The Doctor Who genre has received several nominations for the SyFy Genre Awards, presented by the websiteSyFyPortal.com, an industry leader in science fiction and fantasy news. The SyFy Genre Awards honor the best in television and the silver screen that premiered to American audiences between June 1, 2006 and May 31, 2007. Among the nominations are Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant for Best Actor, Billie Piper for Best Actress,The Parting of the Ways for Best Episode, Doctor Who for best series, and Russell T Davies for their Gene Roddenberry Lifetime Achievement Award, named after the late creator of "Star Trek". Christopher Eccleston is also nominated for his guest appearances on Heroes.

And, incidentally, Outpost Gallifrey is one of the five nominees for Best Website.

Readers can visit SyFy Portal beginning July 25 to vote once per day per e-mail address on the complete ballot, with the poll closing Aug. 25. In the past seven years, more than 2 million ballots have been cast.

Click on the spoiler tag below for the complete list of nominees (no spoilers included, we've only tagged it to shorten this news story on the news page!)

BEST ACTOR/Television
Christopher Eccleston, "Doctor Who"
Joe Flanigan, "Stargate: Atlantis"
Matthew Fox, "Lost"
Edward James Olmos, "Battlestar Galactica"
David Tennant, "Doctor Who"

BEST ACTRESS/Television
Evangeline Lilly, "Lost"
Mary McDonnell, "Battlestar Galactica"
Jacqueline McKenzie, "The 4400"
Billie Piper, "Doctor Who"
Amanda Tapping, "Stargate SG-1"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/Television
James Callis, "Battlestar Galactica"
Michael Hogan, "Battlestar Galactica"
Lennie James, "Jericho"
Masi Oka, "Heroes"
Terry O'Quinn, "Lost"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS/Television
Tricia Helfer, "Battlestar Galactica"
Ali Larter, "Heroes"
Lucy Lawless, "Battlestar Galactica"
Elizabeth Mitchell, "Lost"
Katee Sackhoff, "Battlestar Galactica"

BEST ACTOR/Movie
Gerard Butler, "300"
Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End"
Doug Jones, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Clive Owen, "Children of Men"
Brandon Routh, "Superman Begins"

BEST ACTRESS/Movie
Ivana Baquero, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Kate Bosworth, "Superman Returns"
Lena Headey, "300"
Keira Knightley, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End"
Julianne Moore, "Children of Men"

BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Ivana Baquero, "Pan's Labyrinth"
Noah Gray-Cabey, "Heroes"
Conchita Campbell, "The 4400"
Thomas Dekker, "Heroes"
Hayden Panettiere, "Heroes"

BEST WEB PRODUCTION
Episode 1, "Sanctuary"
To Serve All My Days, "Star Trek: New Voyages"
Webisode 9, "Battlestar Galactica"
Webisode 10, "Battlestar Galactica"
World Enough and Time, "Star Trek: New Voyages"

BEST WEB SITE
Dark Horizons
GateWorld
Outpost Gallifrey
SciFi Wire
Whedonesque

BEST SPECIAL GUEST/Television
Richard Dean Anderson, "200," Stargate SG-1
Christopher Eccleston, "Distractions," Heroes
Christopher Eccleston, "The Fix," Heroes
Nathan Fillion, "I Do," Lost
George Takei, "Landslide," Heroes

BEST EPISODE/Television
"Company Man," Heroes
"Crossroads Part 2," Battlestar Galactica
"Exodus Part 2," Battlestar Galactica
"Maelstrom," Battlestar Galactica
"The Parting of the Ways," Doctor Who

BEST SERIES/Television
Battlestar Galactica
Doctor Who
Lost
Heroes
Jericho

BEST MOVIE
300
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End
The Prestige

GENE RODDENBERRY
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Gene Coon
Russell T. Davies
James Doohan
Ronald D. Moore
Edward James Olmos

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July 10, 2007 • Posted By John Bowman

The fort that was used in the filming of The Sea Devils is up for sale.

A report in today's edition of Portsmouth daily paper The News says No Man's Land Fort - built in the 1860s as a sea defence against a feared invasion by the French that never happened - is on the market after the collapse of a commercial property finance business and the jailing of its boss.

The exterior of the construction - which is in the Solent, off the south coast of England - doubled as an abandoned sea fort when theDoctor Who crew went to Portsmouth in October 1971 for extensive location filming on the Jon Pertwee six-parter.

Now converted into a hotel plus events and hospitality venue, it is reported to be worth millions, and administrator KPMG says it is open to offers.

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July 10, 2007 • Posted By Shaun Lyon

Early voting has been opened for the 2007 National Television Awards, sponsored by ITV. Both David Tennant and Freema Agyeman are among the long list of nominees for Most Popular Actor and Actress, respectively, while Doctor Who is once again up for Most Popular Drama.Torchwood also receives the Most Popular Drama nomination, while its star John Barrowman is nominated for Most Popular Actor. John Simm from the last three episodes of this past series is also nominated as Most Popular Actor for his work on "Life on Mars".

