We're swiftly approaching the time when Doctor Who fans get to officially meet the Thirteenth Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker.

The 11th series of the revived sci-fi, which will introduce us to Whittaker's Time Lord, is currently expected to kick off in October – but how long can we expect the actress to be with the show?

Sadly, as she revealed in an interview with journalist Chrissy Iley, she can't shed any light on that.

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When asked whether she was signed on for more than one series, she simply said: "I am not allowed to answer that."

It looks like we'll have to wait all the way until the end of the next series to find out the answer to this one.

In the extended version of her interview published in The Sunday Times, she also revealed that she is not playing the character 'as a woman'.

"I don't ever play being a woman, I wouldn't know how to play being a woman," she said. "Just like a man wouldn't know how to play being a man.

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"It's me, but I am not bringing gender to my choices. I am bringing character to my choices."

She also spoke about her excitement at taking over the role and becoming the first female incarnation of the character.

"It feels completely overwhelming; as an actor, as a woman, as a feminist, as a human, as someone who wants to continually challenge themselves and not be boxed in by what you're told you can and can't be," she said.

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We're also getting some new Doctor Who audio adventures soon, with Michelle Ryan set to reprise her role as Lady Christina de Souza from 2009's 'Planet of the Dead'.

She'll front a new four-part series, The Adventures of Lady Christina, to be released in September.

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