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==Awards==
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The show has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Doctor Who|recognition]] as one of Britain's finest television programmes, winning the 2006 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series]] and five consecutive (2005–2010) awards at the [[National Television Awards]] during [[Russell T Davies]]' tenure as executive producer.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 January 2010 |title=Doctor Who scoops two TV awards |work=News |publisher=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8471232.stm |url-status=live |access-date=1 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040301/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8471232.stm |archive-date=16 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sperling, Daniel |date=26 January 2011 |title=National Television Awards 2011&nbsp;– Winners |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a300378/national-television-awards-2011-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201192132/http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a300378/national-television-awards-2011-winners.html |archive-date=1 December 2012 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> In 2011, [[Matt Smith]] became the first Doctor to be nominated for a [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2011 |title=Ratings-winners dominate the Bafta shortlist |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/ratingswinners-dominate-the-bafta-shortlist-2275173.html |access-date=5 January 2024 |website=The Independent}}</ref> and in 2016, [[Michelle Gomez]] became the first woman to receive a BAFTA nomination for the series, getting a [[British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] nomination for her work as [[The Master (Doctor Who)#Missy|Missy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Television Supporting Actress {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/television/supporting-actress |access-date=5 January 2024 |website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>

[[File:Matt Smith , Jenna Louise Coleman and Steven Moffat at the 72nd Annual Peabody Awards.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Matt Smith]], [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]] and [[Steven Moffat]] accepting a [[Peabody Award]] for ''Doctor Who'' in 2013]]

In 2013, the [[Peabody Award]]s honoured ''Doctor Who'' with an Institutional Peabody "for evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known television universe."<ref>[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/institutional-award-doctor-who 72nd Annual Peabody Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913014108/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/institutional-award-doctor-who |date=13 September 2014 }}, May 2013.</ref> The programme is listed in ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as the longest-running science-fiction television show in the world,<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 September 2006 |title=Dr Who 'longest-running sci-fi' |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5390372.stm |url-status=live |access-date=30 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525115004/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5390372.stm |archive-date=25 May 2012}}</ref> as the "most successful" science-fiction series of all time—based on its overall broadcast ratings, [[DVD]] and book sales, and [[iTunes]] traffic<ref name="Miller" />—and for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama with its [[The Day of the Doctor|50th-anniversary special]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2013 |title=Guinness World Record for The Day of the Doctor |work=Doctor Who |url=http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/guinness-world-record-for-the-day-of-the-doctor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040443/https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=guinness-world-record-for-the-day-of-the-doctor |archive-date=16 November 2020 |access-date=24 November 2013 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

In 1975, [[Doctor Who season 11|Season 11]] of the series won a [[Writers' Guild of Great Britain]] award for Best Writing in a Children's Serial. 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 ''[[EastEnders]]'' and ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Culf |first=Andrew |date=4 November 1996 |title=Viewers spurn TV's golden age in poll of small screen classics as the BBC fetes its 60th birthday |page=4 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> In 2000, ''Doctor Who'' was ranked third in a list of the [[100 Greatest British Television Programmes]] of the 20th century, produced by the [[British Film Institute]] and voted on by industry professionals.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 September 2000 |title=Fawlty Towers tops TV hits |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/911085.stm |url-status=live |access-date=18 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060621143654/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/911085.stm |archive-date=21 June 2006}}</ref> In 2005, the series came first in a survey by [[SFX magazine|''SFX'' magazine]] of "The Greatest UK Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series Ever". In [[Channel 4]]'s 2001 list of the 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows, ''Doctor Who'' was placed at number nine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=100 Greatest ... (The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows) |url=http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/ITVProgs/2001/08/27/Y22530001/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221232148/http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/ITVProgs/2001/08/27/Y22530001/ |archive-date=21 February 2015 |access-date=13 June 2014 |publisher=[[ITN Source]]}}</ref> In 2004 and 2007, ''Doctor Who'' was ranked number 18 and number 22 on [[TV Guide]]'s Top Cult Shows Ever.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 May 2004 |title=25 Top Cult Shows Ever! |work=TV Guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2007 |title=TV Guide Names the Top Cult Shows Ever |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/top-cult-shows-40239/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507142236/https://www.tvguide.com/news/top-cult-shows-40239/ |archive-date=7 May 2019 |access-date=21 June 2019 |website=TV Guide |publisher=[[Red Ventures]]}}</ref> In 2013, TV Guide ranked it as the sixth-best sci-fi show.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16–22 September 2013 |title=TV Guide Magazine}}</ref>

