The latest season of Doctor Who may have come to an end, but already fans have another Whoniverse series to look forward to, with the first teaser for new spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea having been released.
The teaser was unveiled following the season finale, The Reality War, and aired both on BBC One and in cinemas, where the finale was screened alongside the previous episode, Wish World.
The War Between the Land and the Sea is the first Doctor Who spin-off made up of entirely new content (thus excluding Tales of the TARDIS) since 2016’s Class, and stars Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
The teaser gives us our first glimpse at their new characters, while also giving us fresh looks at the UNIT team – Jemma Redgrave’s Kate, Ruth Madeley’s Shirley and Alexander Devrient’s Colonel Ibrahim, back in action following The Reality War.
You can watch it right here now.
The five-part series, which comes from Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies and Lucky Day writer Pete McTighe, will see the Sea Devils awakening and reacting in horror to the state of the oceans, starting a war with those on land.
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Davies has teased that the war will be “on an epic scale”, while the official synopsis for the series has teased an “international crisis” and an “entire population at risk”.
Meanwhile, Tovey previously said that the series has “got everything for the Doctor Who world”, but that it also feels “completely fresh” and “like an indie film”.
As well as Tales of the TARDIS and Class, previous Doctor Who spin-offs have included Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, both of which were created by Davies.
The War Between the Land and the Sea will air on BBC One on BBC iPlayer.
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