With the new series of Doctor Who airing at the moment on the BBC many of us have been going back and watching old episodes of the show too! One Doctor that stands out as a firm favourite among many of us, myself included is Tom Baker, the Fourth Doctor Who. The BBC Shop, knowing how much we love … [Read more...]
Dork Fashion Icon: Daria Morgendorffer (Daria)
I'd forgotten all about Daria until MTV started re-runs recently. Watching it again, it struck me just how much of an icon she is for geeks. Intelligent and witty, she's a cynical outsider to the suburban high school life portrayed in the show. She was everything I wanted to be (but wasn't) when I … [Read more...]
Dork Fashion Icon: Leslie Winkle (The Big Bang Theory)
She might not be the most obvious fashion icon, but Leslie Winkle is sort of my hero. She's super intelligent, with a brilliant sense of humour and invariably gets one over the boys in the show. Despite being a nerdy scientist, she also gets her fair share of bedroom action. A sexually … [Read more...]
Dork Fashion Icons: Velma Dinkley
We all know that 'geek chic' is terribly fashionable right now, what with the world and his wife sporting oversized glasses and deliberately terrible haircuts. But what about the real geek fashion icons; the ones who are cool because they are so nerdy, and not in an uber fashionable way? Well, my … [Read more...]