Who's Next: Jodie Whittaker 1st Female Star of 'Doctor Who'

The BBC says Jodie Whittaker is the next star of the long-running science fiction series "Doctor Who" -- the first woman to take the title role. Whittaker, who starred in detective drama "Broadchurch," will replace Scottish actor Peter Capaldi. Whittaker is the 13th incarnation of the Doctor, a galaxy-hopping Time Lord who travels in the Tardis, a time machine shaped like an old-fashioned British police telephone booth. The 54-year-old program has a firm place in Britain's cultural life, and the announcement was made during a live television broadcast Sunday after the Wimbledon men's tennis final. "Doctor Who" was first broadcast in 1963.