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50 Years In The Making: 'Doctor Who' Wins Peabody
Iconic science-fiction series wins first ever honor from Grady College

by MICHAEL HINMAN, posted Mar-27-2013
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'Doctor Who' wins its first Peabody Award, celebrating 50 years of television greatness.

'Doctor Who' wins its first Peabody Award, celebrating 50 years of television greatness.
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The Peabody Award from the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism is just a mere 22 years older than "Doctor Who." Yet, for the first time ever, the two have finally crossed paths -- just in time for the BBC show's 50th anniversary.

"Doctor Who" was named a recipient of the Peabody Wednesday, joining 38 others in the 2012 class that includes the best in electronic media.

"Our list of Peabody recipients for 2012 demonstrates the range of superb work," said Horace Newcomb, the Peabody Awards director, in a release. "From local to national to international, from radio to television, broadcast to cable to Web, the Peabody sets the goals for every type of media production. We'll continue to do this, no matter how the world of electronic media develops."

"Doctor Who" was the only genre property to be honored this year, and will take the coveted award just in time for it to celebrate 50 years on television. BBC is planning a special 50th anniversary episode that is rumored to be bringing all the Doctors back together, as well as a biopic written by popular writer and actor Mark Gatiss.

The show currently stars Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman.

The series won an institutional Peabody, reserved for those who have been a part of the electronic media landscape for a long time. It was selected by a 16-member board filled with television critics, industry practitioners and experts in culture and the arts.

"Seemingly immortal, 50 years old and still running, this engaging, imaginative sci-fi/fantasy series is awarded an Institutional Peabody for evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known television universe," the committee said in naming "Doctor Who" a winner.

Since the decade started, only one other genre project has won a Peabody, with HBO's "Game of Thrones" taking its award last year. There have been a handful of winners since the century started, however, including Syfy's "Battlestar Galactica" in 2005, "Dexter" on Showtime in 2007 and ABC's "Lost" in 2008.

The awards will be presented in May. "Doctor Who" returns to BBC and BBC America on March 30.

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