November 23, 2013 saw the global airing of the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor, which was simulcast that day in 94 countries across 6 continents. As it turns out, this broke a World Record!

At the official Doctor Who 50th Celebration event held in London this weekend, Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat was presented with the Guinness World Record award for the special, which broke the record for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama. Moffat was given the award, along with stars Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman and the episode’s director Nick Hurran, live on stage during a panel at the event.

Check out the video of the presentation of the award here below.

Some of the best tourist stops in Hollywood aren’t the Walk of Fame, Madame Tussauds’ Wax Museum, or the Hollywood sign itself, it’s also Ripley’s Believe It or Not and Guinness World Records. With tourist stops already covered by Ben Stiller’s Night at the Museum and a Ripley’s Believe it or Not film already being put into the works, no one has taken it upon themselves to make a Guinness World Records movie, until now.

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. is putting a movie together based on the Guinness World Records with The Office writer Danny Chun hired to write the movie, which will have some sort of action spin to it.

Happy Megamonth Everybody!

In honor of the upcoming Dreamworks Animated film Megamind, Will Ferrell and 1,580 caped crusaders took on the Guinness Book of World Records for Largest Gathering of Superheroes on Saturday, October 2, 2010, and completely destroyed the competition. This legion of justice gathered together at 10AM precisely in Los Angeles to take on this task to honor the film’s November release.

The Guinness rules were simple, but specific. It was required that all involved be “dressed as an easily identifiable super hero that has appeared in a published book, comic, television program, or film” and these heroes were up to the task. The previous record was for 1,500, so the Megamind crew easily took home the prize. Check out Will Ferrell’s comment on the crowd’s heroic victory below.

Also, check out the video of the event from Saturday here below.