Whittaker admitted she burst into tears when she found out, post-audition, that she’d landed the part, but Chibnall says that her naturally emotional character won’t be reflected in the Thirteenth. “There are no tears from my Doctor, no. That would be a huge statement.”

The star backed Chibnall up, remarking of the regeneration experience for most Doctors “I think there are moments of anguish, but I feel that the way I enter into the role is with my eyes open and the lights on. You’re five years old and you’re in a dark cave and the light goes on and you see every colour, texture, shape. How exciting that would be! I wanted it to be like a lightbulb going on when the Doctor is regenerated and comes back, blown away by the beauty of everything and seeing it in things where it isn’t always obvious; and knowing when to be scared, but using that fear to push yourself, not restrict yourself.”

“Each Doctor needs to have their own journey,” Chibnall went on to muse. “I think Peter’s Doctor came into the world asking, ‘Am I a good man?’ and questioning his self-identity. Jodie’s Doctor is definitely more outward-looking.”

Any potential romances in series 11 were ruled out during the interview, too. “We are a friendship group in this season,” Whittaker stated, sweeping away the notion of anyone getting ‘the feels’, “But we all love each other.”

The paper also established that there will be “no Daleks, no Cybermen [and] no Weeping Angels” in series 11, with every episode featuring a brand new enemy for the Doctor to face.