This is a list of awards and nominations received by ''Doctor Who''. Overall, ''Doctor Who'', a British science fiction TV series, has received 163 awards and 411 nominations.

Anglophile Awards

Audie Awards

The

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s are annually presented by the American

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for audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.

Audio and Radio Industry Awards

The

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are annually presented by the

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to award excellence in UK radio and audio presenting and production.

BAFTA

In 2006 ''Doctor Who'' was nominated for the

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(BAFTA), shortlisted in the "Drama Series" category. ''Doctor Who'' was also nominated in several other categories in the BAFTA Craft Awards, including Writer (

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), Director (

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), and Break-through Talent (production designer Edward Thomas). However, it did not win any of its categories at the Craft Awards. Steven Moffat Comic Con 2008

On 22 April 2006, the programme won five categories (out of 14 nominations) at the lower-profile

BAFTA Cymru BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA in Wales or WAFTA) is the Welsh branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and was founded in 1987.

awards, given to programmes made in Wales. It won Best Drama Series, Drama Director (

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), Costume, Make-up and Photography Direction. Russell T Davies also won the Siân Phillips Award for Outstanding Contribution to Network Television. At the BAFTA Cymru awards the following year the programme won eight of the 13 categories in which it was nominated, including Best Actor for David Tennant and Best Drama Director for

Graeme Harper Graeme Harper (born 11 March 1945) is a British television director. He is best known for his work on the science-fiction series ''Doctor Who'', for which he is the only person to have directed episodes of both the original run (1963–89) and ...

. On 7 May 2006, the winners of the

were announced, and ''Doctor Who'' won both of the categories it was nominated for, the Best Drama Series and audience-voted Pioneer Award. Russell T Davies also won the

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Award for Outstanding Writing for Television. Writer

Steven Moffat Steven William Moffat (; born 18 November 1961) is a Scottish television writer, television producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as showrunner, writer and executive producer of the science fiction television series ''Doct ...

won the Writer category at the 2008 BAFTA Craft Awards for his 2007 ''Doctor Who'' episode "

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". The series also won awards at the BAFTA Cymru ceremony on 27 April 2008, including "Best Screenwriter" for Steven Moffat, "Best Director: Drama" for James Strong, "Best Director Of Photography: Drama" for

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, "Best Sound" for the BBC Cymru Wales Sound Team and "Best Make-Up" for Barbara Southcott and Neill Gorton (of Millennium FX). In March 2009, it was announced that ''Doctor Who'' had again been nominated in the "Drama Series" category for the

; however, it lost to the BBC series ''

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'' at the Awards on Sunday 26 April. The series picked up two BAFTAs at the British Academy Television Craft Awards on Sunday 17 May. Visual Effects company The Mill won the "Visual Effects" award for the episode "

The Fires of Pompeii "The Fires of Pompeii" is the second episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was broadcast on BBC One on 12 April 2008. Set shortly before and during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD ...

" and Philip Kloss won in the "Editing Fiction/Entertainment" category. In 2011

Matt Smith Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series '' Doctor Who'' (2010–2013), Daemon Targaryen in the HBO series ''House of the Dr ...

was nominated for best television actor at the 2011 Bafta Television Awards, but eventually lost out to

Daniel Rigby Daniel Rigby (born 6 December 1982) is an English actor and comedian. He received a BAFTA TV Award for his leading role as Eric Morecambe in the 2011 television film ''Eric and Ernie''. Early life Rigby was born in Stockport, Greater Mancheste ...

from ''

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''. It was the first time an actor portraying the Doctor had received such a nomination. In 2012 the production team was nominated for the BAFTA Craft Awards Visual Effects category.

BAFTA Cymru Awards

BAFTA Scotland Awards

BAFTA TV Awards

BBC

Auntie Awards

In 1996, BBC television held the "Auntie Awards" as the culmination of their "TV60" series, celebrating 60 years of BBC television broadcasting, where ''Doctor Who'' was voted as the "Best Popular Drama" the corporation had ever produced, ahead of such ratings heavyweights as ''

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'' and '' Casualty''. All people involved into the last years of the series were rewarded, including actors

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(

Fifth Doctor The Fifth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Peter Davison. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from ...

) and

Sylvester McCoy Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith (born 20 August 1943), known professionally as Sylvester McCoy, is a Scottish actor. Gaining prominence as a physical comedian, he became best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the lon ...