The revived series has received recognition from critics and the public, across various awards ceremonies. It won five [[BAFTA TV Award]]s, including Best Drama Series, the highest-profile and most prestigious British television award for which the series has ever been nominated.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 April 2006 |title=Doctor leads Bafta Cymru winners |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4934216.stm |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105164822/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4934216.stm |archive-date=5 January 2007}}</ref> It was very popular at the [[BAFTA Cymru Awards]], with 25 wins overall including Best Drama Series (twice), Best Screenplay/Screenwriter (thrice) and Best Actor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 May 2008 |title=Bafta glory for Channel 4's Boy A |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7395593.stm |url-status=live |access-date=13 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517174026/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7395593.stm |archive-date=17 May 2008}}</ref> It was also nominated for 7 [[Saturn Award]]s, winning the only [[Saturn Award for Best International Series|Best International Series]] in the ceremony's history. In 2009, ''Doctor Who'' was voted the 3rd greatest show of the 2000s by Channel 4, behind ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' and ''[[The Apprentice (British TV series)|The Apprentice]]''. The episode "[[Vincent and the Doctor]]" was [[shortlisted]] for a Mind Award at the 2010 Mind Mental Health Media Awards for its "touching" portrayal of [[Vincent van Gogh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners announced |url=http://www.mhmawards.org.uk/shortlist.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123050254/http://www.mhmawards.org.uk/shortlist.html |archive-date=23 November 2010 |access-date=4 May 2011 |publisher=[[Mind (charity)|Mind]] |quote=Dr Who&nbsp;– "Vincent and the Doctor" (BBC One/BBC Wales). [[Richard Curtis]] writes this touching episode of ''Dr Who'' about the mental health experiences of the great artist Vincent van Gogh.}}</ref>

It has won the Short Form of the [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form|Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation]], the oldest science fiction/fantasy award for films and series, six times since 2006. The winning episodes were "[[The Empty Child]]"/"[[The Doctor Dances]]" (2006), "[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]" (2007), "[[Blink (Doctor Who)|Blink]]" (2008), "[[The Waters of Mars]]" (2010), "[[The Pandorica Opens]]"/"[[The Big Bang (Doctor Who)|The Big Bang]]" (2011), and "[[The Doctor's Wife]]" (2012).<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 August 2006 |title=Hugo and Campbell Awards Winners |url=http://www.locusmag.com/2006/News/08_HugoCampbellWinners.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903090237/http://www.locusmag.com/2006/News/08_HugoCampbellWinners.html |archive-date=3 September 2006 |access-date=27 August 2006 |website=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus Online]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 September 2007 |title=2007 Hugo Awards |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/index.php?page_id=127 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708101608/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2007-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=8 July 2013 |access-date=1 September 2007 |website=World Science Fiction Society}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2008 |title=2008 Hugo Awards Announced |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/index.php?page_id=146 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722140104/http://www.thehugoawards.org/2008/08/2008-hugo-award-results-announced/ |archive-date=22 July 2012 |access-date=15 August 2007 |website=World Science Fiction Society}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 April 2011 |title=2011 Hugo and Campbell Awards Nominees |url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/04/2011-hugo-and-campbell-awards-nominees/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910154410/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/04/2011-hugo-and-campbell-awards-nominees/ |archive-date=10 September 2012 |access-date=24 April 2011 |newspaper=Locus Online}}</ref> The 2016 Christmas special "[[The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]" was  also a finalist for the 2017 Hugo Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2017 |title=BBC Latest News – Doctor Who |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/60727db8-a9c6-4859-b959-a9735a4eccd4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408231101/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/60727db8-a9c6-4859-b959-a9735a4eccd4 |archive-date=8 April 2017 |access-date=14 April 2017 |website=BBC}}</ref> ''Doctor Who'' star Matt Smith won Best Actor in the [[17th National Television Awards|2012 National Television awards]] alongside Karen Gillan, who won Best Actress.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 January 2012 |title=National TV Awards 2012: The winners |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-16733585 |access-date=4 January 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

As a British series, the majority of its nominations and awards have been for national competitions such as the BAFTAs, but it has occasionally received nominations in mainstream American awards, most notably a nomination for "Favorite Sci-Fi Show" in the 2008 [[People's Choice Awards]], and the series has been nominated multiple times in the Spike [[Scream Awards]], with Smith winning Best Science Fiction Actor in 2011. The Canadian [[Constellation Awards]] have also recognised the series. In 2019, ''Doctor Who'' was inducted into the [[Museum of Pop Culture#Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame|Science Fiction Hall of Fame]] based in [[Seattle, Washington]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Science Fiction Hall of Fame |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sf_hall_of_fame |access-date=21 April 2023 |work=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction}}</ref>