The NTA preliminary vote carries over to the final vote later in the year as the nominees' list is whittled down, with the presentation of the awards to take place in November. Doctor Who has been a big winner at the past two years' NTAs, the series taking both drama series awards and Tennant, Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper all winning in their categories.

Voting takes place at the National Television Awards website.

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July 10, 2007 • Posted By Anna Roberts

The Sun has reported today that Geoffrey Palmer has been lined up to guest star in the 2007 Christmas special,Voyage of the Damned. It reports that he will be playing the Captain of the Titanic, although it is unclear whether this character is based on the real Captain of the liner, Edward Smith.

Geoffrey Palmer is best known for his roles in the comedy series As Time Goes By and Butterflies, as well as his appearances in a variety of films, including Mrs Brown, The Madness of King George and Tomorrow Never Dies.

He has previously made two appearances in Doctor Who in the Jon Pertwee stories Doctor Who and the Siluriansand The Mutants. His sonCharles Palmer directed four recent episodes of Doctor Who: Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Human Nature and The Family of Blood.

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July 9, 2007 • Posted By Brigadier Bill

BBC News reports that, starting 23 July, Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison will be taking over the role of King Arthur in the West End production of Monty Python's Spamalot. The show is currently running at the Palace Theatre.

Bill Ward, from the ITV soap Coronation Street will be joining the cast at the same time as the sexually disorientated Sir Lancelot.

The producers of the show are also launching a new family friendly performance on Fridays at 5:15pm, aimed at kids and young audiences.

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The Media Guardian has placed Doctor Who's executive producer Russell T Davies as the15th most powerful player in the industry in the UK. Davies, who was placed 28th last year, is described as the person who made family TV drama cool again with his award-winning reinvention of Doctor Who and who put BBC1 back on top in the Saturday night ratings war.

The Tenth Doctor himself, David Tennant, is 24th and described as the most powerful actor in television. The Media Guardian says the definition of a star is someone who can get a project off the ground simply by agreeing to be in it. Tennant is that man.

Also listed is Jana Bennett the BBC's director of vision who comes in 11th.

Current BBC1 controller Peter Fincham is 12th and the Director General of the BBC, Mark Thompson was 3rd in the list.

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July 9, 2007 • Posted By Mike Doran

The Doctor Who Blog is reporting that they have been informed by sources inside the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that the broadcaster will be posting Series Three ofDoctor Who online at their Doctor Who Website. Each episode will appear online the day after it airs onCBC Television, and will remain available for up to four weeks.

It is expected that the first three episodes should be posted on the site soon. The episodes are expected to be geofenced, and only be available to those connecting from Canadian ISPs.

(Thanks to Rudolf Mammitzsch and DWIN)

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July 8, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper

10th Planet has released information about forthcoming audio releases for Sarah Jane Adventures. November 5th will see the release of The Thirteenth Stone and The Golden Storm, original short stories for younger listeners, read by Elisabeth Sladen. Each release will be on a single CD.

The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Thirteenth Stone

Whilst helping out on a school trip, Sarah Jane discovers the truth behind the legend of an ancient stone circle. Something is trying to escape from one of the stones – and it’s chosen Luke as the way out! Can Sarah, Clyde and Maria save him?


The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Golden Storm

When patients at a London clinic begin to act strangely, Sarah Jane’s suspicions are aroused. Luke falls prey to the clinic’s sinister agenda, Maria and Clyde are pursued through London by a golden battle machine, and Sarah discovers a plot to harvest all the gold from Earth - at a terrible cost to the planet!

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July 8, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper

BBC Audio have released covers and information on their November Audio releases.

Fourth Doctor Tom Baker reads the novelisation of his introductory story, Doctor Who and the Giant Robot by Terrance Dicks.

Martin Jarvis reads The Dinosaur Invasion by Malcolm Hulke.

Katy Manning provides linking narration on the soundtrack for The Curse of Peladon, which also includes a bonus interview.

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The UKTV Drama channel asks Who is the Greatest Doctor Who? next weekend, when it shows stories featuring each of the ten Doctors.

The channel's website features clips, fact files and a voting form to register your choice.

Stories being shown are An Unearthly Child, The Chase (episodes 1 and 5),Inferno (episodes 1 and 7), The Three Doctors, The Deadly Assassin, The Caves of Androzani, Attack fo the Cybermen, The Two Doctors, The Curse of Fenric, the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, Rose, The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, The Parting of the Ways, New Earth, School Reunion, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday.

