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Guide Geek: Pikachu is a detective now, apparently

After recording edition of Guide Geek, some pretty huge Doctor Who news broke. Long-time showrunner Steven Moffat, who has been the man in charge of the show since 2010, will be leaving the TARDIS behind. The only new episode of Doctor Who this year will be a Christmas special, and Moffat's final 12-episode season of the show will air in 2017.

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After that, Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall will be taking over the time-traveling sci-fi classic.

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By pure coincidence, I had a phone interview with former Doctor Who lead actor Matt Smith immediately after that news broke. It was so fresh, in fact, that Smith hadn't yet heard it himself. He told me that he would be sad to see Moffat leave, and that he was, quote, "A great friend, one of the greatest writers on the planet, and he's done wonders for Doctor Who."

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Moffat is also responsible for the popular BBC series Sherlock, but you know what would make that show better? If Sherlock Holmes was a Pokemon.

The Internet went a bit crazy this week over the trailer for Great Detective Pikachu: The Birth of a New Duo, which debuts on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan next week. There's a lot about it to take in, like the fact that Pikachu is wearing a stylish hat and using a magnifying glass, but the thing that's blowing the most minds is that he's incredibly chatty. And not with the cute, repetitive voice we've come to expect, but with a surprisingly deep voice.

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There's no word yet on a possible English release for the game, but there's already a fan petition out there asking Nintendo to cast Danny DeVito as Pikachu. Because hey, why not?

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While we're on the subject of video games, EA has announced that they're going to be skipping the Electronic Entertainment Expo this year ... sort of. They're still going to be in Los Angeles around the time of E3, and they're still going to do something resembling a press conference, but they're separating themselves from the show and hosting what they call EA Play.

The upside for the common gamer is that unlike E3, EA Play will be open to the public. Granted, it will only have EA games in it, but still. It's a chance to play some major releases before most other people.