Jodie Whittaker surprising Doctor Who fans is the video you didn’t know you needed.

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While unsuspecting Whovians recorded videos talking about Whittaker’s takeover of the role of the Time Lord, the actress snuck up behind them - and the results are an absolute delight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGf3UfmOOAc

There's squealing, hand-flapping, hugging and tears when fans realise that the Thirteenth Doctor is right there in the room with them and that she’d been listening in the whole time. Watch the heartwarming video below.

https://twitter.com/DoctorWho_BBCA/status/1044351269886992391

Some of the fans took to Twitter to share the memory, describing it as the “surprise of a lifetime”.

https://twitter.com/natica24/status/1044314598881415168

https://twitter.com/blee412/status/1044333200695341056

The video comes ahead of Whittaker's full debut as the Doctor in October.

On Monday her first episode, The Woman Who Fell to Earth, premiered in Sheffield, where Whittaker posed with 12 other identical Time Lords and hit the red carpet with the rest of the cast.

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