Doctor Who Nominated for a Hugo and Bafta

The 2018 Hugo Awards were announced recently and Doctor Who has been nominated for one.  Peter Capaldi's last story "Twice Upon a Time" was nominated for the Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form Hugo.   You can see all the Hugo Award nominations at the link. 
https://www.tor.com/2018/03/31/2018-hugo-award-finalists-announced/

Also announced this week were the BAFTA's the British Award for Movies and TV and Doctor Who was nominated in the  Virgin TV Must-See Moment Award.  The moment that was nominated was the reveal of Jodie Whitaker as the new Doctor.  Fans can go and vote for the winner at the following link.
virginmedia.com/bafta

Doctor Who - Listen Nominated For A Hugo Award

Listen written by Steven Moffat has been nominated for a Hugo Award.  The series eight story is nominated in the Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form category.   The winners will be
announced Saturday, August 22, 2015 at the 2015 Worldcon.  The other nominees that Listen is up against is below and Game of Thrones has won this catagory the last two years.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Doctor Who: “Listen”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Douglas Mackinnon (BBC Television)

The Flash: “Pilot”, teleplay by Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns, story by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns, directed by David Nutter (The CW) (Berlanti Productions, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television)

Game of Thrones: “The Mountain and the Viper”, written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss, directed by Alex Graves ((HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions)

Grimm: “Once We Were Gods”, written by Alan DiFiore, directed by Steven DePaul (NBC) (GK Productions, Hazy Mills Productions, Universal TV)

Orphan Black: “By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried”, ” written by Graham Manson, directed by John Fawcett (Temple Street Productions, Space/BBC America)

Doctor Who Hugo Awards Nominations

 

The Hugo Awards nominations are out and well Doctor Who picked up quite a few. In fact they dominated an entire category.  That category is Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Category.
Here is a list of the Doctor Who nominations and the other two nominations in that category.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (760 nominating ballots)

• An Adventure in Space and Time, written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Terry McDonough (BBC Television)
• Doctor Who: “The Day of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Television)
• Doctor Who: “The Name of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Saul Metzstein (BBC Televison)
• The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, written & directed by Peter Davison (BBC Television)
• Game of Thrones: “The Rains of Castamere”, written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by David Nutter (HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions)
• Orphan Black: “Variations under Domestication” written by Will Pascoe, directed by John Fawcett (Temple Street Productions; Space/BBC America)

Note: Category has six nominees due to a tie for the final position.

Now I might be a bit biased but I would really love it if The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot won mainly because Peter Davison is my favorite Doctor and well it was one of the best things shown on the 23rd of November for the 50th.

Other notable Doctor Who nominations in literature are:

 “The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who”, written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Jimmy Broxton (Doctor Who Special 2013, IDW)

 Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It, Edited by Sigrid Ellis & Michael Damian Thomas (Mad Norwegian Press)

The Hugo winners will be announced at  Loncon 3, London August 17, 2014.

Here is a link for all the nominations.
http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/

Doctor Who The Pandorica Opens WIns Hugo Award

Steven Moffat has won his 4th Hugo Award this time for The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang.  Personally I would have liked it if Vincent and The Doctor had won but thats me I don't have a vote. You can view the complete list of winners at the link below.

http://www.thehugoawards.org/