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|birth date    = [[17 June (people)|17 June]] [[1982 (people)|1982]]
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|role          = [[Thirteenth Doctor]]
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|clip3          = Jodie Whittaker reveals how she feels about becoming the 13th Doctor - BBC News
|clip3          = Jodie Whittaker reveals how she feels about becoming the 13th Doctor - BBC News
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'''Jodie Auckland Whittaker''' (born [[17 June (people)|17 June]] [[1982 (people)|1982]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1003229455840632832|title=Doctor Who Official on Twitter|accessdate=16 December 2018|author=Doctor Who Official|date of source=3 June 2018|website name=Twitter|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20181216235553/https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1003229455840632832|archivedate=16 December 2018|quote=Great spot from our avid fans - we got our timey-wimey wrong with our Jodie birthday post as it’s on the 17th June!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/dec/24/jodie-whittaker-regenerating-as-doctor-who-will-be-life-changing|title=
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Jodie Whittaker: regenerating as a woman – the new Doctor Who|author=Lewis, Tim|date of source=24 December 2017|website name=The Guardian|accessdate=25 December 2018}}</ref>) played the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', starting with the 2017 TV story ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]''.
'''Jodie Auckland Whittaker''' (born [[17 June (people)|17 June]] [[1982 (people)|1982]]<ref>[https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/jodie-whittaker.html Jodie Whittaker on Famous Birthdays]</ref>) played the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', starting with the 2017 TV story ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]],'' and concluding with ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]''. She would later reprise her role in [[Big Finish Productions]]' audio adventures.


With that performance, she became the first woman to portray [[the Doctor]] in a regular episode of ''Doctor Who''. [[Joanna Lumley]] was the technically first woman to portray the Doctor in [[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|''The Curse of Fatal Death'']], a [[Comic Relief]] special with the Doctor also being played [[Rowan Atkinson]], [[Jim Broadbent]] and many others.
She was the first woman to portray an incarnation of [[the Doctor]] on-screen since [[Joanna Lumley]]'s performance in the [[1999 (releases)|1999]] television story ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]''. Coincidentally, Lumley also portrayed another [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Thirteenth Doctor]].


She also voiced the Doctor in the animated webcast ''[['Twas the Night Before Christmas (webcast)|<nowiki/>'Twas the Night Before Christmas]]'', the VR video game ''[[The Runaway (video game)|The Runaway]]'', the [[escape room]] live game ''[[Worlds Collide]]'', the VR video game ''[[The Edge of Time (video game)|The Edge of Time]]'' and the second escape room live game ''[[A Dalek Awakens]]''.
She also voiced the Doctor in the animated webcast ''[['Twas the Night Before Christmas (webcast)|<nowiki/>'Twas the Night Before Christmas]]'', the VR video game ''[[The Runaway (video game)|The Runaway]]'', the [[escape room]] live game ''[[Worlds Collide]]'', the VR video games ''[[The Edge of Time (video game)|The Edge of Time]]'' and ''[[The Edge of Reality (video game)|The Edge of Reality]]'', the second escape room live game ''[[A Dalek Awakens (escape game)|A Dalek Awakens]]'' and the 10-part audio podcast ''[[Redacted (audio series)|Doctor Who: Redacted]]''. She also appeared in ''[[Time Fracture (stage play)|Time Fracture]]'' as recorded in person.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Jodie Whittaker was born and raised in Skelmanthorpe, a village in [[Huddersfield]], [[West Yorkshire]]. Her parents supported her dream of becoming an actor.
Jodie Whittaker was born and raised in Skelmanthorpe, a village in [[Huddersfield]], [[West Yorkshire]]. Her parents supported her dream of becoming an actor.


Before becoming a professional actor, Whittaker had worked as a server in [[pub]]s. She later reflected that, had she not made it as an actor, she would likely have become a [[landlord]] of a pub, like her grandfather.<ref name="DT" />
Before becoming a professional actor, Whittaker had worked as a [[pub]] server. She later reflected that, had she not made it as an actor, she would likely have become a [[landlord]] of a pub, like her grandfather.<ref name="DT" />


=== Career ===
=== Career ===
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At the time that she began playing the Doctor, Whittaker said that she had not played a lead role with quite so many lines before ''Doctor Who''.<ref name="DT" />
At the time that she began playing the Doctor, Whittaker said that she had not played a lead role with quite so many lines before ''Doctor Who''.<ref name="DT" />


