BBC announced that Jodie Whittaker would become the 13th Doctor Who. In December, when the much-loved "Time Lord" from Curry Star finally returns to the public eye after waiting for a long time, she will take over the time machine tardis from Peter Capaldi.
For the first time in the series' 54-year history, an actress has played the role of Doctor Who. Prior to that, Judy had worked with Chris Zibnal, the operator of the Doctor Who series, and David Tennart, the tenth Doctor Who, in the suspense drama "Small Town Doubts" for three seasons. But that's not the only reason she's become the new Doctor Who.
Judy Whitaker's name is no stranger to science fiction. She has previously starred in "Your Whole History" in the "Black Mirror" series, and has also starred with John Boyega in the alien invasion-themed science fiction film "Block Wars".
Steven Moffat, the current operator of Doctor Who, is not directly involved in the casting project, but he has been preparing to create a female Doctor. Before he became the cast of the series, a version of the synopsis he had created for Comic Relief showed that Doctor Who could be reborn as a woman.
In 2011, a play he wrote based on Neil Gaiman's The Doctor's Wife first mentioned that "Time Lords" are gender-switchable. In the 2013 50th Anniversary Special Edition, Moffat created a retrospective plot about the Eighth Doctor (Paul Megan). In this scene, Megan says he can "become a man or a woman" according to his own needs.
Since then, we've seen a Time Lord change from a white male to a black woman when he was reborn, and in season nine, the character of "Mage", previously played by John Sim, was changed to actress Michelle Gomez, and the title was changed from master to missy.
If you're a conservative Doctor Who fan and want to learn more about why Doctor Who has not changed gender in multiple rebirths, but this time she is reborn as a woman, check back to episodes from before 2005: Each respawn of Doctors carries some characteristics of their pre-rebirth partners.
Before Dr. War (John Hurt) is reborn, he has a great conversation with Clara Oswald, who has an accent from the North West of England, and the next Doctor played by Christopher Ecclestone is the first Doctor in the history of the series to have an accent of The North West of England.
Similarly, Dr. Ecclestone interacted with his London accent partner Rose before he was reborn, and he was reborn as the next Doctor, played by Tennat, who speaks a London accent. The Doctor played by Matt Smith was his partner Amy Pound, Scotsman, before becoming the new Doctor played by Scottish actor Peter Capalty.
So what about Capaldi? His attitude towards mages softened his gender attributes to some extent. Another point: At the opening of the final episode of season ten, the words of the Doctor's gay friend Bill Poz are still unknown.
"You know I've always been a woman," Bill reminded the Doctor (though the Doctor didn't need to be reminded at all). This remark may have made the doctor realize that he could also be a woman, so his rebirth as a woman also had traces to follow.
We now know that the first Doctor (played by William Hartnell, now played by David Bradley) will reappear in Moffat's last Episode of Doctor Who, the 2017 Christmas special. This also gives those fans who are worried about change a reassurance: regardless of whether the gender of the doctor's rebirth is male or female, the show will continue to go on the right track.
(Translator: Wang Huinan)
[Original title: The 13th Doctor Who is she is not him, foreshadowing has been buried in the tenth season]