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Ironically, the sketch ends with the Beeb slagging off Chibnall's writing, saying that fans - while struggling with the idea of a female Doctor - are happy to accept "some other bullshit about dinosaurs on a spaceship!"
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Ironically, the sketch ends with the Beeb slagging off Chibnall's writing, saying that fans - while struggling with the idea of a female Doctor - are happy to accept "some other bullshit about dinosaurs on a spaceship!"
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Jodie Whittaker Shot Her Doctor Who Debut Just a Day After Her Public Reveal
The casting of a new Doctor on the BBC’s Doctor Who is pretty much a top-secret operation—especially so when, as was the case with the latest incarnation of the Time Lord, the casting was a major upheaval to over half a century of the show. How secret? So secret that new Who star Jodie Whittaker practically went straight from her reveal to the set.
Speaking to Doctor Who Magazine about the day the world discovered the 13th Doctor, Whittaker revealed that due to the utmost secrecy of her casting, she had been kept away from the then-ongoing filming of Peter Capaldi’s swan-song episode, the 2017 Christmas special “Twice Upon a Time,” to avoid prying eyes around BBC Wales’ studio, Roath Lock. So when the trailer that announced her casting aired on July 16, the very next day Whittaker was escorted onto the set to film her half of Peter Capaldi’s regeneration scene:
As soon as they made the announcement I was in the studio. 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.
Aside from the series of auditions she’d done to earn the part in the first place and the announcement video itself, it was the first time Whittaker actually got to properly play the Doctor—and all she had was a single script page and some advice from Who’s new showrunner, Chris Chibnall:
I mean, it was the first time [Chibnall had] 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’ main note was to trust my instincts – they’ve been right so far, and they’ve got you here today. Just remember that...
I didn’t read the rest of the episode because I was only given a page to go from, which was the moment that I become the Doctor. In a way I had one of the easiest jobs, because all the hard work had been done by Rachel [Talalay, director of “Twice Upon a Time”], the art department and the rest of the crew.
The casting of a new Doctor on the BBC’s Doctor Who is pretty much a top-secret operation—especially so when, as was the case with the latest incarnation of the Time Lord, the casting was a major upheaval to over half a century of the show. How secret? So secret that new Who star Jodie Whittaker practically went straight from her reveal to the set.
Speaking to Doctor Who Magazine about the day the world discovered the 13th Doctor, Whittaker revealed that due to the utmost secrecy of her casting, she had been kept away from the then-ongoing filming of Peter Capaldi’s swan-song episode, the 2017 Christmas special “Twice Upon a Time,” to avoid prying eyes around BBC Wales’ studio, Roath Lock. So when the trailer that announced her casting aired on July 16, the very next day Whittaker was escorted onto the set to film her half of Peter Capaldi’s regeneration scene:
As soon as they made the announcement I was in the studio. 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.
Aside from the series of auditions she’d done to earn the part in the first place and the announcement video itself, it was the first time Whittaker actually got to properly play the Doctor—and all she had was a single script page and some advice from Who’s new showrunner, Chris Chibnall:
I mean, it was the first time [Chibnall had] 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’ main note was to trust my instincts – they’ve been right so far, and they’ve got you here today. Just remember that...
I didn’t read the rest of the episode because I was only given a page to go from, which was the moment that I become the Doctor. In a way I had one of the easiest jobs, because all the hard work had been done by Rachel [Talalay, director of “Twice Upon a Time”], the art department and the rest of the crew.
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Jodie Whittaker Scored Equal Pay For “Who”
The BBC has made headlines recently for all the wrong reasons, much of it revolving around the gender pay disparities at the British broadcaster who has been dealing with months of fallout after it was forced to publish the salaries of its highest earners.
That publication showed a massive gap between the pay for its male and female presenters. The BBC has been promising to fix inequalities when a ‘comprehensive analysis’ of salaries is completed by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Before that though, one woman demanded equal pay to that of her predecessor – and she got it. Jodie Whittaker, who plays the next incarnation of The Doctor on “Doctor Who,” tells Digital Spy that she made sure that she got paid the same as her predecessor Peter Capaldi. Speaking backstage at the National Television Awards, Whittaker said:
“It’s an incredibly important time and the notion [of equal pay] should be supported. It’s a bit of a shock that it’s a surprise to everyone that it should be supported! I know I do not speak just on behalf of the women here, I speak on behalf of the men and the women.”
