BBC aired their Christmas Special episode of their one of the longest-running sci-fi shows Doctor Who on Monday. The episode bid goodbye to Peter Capaldi as the twelfth Doctor and welcomed Jodie Whittaker as the new Time Lord.
For the uninitiated, BBC's Doctor Who is a story of an alien that travels through time and space in its spaceship called TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space). It's a blue police box, seen in the UK during the 60s. It being a BBC show, obviously, the Doctor (the alien prefers this title) is fond of the little island and often picks up companions from there for his adventures. The Doctor is almost a 1000 years old and it regenerates into a new body when the previous form is in jeopardy.
The original show ran from 1963 to 1989. It was revived in 2005 and it amassed greater popularity than before. So far there have been 12 incarnations of the Doctor. It doesn't include a one-time cameo by actor John Hurt as the War Doctor.
Earlier this year, it was announced that for the first time in 54 years of the show the titular character will be played by a woman, Jodie Whittaker. She was brought onboard by the new showrunner of Doctor Who, Chris Chibnall. The duo has worked together on another British show Broadchurch.
The announcement divided fandom into people supporting the casting and purists who did not want a woman get the key to the TARDIS.
Jodie Whittaker made her debut as the new Time Lord on Sunday in the episode titled 'Twice Upon a Time.' Peter Capaldi gave a moving speech as the 12th Doctor while his character is finally surrendering to regeneration.
The regeneration and Whittaker may have gotten people excited but for more of this new Doctor, they will have to wait for more than a couple of month. Next season of the show is tentatively scheduled to air towards the end of 2018.
