Three Doctor Who episodes have been nominated for the 2012 Hugo Nominations for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form which take place in Chicago, Illinois.

Doctor Who The Doctor’s Wife by Neil Gaiman, Doctor Who The Girl Who Waited by Tom MacRae, and Doctor Who A Good Man Goes to War by Steven Moffat.

The full list of nominees are:

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Doctor Who, ”The Doctor’s Wife”, written by Neil Gaiman; directed by Richard Clark (BBC Wales)
“The Drink Tank’s Hugo Acceptance Speech”, Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon (Renovation)
Doctor Who, ”The Girl Who Waited”, written by Tom MacRae; directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who, ”A Good Man Goes to War”, written by Steven Moffat; directed by Peter Hoar (BBC Wales)
Community, ”Remedial Chaos Theory”, written by Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna; directed by Jeff Melman (NBC)

The Hugo awards take place at Chicon 7 in Chicago, Illinois from August 30th – September 3rd.

Very exciting news has been posted that a new companion will be announced via BBC Doctor Who Official Twitter

It will also be announced at a press conference on March 21st 2012.

The Doctor Who cast and crew are currently in Spain filming for the new season of Doctor Who. Caroline Skinner was quoted in Doctor Who Magazine saying this about the new series

Once I’m finally on the plane into Heathrow I re-read Steven’s scary, thrill-ride of an opening episode. There I am, gasping and laughing away to myself, and kinda wishing planes had sofas – because if there’d been a sofa on this one, I would’ve hidden behind it.

The Sun also commented stating

A BBC spokesman said it was more cost-efficient to film in Spain than recreate the set in the UK, while the weather conditions will also prove sunnier than Cardiff, where Doctor Who is usually shot.

“Matt and Karen are really excited about the episode. Filming on the same set as a lot of western films, together with the Spanish weather, will give it an epic feel.

Also it gives a bit of a spoiler of what the monster will be

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The episode will feature a half-human half-robot Terminator-style beast which patrols a Victorian-era western town.

It’s almost time. New monsters are becoming real, old friends are returning to Cardiff and somewhere in Wales, a tweed jacket is being taken from its hanger and lovingly dusted off. It can only mean one thing… Filming on the new series of Doctor Who begins on 20 February, 2012!
The first director to shout ‘action’ will be the award-winning Saul Metzstein whose previous credits include Micro Men (starring Alexander Armstrong and Martin Freeman), the critically acclaimed Late Night Shopping and BBC Wales’ Upstairs Downstairs. For the very first time, Doctor Who will be produced at the new BBC Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff, which officially open in March. The production team includes Steven Moffat (Executive Producer and lead writer), Caroline Skinner (Executive Producer) and Marcus Wilson (Producer).
The new series will see Matt Smith return as the Doctor in what Steven Moffat has described as ‘the biggest, the best and the most ambitious season we’ve ever made’. Karen Gillan (Amy) and Arthur Darvill (Rory) are both back, for what will be their final voyage with the Doctor – a thrilling rollercoaster ride which will culminate in a heart-breaking farewell to the Ponds. But there will be more shocks, surprises and adventures to come when the Doctor meets a new friend, in the last very place he could ever have expected…
And yes! We’ve been promised the return of some old monsters, but some new and terrifying ones lie in wait for the Doctor…
We’ll be bringing you all the news about the incredible new series as it emerges, so stay tuned for some big surprises!

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