=== ''Doctor Who'' ===
=== ''Doctor Who''===
During [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018, when asked about filming the [[regeneration]] scene in ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', Jodie said it felt really nerve-wracking, because "[she] was in [[Peter Capaldi|somebody else]]'s costume. [She] was on their set, [she] was in their TARDIS".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fandom.wikia.com/articles/jodie-whittaker-doctor-who-comic-con|title=Jodie Whittaker on ‘Nerve-Wracking’ First ‘Doctor Who’ Scenes, Show’s Legacy|accessdate=16 December 2018|author=Lawrence Yee|website name=Fandom|date of source=19 July 2018|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20180721115705/http://fandom.wikia.com/articles/jodie-whittaker-doctor-who-comic-con|archivedate=21 July 2018|quote=I was in somebody else’s costume. I was on their set, I was in their TARDIS. I was nervous to touch anything.}}</ref> She was nervous at her first [[read-through]], but got so invested by the time her first line came around that the weight had been lifted.<ref name="DT" />
During [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018, when asked about filming the [[regeneration]] scene in ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', Jodie said it felt really nerve-wracking, because "[she] was in [[Peter Capaldi|somebody else]]'s costume. [She] was on their set, [she] was in their TARDIS".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fandom.wikia.com/articles/jodie-whittaker-doctor-who-comic-con|title=Jodie Whittaker on ‘Nerve-Wracking’ First ‘Doctor Who’ Scenes, Show’s Legacy|accessdate=16 December 2018|author=Lawrence Yee|website name=Fandom|date of source=19 July 2018|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20180721115705/http://fandom.wikia.com/articles/jodie-whittaker-doctor-who-comic-con|archivedate=21 July 2018|quote=I was in somebody else’s costume. I was on their set, I was in their TARDIS. I was nervous to touch anything.}}</ref> She was nervous at her first [[read-through]], but got so invested by the time her first line came around that the weight had been lifted.<ref name="DT" />


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She endeavoured to make [[Thirteenth Doctor|her Doctor]] her own, rather than try to emulate past Doctors, like [[Tenth Doctor|David's]].<ref name="DT" /> Indeed, Jodie worked closely with [[Ray Holman]] to develop the look she had in mind for the Thirteenth Doctor into the character's costume.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-11-02/jodie-whittaker-doctor-who-costume-suffragette-reference/|title=There's a clever Suffragette reference hidden in Jodie Whittaker's Doctor Who costume|author=Fullerton, Huw|date of source=2 November 2018|website name=RadioTimes|accessdate=18 February 2019}}</ref> She was encouraged to build from her own personality, and to use her native [[Yorkshire]] accent rather than [[received pronunciation|RP]], to keep the portrayal true to who she is.<ref name="DT" />
She endeavoured to make [[Thirteenth Doctor|her Doctor]] her own, rather than try to emulate past Doctors, like [[Tenth Doctor|David's]].<ref name="DT" /> Indeed, Jodie worked closely with [[Ray Holman]] to develop the look she had in mind for the Thirteenth Doctor into the character's costume.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-11-02/jodie-whittaker-doctor-who-costume-suffragette-reference/|title=There's a clever Suffragette reference hidden in Jodie Whittaker's Doctor Who costume|author=Fullerton, Huw|date of source=2 November 2018|website name=RadioTimes|accessdate=18 February 2019}}</ref> She was encouraged to build from her own personality, and to use her native [[Yorkshire]] accent rather than [[received pronunciation|RP]], to keep the portrayal true to who she is.<ref name="DT" />
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In September 2018, Whittaker revealed that she had auditioned for a role in [[series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1016550/Doctor-Who-season-11-spoilers-Jodie-Whittaker-actors-villain-BBC-news|title=Doctor Who season 11 spoilers: Jodie Whittaker drops HUGE casting revelation|accessdate=16 December 2018|author=Charlie Milward|date of source=12 September 2018|website name=Express|archiveurl=http://archive.is/EmJK0|archivedate=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="DT" /> She pointed out in David Tennant's podcast that her name did not come up in speculative lists for who would be the Doctor after [[Peter Capaldi]], even after she was in fact hired.
In September 2018, Whittaker revealed that she had auditioned for a role in [[series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 5]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1016550/Doctor-Who-season-11-spoilers-Jodie-Whittaker-actors-villain-BBC-news|title=Doctor Who season 11 spoilers: Jodie Whittaker drops HUGE casting revelation|accessdate=16 December 2018|author=Charlie Milward|date of source=12 September 2018|website name=Express|archiveurl=http://archive.is/EmJK0|archivedate=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="DT" /> She pointed out in David Tennant's podcast that her name did not come up in speculative lists for who would be the Doctor after [[Peter Capaldi]], even after she was in fact hired.


