The Seas Awaken in New Trailer for "Doctor Who" Spinoff "The War Between the Land and the Sea"

A new trailer has been released for the Doctor Who spinoff series, The War Between the Land and the Sea, which arrives on Disney+ in 2026.

What's Happening:

• The War Between the Land and the Sea will make its Disney+ debut in 2026, which will be after its December 2025 release on the BBC.
• The five-part series will showcase how the world reacts when a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity and triggering an international crisis.
• The new trailer sees Russell Tovey's Barclay selected to serve as an envoy to Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Salt, the leader of Homo Aqua, a rewakened species that used to call Earth home.

• Jemma Redgrave, Alexander Devrient and Ruth Madeley reprise their Doctor Who roles as Kate Stewart, Colonel Ibrahim and Shirley Anne Bingham, respectively.
• Other cast members include Colin McFarlane, Adrian Lukis, Patrick Baladi, Francesca Corney, Mei Mac and Vincent Franklin.
• The War Between the Land and the Sea is created by Doctor Who Showrunner and Executive Producer Russell T Davies, who has written the series with Pete McTighe.
• The series is directed by Dylan Holmes Williams, with Lorne Balfe serving as the show’s composer.

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