If you've been tuning in to YouTube's excellent Geek Week, then you will have enjoyed some amazing things so far. And the fun will continue until tomorrow, when you can get on board with Best Of Saturday. Meanwhile, if you can't wait and want to catch up on all the fun, here are five (of the many) … [Read more...]
I Am Siegeface – Alan Partridge : Alpha Papa – Dork Review
Successfully translating comedy characters from the small screen to the big screen is no mean feat. Many attempts (like Guest House Paradiso, that Keith Lemon film, The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse,... ) have fallen flat on their faces. But in recent years, films like In The Loop and The … [Read more...]
Sherlock Series 3 : A Little Glimpse
On Friday, BBC One concluded their repeats of the brilliant series two of Sherlock with the by now notorious The Reichenbach Fall (a 90-minute masterclass in how to make a fandom explode). If you were lucky enough to catch the repeat all the way through to the end, then you were in for a treat. … [Read more...]
Here’s the woman who *should* have been Doctor Who
MOFFAT! You really missed the bus with this one. The Doctor Who who got away. … [Read more...]
The Twelfth Doctor: Your Guide to Peter Capaldi
It could have hardly escaped you that tonight, in the midst of the regular Sunday night television programming, the new Doctor was announced. Ever since Matt Smith announced his departure in early June, the speculation has been rife. And tonight, during a live special, Zoe Ball announced to the … [Read more...]
Is the TOMY First Years Baby Monitor TF550 any good?
I really liked the previous TOMY Digital Plus baby monitor, but how will the TOMY First Years Monitor TF550 updated version hold up? My last Tomy digital baby monitor bit the dust a while back. Despite being excellent in many ways, it just wasn't built to survive being knocked about by a … [Read more...]
Seriously Bad Kaiju-ju – Pacific Rim – Dork Review
Hollywood's Summer of Destruction continues. So far, we've had Earth come under threat by aliens, middle-class robots and zombies. But in Pacific Rim, it's the robots that may end up saving our behinds, as Guillermo del Toro unleashes a band of terrifying Kaiju on to the world. Terror from the … [Read more...]
Dork Hero : Lena Headey
This week's Dork Hero is a woman who made a name for herself in the past few years by playing some of the toughest, hardest women on screens both big and small. With an ongoing role as one of the central characters in HBO's epic Game of Thrones, and plenty of geek cred to go around, she is … [Read more...]
Tefal Smart Technology Steam Generators – Excellent Time-Savers
I recently got a chance to preview the latest products from homeware giant Tefal. I've mentioned before that I don't normally get excited at things like saucepans and steam generators, but Tefal's products left me seriously impressed. The new line of Smart Technology steam generators, for … [Read more...]
Oh Crumbs – The World’s End – Dork Review
In a cinematic summer that seems hell-bent on destroying Hollywood, Hong Kong and even the entire planet Earth, spare a thought for the citizens of Newton Haven. It might be a fictional village, but something rather nasty is happening to it... Closing off the loosely-connected Cornetto Trilogy … [Read more...]










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