It was hilarious because, I was going, Are you looking forward to starting your new job?'
Whittaker told EW earlier this year at theDoctor Whostudios in Cardiff, Wales.
And he said, Its interesting that you bring that up.
Alexei Hay for EW
Would this be a part youd consider auditioning for?
It took me [just] a second to go, Im throwing my hat in the ring.'
I had an iPhone, wires, in a box, she says.
I pretended to defuse something, and I loved it.
She was just so compelling, says the EP.
In a way, it was a no-brainer.
The fact that we were casting a female Doctor disappeared really quickly from our minds.
We were just casting the Doctor and she felt like our Doctor.
Chibnall says that casting Whittaker was the easiest decision I made in my whole career.
Has the experience lived up to her expectations so far?
Yeah, absolutely, she says Absolutely.
But thats the joy of when art reaches the masses.
I have had only the positive so far.
