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We truly are living in an enlightened time for sketch comedy. DEN OF GEEK: Were you a big sketch person before all of this? Whats your history with the format? CHELSEA DAVISON:Yes! I am such a huge sketch comedy fan. Growing up,SNLwas kind of the big one for me, butMADtvwas always part of that. So in that sense Saturday nights were just a huge sketchfest. Ad content continues below A lot of my favorite stuff though honestly isnt even in sketch shows....

Irish broadcaster and journalist Angela Scanlon makes up one half of the newRobot Warspresenting team. Move overTop Gear, theres a new sheriff in town… We loveRobot Wars. Ad content continues below [Laughs] Me too! That is a perfect, perfect summary of the show. Tell us about the relationships between the teams. Youve got rival teams sharing welding irons one minute then trying to obliterate each other the next. How does that dynamic work behind the scenes?...

InFast, I tried to push physics, and here I get to have a lot more leeway! Its interesting, having grown up withTrek. [The Enterprise] has been in so many episodes and movies. That ships been such a part of my life. And I realised that its been photographed beautifully from every angle. Whats your approach, then, to designing some of these shots? In space, its what you make of it....

12 Monkeys season 2 was fond of making reference to other great time travel properties. But dont worry; this guide to the seven homages will help sort it all out. Doc Brown remembers the moment very well! What was the name that Cole and Ramse now taunt him with? Or Teddy as a tease. Poor Jennifer no one appreciates her geek humor. So whos more connected to time than the inventor of time travel from another show?...

Some players will do anything to master their favorite games. We paid a gaming coach to teach us how to master League of Legends. Thankfully, theres helpas long as youre willing to pay for it. A lot of people will be like, Oh, you got a coach for a video game. Thats very strange,' he says. But then again, people get coaches for chess, Isles continues. People get coaches for tennis, so whats the difference?...

Here, then, is the first of two interviews weve done with Matthew. How did you become involved and what did you do on the show? He said I think the time has come to talk about doing a live-actionStar Warsshow. It had been rumoured for a long time. Rick has a particular love of British writers and Australian writers. As a result of throwing the net out, Rick and Steve watchedLife On Marsand loved it....

Writer Matthew Graham takes us behind the scenes of George Lucas' since-abandoned Star Wars live-action TV show… This article originally appeared atDen of Geek UK. Here is the first of two interviews weve done with Matthew. But for now: itsStar Wars… How did you become involved and what did you do on the show? He said I think the time has come to talk about doing a live-actionStar Warsshow. It had been rumored for a long time....

Elliot absolutely loses his mind…you know, more than usual. And the case against fsociety takes a big step forward. Robotreview contains spoilers Mr. Robot Season 2 Episode 3 A few years ago, my laptop experienced a kernel panic. A kernel panic is a fatal internal error, as Elliot helpfully tells us. Kernel panic means that shit is just fucked up almost beyond repair and its your fault. So one could have been forgiven for reacting to last weeks Emmy nominations with Really?...

Things get hot and steamy in our Q&A with Comedian Nikki Glaser… Speaking with Nikki Glaser is like talking to your gal pal at the bar. You know, the one who can recommend the best vibrator. Women are kicking ass in comedy these days and few are doing it better than Glaser. How did you decide that was going to be part of the show? And I was like, I dont think so....

For mystery narratives, it long-ago entered the deconstruction stage, fromGone GirltoTwin Peaksand tons of procedural dramas in-between. With her,Pretty Little Liarsmade a statement of intent. Theres a reason the inhabitant of the coffin in the shows credits is never shown in full. Its nails and lips and hair superficial fragments of a girl who had become more myth than human being. That wouldnt have mattered if, like inVeronica Marsbefore it, she had just stayed dead....

To others, he plays choice songs on Radio 2. To me: he was also chairman of Melchester Rovers. And to a growing number of people, hes the author of some really fine works of fiction. His latest,Blame, sees him heading into the world of Young Adult. Tell me a little bit aboutBlame… Ad content continues below You cant go wrong with that! Why did you mess up? You told me to start with something soft and gentle to open things up....

Zachary Quinto:Im Red Bulled u-u-up! Ad content continues below Chris Pine:Oh fuck. Youre on another Red Bull? Sofia Boutella:Maybe thats what I need. ZQ:It works like nothing else. I never drink it except on junkets. And also, sometimes other times. But not on the Enterprise. ZQ:When Im doing a play. Ill drink it then. ZQ:So how are you? Congratulations on the film. ZQ:Did you? I thought that was an interesting way of jumping back in....

I joined on a dare. Heres what they had to say… I liked that the film suggested that space exploration can be exciting, but sometimes also repetitive and tedious. Ad content continues below John Cho:Ha, yeah! That was pretty cool, huh? Its sort of claustrophobic. JC:I really do think so! KU:Were so bored! KU:Yeah, yeah. [Laughs] Thats very [Chris] Pine. JC:Yeah, its very Pine. Theres aStar Trekmug, a Starfleet mug in there....