The nominations for the BAFTA Scotland Awards were announced on October 1, 2025 and three Doctor Who actors are nominated for the Actor Film/Television award.

David Tennant was nominated for Rivals, Ncuti Gatwa was nominated for Doctor Who and Peter Capaldi was nominated for an episode of Black Mirror titled Plaything.

All three actors were cast in the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who with Tennant, Capaldi and Gatwa portraying the Tenth (and Fourteenth), Twelfth and Fifteenth Doctors, respectively. The nominations underscore the outstanding talent it takes to undertake the role.

Ncuti Gatwa and Peter Capaldi met for the first time at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2022 were Capaldi accepted the award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television and Gatwa, about to take on the role as the Doctor, was nominated for two awards for his role as Eric Effiong in Sex Education.

Ncuti Gatwa is also one of six nominees for the BAFTA Scotland Audience Award for his performance as the fifteenth Doctor in Series Two of Doctor Who.

Doctor Who actress Karen Gillan, who played companion Amy Pond, is nominated this year for Actress Film/Television for Douglas is Cancelled.

The 2025 BAFTA Scotland Awards will take place on Sunday 16 November 2025, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central. The ceremony begins at 5:30pm BT. The event will be broadcast on BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer in the UK, with an edited highlights program scheduled for Wednesday 19 November. The ceremony will be streamed live on the BAFTA YouTube channel.