Whittaker is filming the new series and says she’s enjoying the job so far: “Yeah, it’s great. I love it, I absolutely love it, yeah. It’s amazing! I get to see all the best places!”. The new episodes are expected to hit later this year.
The BBC has made headlines recently for all the wrong reasons, much of it revolving around the gender pay disparities at the British broadcaster who has been dealing with months of fallout after it was forced to publish the salaries of its highest earners.
That publication showed a massive gap between the pay for its male and female presenters. The BBC has been promising to fix inequalities when a ‘comprehensive analysis’ of salaries is completed by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Before that though, one woman demanded equal pay to that of her predecessor – and she got it. Jodie Whittaker, who plays the next incarnation of The Doctor on “Doctor Who,” tells Digital Spy that she made sure that she got paid the same as her predecessor Peter Capaldi. Speaking backstage at the National Television Awards, Whittaker said:
“It’s an incredibly important time and the notion [of equal pay] should be supported. It’s a bit of a shock that it’s a surprise to everyone that it should be supported! I know I do not speak just on behalf of the women here, I speak on behalf of the men and the women.”
Whittaker is filming the new series and says she’s enjoying the job so far: “Yeah, it’s great. I love it, I absolutely love it, yeah. It’s amazing! I get to see all the best places!”. The new episodes are expected to hit later this year.
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Doctor in a Dress
In 1985, Doctor Who fans gathered to record a legendary charity single. In 2018, history repeated itself. 'Doctor in a Dress' by Who Knows? available from Orbit Records. Music and lyrics by James Lark.
In 1985, Doctor Who fans gathered to record a legendary charity single. In 2018, history repeated itself. 'Doctor in a Dress' by Who Knows? available from Orbit Records. Music and lyrics by James Lark.
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http://chrissyiley.com/jodie-whittaker-sunday-times-magazine-march-18-2018/
When I meet Jodie Whittaker she is dressed entirely in black. A black knit rib top, black skinny jeans, black ankle boots – flat, no nonsense. We’re sitting in the library of the Charlotte Street Hotel which is all cluttery cosy with tapestried couches. She couldn’t be more at odds with the surroundings. Her hair is in a variation of a blonde bob, her make-up understated. Down to earth Yorkshire woman. There is a firmness to her. You don’t mess with her. There’s a strange kind of deep seated confidence and strength and that’s something that she brings to the roles she plays. There’s very little of the vamp in her, but with her huge eyes and voluptuous lips there’s a trace of a woman who can do anything. Including take on the role of the first female Doctor Who and in the film Journeyman play the wife of a boxer who becomes brain damaged.
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More disgusting behaviour from "fans" lined up for Jodie's autograph in London....
Note the girl with glasses on the left in the first minute or so - and the people behind her seem little better, with their arms sticking through the crowd with multiple photos..
Jodie continues to charm - and even has her photo taken with the photo thrower (who has multiple items of her own to be signed - as bad as the people she was moaning about).
The impression I come away with is that the sweetest person on that entire street is Jodie - who makes sure that a little child is allowed to come forward through the crowd (at 5:40) to get an autograph and photo.
It is getting to the stage though where I would love to see Jodie make a stand and shame an individual - and, by extension, all of them - on the spot.
Note the girl with glasses on the left in the first minute or so - and the people behind her seem little better, with their arms sticking through the crowd with multiple photos..
Jodie continues to charm - and even has her photo taken with the photo thrower (who has multiple items of her own to be signed - as bad as the people she was moaning about).
The impression I come away with is that the sweetest person on that entire street is Jodie - who makes sure that a little child is allowed to come forward through the crowd (at 5:40) to get an autograph and photo.
It is getting to the stage though where I would love to see Jodie make a stand and shame an individual - and, by extension, all of them - on the spot.
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If you want to have a punch up with other people, (and, ok, maybe get Jodie's autograph at the cost of a black eye) simply follow the filming around each year...
However, if you just would like an autograph, this, apparently is the address to write to.....
Jodie Whittaker
Independent Talent Group Ltd.
40 Whitfield Street
London
W1T 2RH
However, if you just would like an autograph, this, apparently is the address to write to.....
Jodie Whittaker
Independent Talent Group Ltd.
