If you’ve made the wise decision of binge-watching Broadchurch on Netflix, you’ll be seeing a lot more of one of its best characters.
British actress Jodie Whittaker, who deftly portrayed ever-grieving mother and wife Beth Latimer on the BBC crime drama, has landed the role of a lifetime, as she’ll be starring as the first-ever female “Doctor” in the history of Doctor Who. (Ironically, she starred alongside David Tennant, who himself secured the coveted Doctor role from 2005-15.) She’ll be the lucky-number 13th Doctor in the show’s epic run.
Of course, not everyone took too kindly to the news of a female Time Lord, and Whittaker has responded in kind via a BBC.com interview. She told the site: “It feels completely overwhelming, as a feminist, as a woman, as an actor, as a human, as someone who wants to continually push themselves and challenge themselves, and not be boxed in by what you’re told you can and can’t be.”
To reveal the news, the show dropped the video below. Watch it now.
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