Whittaker will be leading BBC One\u2019s hit drama Time<\/a>\u00a0which, until now, has had details of its forthcoming season kept firmly under wraps. Now, we know that the new season will be set in a women\u2019s prison, with Whittaker starring as an inmate.<\/p>\n The first season starred Stephen Graham and Sean Bean and followed the pair in their alternate (but very similar) realities of being a prison officer and inmate. Graham starred as morally compromised prison officer Eric McNally, while Bean starred as Mark Cobden, a former teacher who was consumed by guilt and haunted by demons from his own past.<\/p>\n The series was released to much critical acclaim, leading to it getting a renewal, leaving fans wondering just what the second instalment of the gripping miniseries would be about. We knew that the former leads would not be returning to Time season 2<\/a>, and it had been previously revealed to RadioTimes.com<\/a> that the new season would take place in an all-female prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s been reported (via The Sun<\/a>) that Whittaker will be playing a very similar character to Bean\u2019s in the first season. But what is her character\u2019s back story and what will unfold while she\u2019s in prison?<\/p>\n RadioTimes.com<\/a> has contacted the BBC for comment.<\/p> If the first instalment is anything to go by, Time season 2 will be pretty unguessable (and very tense), but according to reports by The Sun, it most definitely is a change of pace for Whittaker.<\/p>\n According to the newspaper, a TV insider said: \u201cThis is a fantastic role for Jodie, and not just because she\u2019s joining forces with a top writer and starring in a show which has already proved a hit.<\/p>\n \u201cPlaying a prisoner banged up behind bars is also a massive departure for her, given that she became best known for playing a heroic figure who roamed the universe. But that\u2019s exactly the sort of challenging part Jodie would have wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n In an interview with\u00a0Radio Times magazine\u00a0<\/strong>last year, Charlotte Moore, BBC chief content officer, also confirmed The Responder<\/a>,\u00a0Vigil<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Tourist<\/a> would be returning for second outings alongside Time.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cIn its first 30 days, 12 million people watched The Tourist \u2013 that\u2019s twice as big as the largest show, Stay Close, on Netflix. The power that the BBC has to reach millions of people is far greater than we perhaps realise.\u201d<\/p>\n Whittaker played the Thirteenth incarnation of the Doctor\u00a0<\/em>from 2017 to 2022, taking the mantle from Peter Capaldi and was the first woman to lead the hit sci-fi series. It\u2019s been a busy time for Whittaker also, with her also being confirmed to lead new Paramount Plus<\/a> drama\u00a0One Night<\/a>.<\/p>\n While there hasn\u2019t been a confirmed release date for that new drama either, we do know that it will see Whittaker once again helm a hard-hitting series. In it she will star as Tess, one of three friends whose friendship was destroyed by a traumatic event that took place 20 years ago.<\/p> ![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/time-sean-bean-bbc-442744a.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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