page_title: List of awards and nominations received by Doctor Who
section_title: National Television Awards
hierarchical_section_title: List of awards and nominations received by Doctor Who / National Television Awards
caption_attribution_description: David Tennant, cropped to face
context_page_description: Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced and aired by the BBC since 1963.
  In 26 years, its original 1963–1989 run won only two awards, a RTS Television Award and a Writer's Guild of Great Britain Award. However, the revived run of the series since 2005 has received recognition from critics and the public, winning many awards.
  It has been nominated for a variety of different awards including 29 BAFTA TV Awards, 28 Hugo Awards, 18 Saturn Awards, 24 National Television Awards, 5 Writer's Guild of Great Britain Awards, and a total of 23 awards from BBC itself. Amongst the wins for the series are a BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series, the most prestigious award for British television series; it was the very first science fiction work to win. Matt Smith became the first Doctor Who actor to earn a BAFTA TV nomination in 2011, receiving a Best Actor nomination for his role as the Eleventh Doctor, while Michelle Gomez became the first BAFTA TV-nominated Doctor Who actress in 2016 for her supporting role as Missy.
  It also won the only Saturn Award for Best International Series, and five Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.
context_section_description: The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted on by the general public.
  The revived series have been very popular: every year from 2005 to 2010, it won the Most Popular Drama Award and the actor who played The Doctor won the Best Actor Award (name variable, depending on the year), once for Eccleston and four for Tennant. Three actress who played the Doctor's main companion have been nominated: Piper won Best Actress in 2005 and 2006, Agyeman was nominated for Best Actress in 2007, and Tate was nominated for Outstanding Drama Performance in 2008 but lost due to Tennant's victory on the same category.
  2011 was the first year without win for the revival series: it was nominated once again for Most Popular Drama, and Matt Smith was nominated for Most Popular Drama Performance. When the Most Popular Drama Performance Award was split the following year, Smith won Male and Karen Gillan won Female.
  2019 saw the return of Doctor Who to the shortlisted nominations list of the National Television Awards for the first time since 2016 when it was nominated for Most Popular Drama Series. Both Jodie Whittaker and the series were nominated in the shortlist.
caption: David Tennant was very popular at the National Television Awards, winning the male acting award of the ceremony every year during his time as the Tenth Doctor (2006 to 2010, no ceremony in 2009).
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