Airdate of Doctor Who Spin-Off, The War Between The Land And The Sea,
"Up In The Air"
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Russell T Davies, showrunner of Doctor Who, says that spin-off
programme, The War Between the Land and the Sea, is "even better"
than the production team thought it would be... but no one has any
idea when it'll air on TV and Disney+.
On the Pilot TV podcast, Davies enthuses: "Sometimes you finish a
show and they're like, 'Great, good, we did a really good job'...
Sometimes they go through post-production where everything comes in.
You work on the effects, on the music and the grading of it.
Sometimes magic happens - and it's happening with this. It's even
better than we thought it was! I'm delighted with it."
However, he says the airdate is "up in the air", so we don't know if
we'll see the series any time soon.
The War Between the Land and the Sea is expected to feature the Sea
Devils vs UNIT, though the former looks rather different to anything
we've seen before, looking more humanoid than appearances in, say,
Warriors of the Deep and Legend of the Sea Devils. Otherwise, it's
an aquatic species coming into conflict with mankind.
The show features Gugu Mbatha-Raw (who previously played Martha
Jones' sister, Tish) as Salt, and Russell Tovey (Voyage of the
Damned) as Barclay, alongside Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart. It
also stars Ruth Madeley, Colin McFarlane, Alexander Devrient,
Adrian Lukis, Mei Mac, Patrick Baladi, Francesca Corney, and
Vincent Franklin.
The series is co-written by Davies and Pete McTighe (Kerblam!, Lucky
Day).
The War Between the Land and the Sea will screen on BBC1, BBC
iPlayer, and internationally on Disney+... at some point in the
future, we think/hope. Could it be the last gasp of this era of
Doctor Who? It seems likely.
<https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/08/18/airdate-of-doctor-who-spin-off-the-war-between-the-land-and-the-sea-up-in-the-air/>
Airdate of Doctor Who Spin-Off, The War Between The Land And The Sea,
"Up In The Air"
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Russell T Davies, showrunner of Doctor Who, says that spin-off
programme, The War Between the Land and the Sea, is "even better"
than the production team thought it would be... but no one has any
idea when it'll air on TV and Disney+.
On the Pilot TV podcast, Davies enthuses: "Sometimes you finish a
show and they're like, 'Great, good, we did a really good job'...
Sometimes they go through post-production where everything comes in.
You work on the effects, on the music and the grading of it.
Sometimes magic happens - and it's happening with this. It's even
better than we thought it was! I'm delighted with it."
However, he says the airdate is "up in the air", so we don't know if
we'll see the series any time soon.
The War Between the Land and the Sea is expected to feature the Sea
Devils vs UNIT, though the former looks rather different to anything
we've seen before, looking more humanoid than appearances in, say,
Warriors of the Deep and Legend of the Sea Devils. Otherwise, it's
an aquatic species coming into conflict with mankind.
The show features Gugu Mbatha-Raw (who previously played Martha
Jones' sister, Tish) as Salt, and Russell Tovey (Voyage of the
Damned) as Barclay, alongside Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart. It
also stars Ruth Madeley, Colin McFarlane, Alexander Devrient,
Adrian Lukis, Mei Mac, Patrick Baladi, Francesca Corney, and
Vincent Franklin.
The series is co-written by Davies and Pete McTighe (Kerblam!, Lucky
Day).
The War Between the Land and the Sea will screen on BBC1, BBC
iPlayer, and internationally on Disney+... at some point in the
future, we think/hope. Could it be the last gasp of this era of
Doctor Who? It seems likely.
<https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/08/18/airdate-of-doctor-who-spin-off-the-war-between-the-land-and-the-sea-up-in-the-air/>
The BBC waiting until TWBTLAS broadcasts before knowing what
their partners are going to do does not sound credible. TWBTLAS
is hardly going to be the deal breaker or deal maker in that deal.
Theory11 <user5999@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
The BBC waiting until TWBTLAS broadcasts before knowing
what their partners are going to do does not sound credible.
TWBTLAS is hardly going to be the deal breaker or deal maker
in that deal.
Maybe the contract between the BBC and Disney says that
the BBC can’t announce any other plans for DW until the deal
with Disney is fully completed. And that won’t happen until
‘The War…’ is broadcast.
Until then, they’re probably legally bound to wait and not say
anything much.
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> posted:
Airdate of Doctor Who Spin-Off, The War Between The Land And The Sea,
"Up In The Air"
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Russell T Davies, showrunner of Doctor Who, says that spin-off
programme, The War Between the Land and the Sea, is "even better"
than the production team thought it would be... but no one has any
idea when it'll air on TV and Disney+.
On the Pilot TV podcast, Davies enthuses: "Sometimes you finish a
show and they're like, 'Great, good, we did a really good job'...
Sometimes they go through post-production where everything comes in.
You work on the effects, on the music and the grading of it.
Sometimes magic happens - and it's happening with this. It's even
better than we thought it was! I'm delighted with it."
