direct to your inbox Jodie Whittaker is to quit her role as Doctor Who at the end of the show's next series.
Like the majority of her predecessors, the 38-year-old has told bosses she intends to stick to the traditional rule of leaving after three stints in the TARDIS.It means the shows creators are now planning for the Time Lord to be regenerated for a 14th time.Filming on the current run of the hit BBC sci-fi show, which first aired in 1963, is due to finish this summer and it will air in the autumn.Bosses have already announced the series has been cut to eight episodes because of Covid restrictions slowing down the production.
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