By Russell Tovey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jemma Redgrave and Alexander Devrient will lead the cast of “The War Between The Land And The Sea,” a new “Doctor Who” spin-off announced at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.
Disney Branded Television and BBC are producing the series which hails from showrunner and executive producer Russell T. Davies who is co-writing it with Pete McTighe (“A Discovery of Witches”).
In the series, a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean – dramatically revealing themselves to humanity. An international crisis is triggered and with the entire population at risk, UNIT steps into action as the land and sea wage war
The series will feature the return of Sea Devils which Davies says is a “huge, muscular, thrilling drama”. Redgrave and Devrient will be reprising their roles as UNIT director Kate Lethbridge-Stewart and Colonel Ibrahim respectively.
Filming on the five-part series will begin next month and, like the main series, is set to air exclusively on Disney+, BBC One, and BBC iPlayer. The project marks Mbatha-Raw’s first time with “Doctor Who,” Tobey previously guest starred in a David Tennant-era Christmas special as midshipman Alonso Frame on the starship Titanic.
Dylan Holmes-Williams, who directed the recent ‘Who’ season episodes “73 Yards” and “Dot and Bubble,” will direct the series. Davies, Phil Collinson, Joel Collins, Julie Gardner, and Jane Tranter executive produce.
Source: BBC
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