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

[madfilkentist]

I liked "Dalek" the best of the three mentioned. "Empty Child" was basically a zombie story, even if it had a pseudo-scientific explanation, and there are just too many of those these days. "Father's Day" was an inferior remake of "City on the Edge of Forever." But "Dalek" was fascinating in the way it showed the Doctor, who's normally in control in all situations, over the edge.