There is little doubt that Jodie Whittaker's Time Lord has been met with mixed reviews since the premiere of Doctor Who Series 11. Although most fans are loving it, there are also some who are resisting the Doctor's new incarnation. Interestingly, one of the original Doctor Who stars admits she doesn't watch the new season and she has an interesting reason why.
Anneke Wills knows a thing or two about the classic Doctor Who episodes. After all, she played the companion Polly to William Hartnell's first Doctor and Patrick Troughton's second Doctor. However, Wills admitted that she had a hard time getting through the first episode of Doctor Who Series 11 where Whittaker took over as the Thirteenth Doctor.
"I have to be honest... I think Jodie is lovely... [but] I watched most of the first one and then I let go because it's not my Doctor Who," Wills confessed during a screening of the newly-restored The Macra Terror (via Digital Spy). "It's new Doctor Who for the new world and I'm not part of it, really, anymore – except if they ask me to be in it!"
Wills' commentary may have less to do with Whittaker's performance as the Doctor and more with the direction that new showrunner Chris Chibnall is taking. After all, most fans believe that Doctor Who Series 11 has been very different from the previous seasons.
Whittaker is currently working on Doctor Who Series 12. However, the new season is expected to air on BBC in early 2020.
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