Monday 29 July 2024

New DOCTOR WHO spinoff mini-series announced

The BBC and Disney+ have confirmed they have commissioned a new mini-series spin-off from Doctor Who. The War Between the Land and the Sea enters production next month and will air in 2025.


The five-part series is co-written by Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies and previous Who writer Peter McTighe, whilst Who director Dylan Holmes-Williams will direct. Jemma Redgrave will reprise her long-running role as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, the head of UNIT, with Alexander Devrient reprising his role as UNIT Colonel Ibrahim. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki) and Russell Tovey (Becoming Human) will lead the new series. Both had previously appeared in Doctor Who, but it appears likely they will be playing new characters.

The new series sees a threat to the human race emerging from the ocean, which UNIT leads the fight against in the Doctor's absence. Unconfirmed rumours say this threat will be the Sea Devils, a popular recurring Doctor Who enemy who recently appeared in the 2022 TV special Legend of the Sea Devils.

In the meantime, Doctor Who fans can look forwards to additional Christmas Specials in 2024 and 2025, and an eight-episode new season, which is already in the can and expected to air in the spring.

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