(

Seventh Doctor The Seventh Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', and the final incarnation of the original Doctor Who series. He is portrayed by Scottish actor Sylvester McCoy. W ...

), who became the first actors to win an award for their role as the Doctor.

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The BBC Audio Drama Awards is an awards ceremony created by

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to recognise excellence in the radio industry, in particular in audio dramas. The first awards were presented in 2012 and the ceremony has been located at

's home Radio Theatre,

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. Two ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas produced by

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have won the Best Audio Drama Award, in 2014 and 2017 respectively.

BBC's "Drama Best Of"

''Doctor Who'' was extremely popular at the

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's online "Best of Drama" poll and swept all the categories (except "Worst Drama") in both 2005 and 2006, the last two years it was made. In 2005 it beat 29 other nominations with more than 50% of votes in every category, except Best Villain, especially winning Best Drama with 55.86% (ahead of the second-ranked series ''

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'' with 15.95%). It also reached the second place in three categories it was nominated twice (Best Actor, Favourite Moment and Most Desirable Star, with the four highest ranks for the last one). Billie Piper in October 2006

In 2005

Christopher Eccleston Christopher Eccleston (; born 16 February 1964) is an English actor. A two-time BAFTA Award nominee, he is best known for his television and film work, which includes his role as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series '' ...

obtained 59.42% of votes as the Ninth Doctor and

David Tennant David John Tennant (''né'' McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor (2005–2010 and 2013) in the BBC science-fiction TV show ''Doctor Who'', reprising the rol ...

was ranked second with 9.15% as the

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. In almost every category of the BBC's list there were 30 nominations. However, only the five best ranked are finally presented (the others figure on a list). The ''Doctor Who'' nominees presented here are the ones which was on top 5 (which does not include, for example,

John Barrowman John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, singer and comic book writer. He is known for his role as Captain Jack Harkness in ''Doctor Who'' and '' Torchwood'', and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowv ...

's 2005 nomination for Best Actor due to his 14th place). John Barrowman 2

BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards

''Doctor Who'' was nominated at the 2010

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Awards for 'Best TV Show'. It lost out to

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's ''

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''. However, the show went on to win at the 2013 awards. It was also nominated at the 2017 awards.

TV Moments Awards

BBC Awarded to a scene of the episode "

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" the TV Moments Award for Top Moment of May/June 2005. Finally, the moment was nominated as all the others "Top Moment" winners of the year for the Golden Moment Award, which he also won. Russelltdaviescrop

British Fantasy Awards

In 2009, ''Doctor Who'' won the inaugural Best Television Award at the

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. It won the award again the following year.

Broadcast Awards

''Doctor Who'' is currently nominated at Broadcast Awards (presented by the eponymous magazine) in the Best International Programme Sales category, along its spin-off ''

Torchwood ''Torchwood'' is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who'', it aired from 2006 to 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growin ...

''.

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

The Broadcasting Press Guilt Awards are presented by the

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, a British association of journalists. ''Doctor Who'' have been nominated for seven awards overall, but did not win any. Julie Gardner and Steven Moffat at Comic Con 2008

Julie Gardner and Steven Moffat at Comic Con 2008

Constellation Awards

The Constellation Awards are Science Fiction specialised awards. ''Doctor Who'' won three awards in 2007, three in 2008, three in 2009, one in 2010 and one in 2011.

has been nominated for Best Actor five times, with three wins. In 2010

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won Best Technical Accomplishment in Science Fiction Film or Television Series, especially beating

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winner ''

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'' (nominated in the same category as him for its Visual Effects).

Critics Choice Super Awards

The Critics Choice Super Awards honors superheroes, science fiction/fantasy, horror, action and animation movies and series by the Critics Choice Association

Diversity in Media Awards

Edinburgh International Television Festival

A panel of journalists and television executives for the annual awards given out at the

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voted ''Doctor Who'' as the best programme of the year in 2007 and 2008.

Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

The

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is an American accolade bestowed by the

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in recognition of excellence in

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primetime television programming since 1949.

Glamour Awards

Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards

In 2007,

won a Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award, in the Screen Award category.

Golden Nymphs

The

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reward every year various television series with its award, the "Golden Nymph".

