Isikhathi esizayo seshumi nantathu sochungechunge oludumile lwesayensi "udokotela" okungenzeka ukuthi lube owokugcina kumlingisi waseBrithani uJody Whittakeber, kusukela ngo-2018, edlala indima enkulu kulo msebenzi. Ngesikhathi seshumi nane, udokotela uzophinde aphindeka.
Ngokusho kwe-Mirror Edition, ngokubhekisele kulwazi lwangaphakathi, umlingisi omemezele abaphathi be-BBC ukuthi bekungahlelele ukuguqula ubuchule obusezingeni eliphakeme kunezikhathi ezintathu. Imvamisa, abaphathi bendima kadokotela bafika kuleli gama embukisweni. Ngemuva kokuvuselelwa kwephrojekthi ngo-2005, cishe bonke abadlali abaholayo bashintsha ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu bezosebenza, ukuthambekela kwathinta uDavid Tennant, Math Smith noPeter Kapaldi. U-Christopher Eccleston kuphela owayenenhlanhla engaphansi kokuphumula: washiya "udokotela" ngemuva kwesizini yokuqala ngo-2005. Ngaleso sikhathi, abadali abakamemezeli ukunakekelwa kwe-whitaker ngokusemthethweni, ngakho-ke imininingwane ayiqinisekisiwe.
Sizokhumbuza, amahemuhemu wokuthi i-Whittakeber izoshiya uchungechunge ngemuva kwenkathi yeshumi nantathu, ukudubula okwenziwa njengamanje, kwavela ehlobo lika-2020. Futhi, ngamahemuhemu, iphrojekthi izosuka kuphrojekthi kanye ne-Showranner Chris Chibnell.