Doctor Who – Jodie Whittaker’s farewell

Time flies even if you’re not a Time Lord. On Christmas Day 2017, Peter Capaldi regenerated into Jodie Whittaker and ushered in a new era for Doctor Who.

Ahead of her first full series in the role, we spoke to Jodie Whittaker about her ambitions. After an eventful five years – for Whittaker, for Doctor Who, and for the rest of us – she is leaving the series. And so she returns to speak to The Big Issue to reflect on the role in the interview published this week.

Also inside

• We spend a little time with song writing legend Paul Heaton who says he didn’t find words so easy in his teenage courting years

• If there’s any doubt about the scale of the cost-of-living crisis, the fact warm banks need to exist for those who can’t afford to heat their own homes is telling

• An interview with the real-life “fat James Bond” played by Stephen Graham in ITV drama The Walk-In who helped take down the far right

• Spooky podcast maestro Danny Robins introduces us to his new series, promising it to be “like a plunge bath of pure terror”

• And Bristol vendor Josh explains how having type 1 diabetes while sleeping rough makes life even more challenging

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