COMMENT

Fans were ready for a change This Doctor may stall the Tardis

with the show’s passionate viewers, only time with tell but judging by the delight on social media, it’s clear some fans at least were ready for a change.

Showrunner Chris Chibnall saw her potential while working with her on Broadchurch. Her next time on screen is in BBC thriller Trust Me, playing a nurse pretending to be a doctor.

She must have done a decent job to now be stepping foot in the Tardis .... MIRROR WRITER THE Daleks must be laughing behind their mechanical arms at the BBC’s latest surrender to political correctness – a Time Lady from Huddersfield.

Dr Who is intergalactic warfare with the future of the human race at stake, not a showbiz experiment in gender balancing. What next? Jennifer Bond, not James? Bonnie and Even Bonnier Clyde? Bitch Cassidy and the Sundance Lass? India Jones and the Temple of Whom? A remake of Tarzan, with Jane and Janet?

I’m sure Jodie Whittaker is a fine actor but the BBC’s hype about her “iconic” starring role is premature and over the top. She is the 13th to take the part – an ominous portent that PC Beeb bosses may come to regret.