With just three weeks to go until Doctor Who returns, a new trailer has arrived online for the eleventh series of the BBC’s hit sci-fi drama which marks the arrival of Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor; check it out here…
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Meanwhile, speaking to Digital Spy, executive producer Matt Strevens has spoken about the casting of the show’s very first female Doctor, revealing that it was a condition of new showrunner Chris Chibnall accepting the job.
“We knew in our gut it was about time and it felt like the right decision, and the character is not gender-specific, in any way really,” said Strevens. “If ever there was a character that was never defined by gender, it’s the Doctor. The Doctor is gender fluid in that sense. Once Peter Capaldi had decided he was leaving, the next Doctor was always going to be a female Doctor. That’s what Chris wanted, that was part of his conditions of doing the job.”
“It felt like a straightforward decision, it’s not that controversial,” added Chibnall. “It’s very hard to think of many examples in its 55-year history where the Doctor takes a decision based upon gender.”
Bigger and bolder than ever, this series marks the arrival of Jodie Whittaker, the Thirteenth Doctor – a super-smart force of nature, alongside a team of new and delightful characters. This series is full of action and adventure, humour and thrills – an unmissable drama everyone will enjoy.
Doctor Who Series 11 premieres on October 7th.
