--- description: Felicia Day—actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural) and writer-producer-Internet pioneer (The Guild, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog)—has serious geek credentials. So when YouTube went looking for... title: Felicia Day Shares Her 5 Major Geek Influences image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0c3fe125ea4ac2e/698a8e8e011682f7d798b5a2/169970509.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # Felicia Day Shares Her 5 Major Geek Influences by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Aug 8, 2013 9:45 AM CUT  HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 04: Felicia Day attends Felicia Day Visits What's Trending on June 4, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Bezjian/WireImage) HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 04: Felicia Day attends Felicia Day Visits What's Trending on June 4, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Bezjian/WireImage)WireImage—2013 Michael Bezjian by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Aug 8, 2013 9:45 AM CUT Felicia Day—actress (_Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, _Supernatural_) and writer-producer-Internet pioneer (_The Guild_, _Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog_)—has _serious_ geek credentials. So when YouTube went looking for personalities to help promote their 7-day celebration of nerd culture called [Geek Week](http://www.youtube.com/youtube?feature=inp-yo-gek "undefined"), they naturally turned to this multi-talented redhead. Each day of Geek Week (which started on Sunday, Aug. 4) is “hosted” by a different YouTube channel—each offering an intro video and loads of new content. Day—and her popular [Geek and Sundry](http://geekandsundry.com "undefined") channel—will, fittingly, host tomorrow’s (Aug. 8) Fan Friday. “I thought about what we do best at Geek and Sundry and the space is mostly about the fans,” Day tells TIME.com. “I recognize avatars and interact online or in person at conventions with the fans. My whole career is at the grass roots level, so we want to make sure fans were a key part of participating in Geek Week.” To mark this special, uh, day, Day kindly agreed to share her biggest geek-focused influences. We asked for five, but she cheated—while apologizing, it should be said—and gave us _seven_. . ## “\[1\] **_Star Trek: The Next Generation_** was my favorite show as a kid an made we want to go into space and into another world.” . ## “As a creator, my favorites were \[2\] **_The IT Crowd_** and \[3\] **_Spaced_**, two British comedies that aren’t even on the air anymore. As a writer of geeky comedy, I think they are two examples of successfully combining geek with comedy.” ## . \> ## ## “\[4\] **_World of Warcraft_** was a big influence. It helped me create guilds and show me that an online world is a place to find yourself. And find friends.” . ## “Fantasy books. \[5\] **_Game of Thrones_** and \[6\] **_The_** **_Wheel of Time_** by Robert Jordan.” . JB Lacroix / WireImage / Getty Images ## “I would have to say that \[7\] **Joss Whedon**, as a general creator and in the comic world, was huge. I came to comics later in life. He made me love comics and understand them. There are amazing woman characters. He made superheroes really relatable.” . 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