After her casting was [[Meet the Thirteenth Doctor|announced]], and her [[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|proper debut]] aired, Whittaker expressed delight at the public response to her take on the iconic character.<ref name="DT" /> In multiple interviews, including one with BUILD, she quipped that "[the ''Doctor Who'' production team] is never getting rid of [her]" as the Doctor, now that she had started, mentioning that she would like to continue in the role as long as possible.
After her casting was [[Meet the Thirteenth Doctor|announced]], and her [[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|proper debut]] aired, Whittaker expressed delight at the public response to her take on the iconic character.<ref name="DT" /> In multiple interviews, including one with BUILD, she quipped that "[the ''Doctor Who'' production team] is never getting rid of [her]" as the Doctor, now that she had started, mentioning that she would like to continue in the role as long as possible.
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== Credits ==
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
=== Television ===
==== ''Doctor Who'' ====
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]''
* ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]''
* ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]''
* ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]''
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* ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]''
* ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]''
* ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]'' / ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]''
* ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]'' / ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]''
* ''[[Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Revolution of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Flux is Coming... (TV story)|The Flux is Coming...]]''
* ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]''
* ''[[War of the Sontarans (TV story)|War of the Sontarans]]''
* ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]''
* ''[[Village of the Angels (TV story)|Village of the Angels]]''
* ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]''
* ''[[The Vanquishers (TV story)|The Vanquishers]]''
* ''[[Eve of the Daleks (TV story)|Eve of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)|Legend of the Sea Devils]]''
* ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]''
==== Other ====
* ''[[Meet the Thirteenth Doctor]]''
* ''[[2020: The Movie (TV story)|2020: The Movie]]''
=== Webcasts ===
==== Doctor Who: Lockdown! ====
* ''[[Message from the Doctor (webcast)|Message from the Doctor]]''
* ''[[United we stand, 2m apart (webcast)|United we stand, 2m apart]]''
=== Stage Plays ===
==== Escape Rooms ====
* ''[[Worlds Collide (escape game)|Worlds Collide]]''
* ''[[A Dalek Awakens (escape game)|A Dalek Awakens]]''
==== Time Lord Victorious ====
* ''[[Time Fracture (stage play)|Time Fracture]]''
=== Video Games ===
==== BBC Learning ====
* ''[[Coding with the Thirteenth Doctor (video game)|Coding with the Thirteenth Doctor]]''


=== Video games ===
==== VR ====
==== VR ====
* ''[[The Runaway (video game)|The Runaway]]''
* ''[[The Runaway (video game)|The Runaway]]''
* ''[[The Edge of Time (video game)|The Edge of Time]]''
* ''[[The Edge of Time (video game)|The Edge of Time]]''
* ''[[The Edge of Reality (video game)|The Edge of Reality]]''
==== Mobile ====
* ''[[The Lonely Assassins (video game)|The Lonely Assassins]]''
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who: Redacted ====
* ''[[Introducing Doctor Who: Redacted (audio story)|Introducing Doctor Who: Redacted]]'' (audio trailer)
* ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]''
* ''[[Recruits (audio story)|Recruits]]''
* ''[[Requiem (audio story)|Requiem]]''
* ''[[Ghosts (DWR audio story)|Ghosts]]''
* ''[[Salvation (audio story)|Salvation]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:BAFTA Cymru award nominees]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed the Thirteenth Doctor]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed the Thirteenth Doctor]]
[[Category:Doctor Who: Redacted voice actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who cast reprising their roles]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed multiple incarnations of the Doctor]]

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Jodie Auckland Whittaker (born 17 June 1982[1]) played the Thirteenth Doctor in Doctor Who, starting with the 2017 TV story Twice Upon a Time, and concluding with The Power of the Doctor. She would later reprise her role in Big Finish Productions' audio adventures.

She was the first woman to portray an incarnation of the Doctor on-screen since Joanna Lumley's performance in the 1999 television story The Curse of Fatal Death. Coincidentally, Lumley also portrayed another Thirteenth Doctor.