The Sunday Times, in reviewing the weekend, says William Hartnell's portrayal of the Doctor is a wonderfully cantankerous antidote to David Tennant's jovial space-prankster. It lists among the weekend's other treats, repeat outings for 1970's brilliantly sinister Inferno, Peter Davison's finest adventure (The Caves of Androzani) and the genuinely unnerving The Deadly Assassin, in which Tom Baker loses his marbles

(Thanks to 'Terry')

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July 8, 2007 • Posted By John Bowman

Clive Swift has been cast in the forthcoming episode Voyage of the Damned, the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas special, according to a report in theJewish Telegraph.

The actor is no stranger to Doctor Who, having played Jobel in the 1985 serial Revelation of the Daleks starring Colin Baker.

He is most famous, however, for the role of Richard Bucket (pronounced "Bouquet" - a long-running gag), the hen-pecked husband of Patricia Routledge's Hyacinth in the BBC TV comedyKeeping Up Appearances.

In the Telegraph piece, Swift says of his Christmas special character: "It's a lovely part and I'll be working with Kylie Minogue, who I was introduced to at the read-through, and David Tennant, who is a terrific actor."

Swift also appeared in the BBC TV drama Born and Bred, which ran from 2002 to 2004 and was created by Chris Chibnall, the co-producer ofTorchwood.

Chibnall was consulting/executive producer of Born and Bred, which also ranked Phil Collinson among its producers.

(Thanks to Neil Marsh and GracieLizzie.)

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July 7, 2007 • Posted By Marcus

The Friday BBC3 repeat of episode thirteen, Last of the Time Lords, achieved an overnight audience of 0.46 million viewers, making it the 4th most watched programme on multichannel television for the day. It had a share of 2.8%.

The entire Series Three gets another repeat showing on BBC3, starting with a chance to see Catherine Tate's debut in The Runaway Bride, which is being shown at 9pm on Monday 9th July.

Episode one, Smith and Jones, then follows at 7.50pm onFriday 13th July.

Doctor Who Confidential is also being repeated, sometimes the full forty-minute version rather than the cut-down one. The first showing is immediatlly after Smith and Jones.

Those who missed the 45-minute compilation of all the episodes of the Totally Doctor Who animated series, The Infinite Quest, can catch it again when it is repeated on the CBBC channel at 5pm on Sunday 8th July.

Finally fans of the original Doctor may want to catch Togas on TV on BBC Four next Wednesday 11th July at10.30pm. It looks at a variety of TV programmes that have featured togas, from I, Claudius, starring Derek Jacobi, to Doctor Who.

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July 7, 2007 • Posted By Mike Doran

The entertainment section of today's edition of the Toronto Star features a full page interview with Freema Agyeman. In the interview, Agyeman discusses how she got the part and what effect being in Doctor Who has had. We also learn about jobs she has held as well as some of her favourite television series.

The full interview can be read on the Star's website.

A second item in today's Toronto Star gives a list of The essential Doctor Who companions.

Star Week, a television listings magazine distributed with the Toronto Star features the episode Gridlock as one of their "Best Bets" for Monday night viewing.

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July 6, 2007 • Posted By Chuck Foster

The Daily Mail reports that David Tennant is in negotiation with the Royal Shakespeare Company to take on the role ofHamlet - a role he has said he wishes to play in the past - next summer.

Says journalist Baz Bamigboye: "The plan being developed by RSC artistic chief Michael Boyd is for Mr Tennant to play Hamlet in a production he wants to direct next summer. The exact timing will depend on whether the actor will do a fourth batch of episodes as the Converse All Stars-sporting Doctor. Tennant has been offered several high-profile TV, film and stage parts since his interpretation of Dr Who found so much favour with audiences and critics. Indeed, he recently completed filming a TV movie for HBO called Einstein And Eddington opposite Andy Serkis and Rebecca Hall."

The full article can be read on the Mail's website.

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July 6, 2007 • Posted By Jeremy Bement

BBC America is sponsoring a special Torchwood event at the San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 26. The event will feature guest appearances and clips. Says their website:

2:15-3:15 BBC America: Torchwood - Writer Russell T. Davies (Doctor Who) has created a spectacular spin-off TV series from Doctor Who with Torchwood, about a rogue team of investigators who use scavenged alien technology to solve present day crime - both alien and human. Catch an extended clip of the new series and a panel discussion with actors John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness); Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper); series writer Chris Chibnall; and executive producer Julie Gardner. TV Guide's West Coast Bureau Chief Craig Tomashoff moderates. Room 6A

However, it has been confirmed by the webmaster of his official site that John Barrowman will not be in attendance, due to work commitments in the UK.

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July 5, 2007 • Posted By R. Alan Siler

Various news services are reporting a rumour that American film icon Dennis Hopper is in talks to make an appearance in Doctor Who next year, probably as a villain. According to an insider, talks have been going on for a while, but Hopper's schedule is proving very difficult to work out. The unnamed source reports that "Dennis is a big fan of the show and bosses are really keen to get him on board."

As always, treat this news as only what it is at the moment -- a rumour -- until official word is announced by the BBC.

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