A fan made image of Jodie Whittaker shortly after her reveal as the 13th Doctor. © Owen (@WhovianLife on Twitter)
Have you ever wondered or dreamed about having a heroine who's not only strong and gentle, but confidently beautiful with a big heart? Do you want someone similar to Sailor Moon, the Pretty Cures, Darna, Wonder Woman, Supergirl or the Powerpuff Girls that has brilliant and compassionate cause for the whole entire universe? Well, I have found something in mind.
On July 16, 2017, the entire planet Earth had witness a new face that shapely changed the history of the Doctor Who franchise forever and that was the big reveal of Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor, and the first woman to take on the iconic role, after the 2017 Wimbledon Men's Championship Finals. Following that, she got buzzed both in offline and online with mixed reactions! Many peeps were saying that her casting was the right choice and it was about time for a woman to take charge on the role of the Doctor, while the others took some nasty comments regarding the aforementioned.
Even former Who stars - from the senior Doctors like Colin Baker, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi, to ex-companion cast members such as Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, John Barrowman, Alex Kingston and Pearl Mackie - had rallied and showed their full support to Whittaker as well, which was a wonderful feeling to everyone especially girls who were looking up for a new female hero they grew up into.
I had the same thoughts when I watched the reveal video shortly after I entered the Who fandom almost two years ago, it ain't only gave me chills but a sense of excitement and happiness for me that I already found a new hero in 13, just like what I did the same thing to any heroine, and I was getting hyped even further on the trailers for the 11th season of the show's new series, aka Whittaker's debut season, which was very interesting and anticipating to see.
Once again for the nth time and in spite of endless bashing online, Whittaker has always proved that she's a wonderful ambassadress to the show with wholesome grace and professionalism in her career, something that other celebs in this planet should follow. Also, she's a very charitable and compassionate person considering being part of various charity organizations in and out of Britain and more importantly, proving to everybody else that girls can be heroes too! This even shows that the suggestion coming from the original creator, the late Sydney Newman, to the lads at the BBC over 30 years ago is now became true and that's the fact.
The celebration continues this September as I'm gonna share to you all about how I got into the Who fandom two years ago. Stay tuned.
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