15 Facts About Thirteenth Doctor

Thirteenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the fictional protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme, Doctor Who.

Thirteenth Doctor is portrayed by English actress Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to portray the character.

Concept of a female Thirteenth Doctor was first mentioned in 1981, when Tom Baker suggested his successor might be female, after announcing the end of his tenure as the Fourth Thirteenth Doctor.

Producer, John Nathan-Turner, later discussed the possibility of casting a woman as the Sixth Thirteenth Doctor to replace the departing Peter Davison's Fifth Thirteenth Doctor, claiming it was feasible, but not something he was considering at the moment.

When referring to whether the new Thirteenth Doctor would be a woman, incoming Thirteenth Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall originally was quoted in February 2017, as saying, "Nothing is ruled out but I don't want the casting to be a gimmick and that's all I can say".

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On 14 July 2017, the BBC announced that the portrayer of the Thirteenth Doctor would be revealed after the 2017 Wimbledon Championships men's finals on 16 July 2017.

The Thirteenth Doctor is incredibly lively, warm, funny, energetic, inclusive – she's the greatest friend you could wish to have as your guide around the universe.

Thirteenth Doctor makes her debut in the closing moments of 2017 Christmas special "Twice Upon a Time".

In series finale "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos", the Thirteenth Doctor is drawn into a second confrontation with the Stenza she faced in Sheffield.

The Thirteenth Doctor ignores Jack's warning in "The Haunting of Villa Diodati", when the Thirteenth Doctor gives a partially-converted Cyberman from the future a compendium containing all knowledge of the fallen Cyber-Empire, in order to save the life of Percy Shelley and protect human history.

Thirteenth Doctor is broken out of prison by Jack Harkness in the New Year's Day special "Revolution of the Daleks", and with his help the TARDIS crew prevent an attempted takeover of Earth by clones of the Dalek discovered in Sheffield.

The Thirteenth Doctor manages to split herself into three temporal entities, one letting herself be tortured by Swarm at Division, while the other two sabotage the Sontarans' plan so that they are destroyed with the Daleks and the Cybermen, before the Thirteenth Doctor safely redirects the Flux.

Alone, she completes the Thirteenth Doctor completes their regeneration overlooking the view from Durdle Door, and is surprised to find that their new body is the same as an old one.

At Childhood's End, published in February 2020 is written by Sophie Aldred, who previously played the Seventh Doctor's companion Ace, and features an adult Ace reuniting with the Thirteenth Doctor to investigate a threat that links to the circumstances that prompted Ace to leave the Seventh Doctor, the reunion with the Thirteenth Doctor encouraging Ace to reconsider her relationship with the Doctor.

Conversely, Peter Davison, who portrayed the Fifth Thirteenth Doctor, stated that the casting would mean the "loss of a role model for boys".