She also voiced the Doctor in the animated webcast 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, the VR video game The Runaway, the escape room live game Worlds Collide, the VR video games The Edge of Time and The Edge of Reality, the second escape room live game A Dalek Awakens and the 10-part audio podcast Doctor Who: Redacted. She also appeared in Time Fracture as recorded in person.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Jodie Whittaker was born and raised in Skelmanthorpe, a village in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Her parents supported her dream of becoming an actor.

Before becoming a professional actor, Whittaker had worked as a pub server. She later reflected that, had she not made it as an actor, she would likely have become a landlord of a pub, like her grandfather.[2]

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Whittaker's break through film role came courtesy of Venus, in which she played the title role. The film also starred Vanessa Redgrave and Leslie Phillips, as well as Peter O'Toole in the role which would earn him his eighth and final Best Actor Academy Award nomination. Soon after Whittaker also appeared in the Academy Award nominated short film Wish 143, whose cast also included Rory Kinnear, Jim Carter, and Annette Badland.

In 2007 and 2009 Whittaker also appeared in the reboot of the "St. Trinian's" franchise of films, St. Trinian's, and St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold respectively. Her first major science fiction roles came in 2011; she starred in the British alien invasion film Attack the Block alongside Nick Frost, and the Black Mirror episode The Entire History of You. She also appeared with Karl Collins in both of these projects.

From 2013 to 2017, Whittaker appeared as Beth Latimer in the ITV TV series Broadchurch, which was created by Chris Chibnall, who would later cast her as the Doctor, and which featured many Doctor Who and Torchwood cast members, including David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Arthur Darvill, David Bradley, Meera Syal, Eve Myles, Tracey Childs, Jonathan Bailey, Sarah Parish, Susan Brown and Lucy Cohu.

At the time that she began playing the Doctor, Whittaker said that she had not played a lead role with quite so many lines before Doctor Who.[2]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

During San Diego Comic-Con 2018, when asked about filming the regeneration scene in Twice Upon a Time, Jodie said it felt really nerve-wracking, because "[she] was in somebody else's costume. [She] was on their set, [she] was in their TARDIS".[3] She was nervous at her first read-through, but got so invested by the time her first line came around that the weight had been lifted.[2]

Whittaker did not take the decision to accept the role lightly, but noted in David Tennant Does a Podcast With that she also did not at all hesitate.[2]

She endeavoured to make her Doctor her own, rather than try to emulate past Doctors, like David's.[2] Indeed, Jodie worked closely with Ray Holman to develop the look she had in mind for the Thirteenth Doctor into the character's costume.[4] She was encouraged to build from her own personality, and to use her native Yorkshire accent rather than RP, to keep the portrayal true to who she is.[2]

In September 2018, Whittaker revealed that she had auditioned for a role in series 5.[5][2] She pointed out in David Tennant's podcast that her name did not come up in speculative lists for who would be the Doctor after Peter Capaldi, even after she was in fact hired.

After her casting was announced, and her proper debut aired, Whittaker expressed delight at the public response to her take on the iconic character.[2] In multiple interviews, including one with BUILD, she quipped that "[the Doctor Who production team] is never getting rid of [her]" as the Doctor, now that she had started, mentioning that she would like to continue in the role as long as possible.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Lockdown![[edit] | [edit source]]

Stage Plays[[edit] | [edit source]]

Escape Rooms[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lord Victorious[[edit] | [edit source]]

Video Games[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Learning[[edit] | [edit source]]

VR[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mobile[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Redacted[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Jodie Whittaker on Famous Birthdays
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 David Tennant Does a Podcast With.. - Episode 3 - Jodie Whittaker
  3. ↑ Lawrence Yee (19 July 2018). Jodie Whittaker on ‘Nerve-Wracking’ First ‘Doctor Who’ Scenes, Show’s Legacy. Fandom. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved on 16 December 2018. “I was in somebody else’s costume. I was on their set, I was in their TARDIS. I was nervous to touch anything.”
  4. ↑ Fullerton, Huw (2 November 2018). There's a clever Suffragette reference hidden in Jodie Whittaker's Doctor Who costume. RadioTimes. Retrieved on 18 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Charlie Milward (12 September 2018). Doctor Who season 11 spoilers: Jodie Whittaker drops HUGE casting revelation. Express. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved on 16 December 2018.
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