Jodie Whittaker Chosen To Play Lead In British Sci- Fi Series : NPRThe 1. Doctor in the long- running British sci- fi series Doctor Who will be played by Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to take the role. The move is long overdue for some and an outrage for others. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now to a famous British export - . She'll take over from the current Doctor, Peter Capaldi, at Christmas. Our resident . And, Petra, for those who aren't so familiar with . The show began way back in 1. William Hartnell, and it was a huge hit. And as they went along, Hartnell was getting older. He was - eventually he was too ill to perform the role, and they had to come up with some way to keep the show going without him. So their solution was kind of ingenious. He's an alien. This is a fictional show. We can do what we want. He will just magically become someone else when he gets old and sick enough or injured enough. And so that's where the concept of regeneration comes from. William Hartnell became Patrick Troughton, the second Doctor, and onward from there. SIEGEL: And now to Jodie Whittaker. Where have we seen her before? MAYER: Americans who have seen her before will probably have seen her in the British detective series . And there's kind of this whole web of connections there. You know, David Tennant was one of the stars of . Olivia Colman, the other star, had also had a bit role. Chris Chibnall, who is now taking over as the showrunner, was one of the main writers of . Whittaker did do an interview with the BBC after the announcement where she said to fans, please don't be afraid of my gender. Ranging from action epics to oddball comedies, here are 16 of the most memorable sci-fi animated series. Created by Irwin Allen. With James Darren, Robert Colbert, Whit Bissell, John Zaremba. Two scientists with a secret time travel project find themselves trapped in the. A rundown of some of the most frightening and disturbing sci-fi series, including The Walking Dead, Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. Love a bit of X-Files action? Some Star Trek & Doctor Who? Then get stuck into the huge range of Sci-Fi titles at JB Hi-Fi. The nature of this character is change, right? And I think overall the reaction's been pretty positive.
You know, there are always going to be people yelling about political correctness and they'll never watch the show again, which is kind of part of the tradition of . And the show has made it canonical, in fact, that Time Lords can change gender as well as race. So I think a lot of fans out there are wondering - and they're disappointed that there's not yet an actor of color playing the part. SIEGEL: We are talking about an ancient time- traveling alien - a Time Lord, yes? MAYER: A Time Lord, yes. SIEGEL: Two hearts, and he or she can do whatever he or she wants. MAYER: Sure, yeah. I mean, the canon of the show - right? You have all of time and space to play with. You can do whatever you want. But it has been running for 5. And it is true that apart from, you know, a comedy short in the '9. The Doctor has never been a woman. So it's really cool that Steven Moffat, who's the outgoing showrunner, he's been really building up a foundation. A couple seasons ago we actually saw The Master, who's The Doctor's big frenemy, regenerate as a woman called Missy. And then, of course, in the season finale just a couple weeks ago there was this delightful little Easter egg.(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, . He was.. MAYER: The fourth Doctor. SIEGEL: .. The fourth Doctor. MAYER: Sure. Would you care for a jelly baby? SIEGEL: He traveled around - The Doctor was transported, I guess, from one dimension to the next by a TARDIS, his TARDIS. MAYER: Yeah. SIEGEL: A flying - the Brits would say call box, we'd say a phone booth. There aren't that many phone booths in the world anymore. MAYER: No. Well, the TARDIS, if you want to be real specific about it, is a police call box. And it stands for Time and Relative Dimensions in Space. So it is his - yeah, it's his spacecraft. He can go wherever and whenever he wants in it. SIEGEL: And it will be hers as well? MAYER: It will be hers. In the short where they - the BBC made a little announcement video, and the final scene was Jodie Whittaker walking up to the TARDIS as it appears in a forest. And my singular human heart went pitter- pat (ph). It was very exciting. SIEGEL: NPR's Petra Mayer on the new . This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Accuracy and availability may vary. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. Sci- Fi Lists Top 1. Sci- Fi TV Shows.
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