Former 'Doctor Who' Star Jodie Whittaker to Lead New Paramount+ Drama 'One Night'

Though Jodie Whittaker officially turned over the keys to the TARDIS last fall, the actress isn't slowing down any after leaving the world of Doctor Who behind. She'll next star in the Paramount+ drama One Night, a hard-hitting mystery about female friendships and the three women whose bond was all but destroyed by a shared secret twenty years ago.

Created and written by the award-winning Emily Ballou (The Slap), the present-day story follows Simone (Nicole da Silva), who has always dreamed of becoming a novelist, but never managed to write the right story. Until now, at the age of 40, when she's finally written the one story she couldn't get out of her head, and her debut is poised to become a monster success.

There's one problem: The devastating story Simone is telling doesn't entirely become to her, and her novel is directly inspired by a tragedy involving her childhood best friends Tess (Whittaker) and Hat (Yael Stone). And they're both shocked to see their former BFF capitalizing on a traumatic event that has haunted them for decades.