Sherlock and Doctor Who go head-to-head in Television Awards 2013 Benedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith go head to head for male performance and drama awards at tonight's National Television Awards. (TELEGRAPH)

Benedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith are in direct competition in the 2013 National TV Awards. Photo: Guy Levy/BBC/PA

By Alice Vincent9:58AM GMT 23 Jan 2013


Tonight's National Television Awards will put Stephen Moffat creations Doctor Who and Sherlock head to head for the public vote. Both programmes are nominated for the drama and male drama performance categories, putting Benedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith in competition.

Doctor Who did well at last year's awards, with Matt Smtih and co-star Karen Gillan picking up awards for most popular performance, male and female respectively. Despite leaving the show in September, Gillan is nominated again for female perfomance.

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