lizo mzimba there. surprised by the news ofjodie whittaker�*s departure. it dear. you are a fan of hers? it dear. you are a fan of hers? iam a it dear. you are a fan of hers? i am a fan of all of them. and what makes a good doctor? the writing, and she has had good writing. she brings an emotional depth to it that is new to the show. having a woman as the doctor has been controversial in the fandom, but i think it has been wonderful and refreshing. in wonderful and refreshing. in terms wonderfuland refreshing. in terms of the next sort of barrier that it brings through, because it was a big thing to have the first female doctor. what you think the next barrier they could breakthrough might be? ~ . they could breakthrough might be? . ., ., ., they could breakthrough might be? ., ., ., , be? well, in a lot of ways i think they _ be? well, in a lot of ways i think they already - be? well, in a lot of ways i - think they already breakthrough it, they had with latent show up it, they had with latent show up

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our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba talks about her legacy and who might be in the running tolar doctors that have come in the past and for those of us who grew up in the 1990s, the fact that doctor who was still on air means that it has been a success and the programme going. when herfirst episode aired it got something like 11.5 million viewers. doctor who's biggest audience for almost a decade. there seems to be a groundswell of support, presumably because she was the first female doctor. people were fascinated and wanted her to succeed in the role. it is fair to say that her first two series saw the ratings drop away to closer to what they were for the ratings of peter capaldi during his tenure. not as big as it was at the start. i'm joined now by bob brinkman from the doctor who fan club guardians of gallifrey in florida. my my goodness. i thought my studio was impressive but that is nothing compared to your tardis. give us your reaction to the announcement. did tardis. give us your reaction to the announcement.- to the announcement. did it come as _ to the announcement.

let's talk to our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba— and start with dr who.s out around 0ctober. she will have done around the same number of episodes like the series and a few specials as stated tenants, as matt smith, as peter capaldi, so it's, i think i'm a not surprising news that she wants to move on, and of course, that's the beauty of doctor who as a show and as a programme. there are people who will have left her tenure as the doctor, people will have been less keen and had other performers who were their favourite doctor going back to the past, but the way that show reinvents itself every few years by having that device of thinking, well, 0k, years by having that device of thinking, well, ok, the lead actor is moving on, how can we deal with this? well it has this device called regeneration where part of the fabric of the show. what a genius idea it is. as part of the fabric of the whole show. you get a new actor coming in, and it's not like when i grew up watching dallas and they can hang on, that's not me sally. what's going on here than? 0h, hang

replacing peter capaldi, and was the first woman to play the time lord. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba particular doctors that have come in the past. for those of us that grew up in the 1990s, the fact that doctor who is still on air means the doctor has been a success and kept the programme going. it's fair to say that, when her first episode aired, it got 11.5 million viewers, doctor who's biggest audience for almost a decade. so, there seemed to be a real groundswell of support, presumably because she was the first female doctor. people were fascinated, really wanted her to succeed in the role. it's fair to say that over her first two series, the ratings did drop away to closer to what they were for her predecessor peter capaldi's ratings were during his tenure, so not as big as it was at the start. let's look at some of the day's other news a public inquiry into the assassination of maltese investigative journalist daphne caruana galizia has found the state responsible for her death. the report said the state had failed to recognise risks to the reporter's life and take reasonable

earlier, i spoke to the our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba about her legacy and who might ing as it was at the start but still delivering what the bbc hope, if not the spectacular ratings that david tennant and matt smith were getting in their time. i think people will be delighted by the fact that we have had a female doctor, who has been doing different kinds of stories, keeping the legacy of doctor who going, and certainly her place in history is assured. only 12 people have walked on the moon, there have only been 13 doctors, so it's a pretty elite group to be in! that's a very good comparison! and a bit like james bond, there's always speculation about who is going to be the next doctor. at this point, we don't even know who is going to be in charge of doctor who for when jodie whittaker and the current showrunner chris chibnall do step down. their last episode will be filmed over the next few weeks and months, but it won't go out until november 2022, to tie in with the bbc's centenary. we don't who will be in charge of doctor who when the next incarnation comes along, a