December 07, 2015

The 2015 Tomstardis Awards - Preview

The Tomstardis Awards are now in their ninth year and they are bigger than ever with new categories such as Torchwood and War Doctor categories alongside long running categories such as Favourite Doctor and Favourite Companion.

Favourite Doctor
This category has been won by three of the five nominated Doctors since 2007. Colin Baker has won four times with wins in 2007, 2008, 2009 and most recently in 2014. Paul McGann won back to back in 2010 and 2011 and Peter Davison also won it in back to back years with wins in 2012 and 2013.
Favourite Companion
Only two companions have won this award more than once with Sarah Sutton winning in 2007 and 2012 and Sheridan Smith won it in 2009 and 2011. Frazer Hines is the only male to have won the award when he got the honour in 2010. Other winners include India Fisher (2008), Mary Tamm (2013) and Louise Jameson (2014).


THE MAIN RANGE
Favourite Main Range Story
Four of the winners have been Fifth Doctor stories with Son of the Dragon (2007), The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (2008), The Emerald Tiger (2012) and 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (2013). The winner has been a Sixth Doctor story twice with The Silver Turk (2010) and Masters of Earth (2014). The Seventh Doctor won a story award once with The Magic Mousetrap (2009) and The Eighth Doctor was successful in 2011 with The Silver Turk.


Favourite Main Range Writer
Barnaby Edwards and Eddie Robson are the most successful winners in this category with two wins each. Edwards won it in 2010 with The Wreck of the Titan and in 2012 with The Emerald Tiger. Eddie Robson won it in 2008 with The Condemned and in 2013 with 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men. Other winners include Steve Lyons won it in 2007 with Son of the Dragon, Nicholas Briggs won it in 2009 with Blue Forgotten Planet, Marc Platt won it in 2011 with The Silver Turk and Mark Wright and Cavan Scott won it last year with Masters of Earth.
Favourite Main Range Director
This award has only been won by two people. Barnaby Edwards won it seven years in a row and Nicholas Briggs was the second person winning it last year for Masters of Earth.


Favourite Main Range Cover Designer
Alex Mallinson is the big winner with three wins. He won it in 2008 for Brotherhood of the Daleks, 2011 for The Silver Turk and in 2012 for 1001 Nights. Barry Piggott won it in 2007 for 100, Ian Robertson won it in 2009 for Patient Zero, Simon Holub won it in 2010 for The Wreck of the Titan, Anthony Lamb won it in 2013 for Fanfare for the Common Men and Tom Webster won it last year for Signs and Wonders.
Favourite Main Range Music & Sound Designer
Howard Carter has been the big winner with four wins. He won it in back to back years with 2009 and 2010 wins for Patient Zero and The Wreck of the Titan respectively. He won it again in back to back years with wins in 2012 and 2013 for The Emerald Tiger and Fanfare for the Common Men respectively. Jamie Robertson won it twice in 2011 for The Silver Turk and last year for Signs and Wonders.


Other winners include ERS who won it in 2007 for Son of the Dragon and David Darlington who won it in 2008 for The Condemned.
Favourite Series
The Fifth Doctor has won two series since the category was created in 2009. The wins came in 2010 and 2012. The Seventh Doctor won it in 2009, the Eighth Doctor won it in 2011 with the Sixth Doctor finally winning a series award in 2014. The 1963 trilogy of stories won it in 2013.


THE COMPANION CHRONICLES
Favourite Companion Chronicles Writer
This category was created quite late in the history of the awards in 2012. James Goss, Jonathan Morris and Matt Fitton have all won it with The Last Post, Mastermind and Luna Romana.


Favourite Companion Chronicles Director
Lisa Bowerman has won two awards with a win in 2012 for The Last Post and in 2014 for Luna Romana. Louise Jameson won it in 2013 for Ghost in the Machine and bearing in mind she is nominated for the Favourite Director award in the main range, she could become the first person to win in these two ranges.
Favourite Companion Chronicles Cover Designer
Damien May has won this category twice with wins in 2013 and 2014 and Alex Mallinson won it in the first year back in 2012.


Favourite Companion Chronicles Music & Sound Designer
Richard Fox & Lauren Yason have won this category twice with wins in 2013 and 2014 with Howard Carter won it in 2012.
BIG WINNERS

9 – Barnaby Edwards
7 – Alex Mallinson & Howard Carter
5 – Ken Bentley
4 – James Goss, John Dorney, Jonathan Morris & Nicholas Briggs
3 – Jamie Robertson, Lisa Bowerman & Matt Fitton
2 – Anthony Lamb, Damien May, Eddie Robson, Ian Potter, Richard Fox & Lauren Yason and Tom Webster

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