When the BBC announced Jodie Whittaker as the next Doctor Who there was outrage online, one former Doctor — Peter Davison — saying the casting meant the “loss of a role model for boys”.
Speaking to BBC Radio 6 in her first interview following the casting, Whittaker, the first female to take on the role and Peter Capaldi’s replacement, said she stayed away from social media, managing to miss the criticism.
“If I get sent something it’s a mate screen-grabbing something, and they obviously edit. But there’s an amazing video of a young girl watching it and finding out that it’s [Doctor Who] being played by a girl.