Among the other accolades received this week, BBC's
Doctor Who has received an
official world record. In addition to the simultaneous global screening, the BBC said that more than 1,500 cinemas around the world showed the episode. More than
10 million people tuned in to see the special 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who in the U.K., and several million more were watching in other countries.
A Guinness World Records certificate was presented to the current head of the production, and frequent episode writer, Steven Moffat at the
Doctor Who Celebration at the ExCeL Centre in London. The presentation by Craig Glenday, the editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records.
On accepting the award,
Moffat said: "For years the Doctor has been stopping everyone else from conquering the world. Now, just to show off, he's gone and done it himself!"
