ve a mech class of “Rojikoma” instead.
David Tennant and Billie Piper back for Doctor Who 50th
The last words of the Tenth Doctor were “I don’t want to go” and now he’ll be back. There’s a tradition with Doctor Who anniversary episodes that has two or more Doctors involved in the same plot line but it really was not clear whether this would happen for the 50th. Today, on the same […]
The Whispermen and the Clara Oswald mystery
In an interview with Hollywood.com Steven Moffat has said the Clara Oswald mystery will be wrapped up soon. “You will uncover the mystery of Clara in the next eight episodes,” “All will be made clear. You’ll get your answer.” As Shaunna Murphy of Hollywood this will avoid convoluted mysteries like the death of the Doctor/River […]
J. Michael Straczynski partners with the Wachowskis for Sense8
Netflix continues its clever strategy of creating its own content and has branched out to sci-fi. The company has appointed J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, Jeremiah) with the Wachowskis (The Matrix trilogy) for a sci-fi series called Sense8. It’ll be a part 10 series described as “a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls […]
