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Jo Martin revealed as the first female black Doctor Who

While the latest season of Doctor Who stars Jodie Whitaker as the first female Doctor Who, it also involves a Time Lord from another timeline, played in the series' latest episode Fugitive of the Judoon by Silent Witness actress Jo Martin, making her the first black Doctor Who. Details on the black Doctor's past and her involvement with Whitaker's Doctor are unclear.

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