Yahoo News Jodie Whittaker had months of auditions for Doctor Who
Jodie Whittaker has made history by being the first female actor to play the lead in Doctor Who, but she didn't get the role easily.
The Broadchurch and Attack the Block star revealed she had to go through "months" of auditions before landing the highly coveted part.
Speaking in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, Whittaker said her debut scene "wasn't the first time Chris [Chibnall, the new showrunner] had seen me play the Doctor".
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"I mean, it was the first time he'd seen me as the Doctor in costume, on the set, but we'd rehearsed, and before that I'd been through a few months of auditions.
"So Chris's main note was to trust my instincts – 'they've been right so far, and they've got you here today. Just remember that'."
Speaking of the scene in which Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor regenerates into Whittaker's Thirteenth, it was filmed very soon after she was announced as taking over.
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"I think the announcement happened so they could get me to the TARDIS set to do the regen without it being leaked.
"If I'd been seen in Cardiff, being taken to Roath Lock, it would have been very obvious that I was playing the part! So they announced it the day before."
Doctor Who will return for its 11th series on BBC One later in the year.
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