Hugo Awards: Star Trek and Doctor Who Get Nominations

The Hugo Awards are awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. They were first awarded in 1953, and have been awarded every year since 1955. [AussieCon4]

These awards are set to be presented in Melbourne, Australia, at Aussicon 4 - the 68th World Science Fiction Convention - on September 5, 2010.


Star Trek (written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman - directed by J.J. Abrams) is nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form, along with Avatar, District 9, Moon and Up.

This is another chance for these great Sci-Fi movies of 2009 to compete against one another.


Doctor Who has 3 nominations in the Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form category with The Next Doctor (written by Russell T. Davies - Directed by Andy Goddard); Planet of the Dead (Written by Russell T. Davies & Gareth Roberts - Directed by James Strong); and the scary The Waters of Mars (written by Russell T. Davies & Phil Ford - Directed by Graeme Harper).

The venerable British Sci-Fi show is nominated alongside a Dollhouse episode (Epitaph One) and Flash Forward (No More Good Days).

The winners will be announced on September 5 2010. The members have until July 31 to submit their ballots.

Go here for all the categories and nominees.

Good luck to all.

More Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars Pictures!

Den of Geek has just posted a whole new bunch of Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars pictures. The episode is coming up on the UK this Sunday and they're going all out to wet our appetites, and yes, the pun IS intended. And yes, this is the suit David Tennant has worn in episodes 8 and 9 of season 2 (The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit), as well as episode 7 of season 3 (42). They're really milking the use of that suit. Haha!

Den of Geek says about the episode that: This is the kind of Doctor Who that Russell T Davies was criticised for some time for not writing, and yet, in conjunction with Phil Ford, he's delivered and then some with The Waters Of Mars. It's a super episode.

Go here to view the picture gallery.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars Behind the Scene Video

This is a behind the scene short video from Doctor Who producer Nikki Wilson, from the filming of ''The Waters of Mars''.

Enjoy!

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Russell T. Davies on The Waters of Mars

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Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars Trailer #2

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Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars - New Trailer

''Certain moments in Time are fixed. This place, on Mars, what happens here must always happen'' *Reminiscent of what the Doctor says in ''The Fires of Pompeii''

''If you take that back to Earth, one drop, just one drop''

''water always wins''

''Because you die, on Mars, you die today''

Go check out the Creepy New Trailer.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars Goodies! Exclusive Pics, A Review and a Release Date!!

There's a lot of Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars goodies today.

First off, Digital Spy has 8 new exclusive pictures from the next Doctor Who Special ''The Waters of Mars''. Go here to enjoy them.

Radio Free Skaro also gives a release date of November 15th on BBC One at 7 PM and has a look at the poster for the episode. Go Here to see it. There was a press release today which Radio Free Skaro attended. The release date is corroborated Here in this article as well.

There's even a short review here on the Telegraph, and they call ''The Waters of Mars'' a classic. Go Here to read it.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars Possible Transmission Date

While no official release date has been announced by the BBC yet for the first in the trilogy of David Tennant's swansong on Doctor Who, Den of Geek has done some investigating and has come up with a probable date of November 14th for the transmission of ''The Waters of Mars''.

The very creepy special will kick off the last of Russel T. Davies and Tennant's reign.

Go HERE for the story.

I will get back to you when the official date will be announced by the BBC