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The Thirteenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She is played by Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to portray the character, in three series as well as five specials.

actress Claire Bloom. In the final script, the identity of the Woman is not revealed. In a March 2009 email reprinted in Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter, on pages 622-623, Russell T Davies states that he created the character as the Doctor's mother and that this is what actress Claire Bloom was told when she was cast.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(MAvGZvHFBarawPAP3MW-8AQ__47,

Jodie Whittaker was not the first female to play the Doctor in Doctor Who; Joanna Lumley and Arabella Weir previously portrayed the character in unofficial productions. The Doctor is able to regenerate, allowing for different actors to take on the role, including Ncuti Gatwa, who will be the first Black Doctor.

Jodie Comer (/ˈkoʊmər/ KOH-mər; born 11 March 1993) is an English actress. She began her career in an episode of The Royal Today in 2008. Comer gained recognition for appearing in the series My Mad Fat Diary (2013–2015) and Doctor Foster (2015–2017), and starred in the drama miniseries Thirteen (2016).

The show's creator, Sydney Newman, suggested in the 80s that, if the show were to continue, the Doctor should change gender. Joanna Lumley even portrayed a female incarnation of the Doctor in a 1999 Comic Relief sketch. But it took more than 50 years before the famous character was finally played by a woman full-time.