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       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.   
      
      
      
      
      
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