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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The War Between the Land and the Sea: Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Russell Tovey Star in Trailer for Doctor Who Spinoff
Concurrent with the release of Doctor Who's twist-filled season finale, we also got a first trailer for the spinoff series The War Between the Land and the Sea, seen below. Announced back in July 2024, the five-part series stars Russell Tovey (Quantico) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki) alongside fellow franchise vets Jemma Redgrave (as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart) and Alexander Devrient (as Colonel Ibrahim). More from TVLine Ncuti Gatwa Bids Doctor Who Farewell as Finale Ends With a Most Surprising Twist - Grade It! Save the Dates: Spidey's Return, Cocomelon's Move and More Nautilus Trailer: Captain Nemo Makes Waves in AMC's Jules Verne-Inspired Adventure Drama - Watch Mbatha-Raw made her franchise debut in a series of spring 2007 Doctor Who episodes, playing Martha Jones' sister Letitia aka Tish, while Tovey in April 2008 guested as Midshipman Frame. Spinoff creator Russell T Davies, though, has made clear they're playing new roles: 'This is not Midshipman Frame teaming up with Tish Jones.' Rather, Mbatha-Raw's character, a Sea Devil, is named Salt (heh), while Tovey's is Barclay. The full cast, revealed in August, also includes Ruth Madeley, reprising her Doctor Who role as UNIT Scientific Advisor Shirley-Anne Bingham, and Colin McFarlane, reprising his Torchwood: Children of Earth role as General Austin Pierce. The title of this offshoot was teased in the May 2024 Doctor Who episode 73 Yards, where Fifteen observed, 'The rocks and the water, it never ends — the war between the land and the sea'. The premise: '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.' Said species is in fact the Sea Devils, classic Doctor Who villains that made their first splash in 1972. 'They wake up, and they see the state of the oceans that we have put it in,' Russell previewed. 'We have wrecked the place, and it is war, war on an epic scale.' Davies, the current Doctor Who showrunner, created the spinoff and penned it with Pete McTighe (A Discovery of Witches, Doctor Who). Dylan Holmes-Williams (director of Doctor Who's '73 Yards' and 'Dot and Bubble') directed. The spinoff will air exclusively on Disney+ where available, and BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK. Want scoop on , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line!
Gizmodo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
The ‘War Between Land and the Sea' Trailer Gives Earth a Battle the Doctor Can't Stop
The Sea Devils return, and there's not a Time Lord that can save us, in the new 'Doctor Who' spinoff. With the conclusion of the latest season of Doctor Who, all eyes are on what's next for adventures in time and space… and when, exactly, we'll be getting them. But before the Doctor returns, Earth is going to have to stand alone in a new spinoff miniseries, The War Between Land and the Sea. To mark the climax of Doctor Who's 2025 season, today the BBC revealed the first footage from War Between Land and Sea, which will see UNIT as the front line of defense when the Sea Devils—a race of aquatic reptilians who have existed on Earth since the dawn of time, hiding their advance civilization in hibernation alongside their other distantly affiliated ancient Earth dwellers, the Silurians, for millions of years—emerge from hiding and make themselves known to the Human race. How do things go? Well, you could tell by the title of the miniseries alone that the answer to that is seemingly 'not well'—and without the Doctor to fall back on like they've been able to the last couple of times the Sea Devils and Silurians alike tried to emerge, it's up to humanity to find away to counter the threat of Earth's ancient reclaimers… and if not co-exist with them, survive their wrath. War Between Land and Sea will feature several familiar faces from Doctor Who. There's a few returning characters, including Jemma Redgrave, Alexander Devrient, and Ruth Madeley reprising their roles in UNIT as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, Colonel Ibrahim, and Shirley Ann Bingham, respectively. In more of a deep cut, Colin McFarlane will reprise his role as General Austin Pierce from the third season of Torchwood, Children of Earth. But, as seen in the trailer above, the series also stars two Doctor Who favorites, but as entirely new characters. Loki's Gugu Mbatha-Raw played companion Martha Jones' sister, Tish, throughout the third season of Doctor Who, and is now a mysterious vanguard of the Sea Devils' return, while Being Human's Russell Tovey previously appeared in the 2007 holiday special 'Voyage of the Damned' as Midshipman Alonso Frame, now plays Barclay, a human who has seemingly been tasked with leading humanity's response. The War Between Land and the Sea will run for five episodes when it hits the BBC in the UK, and Disney+ internationally, some time in 2026.
