­　　卡拉•喬安娜在推特上說，她會收看節目，而預告片讓她“有點哽咽”。另一位推特用戶阿亞德稱：“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."

­　　不過薩曼莎•梅爾頓說：“我是一名女性，也是女權主義者，但是我不希望看到女博士，對我而言這太難接受了。”

­　　另一位網友稱：“我是不會看劇了，很抱歉，但是博士本來就是男性角色……找個女性是行不通的……”

­　　也有網友認為，不應過早否定這個決定，至少應該給惠特克嘗試的機會：

­　　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》的編劇珍妮•科爾根為該劇的圖書和廣播劇創作劇本。她表示：“新任博士是一名女性讓我格外激動。史蒂文•莫法特已經為此鋪墊很久了，現在時機絕對成熟了。我無法想象惠特克現在是什么心情：她一定既害怕又興奮，但我簡直太開心了，完全迫不及待想為她創作。”

­　　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.

­　　威爾•豪威爾斯是《神秘博士》雜志的撰稿人，也是該劇25年的粉絲，他說：“在2017年，一部電視連續劇的男主角被換成女主角不應該有什么大問題。”

­　　"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?"

­　　“我不認為這是個冒險的選擇，但是如果連一部電視劇都不能自由發展、不能嘗試冒險，那么還有什么可以呢？”

­　　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".

­　　女演員奧莉薇婭•柯爾曼曾在《神秘博士》某集中出演，作為該角色曾經的候選人之一，她說這是一個“漂亮的決定”。

­　　"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".

­　　柯爾曼告訴英國廣播公司新聞頻道：“創作人員做出了正確的決定，這個角色應該是一名女性，現在是時候了。”她還稱，那些不滿意惠特克扮演新的時間領主的人應該“別煩她，讓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.

­　　惠特克在英國獨立電視臺三季犯罪劇《小鎮疑云》中飾演一個兒子被謀殺的母親，貝絲•拉提美爾。

­　　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.

­　　除了電視劇外，惠特克還參演過電影，作品包括《一天》、《街區大戰》以及《烏龍女校》。她的電影處女秀是2006年與彼得•奧圖爾搭檔的《末路愛神》。

­　　英文來源：BBC

­　　翻譯&編輯：董靜

­　　審校：丹妮