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Jul 29, 2021

It’s been officially announced that current Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall will be leaving the show in 2022. More

Dec 02, 2019

A new trailer for season 12 of Doctor Who has been shared, this one highlighting the season premiere “Spyfall,” which is a two-part episode that airs on New Year’s Day on BBC America. More

Nov 25, 2019

The first trailer for season 12 of Doctor Who has been shared. This is the second season where British actress Jodie Whittaker appears as the first ever female Doctor. The show returns to BBC America with a special episode on New Year’s Day. Watch the action-packed trailer below. More

Oct 31, 2019

British actress Jodie Whittaker, who plays the first female Doctor in the long-running British sci-fi show Doctor Who, and has covered Coldplay‘s hit “Yellow” with members of the actual band for a new charity album, Got It Covered. Video of the session and Whittaker being surprised by the band has been shared. More

Sep 20, 2018

A new trailer for season 11 of Doctor Who has been shared. It follows a brief teaser trailer that was shared in July and fuller trailer from Comic-Con (also in July). This is the first season where British actress Jodie Whittaker takes over as the first ever female Doctor and the show returns to BBC America on Sunday, October 7. More

Jul 19, 2018

Fresh from its debut at the San Diego Comic-Con today, a new trailer for season 11 of Doctor Who has been shared. It follows a brief teaser trailer that was shared earlier this week, but didn’t feature much action or any dialogue from the season. More

“Doctor Who” – Watch the First Teaser Trailer with Jodie Whittaker as Female Doctor

Whittaker to Play the Thirteenth Doctor This Fall on BBC America

Jul 15, 2018

Back in July 2017 the BBC announced British actress Jodie Whittaker will be taking over the iconic role of The Doctor on Doctor Who, making her the first ever female Doctor (and the Thirteenth Doctor overall). Now the first teaser for the new season, the first to feature Whittaker, has been revealed. It’s only 50 seconds long and shows off The Doctor’s new companions (Tosin Cole as Ryan, Mandip Gill as Yasmin, and Bradley Walsh as Graham) more than Whittaker, who shows up at the end. More

Nov 09, 2017

Back in July the BBC announced British actress Jodie Whittaker will be taking over the iconic role of The Doctor on Doctor Who, making her the first ever female Doctor (and the Thirteenth Doctor overall). At the time a teaser trailer/announcement video was shared, but it didn’t feature Whittaker in her main costume (every Doctor has a different look/dress sense, an outfit they wear in most episodes). Now the BBC has shared the first photo of Whittaker in costume. More

“Doctor Who” – Watch Two Doctors Unite in the First Trailer for Peter Capaldi’s Last Episode

The First and Twelfth Doctors Come Together in This December’s Christmas Special

Jul 23, 2017

Here is the first trailer for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, fresh from Comic-Con. It will be Peter Capaldi‘s last episode of Doctor Who as the Twelfth Doctor (before he regenerates into the first female Doctor, Jodie Whittaker) and also features David Bradley as the First Doctor. It’s also Steven Moffat’s last episode as show-runner. More

“Doctor Who” – BBC Announces Jodie Whittaker as the First Female Doctor; Former Cast React

Watch the Announcement Video of Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor

Jul 16, 2017

As they said they would, the BBC announced after the Wimbledon Men’s Final who would be taking over the iconic role of The Doctor on Doctor Who and as some hoped would be the case, it will be the first female Doctor, British actress Jodie Whittaker will be taking over the role. She is best known for playing Beth Latimer for three seasons on Broadchurch. Other notable credits include “The Entire History of You” episode of Black Mirror and the film Attack the Block, among others. Here is the first teaser trailer/announcement video, as well as quotes from various Doctor Who-related people and the text of an interview with Whittaker the BBC has released. More




Reviews

Aug 21, 2023

Karen Gillan has come a long way since her two-and-a-half seasons playing Amy Pond, companion to Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor, in Doctor Who. Of all the actors to appear on the show over the last 60 years, the Scottish redhead has had the most successful Hollywood career since leaving Doctor Who. More