‘Doctor Who’ Casts Jodie Whittaker as the First Female Doctor

Posted on Monday, July 17th, 2017 by Hoai-Tran Bui

The Doctor is in, and she’s finally a woman.

Doctor Who has cast Broadchurch actress Jodie Whittaker as its first female lead, breaking 54 years and 12 (and a half) past incarnations of the Doctor being a white man.

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