Everything We Know About DOCTOR WHO Spinoff THE WAR THE BETWEEN LAND AND THE SEA

Here’s everything we know about the Doctor Who spinoff The War Between the Land and the Sea. 

Title

The official title for this series The War the Between Land and the Sea.

The War Between the Land and the Sea’s Plot 

The series is starting to give us some details via an official synopsis and a trailer. Here’s what this series is about: 

“When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered. With the entire population at risk, UNIT steps into action as the land and sea wage war.”

And here’s a short trailer as well. It looks like we might get a human and Sea Devil romance: 

“There’s a race that lives beneath the oceans—they wake up, and they see the state of the oceans, that we have put it in,” explains show creator and writer Russell T Davies. “We have wrecked the place, and it is war—war on an epic scale.” 

According to Davies, this miniseries will have five parts and explore what happens on Earth when the Doctor isn’t around. 

Behind the Scenes

The War Between the Land and the Sea will be written by its creator (and current Doctor Who showrunner) Russell T Davies. Pete McTighe will also join him as a writer for the Disney+ series. And, we can assume that Davies will also serve as its showrunner as well. 

The War Between the Land and the Sea’s Cast 

The series is led by Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Russell Tovey. Interestingly, they’ve played other characters in Doctor Who: companion Martha Jones’ sister Tish and Midshipman Alonso Frame in “Voyage of the Damned.” But in The War Between the Land and the Sea, they are both new characters. Tovey is Barclay and Mbatha is Salt. 

Several Doctor Who alum are also heading to this series to reprise their UNIT roles. They include Jemma Redgrave and Alexander Devrient as Kate Stewart and her co-worker and, um, “friend” Colonel Christofer Ibrahim, respectively. Ruth Madeley is back as UNIT’s Scientific Advisor Shirley Anne Bingham and Colin McFarlane will reprise his role as General Austin Pierce from Torchwood: Children of Earth.

The War Between the Land and the Sea’s Release Date

There is currently no release date for this series.