The Sun Legit Celebrated Jodie Whittaker’s ‘Doctor Who’ Role With Old Nudes

It also saw a fair few media organisations play to type. While some outlets (why yes, hello!) offered some admittedly positive takes on Whittaker’s selection, others regressed to low-brow salaciousness. If the concepts of “media” and “low-brow salaciousness” made you think of UK paper The Sun, well, you’re actually spot bloody on.

The tabloid paper has come under fire, after it heralded Whittaker’s role by choosing to publish nude stills from her previous acting work – all under the heading “Dalektable.” 

Yes, as it turns out, Whittaker has appeared nude in professional projects before her turn in Broadchurch. That was apparently enough for the paper to hawk her inclusion in BBC’s premiere sci-fi property by plastering the images within its pages. 

That decision has drawn ire from the Equal Representation for Actresses campaign, who have – pretty reasonably – drawn the conclusion that The Sun executed a “reductive and irresponsible decision to run a story featuring pictures of Jodie in various nude scenes.”

Social media wasn’t too chuffed, either.

The Sun’s take on Jodie Whittaker as the new Doctor is as repugnant as you might expect: “SHE STRIPPED! SHE’S GOT TITS AND SHE STRIPPED!” pic.twitter.com/69YhbnikRU

— Ryan John Butcher (@ryanjohnbutcher) July 17, 2017

Jodie Whittaker: becomes the doctor
The sun: okay but when was she naked!!!!

Disgusting publication

— Allegra Goodwin (@aIIegra_) July 17, 2017

Of course the Sun published naked photos of Jodie Whittaker. Bottom feeders.

— R.I.Pienaar (@ripienaar) July 17, 2017

FWIW, it wasn’t only The Sun who got in on that angle. Mail Online published stills from some of her select nude scenes, but chose to include other bare shots of former Doctors Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith. That piece came under the header “Doctor Nude!”

Blech. 

Jodie Whittaker will take over from Peter Capaldi as The Doctor after this year’s Christmas special.