Jodie Whittaker reveals if she would ever return to ‘Doctor Who’, just over a year after she left the series
Jodie Whittaker would return to ‘Doctor Who’ if the opportunity arose.
The 41-year-old actress was the first female to take on the role of the titular Time Lord in the BBC sci-fi series and bowed out of the show in 2022 but would be more than happy to go back, even though she appreciates that the writers may want a “bit of distance” from her for a while for the sake of the show.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’, she said: “It was my absolute happiness. I loved every second of it, the crew, the family, the cast, and the storylines. It was just an absolute joy. It’s the ultimate playing pretend and it was so much fun. I’d go back, I keep saying it!
“To be fair, I did only leave, like, a year ago, so I think storyline-wise and probably for the creatives they want a bit of distance but I am absolutely at the glass, like ‘I’m here!'”
Jodie’s successor in the role is ‘Sex Education’ actor Ncuti Gatwa, 31, and she is sure that he does not need any tips from her ahead of his debut.
Asked if she had any advice for him, she said: “Oh, he doesn’t need it! He could give me some advice!”
Meanwhile, Jodie is now taking on the role of a woman sent to prison in the second series of drama ‘Time’ and following on from the show’s groundbreaking first series srarring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham, joked that she “loves” being able to latch onto the “hard work” of others.
She added: “I love grabbing onto someone else’s coattails and geting some kind of credit for other people’s hard work. But what’s amazing about this, unlike ‘Doctor Who’, which has got years and years of history that you’re becoming a part of, ‘Time’ was a three-parter and to have such a huge impact, for us, as the new team, it is an amazing thing because all the hard work.
“They’ve done all the hard work and we’ve turned up for a second outing.”
