Who’s right, Who’s wrong on new Who?

COLIN BAKER and Peter Davison have locked horns over Jodie Whittaker being appointed as the first female Doctor Who.

This week the 35-year-old actress, left, was announced as the 13th Time Lord in the BBC sci-fi drama and what followed was a backlash from many fans and now a bit of to-do among her male predecessors. During an explosive appearance at the ComicCon in San Diego this week, Peter, 66, centre, the fifth Doctor, faced the wrath of sixth Doctor Colin, 74, below, after he slammed Jodie landing the role.

Peter said: “It’s the loss of a role model for boys who I think Doctor Who is vitally important for. So I feel a bit sad about that but I understand the argument that you need to open it up. As a viewer I kind of like the idea of the Doctor as a boy but then maybe I’m an oldfashioned dinosaur, who knows?”

Colin, the father of four daughters, hit back stating: “They’ve had 50 years of having a role model. So sorry Peter, you’re talking rubbish there – absolute rubbish. You don’t have to be of a gender of someone to be a role model. Can’t you be a role model as people?”

He also said he hopes to see a non-white Doctor in the future and that the series should look to America where he feels casting is less dependent on colour. He declared: “They see a future world where that is irrelevant and it’s perhaps time Doctor Who and its fans did too.”