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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 226).

Can the Doctor save Oswin Oswald? The Who paradox [spoilers]

September 1, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 16 Comments

This post discusses the big surprise in Asylum of the Daleks, which is the first episode in the new season (7) of Doctor Who. If you’ve not seen the episode yet and are allergic to spoilers then this post of a Predator hunting Na’vi on Pandora should distract you away from this post, click on the link and flee.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: asylum of the daleks, daleks, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman, matt smith, Oswin Oswald, steven moffat

Doctor Who: The best of the Oswin Oswald fan art on Tumblr [spoilers]

September 1, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’ve not yet seen the first episode of season 7 of new Doctor Who, Asylum of the Daleks, then you may wish to consider this post a spoiler. It isn’t really. The news that the Ponds will be leaving the Doctor’s side is public knowledge. We also know that Jenna-Louise Coleman will be the […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: asylum of the daleks, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman, matt smith, Oswin Oswald, pictures

Doctor Who: Daleks have evolved and they have a plan [spoilers]

September 1, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This post contains spoilers for the first episode of season 7 of the new Doctor Who. If you’ve not seen Asylum of the Daleks then you may wish to look at these Carcassonne cupcakes instead. The spoilers impact the first few minutes of the show.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: asylum of the daleks, Battlestar Galactica, cylon, daleks, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, humour, matt smith, steven moffat

BBC deny that Matt Smith is quitting Doctor Who

September 1, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The British newspaper The Mirror ran a large story claiming that Matt Smith had quit his role as the Doctor in Doctor Who. His contract expires at the end of 2013, despite this, The Mirror used comments Smith made to Empire magazine to justify their claim. In Empire, Matt Smith had said; “I don’t think […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: asylum of the daleks, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, matt smith

Doctor Who: Pond Life, part 5

August 31, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The last in the mini web series, Pond Life, is out. It’s the longest yet – breaking the dreaded 90 second mark and coming in at an amazing 1:34. This is also the Pond Life that sets the scene for Asylum of the Daleks by bringing us up to date with how well Amy and […]

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: amy pond, Arthur Darvill, asylum of the daleks, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan, matt smith, Pond Life, Rory Williams, steven moffat, trailers

Doctor Who: Pond Life, part 4

August 30, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Part Four of Pond Life is out. This is the longest of the mini episodes from the web series yet. That’s to say it’s nearly 90 seconds, including intro and outro, and clocks in at 1m27. We were told that Pond Life would show us Amy and Rory trying to live their life after getting […]

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: amy pond, Arthur Darvill, asylum of the daleks, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan, matt smith, Pond Life, Rory Williams, steven moffat, trailers

Archenemy and Hero trailer

August 30, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Archenemy and Hero (Maouyuu Maou Yuusha) is a TV anime series based on the fantasy adventure novels from Touno Mamare. This trailer simply oozes fantasy. It’s directed by Takeo Takahashi (Spice and Wolf) with scripts overseen by Naruhisa Arakawa (who also worked on Spice and Wolf). It’s set in a realm where humanity is at […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: demons, trailers

LARP love story: Foam Fighters

August 29, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Foam Fighters is a love story set around a LARP group. Mark gets dragged into his first ever LARP where he meets Gwen. The problem? Gwen’s with a rival faction. Foam Fighters have a blog for fans which lets us keep up to date with the production. This is pretty fun because they’re doing this […]

Filed Under: Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: humour, larp

Doctor Who posters appear online early

August 29, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are minor spoilers for the spoiler shy here. The names of the first couple of season 7 episodes are already known. They’re not a secret. We kick off with Asylum of the Daleks and after that we’ll see Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, A Town Called Mercy, The Power of Three and The Angels Take […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: a town called mercy, amy pond, Arthur Darvill, asylum of the daleks, dinosaurs on a spaceship, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan, matt smith, posters, Rory Williams, steven moffat, the angels take manhattan

What we know so far: Joss Whedon’s TV S.H.I.E.L.D. series

August 29, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Joss Whedon, Avengers director, will be running a S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series. We knew Marvel had a TV series in the works and this is it. Joss’s brother, Jed, will be co-writer and his wife, Maurissa Tancharoen, as the other showrunner. Cynthia Littleton, of Variety, tweeted from a briefing to explain that Jed and Maurissa will […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon, marvel

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