Jodie hopes her landmark casting in Doctor Who could pave the way for change in the rest of the industry (Picture: BBC)

She’s the first woman to take on the lead role in the BBC’s iconic TV series Doctor Who.

And it seems that Jodie Whittaker hopes that her new role in the previously male dominated world of Time Lords will help pave the way for a woman taking over another role traditionally only held by a male actor, James Bond.

Speaking about her landmark casting as the lead in the sci-fi series, the 36-year-old actress said it was ‘a moment of change’, but she added that it would be ‘depressing’ other famous franchises didn’t follow suit.

‘When I was growing up those characters didn’t look like us doing those things,’ she told Metro.co.uk when speaking about the likes of the Doctor and 007.


She said: ‘Women are not a genre, we are just the other half of the population, so to see us doing things shouldn’t be such a surprise’ (Picture: Columbia/EON/Danjaq/MGM/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

‘Those were the white guys running about saving the day, doing really cool stuff, and if you were lucky, when I was a kid, you may be clapped at the side and may be passed something to help the really heroic moment happen.



‘So to be in the moment of change for that is incredibly exciting, particularly because it’s in a world where it’s absolutely true of this character.’

And for those who are ready to rail against her new role and other possible new female leads, she added: ‘For us it’s 2018. Women are not a genre, we are just the other half of the population, so to see us doing things shouldn’t be such a surprise.’

The actress is due to take up her sonic screwdriver and charge out into time and space next month, becoming the thirteenth iteration of the last of the Time Lords (Picture: BBC)

The actress is due to take up her sonic screwdriver and charge out into time and space next month, becoming the thirteenth iteration of the last of the Time Lords.

And it seems that she’s leading a charge in the pay gap argument as well, as she also revealed that she’s not ‘being paid less than any other Doctor’.

Doctor Who begins 7 October on BBC1.

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