40 Whitfield Street
London
W1T 2RH
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Another recent Jodie interview....
Jodie Whittaker on #MeToo: “this should be a turning point”
http://amp.timeinc.net/nme/film-interviews/jodie-whittaker-interview-doctor-who-journeyman-me-too-times-up-2273707
Jodie Whittaker on #MeToo: “this should be a turning point”
http://amp.timeinc.net/nme/film-interviews/jodie-whittaker-interview-doctor-who-journeyman-me-too-times-up-2273707
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"You can list these thirteen actors and none of us are similar" - Jodie Whittaker on playing the new Doctor Who
Jodie Whittaker chats to Dermot about her favourite Doctors and explains why "Clooney" became the code word to help keep news of her role top secret.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05c6mg5
Jodie Whittaker chats to Dermot about her favourite Doctors and explains why "Clooney" became the code word to help keep news of her role top secret.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05c6mg5
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Adult Life Skills (formerly known as 'How To Live Yours') is a 2016 British comedy film, funded by Creative England, and is the feature debut for writer director Rachel Tunnard. It is the feature-length version of BAFTA nominated short,[2] Emotional Fusebox, which premiered at the London Film Festival in 2014.[3] The story of a 29-year-old, Anna (portrayed by Jodie Whittaker) has moved into her mum's shed and is refusing to move out after the death of her twin brother.[4][5]
The film premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival in April 2016,[6] winning one of the top awards - the Nora Ephron prize for best female director.
Plot
Anna is stuck: she's approaching 30, living like a hermit in her mum's garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered. She spends her days making videos using her thumbs as actors - thumbs that bicker about things like whether Yogi Bear is a moral or existential nihilist. But Anna doesn't show these videos to anyone and no one knows what they are for. A week before her birthday her Mum serves her an ultimatum - she needs to move out of the shed, get a haircut that doesn't put her gender in question and stop dressing like a homeless teenager. Naturally, Anna tells her Mum to "back the f-off". However, when her school friend comes to visit, Anna's self-imposed isolation becomes impossible to maintain. Soon she is entangled with a troubled eight year old boy obsessed with Westerns, and the local estate agent whose awkward interpersonal skills continually undermine his attempts to seduce her.
Cast
- Jodie Whittaker as Anna
- Ozzy Myers as Clint
- Edward Hogg as Billy
- Brett Goldstein as Brendan
- Alice Lowe as Alice
- Lorraine Ashbourne as Marion
- Eileen Davies as Jean
- Rachael Deering as Fiona
- Christian Contreras as Hank, Clint father's
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So, before DOCTOR WHO, Jodie starred as an eccentric woman living in a shed. 
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I have to find a copy of that movie.
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First Look at New ‘Doctor Who’ Comic ‘The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor’
With Jodie Whittaker poised and prepared to take over the keys to the Tardis this fall, Titan Comics and BBC Studios are collaborating to bring fans a brand new comic series to properly introduce the newest Doctor.
The series is titled The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor and is set to make its debut in July. The three-part series will lead the way into an all-new ongoing comic from Titan titled The Thirteenth Doctor which is also expected to make its debut this fall.
Entertainment Weekly exclusively unveiled a first look at the upcoming comics. According to EW, “The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor will chronicle new adventures starring the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors (who were played on TV by David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Peter Capaldi), written by James Peaty (Supergirl) and featuring covers by Robert Hack (Sabrina, Archie). In the course of the series, the Tenth Doctor encounters lost, ghostly spaceships, the Eleventh Doctor, and Alice visit a robot-infested 19th-century San Francisco, and the Twelfth Doctor finds London’s Piccadilly Circus transformed into a wasteland of emptiness and pterodactyls.”
With Jodie Whittaker poised and prepared to take over the keys to the Tardis this fall, Titan Comics and BBC Studios are collaborating to bring fans a brand new comic series to properly introduce the newest Doctor.
The series is titled The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor and is set to make its debut in July. The three-part series will lead the way into an all-new ongoing comic from Titan titled The Thirteenth Doctor which is also expected to make its debut this fall.
