Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker has hinted she would happily come back to the popular sci-fi show.
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Whittaker played the Doctor from 2018 to 2022.
I was just delighted I still fitted in my costume. The second I got to Cardiff [where filming commenced], I felt like I was home, even though it’s a different studio, a different Tardis. It’s just my absolute happiness, Doctor Who. If someone said to me in 20 years, ‘I’ve written an episode and the Thirteenth comes back,’ I just wouldn’t hesitate. It’s absolute joy.
According to Deadline, Whittaker spoke with The Times U.K. about returning in the Season 15 finale, and she said about playing the Doctor again
Whittaker made history as the first woman to play the Doctor in 2018, starring in three seasons with a total of 31 episodes.
There needed to be a first and I didn’t fully appreciate it. I’m not like Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot: ‘I’m a girl, I’m a girl!’ I just am. But once it was announced — as well as a few grumpy pumps — for a lot of people it felt like a really wonderful moment. You don’t ever really leave it,” she said. “I can be with Mandip all day, every day and not learn my lines. I’ve never been happier. I’ll do that for ever — I’ll be Doctor 13 into my nineties.
She also talked about being cast, saying, then For Whittaker, she said she would love to return to Doctor Who even when she is older.
The future of Doctor Who is unsure right now, after Season 15 ended in May. Disney+ has not officially renewed it as part of its deal with the BBC, but the network has said it is sure new episodes will happen.
A spinoff called The War Between the Land and the Sea is planned for 2026. Whittaker is not the only former Doctor Who actor ready to return.
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In August, Karen Gillan said she “absolutely” would come back as Amy Pond — but only if one thing happens.
If they’ll have me, absolutely, but with Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill. It has to be with them.
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For now, fans do not know who will next play the Doctor when the show comes back. Viewers were surprised at the end of Season 15 when the Fifteenth Doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa, changed into a form that looked like Rose Tyler — played by popular actress Billie Piper.
Doctor Who is now streaming on Disney+.
Source: Deadline