Sherlock and Doctor Who are set to battle it out at the 2011 TV Choice Awards. With Doctor Who’s Matt Smith and Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch both being nominated for the Best Actor accolade, the sci-fi drama and the detective series will also be hoping to be crowned Best Family Drama and Best New Drama respectively.

Up against Doctor Who in the Best Family Drama category are Merlin, school series Waterloo Road and hospital drama Casualty, while Downton Abbey, Single Father and The Walking Dead will battle it out in the hope of winning Best New Drama.

Meanwhile, Doctor Who actress Karen Gillan, who plays the Doctor’s sidekick Amy Pond in the BBC One show, is up for the Best Actress gong.

Karen is joined in the category by the late Elisabeth Sladen, who has been given a posthumous nomination for her role in The Sarah Jane Adventures after passing away following a long battle with cancer earlier this year as well as Waterloo Road’s Amanda Burton and ‘This Is England ’86′ star Vicky McClure.

The Only Way Is Essex, Peter Andre: The Next Chapter, The Apprentice and I’m A Celebrity . Get Me Out Of Here! will battle it out to be crowned Best Reality Show.

Elsewhere, The X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, MasterChef and Britain’s Got Talent’ are all hoping to take home the Best Talent Show gong.

Meanwhile, the nominees for the Best Soap Award (sponsored by Daz) are Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks, with some of the most controversial plots from each show, including EastEnders traumatic baby swap, up for Best Soap Storyline.

2011 TV CHOICE AWARDS (IN ASSOCIATION WITH DAZ) FULL LIST OF NOMINEES:

BEST NEW DRAMA

Downton Abbey (ITV1)
Sherlock’ (BBC One)
Single Father (BBC One)
The Walking Dead (FX/Channel 5)

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Being Human (BBC3)
Glee (E4/Channel 4)
Misfits (E4/Channel 4)
Shameless (Channel 4/E4)

BEST FAMILY DRAMA

Casualty (BBC One)
Doctor Who (BBC One)
Merlin (BBC One)
Waterloo Road’ (BBC One)

BEST ACTOR

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Colin Morgan, Merlin
Matt Smith, Doctor Who
David Tennant, Single Father

BEST ACTRESS

Amanda Burton, Waterloo Road
Karen Gillan, Doctor Who
Vicky McClure, This Is England ’86
Elisabeth Sladen, ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’

BEST COMEDY

Benidorm (ITV1)
The Inbetweeners (E4/Channel 4)
Miranda (BBC Two)
The Ricky Gervais Show (E4/Channel 4)

BEST REALITY SHOW

The Apprentice (BBC One)
‘I’m A Celebrity. Get Me Out Of Here! (ITV1)
The Only Way Is Essex (ITV2)
Peter Andre: The Next Chapter (ITV2)

BEST TALENT SHOW

Britain’s Got Talent (ITV1)
MasterChef (BBC One)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
The X Factor (ITV1)

BEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOW

An Idiot Abroad (Sky1)
Celebrity Juice (ITV2)
The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
QI (BBC One)

BEST GAMESHOW

The Cube (ITV1)
Deal Or No Deal (Channel 4)
The Million Pound Drop Live’ (Channel 4)
Total Wipeout (BBC One)

BEST DAYTIME SHOW

BBC Breakfast (BBC One)
The Jeremy Kyle Show (ITV1)

‘Loose Women’ (ITV1)

‘This Morning’ (ITV1)

BEST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT SHOW

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (Channel 4)
Embarrassing Bodies’ (Channel 4)
Katie: My Beautiful Friends (Channel 4)
Top Gear (BBC Two)

BEST LIFESTYLE SHOW

Come Dine With Me (Channel 4)
Gok’s Clothes Roadshow (Channel 4)
Grand Designs (Channel 4)
Supersize Vs Superskinny (Channel 4)

BEST FOOD SHOW

The Hairy Bikers (BBC Two)
Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals’ (Channel 4)
Saturday Kitchen’ (BBC One)
Something For The Weekend’ (BBC Two)

BEST SOAP ACTOR

Simon Gregson, Steve McDonald, Coronation Street (ITV1)
Danny Miller, Aaron Livesy, ‘Emmerdale’ (ITV1)
Shane Richie, Alfie Moon, ‘EastEnders’ (BBC One)
Emmett J Scanlan, Brendan Brady, ‘Hollyoaks’ (Channel 4)

BEST SOAP ACTRESS

Michelle Keegan, Tina McIntyre, ‘Coronation Street’ (ITV1)
Katherine Kelly, Becky McDonald, ‘Coronation Street’ (ITV1)
Pauline Quirke, Hazel Rhodes, ‘Emmerdale’ (ITV1)
Jessie Wallace, Kat Moon, ‘EastEnders’ (BBC One)

BEST SOAP NEWCOMER

Jacqueline Jossa,  Lauren Branning, EastEnders’ (BBC One)
Paula Lane, Kylie Platt, Coronation Street (ITV1)
Emmett J Scanlan, Brendan Brady, Hollyoaks (Channel 4)
Steve John Shepherd, Michael Moon, EastEnders’ (BBC One)

BEST SOAP AWARD SPONSORED BY DAZ

Coronation Street’ (ITV1)
EastEnders (BBC One)
Emmerdale  (ITV1)
Hollyoaks (Channel 4)

BEST SOAP STORYLINE

Brendan and Ste’s affair/gay domestic abuse story, Hollyoaks (Channel 4)
50th Anniversary tram crash, Coronation Street (ITV1)
Lisa’s rape, Emmerdale (ITV1)
Ronnie swaps her baby for Kat’s, EastEnders (BBC One)

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