Emmy Award An Emmy Award is the highest competitive , juried award given for televisual excellence in the United States . Though it is uncommon for people related to " Doctor Who " to win an Emmy , a few have , mainly for behind - the - scenes or " craft " work . It is most often considered an " American BAFTA " , but in truth , Emmy Awards have something in common with both BAFTAs and Royal Television Society Award s . Unlike both major British awards , however , Emmys are presented by three different organisations , who all share in the copyright of the statuette ' s design . Each of the three organisations focuses on different aspects of television excellence . Primetime . What many people mean when they say " Emmy " is technically the oldest type of Emmy , now known as the " Primetime Emmy " . Awarded since 1949 by the , it ' s the award given to fictional and — to use a British phrase — " light entertainment " programming which is aired in the evenings . Amongst the " Doctor Who " - related personnel to have won a Primetime Emmy are costume designer Barbara Kidd and hairstylist Julie McHaffie . Daytime , news , sports , documentaries . Because America has never developed enduring primetime soap operas with a format similar to EastEnders , the Emmy Award is quite unlike the BAFTA , in that there is almost never direct competition between soap and non - soap drama . The presence of the " Daytime " Emmy — awarded by the , has ensured that soap operas , game shows , and children ' s programming are considered against each other , rather than against other types of drama . NATAS also awards Emmys to celebrate excellence in sports , news and documentary programming . To date , no one involved in the DWU programming has ever been awarded a Daytime Emmy . International . Also , the development of the " International " Emmy , awarded by the , has allowed the wide and multi - categoried consideration of non - American works . A practical result of separating non - American work from the Primetime Emmys is that there are far more British Emmy nominees than there are American BAFTA or RTS Award nominees . However , unlike the British awards , American and British productions almost never compete against each other . Thus when an American show wins a BAFTA , it has done so " at the expense of " British nominees . A British Emmy winner , by contrast , has defeated productions from " outside " the United States . No " Doctor Who " universe show or performance has ever been awarded an International Emmy . However , there are people and shows related to " Doctor Who " that have . Jim Broadbent won for " Best Actor " in 2007 . won an International Emmy for each of its two series , thus validating the executive producer ship of Matthew Graham and the acting of John Simm . ( The statuette itself seems to have gone to the production company , however . ) Regional . Like the BAFTAs and the RTS Awards , Emmy Awards are also given out at the regional level , with more than a dozen chapters handing out " Regional " Emmys across the United States . No one involved in the production of " Doctor Who " or her sister shows are known to have been awarded a Regional Emmy .