Report Claims 14th Doctor Will Be Female Again, Filming Begins in Spring

Doctor Who producers have hinted that the next Time Lord is likely to be another woman.

Production notes for the new run of BBC sci-fi series suggest that it will be a female star who takes over from Jodie Whittaker as the 14th Doctor.

Entertainment industry website Production Weekly lists the new episodes as: “A fantasy action saga of a mysterious alien time-traveller, Doctor Who, who picks up human companions, faces evil foes with little more than her wits and a sonic screwdriver and journeys throughout time and space in a police phone booth called the TARDIS.”

Whoever becomes Jodie’s successor will be working with returning show-runner Russell T Davies, brought back for the show’s 60th anniversary next year.

Last month Jodie, 39, said she would love to see Lydia [West – Pictured] to take over: “If we had the power to choose… I’m going to pick an actress who is really exciting and would be phenomenal, an actress called Lydia West.”

Later, Russell wrote on Instagram : “Noted.” Lydia, 28, who played caring Jill Baxter in It’s a Sin, has said it would be “an honour” to play Doctor Who while her co-star Olly Alexander ruled himself out for the role, after being made an early favourite.

While the Mirror has had a pretty solid track record with their rumours during the Chibnall era, this latest report is reaching. Their source, Production Weekly, is trustworthy, but they fail to point out that it is highly likely that simply an old template has been used here, which would have referred to the Doctor as a “her” from the last time it was used for the 13th Doctor’s era. This is also corroborated by the fact that a couple of the producers listed have left the show now.

The most accurate thing we can take from this is that filming will begin in the spring, which means it’s very likely a proper Doctor announcement will be coming in the next few months to stop it from leaking first.