Doctor Who has picked up two awards at this years TV Choice Awards, held at London's Dorchester Hotel.
The first award of the evening for the show was in the Best Drama category, where it beat off competition from Downton Abbey, Waterloo Road and Call The Midwife.
The second award was for Outstanding Contribution, with Steven Moffat, David Tennant and Peter Davison taking to the stage to accept the award for Doctor Who, with Matt Smith appearing via a specially recorded video message.
On accepting the award, Steven Moffat said:
“I’m receiving an award about Doctor Who from Doctor Who while Doctor Who is busy filming in Cardiff.”
Matt Smith lost out on the Best Actor award, with ex-Doctor, David Tennant winning for his role in Broadchurch.
Jenna Coleman lost out on the Best Actress award, with Miranda Hart winning for her role in Call The Midwife.
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Doctor Who, David Tennant and Karen Gillan have all won awards at this years TV Choice awards.
Hosted at London's Savoy Hotel, the 2011 TV Choice Awards saw a number of nominations for Doctor Who and its related actors.
Doctor Who won the Best Family Drama category, beating off Waterloo Road and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
David Tennant won the Best Actor category for his role in Single Father, beating off current Doctor Who star, Matt Smith and previous Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston for his role in The Shadow Line.
Karen Gillan won the Best Actress category for her role in Doctor Who, beating off competition from numerous other actors including Doctor Who stars, Elisabeth Sladen (The Sarah Jane Adventures), Freema Agyeman (Law and Order UK) and Alex Kingston (Marchlands).
Finally, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss' Sherlock was also honoured at the event, scooping an award for Best New Drama.
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This year's TV Choice Awards are upon us, and Doctor Who is nominated in 3 categories.
First up is the show proper, where Doctor Who is nominated in the Best Drama Series category, along with The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Matt Smith is nominated in the Best Actor category for Doctor Who, along with David Tennant (Single Father) and Christopher Eccleston (The Shadow Line), as well as numerous other actors that have appeared in the show.
Karen Gillan is nominated in the Best Actress category for Doctor Who, as well as Elisabeth Sladen (The Sarah Jane Adventures) and numerous other actors that have appeared in the show.
Also worthy of a vote in the Best New Drama Series category is Steven Moffat's Sherlock.
Finally, just as we were about to press publish on this news item, Steven Moffat tweeted that Sherlock needs your votes for the BAFTA YouTube Audience Award.
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[Sources: TV Choice; Steven Moffat]
