2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form is an award given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention. Any dramatic production of a running time of less than ninety minutes (without commercials, if applicable) that aired in the previous year was eligible for the award, which recognizes the best science fiction or fantasy works. [cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=3|title=Hugo Award Categories|work=thehugoawards.com|accessdate=2008-01-20|publisher=World Science Fiction Convention] The 2007 award was the fifth such award given; in 2003 the Convention split the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation into long and short form categories. The nominees included four "Doctor Who" episodes written by Steven Moffat, Russell T Davies and Toby Whithouse. The other nominees were Bradley Thompson and David Weddle's "Downloaded", from the series "Battlestar Galactica", and Brad Wright and company's "200", the 200th episode of "Stargate SG-1".

After voting, the winners were announced at WorldCon, an annual convention produced by the World Science Fiction Society. The 2007 WorldCon took place in Japan from August 30 to September 3. The 2007 Hugo trophy itself was specially designed by Kinoshita Takashi and featured Japanese icons Ultraman and Mount Fuji, as well as the traditional Hugo rocket.cite web|url=http://www.nippon2007.us/hugo.php|title=About the Hugo Awards|work=Nippon2007|accessdate=2008-02-21] The award was won by "Doctor Who" writer Steven Moffat for the second year running.cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2006.html|title=2006 Hugo Awards|work=The Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards|accessdate=2008-01-20|first=Mark|last=Kelly|publisher="Locus"] cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2007.html|title=2007 Hugo Awards|work=The Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards|accessdate=2008-01-20|first=Mark|last=Kelly|publisher="Locus"] Moffat had previously picked up the award for the two "Doctor Who" episodes "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances".cite web|date=2007-09-03|author=BBC|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/09/03/48473.shtml|title=Doctor Who triumphs at the World Science Fiction Convention|work=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=2008-02-01] In an interview, Moffat explained to the BBC what he felt was the best part of winning a second Hugo:

...It's for "Doctor Who". Cos [sic] years ago, when I was a tiny little "Doctor Who" fan, I bought this American magazine called "Starlog" [...] but the reason I bought it was in a tiny box in the corner it said "Doctor Who"! And I was so excited that this big important American magazine had an article about my favourite show! And it broke my heart. Because in the article it said "In all fairness "Doctor Who" is unlikely ever to win a Hugo ... And I'd say more, but I'm off to the "Starlog" offices to dance around and flick v-signs."

Nominees

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External links

* [http://thehugoawards.org/ Hugo Award official site]