Hugo Awards

In every year of its broadcast since 2005, ''Doctor Who'' has received multiple nominations (each for a different episode) for the Short Form category of the

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, the oldest award for science fiction, winning every year until 2012 except 2009 for a total of six awards. The series receives a record of three separate nominations each in 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Several episodes of the 2005 series of ''Doctor Who'' were nominated for the

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: "

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", "

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" and the double episode "

The Empty Child "The Empty Child" is the ninth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on BBC One on 21 May 2005. It was the first episode written by Steven Moffat, who later beca ...

"/"

". At a ceremony at the Worldcon ( L.A. Con IV) in Los Angeles on 27 August 2006, the Hugo was awarded to "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances". "Dalek" and "Father's Day" came in second and third places respectively. The 2006 series episodes " School Reunion", "

Army of Ghosts "Army of Ghosts" is the twelfth and penultimate episode in the second series of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'' which was first broadcast on BBC One on 1 July 2006. It is the first episode of a two-part story; t ...

"/" Doomsday" and "

The Girl in the Fireplace "The Girl in the Fireplace" is the fourth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 6 May 2006. Written by Steven Moffat and directed by Euros Lyn, the epi ...

" were nominated for the same category of the 2007 Hugo Awards, with "The Girl in the Fireplace" winning. The 2007 series episodes "

" and "

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"/" The Family of Blood" also secured nominations in this category in the 2008 Hugo Awards, with "Blink" winning the award. The 2008 series episodes "

Silence in the Library "Silence in the Library" is the eighth episode of the fourth series of the revived British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 31 May 2008. It is the first of a two-part story; the second part, ...

"/" Forest of the Dead" and "

Turn Left "Turn Left" is the eleventh episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was written by showrunner Russell T Davies and broadcast on BBC One on 21 June 2008. David Tennant only makes a small contr ...

" secured nominations in this category in the 2009 Hugo awards, but lost to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. The 2009 series episodes "

The Waters of Mars "The Waters of Mars" is the third episode of the 2008–2010 specials of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on BBC One on 15 November 2009. The story is set on Mars in the year 2059 where t ...

", "

The Next Doctor "The Next Doctor" is the first of the 2008–2010 specials of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'' that was broadcast on 25 December 2008, as the fourth ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special of the revived series. During ...

", and " Planet of the Dead" secured nominations in this category in the 2010 Hugo awards, with "The Waters of Mars" winning the award. " Vincent and the Doctor", " The Pandorica Opens" / "

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", and "

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" from the 2010 series were also nominated in the Short Form category for the 2011 award, and was won by "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang". Notably, ''Doctor Who'' was the only ongoing series nominated in the 2011 competition, with the remainder of the nominees being one-off short films. "

The Doctor's Wife "The Doctor's Wife" is the fourth episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was broadcast on 14 May 2011 in the United Kingdom, and later the same day in the United States. It was writt ...

" won the 2012 award. For the 2014 ceremony, two ''Doctor Who'' episodes received nominations: "

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" and "

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". In 2015 episode "

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" was nominated for the award.

IGN Best of Television Awards

In 2011 ''Doctor Who'' was nominated by IGN for Best Sci-Fi/Horror Series. ''

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'' won the award.

National Television Awards

The

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are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted on by the general public. The revived series have been very popular: every year from 2005 to 2010, it won the Most Popular Drama Award and the actor who played The Doctor won the Best Actor Award (name variable, depending on the year), once for Eccleston and four for Tennant. Three actress who played the Doctor's main companion have been nominated: Piper won Best Actress in 2005 and 2006, Agyeman was nominated for Best Actress in 2007, and Tate was nominated for Outstanding Drama Performance in 2008 but lost due to Tennant's victory on the same category. 2011 was the first year without win for the revival series: it was nominated once again for Most Popular Drama, and

was nominated for Most Popular Drama Performance. When the Most Popular Drama Performance Award was split the following year, Smith won Male and

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won Female. 2019 saw the return of Doctor Who to the shortlisted nominations list of the

for the first time since

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when it was nominated for Most Popular Drama Series. Both

Jodie Whittaker Jodie Whittaker (born 17 June 1982) is an English actress who is best known for portraying the thirteenth incarnation of the Doctor in ''Doctor Who'' (2017–2022) and as Beth Latimer in ''Broadchurch'' (2013–2017). She came to prominence ...

and the series were nominated in the shortlist.

Nebula/Ray Bradbury Awards

The Nebula Awards are presented by the

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. ''Doctor Who'' received two nominations in the Best Script category, but lost it to

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's ''

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'' and

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's ''

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'' respectively. In 2009 the award was replaced by the

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in which ''Doctor Who'' was nominated in 2011 and won in 2012.

Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards

Every year,

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screens an awards show where, as the name depicts, kids vote for their favourites in each category. Doctor Who was nominated in 2012 and 2013 in the Best UK Show category but lost to

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and

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respectively.

Peabody Award

In 2013,

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was awarded an Institutional

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for ''Doctor Who''. The award is granted for "excellence in its own terms" to television, radio and electronic media. The award's website praised ''Doctor Who'' as follows: "Seemingly immortal, 50-years-old and still running, this engaging, imaginative sci-fi/fantasy series is awarded an Institutional Peabody for evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known television universe."

People's Choice Awards

In 2008 the show received a nomination for the

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, where results are voted online by general public. ''Doctor Who'' was nominated for Favorite Sci Fi/Fantasy Show in 2005 but lost in to ''

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''. The PCA nomination marked the first time a mainstream popular, non-niche American award had recognized the series.

PinkNews Awards

Rockie Awards

The Rockie Awards are presented by the

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, a Canadian event, ever since at least 2016.

RTS Television Awards

The Royal Television Society's annual awards are decided by balanced juries of media professionals, with separate juries for individual categories within each of the six groups of Awards. The group of awards for which ''Doctor Who'' was nominated were the Television Awards. In 1974, the RTS Television Awards gave to ''Doctor Who'' the first award in its history. Its only other victory was on 2008, 34 years later. The series was nominated three times for Best Drama Series, but never won.

Satellite Awards

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are presented by the

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received a nomination in 2008, while the series and

were nominated for two categories in 2018.

Saturn Awards

The

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, annually presented

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since 1972, are the second oldest awards to honor

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fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and d ...

and horror (after the

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). However it only began to reward series in 1989, after ''Doctor Whos original run. The series has been nominated for 20 awards between 2007 and 2019, winning the only Best International Series Award (defeating its spin-off ''

'') in 2008 and Best Television Presentation for the Christmas special "

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" in 2016. Paul McGann

The 1996 ''Doctor Who'' television movie won Best Television Presentation, one of the only four awards received by the franchise prior to its revival in 2005. McGann was nominated for

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Scream Awards

The

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are dedicated to the horror,

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, and

genres of feature films and series. Winners are elected by fans among pre-selectioned nominees via online. SDCC 2015 - Matt Smith

Scribe Awards

Seoul International Drama Awards

In 2009, the Seoul International Drama Award from

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honoured ''Doctor Who'' with the Award for Most Popular Foreign Drama of Year.

SFX Awards

At the SFX Awards, presented by the eponymous science fiction/fantasy magazine, ''Doctor Who'' won every category it was nominated for from 2005 to 2008 included. Currently, every actor nominated for an award won it (except Tennant, who lost Best Actor to Smith in 2011). The series won four times Best TV Show, three Best TV Episode (with eight nominations overall), five Best Actor and four Best Actress. It receives a triple nomination for Best TV Episode in 2007, a double nomination in the same category in 2010, and a double nomination for Best TV Actor in 2011. The 2012 shortlist includes Best TV Show, Best TV Actor for Smith, and Best TV Actress for

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and

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. In 2005, the series came first in a survey by SFX magazine of "The Greatest UK Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series Ever".

Sunday Herald Culture Awards

TV Quick Awards

The TV Quick Awards (or TV Choice Awards) are awarded every year by the British magazine ''

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''Doctor Who'' won Best Loved Drama, later changed to Best Family Drama, every time since 2005. The actor who played the Doctor and the actress who played his main companion during a series was nominated every year since 2005: Best Actor had been won one time by Eccleston and three times by Tennant, and Best Actress had been won once by Piper, once by Tate and once by Gillan.

TV Times Awards

TRIC Awards

The TRIC Awards are annually presented by the

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VES Awards

At the

Visual Effects Society Awards The Visual Effects Society (VES) is an entertainment industry organization representing visual effects practitioners including artists, animators, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and pr ...

, ''Doctor Who'' won one award out of six.

Visionary Arts Organisation Award

The episode

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won the Visionary Arts Organisation Award for Television Show of the Year at the BAFTA in London.

Writers' Guild of Great Britain

Every year the

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honours the best writing. The series have been nominated five time: one in 1975, and four times for the revived series.

have been nominated three times overall, winning one.

References

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