Are you my mummy? ... No, but Who's your daddy.

[khaosworks]

And of course, just by the by, there was a little thing called the Hugo Awards ceremony over the weekend. Four episodes (three stories) from the 2005 series of Doctor Who were nominated: Dalek, Father's Day and The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances.

And the winner was... The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. Topping the second and third place categories, Dalek and Father's Day respectively. Never before has Doctor Who won a Hugo Award, and a hat trick for all three spots first time out is even sweeter. Being up against Battlestar Galactica's "Pegasus", naturally no one thought we had a chance (and frankly, it would have been such a tough battle to choose between BSG and Who), but once again the membership of Worldcon showed far greater wisdom than we gave them credit for. It was Galaxy Quest beating The Matrix all over again.

Congratulations go out to Steven Moffat, Rob Shearman and Paul Cornell, and the whole production team. The world of Who fandom is feeling incredibly proud, and incredibly smug right now.

Comments

[nelladarren.livejournal.com]

"Dalek"? They must be kiddin...
After that one I almost decided not to watch on - the next was better, though, so I'm still at it.
*shakes head*
That's crazy...

[amberite.livejournal.com]

I purr loudly.

[syphilis.livejournal.com]

What great news! I like BSG too but not like I like Dr Who! I don't even remember Pegasus being a particularly notable episode of BSG.

I thought Father's Day was fucking fantastic, but I also watch far too many art movies so I like all that emotional crap!

Did you enjoy mrdankelly's max hedroom/dr who post? I remember being extraordinarily confused as a youth when I viewed that hijacking!

[querldox.livejournal.com]

Had the pleasure of meeting Paul Cornell at Worldcon; seems like a nice chap.

I don't think it was that big an upset for Who to win over Galactica. Remember, the con was in the LA area, thus a larger percentage of attendees were from around there. And LA has the largest Who fan group in the US, and has been running the most significant Who con in the US for over a decade (Gallifrey One). Admittedly, three eps being nominated was probably helped by members of last year's Worldcon, which took place in Scotland, getting to nominate as well (but not vote, unless also members of this year's con).