-Jodie Whittaker is best known for Broadchurch, Black Mirror and Attack The Block. -She beats out previous longtime bookies favourite Kris Marshall (despised by ONTD Whovians) after odds were slashed in her favour over the weekend in UK betting establishments. -She represents the FIRST TIME that the Doctor has been played by a woman (with the exception of Joanna Lumley briefly in a Comic Relief Special short who isn't generally counted).