It was still very much, between me and him, a very active conversation."
“JODIE WHITTAKER:I understand, mate.
I’m a mess.
‘Doctor Who’ star Jodie Whittaker.Gary Gershoff/Getty Images
I’ve had tears all week this week.
Obviously, without giving any spoilers, there’s been quite a few big people wrapping.
Where are you with regards to shooting?
Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor on ‘Doctor Who’.James Pardon/BBC Studios/BBC America
Because you have this season and then the three specials.
I’m probably not allowed to tell you.
We are at the point where I am towards the end of my shooting.
Mandip Gill, Jodie Whittaker, and John Bishop on ‘Doctor Who’ season 13.James Pardon/BBC Studios/BBC America
I’m not going to cope very well.
I mean, how amIgoing to cope with being old news?
This job’s never taken away from you.
It’s not likeDavid [Tennant]isnotthe Doctor.
You’re not kicked out of the family the family just grows.
You know, for some fans it will be an absolute “Thank god for that!”
It’s overwhelming because I don’t know life outside of it.
I was announced and then I started playing the Doctor really soon.
I feel really bereft about it if I’m honest.
And that’s totally fine.
Obviously we’ve had story arcs, but this feels like we’re in this huge film.
It’s like the massive stone inIndiana Joneswhere he’s being chased.
For Yaz, it’s been a brilliant confidence builder to sometimes lead or go in different directions.
I was absolutely blown away that he wanted to come and be inDoctor Whowith us.
Have you read your last scene as the Doctor?
[Pause] Yeah.
[Laughs] I’m not telling you anything else!
Okay, but what was that experience like?
It was inevitable in the sense that I knew at some point I would read my final scene.
But not until you do, do you appreciate what you’re going to lose.
I’m going to be awful.
I’m [still] the Doctor for such a long time.
I will be the Doctor for a long time, thankGod.
Do you know what you’re doing next?
Are you aware there areplans afoot to makeAttack the Block 2?
[Laughs] I’mveryaware.
But I read it like everyone else and went, “Whaaat?
Yes, how exciting, what a great idea.”
So this is still very much my year.
My head couldn’t just go into something else yet.
I’m rubbish at change.
[Laughs]
Me too.
Like I said, now I have to be nice to somebody else.
it’s crucial that you embrace change a bit better if you’re aDoctor Whofan!
The new season ofDoctor Whopremieres Oct. 31.
