­　　卡拉•乔安娜在推特上说，她会收看节目，而预告片让她“有点哽咽”。另一位推特用户阿亚德称：“我根本不看《神秘博士》，但是一位女博士太酷了。”

­　　But Samantha Melton said: "I am a woman and a feminist but I don"t want a female Doctor. To me it"s trying too hard to tick the boxes."

­　　不过萨曼莎•梅尔顿说：“我是一名女性，也是女权主义者，但是我不希望看到女博士，对我而言这太难接受了。”

­　　另一位网友称：“我是不会看剧了，很抱歉，但是博士本来就是男性角色……找个女性是行不通的……”

­　　也有网友认为，不应过早否定这个决定，至少应该给惠特克尝试的机会：

­　　Doctor Who writer Jenny Colgan, who has written for the series" books and audio dramas, said: "I am of course incredibly excited the new Doctor is a woman; Steven Moffat has been paving the way for this for ages and it is absolutely about time. I can"t imagine what it"s like for Jodie: she must be so scared and excited all at once, but I couldn"t be happier, and 100% can"t wait to write for her."

­　　《神秘博士》的编剧珍妮•科尔根为该剧的图书和广播剧创作剧本。她表示：“新任博士是一名女性让我格外激动。史蒂文•莫法特已经为此铺垫很久了，现在时机绝对成熟了。我无法想象惠特克现在是什么心情：她一定既害怕又兴奋，但我简直太开心了，完全迫不及待想为她创作。”

­　　Will Howells, who writes for the Doctor Who magazine and has been a fan for 25 years, said: "In 2017, there shouldn"t be anything major about a TV series changing from a male lead to a female one.

­　　威尔•豪威尔斯是《神秘博士》杂志的撰稿人，也是该剧25年的粉丝，他说：“在2017年，一部电视连续剧的男主角被换成女主角不应该有什么大问题。”

­　　"I don"t think it"s a risky choice at all - but if a show that can go anywhere and do anything can"t take risks, what can?"

­　　“我不认为这是个冒险的选择，但是如果连一部电视剧都不能自由发展、不能尝试冒险，那么还有什么可以呢？”

­　　Actress Olivia Colman, who starred in a Doctor Who episode and was one of the possible candidates for the role, said it was a "classy decision".

­　　女演员奥莉薇娅•柯尔曼曾在《神秘博士》某集中出演，作为该角色曾经的候选人之一，她说这是一个“漂亮的决定”。

­　　"The creatives made the right decision that the part should be a woman and it"s about time," she told BBC News. She added that those unhappy about Whittaker being the new Time Lord should "leave her alone and let her do her job brilliantly".

­　　柯尔曼告诉英国广播公司新闻频道：“创作人员做出了正确的决定，这个角色应该是一名女性，现在是时候了。”她还称，那些不满意惠特克扮演新的时间领主的人应该“别烦她，让她出色完成自己的工作”。

­　　Whittaker starred as Beth Latimer in the three series of the ITV crime drama Broadchurch, as the mother of a murdered boy.

­　　惠特克在英国独立电视台三季犯罪剧《小镇疑云》中饰演一个儿子被谋杀的母亲，贝丝•拉提美尔。

­　　As well as TV work, Whittaker has appeared on the big screen, in One Day, Attack the Block and St Trinian"s. She made her film debut in 2006"s Venus, opposite Peter O"Toole.

­　　除了电视剧外，惠特克还参演过电影，作品包括《一天》、《街区大战》以及《乌龙女校》。她的电影处女秀是2006年与彼得•奥图尔搭档的《末路爱神》。

­　　英文来源：BBC

­　　翻译&编辑：董静

­　　审校：丹妮