A brand new Physician Who spinoff is within the works for Disney+ and BBC which can star Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Uncooked.
Disney and the BBC introduced a brand new Physician Who spinoff sequence at San Diego Comedian-Con right now. The five-part sequence, titled The Battle Between the Land and the Sea, will give attention to the Sea Devils, an previous foe from the Seventies.
The Battle Between the Land and the Sea will star Russell Tovey (Being Human) and Gugu Mbatha-Uncooked (Loki). Each actors have appeared within the Physician Who franchise earlier than, however they are going to be taking part in new characters on this sequence. Just a few returning Physician Who forged members will participate as properly, together with Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart and Alexander Devrient as Colonel Ibrahim. The official synopsis for the sequence reads: “When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered. With the entire population at risk, UNIT steps into action as the land and sea wage war.” The Sea Devils made their first look in 1972 alongside the Silurians, and whereas the Silurians have been reintroduced to the sequence in 2010, the Sea Devils didn’t return till 2022.
Physician Who showrunner and govt producer Russell T Davies wrote the spinoff with Pete McTighe. “There’s a race that lives beneath the oceans,” Davies mentioned in the course of the Comedian-Con panel. “It’s warfare on an epic scale, and it’s received an incredible forged… I’m so fortunate to work with such an impressive forged. And it is a large, muscular, thrilling drama which can shake The Who universe to its foundations. When the Physician’s not on the town, the entire of humanity is in bother.“
The Physician Who spinoff will begin taking pictures subsequent month. It doesn’t have a premiere date simply but, however it’ll stream completely on Disney+ in North America and worldwide markets, and on BBC One and BBC iPlayer within the U.Okay.
As for the primary present, the first season that includes Ncuti Gatwa (Intercourse Schooling) because the Fifteenth Physician wrapped up subsequent month, however he’ll be returning for a Physician Who Christmas Particular later this yr, which will likely be adopted by a brand new season in 2025. A sneak peek on the new particular was additionally revealed at Comedian-Con, which options Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan.
