Doctor Who at the National Television Awards

It proved to be a very disappointing night for Doctor Who at the National Television Awards yesterday, with it losing out on the awards for Best Drama and Best Actor. The award for Best Drama instead went to Waterloo Road, a very surprising result considering the other competition, and the award for Best Actor went to David Jason, a deserving winner although disappointing for Matt Smith.

The cause for the lack of awards for Doctor Who was almost certainly due to a split vote, with many people being fans of both Doctor Who and Sherlock, and also both Matt Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch. However, Steven Moffat should still be very proud for his two main shows and lead actors being nominated for awards, and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future to win awards!

David Tennant Presents Miranda Hart with Award

Doctor Who Star Karen Gillan Awarded 'Ultimate UK TV Actress'

It has been reported by OK Magazine that Karen Gillan was awarded the Ultimate UK TV Actress prize for her role as Amy Pond in Doctor Who, at a ceremony for the Ultimate Women of the Year Awards 2010 in London.

Another winner at the awards was Sheridan Smith, who was awarded the Ultimate Theatre Star prize, and previously played the character of Lucie Miller in a number of the Eighth Doctor audio adventures. Smith has also appeared as a companion in the popular BBC detective drama Jonathan Creek.

'Dead Air' Voted 2010 Audiobook of the Year

The Doctor Who audio story 'Dead Air' has been named the 2010 Audiobook of the Year. The adventure was written by James Goss with David Tennant narrating, and was the seventh and final exclusive Audiobook to feature the Tenth Doctor.

The award was selected by voters visiting the Audiobook store.

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Matt Smith Awarded Guinness World Record

It was revealed today that Matt Smith has been awarded a Guinness World Record for being the youngest actor to play The Doctor, as he started playing the role when he was aged just 26. Peter Davison was 29 when he played the Fifth Doctor in 1982, making him the second youngest actor to play the famous Time Lord.

The Guinness World Records 2011 features other Doctor Who records, including ‘Longest Running Science Fiction Series’, ‘Most Successful Science Fiction Series’, and ‘Longest Running Magazine Based on a Television Series’.

Doctor Who Awarded 'Best Family Drama'

Doctor Who has been voted as the ‘Best Family Drama’ at the 2010 TV Choice Awards. The event was held at The Dorchester Hotel in London’s Park Lane on Monday evening, and Karen Gillan accepted the award for the programme voted by readers of the UK’s biggest selling magazine.

The awards were hosted by Alexander Armstrong, who incidentally is the voice of the computer ‘Mr Smith’ in ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’.

Blink Rewarded the Special Award

‘Blink’ has been rewarded the Special Award in the Tardis Travels 2010 Awards, which were hosted by OliLord. When commenting on the blog, he said: “It has a nice sleek design, is updated very regularly, and is very friendly with a delightful owner.”


Thank you very much to OliLord for choosing this blog in his awards.