Entertainment Weekly exclusively unveiled a first look at the upcoming comics. According to EW, “The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor will chronicle new adventures starring the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors (who were played on TV by David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Peter Capaldi), written by James Peaty (Supergirl) and featuring covers by Robert Hack (Sabrina, Archie). In the course of the series, the Tenth Doctor encounters lost, ghostly spaceships, the Eleventh Doctor, and Alice visit a robot-infested 19th-century San Francisco, and the Twelfth Doctor finds London’s Piccadilly Circus transformed into a wasteland of emptiness and pterodactyls.”
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BBC Books Announce New Thirteenth Doctor Fiction!
New work by Naomi Alderman and Juno Dawson are amongst some of the 2018 offerings for the Doctor Who list, publishing to celebrate the debut of Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor this autumn.
Penguin Random House Children’s imprint BBC Children’s Books today announces its acquisition of a brand-new Doctor Who short story from Naomi Alderman, author of The Powerand winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017. Ruth Knowles and Tom Rawlinson of Penguin Random House Children’s acquired World Rights to the story from Veronique Baxter. Alderman’s tale features Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor battling to save the universe alongside her close and trusted friends.
The story will add to the existing 12 Doctors, 12 Stories anthology, which recounts tales for each of the previous twelve Doctors as they adventure through time and space. The new collection will publish on 1 November 2018 as Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories, and will also include existing stories by Eoin Colfer, Michael Scott, Marcus Sedgwick, Philip Reeve, Patrick Ness, Richelle Mead, Malorie Blackman, Alex Scarrow, Charlie Higson, Derek Landy, Neil Gaiman and Holly Black.
Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories marks Alderman’s return to the Doctor Who universe, after her 2011 novel, Borrowed Time, published by BBC Books. On 19 July, to celebrate the opening of this year’s San Diego ComicCon, BBC Books will reissue a new paperback edition of this novel, along with a new edition of collected Doctor Who stories by Jenny T. Colgan, The Triple Knife. Both will have new cover designs by artist David Wardle.
Multi-award winning author and activist Juno Dawson’s novel will mark her debut on the Doctor Who list. Entitled The Good Doctor, it will be one of the first novels on the BBC Books list to feature the Thirteenth Doctor, as played by Jodie Whittaker, and her friends Yasmin, Ryan and Graham. The book will publish in October along with two other Thirteenth Doctor adventures, The Molten Heart, by New York Times bestselling author Una McCormack and Combat Magicks, by bestselling Young Bond author Steve Cole.
Naomi Alderman says “I’m thrilled beyond words to be writing the first short story for the Thirteenth Doctor. Believe it or not, my first ever rejection letter, dated 1992, was from Doctor Who Magazine for a story I wrote as a teenager obsessed with the Doctor; I’ve loved Doctor Whosince I was a child, so it’s particularly meaningful and exciting for me to be adding my name to this anthology.”
Juno Dawson says “My earliest memory is Bonnie Langford being spun off into space in a killer bubble in 1987, so you can only imagine how excited I was when I was asked to write for the Doctor Who range. And, as a Bradford girl, it’s an even bigger thrill to be among the first writers in the world to write for Jodie Whittaker, the first Doctor from Yorkshire. This feels like a bold new era for Doctor Who and I’m beyond delighted to be a part of it. This is a dream come true.”
Ruth Knowles, Publisher at Penguin Random House Children’s, says “Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor deserves ground-breaking writing from a ground-breaking author, and we are thrilled to have someone so perfect in Naomi to bring the first female Doctor to the page. She has stunned the world with her characters, writing and ideas, and as a huge Doctor Who fan (and previous Doctor Who book writer) she was our first choice to write the Thirteenth Doctor story for this collection. This story will be, we are sure, brilliant, and the prefect addition to this stellar collection by the very best of authors.”
Albert DePetrillo, BBC Books Publishing Director, says “The excitement that’s building around the new series of Doctor Who is remarkable, and Jodie Whittaker is helping usher in a whole new era of vibrant, inclusive storytelling. We’re thrilled to be a part of that with our publishing, and authors like Naomi and Juno, Jenny, Una and Steve are the perfect ambassadors for this next chapter in the Doctor Who story. We can’t wait for them to introduce a whole new generation of fans to the wonders of the Whoniverse.”
