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Now that the Doctor's met his new companion, Clara Oswald (again), the duo head off in the TARDIS this weekend to the rings of the planet Akhaten in the latest episode of "Doctor Who. " "It's Clara's first outer-space adventure," Jenna-Louise Coleman, who plays Clara, told me of her favorite episode. "It's her first proper experience of what life is going to be like traveling with the Doctor. " In "The Rings of Akhaten," which debuts at 7 p.m. CT April 6 on BBC America, Clara asks the Doctor (Matt Smith)

Ahsoka Tano faces trial in the High Courts of the Galactic Republic in the shocking Season 5 finale of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars. " In "The Wrong Jedi," airing at 8:30 a.m. CT March 2 on Cartoon Network, Admiral Tarkin still has it in for Ahsoka, who is wrongly accused of sedition and murder. Ahsoka's last hope lies in Anakin Skywalker, who hunts the Coruscant underworld for the real murderer. Is it Asajj Ventress, whom Ahsoka thought was working with her? Whatever happens, we're promised that major revelations "will leave characters forever changed.

Here is something new for Geek To Me readers! Courtesy of Wunderkind PR comes this excerpt from The Mongoliad Book Three by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, Nicole Galland, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey and Cooper Moo . Here is how the book is described and the excerpt. Let me know what you think and if you'd like to see more of these on Geek To Me : THE MONGOLIAD: BOOK THREE  (47North, February 26, 2013; $14.95 trade paperback, $9.99 digital) is the riveting third and final installment in this epic tale.

In last week's exciting "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," Ahsoka Tano narrowly escaped capture after being set up for the murders of several clones. Things aren't looking up for the Padewan in "To Catch a Jedi," debuting at 8:30 p.m. CT. Feb. 23 on Cartoon Network. She's on the run from the Republic in the deepest levels of the Coruscant underworld. Her search for answers leads to a surprising alliance, as she needs all the help she can get to unravel the conspiracy and stay ahead of the law. Anakin Skywalker and the other Jedi don't believe Ahsoka has fallen, but Admiral Tarkin and the Republic are gunning for her. As you can see in the sneake peeks here, Ahsoka must use her wits and power to evade capture and prove her innocence.

Dule Hill sounded a little bit like his always-hungry character Gus on USA Network's "Psych" when he came to Chicago this week. The actor ate a pineapple and Canadian bacon pizza at Giordano's on Thursday and planned to go to Lou Malnati's for more pizza Friday. "Why not?" he said. "I'm in Chicago. " (Update: I see from his Twitter feed he made it to Lou Malnati's.) Hill is in town to promote USA's third annual Characters Unite Month, which builds on its ongoing public service commitment to combat prejudice and discrimination.

With Merlin lured away from Camelot, Queen Guinevere makes King Arthur an assassin's target in the latest "Merlin. " When fearsome King Sarrum of Amata (John Shrapnel) visits Camelot to sign a treaty with Arthur (Bradley James), Gwen (Angel Coulby) forges a secret pact with the duplicitous ruler to have one of his men kill Arthur in "The Hollow Queen," premiering at 9 p.m. CT Friday on Syfy. Merlin (Colin Morgan), who has agreed to help a young Druid boy save his sister, is far from Camelot.

The latest episode of "Community" wasn't only fun for Danny Pudi because he got to dress as his character Abed dressing as Inspector Spacetime, but because he got to act opposite British funnyman Matt Lucas. The "Little Britain" and "Come Fly With Me" comic guest stars as Abed's email "pen-pal," Toby Davies, who agrees to meet Abed at InspecTiCon, the annual Inspector Spacetime Convention, that Abed and Troy (Donald Glover) attend each year. The rest of the Greendale gang reluctantly agrees to attend the convention, but Toby and another rather attractive Spacetime fan played by Tricia Helfer ("Battlestar Galactica")

This Sunday is the Oscars, and in preperation you should listen to my appearance on "The Winners and Losers Podcast" with Chicago comedians Hank Thompson and Jeff Steinbrunner right here .  We talk "Django," "Zero Dark," "Argo," "Silver Linings," "Beasts," and all the rest. We make predictions and bitch about what deserves to win. Offensive comments are made. Larger social and political contexts are explored. Everyone gets laid at the end. Also, if you're watching the broadcast on Sunday and have the Twitter nearby, I will be making numerous snarky "twits" intended for entertainment purposes.

The women of Camelot rule the action again this week when Queen Guinevere falls even further under Morgana's mystical control. In "A Lesson in Vengeance," premiering at 9 p.m. CT Feb. 15 on Syfy, Morgana's puppet puts Morgana's sinister plan into play. But before the murder of King Arthur (Bradley James) can be carried out, his loyal stable hand Tyr Seward threatens to ruin everything. As the plot reaches its deadly climax, Merlin (Colin Morgan) senses Morgana's involvement and seeks to unravel the truth.