ATTACK THE BLOCK Actress Jodie Whittaker Officially Announced As The New DOCTOR WHO

We finally have a female Doctor Who! The BBC has officially announced that Jodi Whittacker (Attack the Block, Broadchurch) will take over from Peter Capaldi as the 13th iteration of the iconic character.

By MarkCassidy - Jul 16, 2017 08:07 AM EST

Filed Under: Doctor Who

Rumors have been swirling for a while now that the thirteenth Doctor Who would be female, and The BBC has just made it official by announcing that Jodie Whittacker (Attack the Block, Black Mirror, Broadchurch) will take over from Peter Capaldi as the new Time Lord.

Never been big into Doctor Who myself, but Whittacker is a terrific actress so this is great news for fans.

Check out the announcement vid below, and be sure to let us know what you think in the usual place.

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— BBC One (@BBCOne) July 16, 2017

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Nightwing1015 - 7/16/2017, 8:41 AM

I'm a big Doctor Who fan but I don't know about this. I wonder if the fans will accept such a big change.

Redmest - 7/16/2017, 8:55 AM

@Nightwing1015 - they can easily use the fact that the timelords gave him/her additional regenerations as the context for this: additional regenerations are wholly predictable

Nightwing1015 - 7/16/2017, 9:00 AM

@Redmest - I'm sure this could be entirely canonically justified. I just think there's a risk this could cut the shows viewership in half.

TheLight - 7/16/2017, 9:03 AM

@Nightwing1015 - Same here. Look, this is just me speaking, but years of history of being a male to now be a female in this day and age, I'm not sure I can deal with this. Better hide James Bond.

Antagonist - 7/16/2017, 9:05 AM

@Nightwing1015 - The Doctor is a shape-shifting (regenerating) alien from the most advanced civilization in the universe, I've accepted it already. Just not yet sure about Jodie Whittaker.

Maybe they could've gone with a more popular actress to make such a massive transition easier, like Helena Bonham Carter or Tilda Swinton.

StormXmen123 - 7/16/2017, 9:13 AM

@Memorator - I have no issue with her being a woman I just know little of the actress.

Pheobe Waller would have been great in the role.

Antagonist - 7/16/2017, 9:19 AM

@StormXmen123 - I only saw her in Broadchurch and Attack The Block. She is good. Just not what I was expecting.

Agreed. Then again she probably was ruled out because of the tight schedule demands. She has her own show, and a couple of movies coming up, so...

pesmerga44 - 7/16/2017, 8:44 AM

Oh God here comes straight white men who feel they are the most repressed group in human history and how much this is an affront to them and how dare they do this.

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ATTACK THE BLOCK Actress Jodie Whittaker Officially Announced As The New DOCTOR WHO

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