However, he says the airdate is "up in the air", so we don't know if
we'll see the series any time soon.
The War Between the Land and the Sea is expected to feature the Sea
Devils vs UNIT, though the former looks rather different to anything
we've seen before, looking more humanoid than appearances in, say,
Warriors of the Deep and Legend of the Sea Devils. Otherwise, it's
an aquatic species coming into conflict with mankind.
The show features Gugu Mbatha-Raw (who previously played Martha
Jones' sister, Tish) as Salt, and Russell Tovey (Voyage of the
Damned) as Barclay, alongside Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart. It
also stars Ruth Madeley, Colin McFarlane, Alexander Devrient,
Adrian Lukis, Mei Mac, Patrick Baladi, Francesca Corney, and
Vincent Franklin.
The series is co-written by Davies and Pete McTighe (Kerblam!, Lucky
Day).
The War Between the Land and the Sea will screen on BBC1, BBC
iPlayer, and internationally on Disney+... at some point in the
future, we think/hope. Could it be the last gasp of this era of
Doctor Who? It seems likely.
<https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/08/18/airdate-of-doctor-who-spin-off-the-war-between-the-land-and-the-sea-up-in-the-air/>
The BBC waiting until TWBTLAS broadcasts before knowing what their
partners are going to do does not sound credible. TWBTLAS is hardly
going to be the deal breaker or deal maker in that deal.
Theory11 <user5999@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
The BBC waiting until TWBTLAS broadcasts before knowing what
their partners are going to do does not sound credible. TWBTLAS
is hardly going to be the deal breaker or deal maker in that deal.
Maybe the contract between the BBC and Disney says that
the BBC can’t announce any other plans for DW until the deal
with Disney is fully completed. And that won’t happen until
‘The War…’ is broadcast.
Until then, they’re probably legally bound to wait and not say
anything much.
--
solar penguin
solar penguin wrote:
Theory11 <user5999@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
The BBC waiting until TWBTLAS broadcasts before knowing
what their partners are going to do does not sound credible.
TWBTLAS is hardly going to be the deal breaker or deal maker
in that deal.
Maybe the contract between the BBC and Disney says that
the BBC can’t announce any other plans for DW until the deal
with Disney is fully completed. And that won’t happen until
‘The War…’ is broadcast.
Until then, they’re probably legally bound to wait and not say
anything much.
That is possible. It certainly would explain the poor PR.
It is the BBC that own "Doctor Who" though, so you'd think they
would have had some sort of a Plan B for one of their own
television shows. They surely didn't expect the Disney
partnership to go on forever! So I can't see that saying a new
season of "Doctor Who" will air in the summer of 2027 (or
whenever) would be considered a crime.
solar penguin wrote:
Theory11 <user5999@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
The BBC waiting until TWBTLAS broadcasts before knowing
what their partners are going to do does not sound credible.
TWBTLAS is hardly going to be the deal breaker or deal maker
in that deal.
Maybe the contract between the BBC and Disney says that
the BBC can’t announce any other plans for DW until the deal
with Disney is fully completed. And that won’t happen until
‘The War…’ is broadcast.
Until then, they’re probably legally bound to wait and not say
anything much.
That is possible. It certainly would explain the poor PR.
It is the BBC that own "Doctor Who" though, so you'd think they
would have had some sort of a Plan B for one of their own
television shows. They surely didn't expect the Disney
partnership to go on forever! So I can't see that saying a new
season of "Doctor Who" will air in the summer of 2027 (or
whenever) would be considered a crime.
On 2025-09-06 09:33:45 +0000, Blueshirt said:
solar penguin wrote:
Theory11 <user5999@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
The BBC waiting until TWBTLAS broadcasts before knowing
what their partners are going to do does not sound credible.
TWBTLAS is hardly going to be the deal breaker or deal maker
in that deal.
Maybe the contract between the BBC and Disney says that
the BBC can’t announce any other plans for DW until the deal
with Disney is fully completed. And that won’t happen until
‘The War…’ is broadcast.
Until then, they’re probably legally bound to wait and not say
anything much.
That is possible. It certainly would explain the poor PR.
It is the BBC that own "Doctor Who" though, so you'd think they
would have had some sort of a Plan B for one of their own
television shows. They surely didn't expect the Disney
partnership to go on forever! So I can't see that saying a new
season of "Doctor Who" will air in the summer of 2027 (or
whenever) would be considered a crime.
The BBC has said the show will continue with or without Disney. They
may even already have a new partner signed up to take over, but legal >embargos stop them from being able to publically announce it yet.
The Disney contract probably also means the BBC is not being able to
accept money from any new partner until Disney's contract is fully
completed (even if that "new partner" is simply re-instating the
previous deals with international TV networks for broadcast rights).
Which would mean the BBC has to wait to start any work on a new season
of Doctor Who until they have the new money come in to avoid going into
a massive debt hole, even if a temporary one - they certainly have very >little spare cash laying around.
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