Doctor Who is up for an award from
The Writers' Guild of Great Britain.
It has been nominated in the television drama series category, where it faces competition from fellow BBC series Being Human and Little Dorrit.
The awards will be announced on November 29 at the Free Word Centre in London.
Series Three of Doctor Who was named best TV series in the guild awards of 2007, while in 1975 season 11 of the show (
Jon Pertwee's last series, which aired between December 1973 and June 1974 and comprised
The Time Warrior,
Invasion of the Dinosaurs,
Death To The Daleks,
The Monster of Peladon and
Planet of the Spiders) won a guild award for best writing in a children's serial.
The guild is a trade union for professional writers and the awards are deemed to be special because the work of writers is honoured by their peers and colleagues.
It follows the news that spin-off series
The Sarah Jane Adventures has been nominated for a Children's BAFTA. These awards will, again, be given on November 29 in London.
(Thanks to John Bowman)
