The War Between the Land and the Sea (TV series)

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The War Between the Land and the Sea was a spin-off television series produced by the BBC in collaboration with Sony's Bad Wolf and Disney Branded Television for streaming on Disney+.

The spin-off was described by Russell T Davies as centring on the Sea Devils as they "wake up and see the state of the oceans that we have put them in."[1]

Overview

Early announcements

On 8 December 2022, Doctor Who Magazine #585 was released, in which Russell T Davies teased an "eight-word title" in his Letter from the Showrunner, and promised "Big news soon."[2]

On 27 April 2023, Doctor Who Magazine #590 was released, in which it was revealed in the Production Diary that Davies, Scott Handcock and Joel Collins had "an eight-word-title meeting" on 14 March 2023.[source needed]

On 7 December 2023, Doctor Who Magazine #598 was released, in which Davies clarified that the item had "been a bit delayed", promising that "the reveal of those eight words" would come "any month now".[3] In the Production Diary column, it was noted that a script was delivered on 30 October 2023.[source needed]

On 8 May 2024, Davies alluded to the pre-production existence of the spin-off, saying to The Times that "There are offices that exist now for that".[4]

History

On 25 May 2024, the phrase, "the war between the land and the sea", was spoken by the Fifteenth Doctor in the Season 1 episode 73 Yards.[5]

The spin-off was officially announced on 26 July 2024 simultaniously in Hall H. at San Diego Comic Con and on the official Doctor Who social media channels.[6] Davies also clarified that Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw were returning, but not as their previous characters,[1] Alonso Frame and Tish Jones.

Cast

Crew

Episodes

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Notes
1 TBA TBA Dylan Holmes Williams[9] TBA
2 TBA TBA TBA
3 TBA TBA TBA
4 TBA TBA TBA
5 TBA TBA TBA

Episode notes

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Production

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Crew

Producers

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Directors

Dylan Holmes Williams directed all five episodes.[10]

Writers

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Pre-production

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Filming

Filming for the series was initially reported as scheduled for commencement in September 2024,[11] but was later clarified as beginning in August 2024.[source needed]

Myths

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External links

Footnotes