❉ Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories will publish on 1 November in paperback, priced £12.99 (BBC Children’s Books acquired world rights)
❉ Borrowed Time and The Triple Knife will publish on 19 July in paperback and ebook, priced £7.99 (BBC Books acquired world rights)
❉ The Good Doctor, The Molten Heart, and Combat Magicks will publish on 25 October in b-format hardback, priced £6.99 (BBC Books acquired world rights)
New work by Naomi Alderman and Juno Dawson are amongst some of the 2018 offerings for the Doctor Who list, publishing to celebrate the debut of Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor this autumn.
Penguin Random House Children’s imprint BBC Children’s Books today announces its acquisition of a brand-new Doctor Who short story from Naomi Alderman, author of The Powerand winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017. Ruth Knowles and Tom Rawlinson of Penguin Random House Children’s acquired World Rights to the story from Veronique Baxter. Alderman’s tale features Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor battling to save the universe alongside her close and trusted friends.
The story will add to the existing 12 Doctors, 12 Stories anthology, which recounts tales for each of the previous twelve Doctors as they adventure through time and space. The new collection will publish on 1 November 2018 as Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories, and will also include existing stories by Eoin Colfer, Michael Scott, Marcus Sedgwick, Philip Reeve, Patrick Ness, Richelle Mead, Malorie Blackman, Alex Scarrow, Charlie Higson, Derek Landy, Neil Gaiman and Holly Black.
Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories marks Alderman’s return to the Doctor Who universe, after her 2011 novel, Borrowed Time, published by BBC Books. On 19 July, to celebrate the opening of this year’s San Diego ComicCon, BBC Books will reissue a new paperback edition of this novel, along with a new edition of collected Doctor Who stories by Jenny T. Colgan, The Triple Knife. Both will have new cover designs by artist David Wardle.
Multi-award winning author and activist Juno Dawson’s novel will mark her debut on the Doctor Who list. Entitled The Good Doctor, it will be one of the first novels on the BBC Books list to feature the Thirteenth Doctor, as played by Jodie Whittaker, and her friends Yasmin, Ryan and Graham. The book will publish in October along with two other Thirteenth Doctor adventures, The Molten Heart, by New York Times bestselling author Una McCormack and Combat Magicks, by bestselling Young Bond author Steve Cole.
Naomi Alderman says “I’m thrilled beyond words to be writing the first short story for the Thirteenth Doctor. Believe it or not, my first ever rejection letter, dated 1992, was from Doctor Who Magazine for a story I wrote as a teenager obsessed with the Doctor; I’ve loved Doctor Whosince I was a child, so it’s particularly meaningful and exciting for me to be adding my name to this anthology.”
Juno Dawson says “My earliest memory is Bonnie Langford being spun off into space in a killer bubble in 1987, so you can only imagine how excited I was when I was asked to write for the Doctor Who range. And, as a Bradford girl, it’s an even bigger thrill to be among the first writers in the world to write for Jodie Whittaker, the first Doctor from Yorkshire. This feels like a bold new era for Doctor Who and I’m beyond delighted to be a part of it. This is a dream come true.”
Ruth Knowles, Publisher at Penguin Random House Children’s, says “Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor deserves ground-breaking writing from a ground-breaking author, and we are thrilled to have someone so perfect in Naomi to bring the first female Doctor to the page. She has stunned the world with her characters, writing and ideas, and as a huge Doctor Who fan (and previous Doctor Who book writer) she was our first choice to write the Thirteenth Doctor story for this collection. This story will be, we are sure, brilliant, and the prefect addition to this stellar collection by the very best of authors.”
Albert DePetrillo, BBC Books Publishing Director, says “The excitement that’s building around the new series of Doctor Who is remarkable, and Jodie Whittaker is helping usher in a whole new era of vibrant, inclusive storytelling. We’re thrilled to be a part of that with our publishing, and authors like Naomi and Juno, Jenny, Una and Steve are the perfect ambassadors for this next chapter in the Doctor Who story. We can’t wait for them to introduce a whole new generation of fans to the wonders of the Whoniverse.”
❉ Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories will publish on 1 November in paperback, priced £12.99 (BBC Children’s Books acquired world rights)
❉ Borrowed Time and The Triple Knife will publish on 19 July in paperback and ebook, priced £7.99 (BBC Books acquired world rights)
❉ The Good Doctor, The Molten Heart, and Combat Magicks will publish on 25 October in b-format hardback, priced £6.99 (BBC Books acquired world rights)