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After the announcement that Peter Capaldi was departing Doctor Who in January, media pundits and newspapers spent months trying to discover the identity of the next Time Lord, to no avail. But now, of course, we know the new face in the Tardis will be first female Doctor Jodie Whittaker – and the Broadchurch and Trust Me star has finally opened up on the pressure of keeping her Who identity secret for all those months. “I didn’t know details but…

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Incoming Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker has been speaking about her hopes for the BBC sci-fi series, with the actress apparently keeping her fingers crossed that her casting as the first female Doctor will attract a new audience to the show. “It’s got a huge audience, and a huge fanbase, and a loyal, wonderful fanbase,” Whittaker told Christine Bleakley on ITV’s Lorraine. “But you know, maybe this will open it up to maybe some new young faces who haven’t necessarily…

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Jodie Whittaker reveals how she feels about becoming the 13th Time Lord in Doctor Who.  She is currently starring as a different kind of doctor in the new television drama Trust Me.

Jodie Whittaker says she didn’t see people’s reactions to her becoming the first female Doctor Who, because she’s not on social media. Speaking to BBC 6 Music in her first broadcast interview since her casting was revealed, she said: “This will be a blessing and a curse. https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWho/videos/1656225844401619/ “I’ve missed a lot of the fun stuff and probably the bad stuff.” The Broadchurch star also praised fans of the sci-fi series as “the most amazing, creative people”. And she said…

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The internet has made a lot of noise since the casting of Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who. The first female custodian of the Tardis gets her hands on the keys this Christmas and has said that she is hoping to get some “calls of advice” from previous owners. David Tennant has already praised Doctor Who’s new “strong female lead” but one Doctor who has stayed schtum on the topic is Christopher Eccleston… until now. Appearing on Radio 4 show Loose…

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Steven Moffat has revealed how the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special almost didn’t happen, due to the changing hands between writers. The upcoming special titled Twice Upon A Time is set to be Peter Capaldi’s last outing as the Doctor, with writer Steven Moffat also bowing out from the show and being replaced by Broadchurch’s Chris Chibnall. Speaking to Digital Spy however, Moffat revealed how this year’s festive episode almost didn’t materialise because Chibnall wanted to start series 11 in…

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Former Doctor Who companion Freema Agyeman has revealed that she’d be open to returning to the BBC sci-fi series, with the TV and theatre actress saying that she felt there was “more to explore” with her character Martha Jones (who last appeared in the series in 2010, after first starring in 2007). “I had a really great time on the show, I really loved the character, it brings so many people so much joy,” Agyeman told RadioTimes.com. “So never say…

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Jodie Whittaker will be appearing on the Shaun Keaveny programme on BBC6 Music this Monday 7th August 2017.  She is due to join the programme after 9am to chat about her new BBC drama Trust Me. Jodie plays a nurse pretending to be an experienced A&E doctor and it’s incredibly tense! It also raises a lot of questions about who can you trust? Shaun Keaveny  says,  “An actual listener to this programme and friend of the show, we’re looking forward…

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