Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor Who debut was a tremendous success. But the new Doctor has a few old characters she wouldn’t mind meeting.

In an interview with Vulture, Whittaker was asked which returning characters she would like to share scenes with, if it ever happens – and she named two fan favourites.

“I’d love to work with Billie Piper,” she said. “Rose was a brilliant character.

“I love what she brought to that role – it was engaging and strong and vulnerable and dynamic. I’d like to meet Rose.

“And River Song [played by Alex Kingston]!”

Whittaker added that there’s one very iconic monster in particular that springs to mind as well.

“There’s loads of brilliant creatures and monsters,” she shared. “Can you imagine me meeting my first Dalek?”

That’s nothing to take away from the Doctor’s new companions, of course – as Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole), Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill), and Graham O’Brien (Bradley Walsh) all impressed in ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’.

The audience for the premiere was huge as well, with 8.2 million people tuning in according to overnight figures, which beats overnight figures for Peter Capaldi, Matt Smith, and David Tennant’s first full episodes.

Next week’s episode ‘The Ghost Monument’ sees the Doctor’s companions on an alien planet for the first time and under attack.

The end of the premiere also announced a whole host of upcoming guest stars, including former Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati, Sex and the City‘s Chris Noth, and Broadchurch‘s Julie Hesmondhalgh, alongside the previously-announced Alan Cumming, Lee Mack and Shaun Dooley.

Doctor Who returns with episode 2 – ‘The Ghost Monument’ – Next Sunday, October 14 on BBC One.