'Doctor Who' star Jodie Whittaker will play time traveler for at least one more season

), she was on the eve of her debut as the first woman to play the long-running show’s titular two-hearted alien. Two years in, how has the British actress’s life changed since becoming the new face of the globally beloved series? “I wear a baseball cap on the tube or on the subway,” quips Whittaker, 37. “But really, my life has changed in a wonderful sense.

Plenty of those fans are delighted at the way the show — currently airing Sunday nights on BBC America — is now embracing its 56-year-long history. Showrunner Chris Chibnall acted as a new broom for Whittaker’s inaugural season, casting Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, and Bradley Walsh as a fresh clutch of human companions for the Doctor and, at least initially, declining to rely on old villains or aliens.

Later this season, the Doctor will also face off against another old foe in the clanking form of the Cybermen, a race of cyborgs who encase victims in metallic suits and force them to join their ranks. “They’ve got aexciting.” Though Whittaker’s first season as the Doctor drew criticism from some fans for what they perceived to be its overly political nature , the actress claims she doesn’t pay much attention to the discourse around the show, whether positive or negative. “I’ve seen loads of fan art, which I always love,” she says. “But it’s never been that great for me to immerse myself in noise that you can’t control, good or bad. I think both are a rabbit hole that you shouldn’t necessarily go down.

But Whittaker isn’t going anywhere. The length of time an actor has played the Doctor has varied over the years — back in the ’70s and ’80s, Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor piloted the TARDIS for seven seasons; in the aughts, Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor survived just one. So, will Whittaker return for a third run of shows? “Yes, I’m doing another season,” she confirms.

I’ll be happy with that as long as chibnall gets replaced

Yay!

3 Season are normal if your Name is not Christopher Ecclestone 😀😂

i thought season 11 was bad, i wont even waste time on season 12, hope dr who gets cancelled..

Yaaaaaas!

I was sort of hoping she’d stick around for more ...

She's such a bore as The Doctor. No wonder the show is losing millions of viewers.

I love her ❤️❤️❤️ But we need better writing!

gypsy_erin SaqmanDesign

Will be another nail in the coffin

I'm waiting for Mike Wozniak to take over, lets make DW great again 😎

I can’t wait for when she leaves 🔥🔥

Hurrah!

universo_who TUDO PRA MIM

Spring I presume

Excellent news - this means I may be able to finish her off in 2021 once and for ALLLL!!!! doctorwho jodywhittaker bbcdoctorwho

benjamin_cook Good to hear. Love her and love the 13th Doctor and her era

This news!

Happy 🙂

Nmds:

i swear i will cry when she regenerates...

Y’all need to lock these actors in for at least a 3-5 season contract👏🏽👏🏽 y’all are gonna run out of regenerations if everyone just has one season even if we have to wait 2 years for a new season

I like Jodie Whitaker, I just wish she had more to work with. Hopefully she outlasts the terrible writing.

Glad

Can we get new writers though.

I like her a lot (since attack the block). p.s. jo tro do plo plo no sho ma ro flo sho bo ma co kno sho plo no sho so tro no do ma yo dro sho yo ma yo sco

Yesss

More Thirteen 🥰🥰🥰

😡

More seasons with Jodie 🙏🙏🙏

doctorwhobrasil

Hope she breaks the cycle and does at least 2 more

we been knew since children in need sis

She's only had 10 episodes long series, she can have more than the usual three okay 🙃

Each Doctor is usually 3 seasons long so this was expected. Crazy how time flies 🥴

Thank god. She's fantastic in this role. Honestly, I never made an effort to watch before Jodie. But now it's my must watch tv. LOVE HER!!!!!! DoctorWho

LONGER PLS

Thank goodness. I love her so much and really don’t wanna see a new doctor anytime soon

GIVE HER MORE

Yay, more Jodie!

I need more seasons with her!

How about next is twhiddleston ? bbcdoctorwho

The next could be Hugh Laurie

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