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Jodie's Space Odyssey
TV & Satellite Week
|October 6, 2018
Jodie Whittaker makes TV history as she becomesDoctor Whos first female Time Lord
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Jodie Whittaker’s casting as the first female Doctor in Doctor Who’s 55-year history has made plenty of headlines over the past year, but now the most-anticipated TV moment of 2018 has finally arrived.
With a fresh cast and now in a Sunday-evening slot, Whittaker is leading the well-loved sci-fi series into a new era.
After being hurled from the TARDIS following her regeneration at the end of last year’s Christmas special, the new Time Lord soon finds herself in danger in this week’s opening episode – but luckily help is at hand in the form of her new friends, Graham, Yasmin and Ryan (see above).
TV&Satellite Week travelled to the show’s set in Cardiff, where the 36-year-old actress told us more…
How did you find out you were cast as the Doctor?
This story is from the October 6, 2018 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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