George Takei, the former star of Star Trek and the social media V.I.P, finally joins the Tumblr bandwagon with a shout out to the worthy cause of Hurricane Sandy relief fundraiser.

Star Trek Casting News of the Day: It seems Benedict Cumberbatch won't be content until he's in every awesome thing ever.

The impossibly British thespian, who is already both Sherlock Holmes and Smaug The Dragon, has just been cast as the main villain in the upcoming sequel to J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot.

Deadline, which broke the news, could not say whether GQ U

Today On TDW: Geek --

• Above: A Trekkie gets his Kinect on.

• George Takei's Sendai earthquake PSA.

• The Star Trek theme played on a musical

Today On TDW: Geek --

• Above: On their last day at the ISS, the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery receive a very special wake up call from William Shatner.

• First look at Adelaide Clemens as Heather Mason in Silent Hill: Revelation 3D.