EXCLUSIVE: Trust Me writer didn’t know about Jodie Whittaker taking Doctor Who role
Dan Sefton was initially left wondering why his show was being bumped back in the BBC schedules.
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Dan Sefton was initially left wondering why his show was being bumped back in the BBC schedules.
Benedict Cumberbatch has been chatting about the decision to cast Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor…
The dust has settled on the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the new Doctor in Doctor Who now, and she’s going to start filming for series 11 of the show before the year is out (and, of course, we’ll see her for the first time in the role on Christmas Day). Ahead of the announcement … >
The drill for the Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time, is already pretty well known. Steven Moffat has written the episode, that sees Peter Capaldi depart the TARDIS, ready for Jodie Whittaker to move in. Then, incoming showrunner Chris Chibnall has penned Whittaker’s first moment at the end of the episode. In a … >
In spite of their past work together on Broadchurch, landing the Doctor Who role was no nod of the head from new showrunner Chris Chibnall to new Doctor Jodie Whittaker.
It’s been just over a month now since Jodie Whittaker was revealed to be Peter Capaldi’s successor in Doctor Who. Since then, we’ve also seen her in the BBC drama Trust Me, and with that out of the way, she begins filming Doctor Who in earnest before the end of the year. She’s been chatting … >
The credited creator of Doctor Who, Sydney Newman, always thought there should be a female Doctor…
Here’s our spoiler-filled review of Trust Me episode 4.
The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine has a lovely feature about the upcoming book, Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection Of Time Lord Verse. James Goss has written the words, and Russell T Davies has illustrated it. And the pair are both interviewed about the project. It’s a feature well worth reading. At … >
The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is just landing on subscribers’ doormats today, and pride of place in it is a two page interview with the next Doctor, Jodie Whittaker. In the interview, she talks about the reaction to the news of her casting, and whether it was what she was expecting. “You’ve probably … >