Reflecting on her time as the Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie Whittaker has praised former showrunner Chris Chibnall for his writing of key moments between the Doctor and Yasmin Khan, played by Mandip Gill.
In the series, after being encouraged by Dan Lewis (John Bishop), Yaz opened up about her feelings for the Doctor, who had to tell her companion that a relationship couldn’t work.
Speaking to Radio Times, Jodie said:
“I think it was a really treasured ending, because me and Mandip started it together, and so to end the series together, or to end our version of it together, was really beautiful.
“I thought that Chris’s writing of the relationship development between Yaz and the Doctor was really beautiful and peppered throughout the seasons, so it didn’t come out of nowhere, and I think that that just naturally bounced off how we are with each other, and I think that that being so well received from the fans has been brilliant.”
And she’s evidently had some good feedback from fans as she explains:
“Even now, obviously they’ve got new people to invest in and new adventures to go on, but we’ve had wonderful interactions recently with different Doctor Who fans who still find that relationship between these two characters very meaningful and impactful on them.”
Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill will be playing the Doctor and Yaz again in The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures, a series of 12 audio stories for Big Finish to be released from July 2025.
