IT’S NOT WHO IT’S HOW...

The more I see of Jodie Whittaker, the more I’m convinced she’ll make a brilliant Doctor Who. She’s got that combination of authority, emotion and mystery that all the great Doctors have. So who cares about her gender?

Talk to Diane Abbott – the first black female MP, or Margaret Beckett – the first female Foreign Secretary, and they’ll tell you one thing.

They don’t want to be remembered as the first of their gender to do a particular job, they want to be remembered as the best full stop. And that’s Jodie’s mission: forget being the first woman, just focus on being the best Doctor. FIRST POST Abbott and Beckett