Back in April, we told you that Doctor Who was included in the nominations for the 2011 Hugo Awards, and today we’re delighted to bring you the news that it won!
The Series 5 finale, The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang, won the award for ‘Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form’, so a huge congratulations to both the writer of the episodes, Steven Moffat, and their director, Toby Haynes, as well as everybody else (be it cast, crew or Dalek!) involved in them. So there’s another award to add to the collection!
The set includes River Song with a Pandorica chair and will be available to buy in Booth #3949 for $30. They have also announced that they’ll be launching a new classic series item at the event, with more details to follow shortly.
Check out the River figure below. What do you think?
In the extract, Karen seemingly confirms that we may get to see more of Amy’s parents in the new series following their return at the end of Series 5. “In this series, we’re starting to get glimpses into other aspects of Amy,” she said. “And having her parents back in her life definitely does have an effect on her. But it’s kind of a mixed effect…”
So, would you like to see more of Amy’s mum and “tiny little” dad? Let us know below!
Best of luck to the entire production team! At last year’s Cymru Awards, Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Advenures took home 5 awards between them. Let’s hope they have another night of success this year! We’ve got everything crossed!
Matt Smith’s acclaimed portrayal of the Eleventh Doctor has landed him a BAFTA nomination!
The actor has been shortlisted in the ‘Leading Actor’ category alongside Jim Broadbent (Any Human Heart), Daniel Rigby (Eric and Ernie) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock). The ceremony will be broadcast on BBC One on Sunday 22nd May. Meanwhile, the series itself has also been nominated for a Hugo Award, with more than one episode up for the ‘Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form’ title.
It has been revealed that Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill will be attending a signing in New York at the end of the week!
The trio will be on hand to meet and greet fans and to sign their copies of the Complete Series 5 boxset at Barnes & Noble on Fifth Avenue on Friday 8th April from 12pm.
Attendees will need to purchase the boxset from 9am on the same day in order to obtain a wristband to join the queue.
Starting with The Next Doctor on Wednesday 6th April at 9pm, fans will be able to enjoy the Tenth Doctor’s final specials each week before joining Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond for their first series of adventures, beginning with The Eleventh Hour at 9pm on Wednesday 4th May.
An average audience of 340,000 tuned in for the timey-wimey Series 5 finale, La Pandorica s’ouvre, which aired on France 4 last night!
With 1.5% of the total television audience, we can now see that the Eleventh Doctor and Amy’s first series has managed to maintain a steady audience throughout its run on the channel. Congratulations to Doctor Who for another international achievement, and we hope fans enjoyed the series! Thanks to Aurélie for the news.
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