Tovey recently teased what’s to come from the series, saying: “It’s set in our world. Climate change<\/a> is a huge factor. Again, it needs to be factored more into art so we really get an understanding of it.”<\/p>\n Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Salt in The War Between the Land and the Sea.\u00a0BBC Studios\/Bad Wolf\/Samuel Dore<\/p>\n Tovey added of his character: “It’s this narrative of this guy who, basically, as Jane [Tranter, executive producer] said in the introduction, he’s someone who works in the offices and books people’s taxis, but by some series of events, he ends up becoming a very important figure in the world, and having to understand that role and what that entails.<\/p>\n “And, in true Doctor Who [fashion, he’s] saving the planet. It was just a total joy to play this everyman who’s the sort of a guy that’s drifted into his late 30s, early 40s and, unbeknownst to him, just thought, ‘This is what life was going to be.’<\/p>\n “I love that, hopefully, it’s inspiring and people feel like it’s not over, that things can shift any moment. I’m really proud of it, and I’m terrified of it and excited by it \u2013 all of those things. But working on it was brilliant, and the scripts were fab.” The War Between the Land and the Sea will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n Doctor Who is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. Dive into our Doctor Who story guide<\/a>: reviews of every episode since 1963, plus cast & crew listings, production trivia, and exclusive material from the Radio Times archive.<\/p>\n![\"Gugu](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/525185-c943c37.jpg\" "\\"525185,TITLE:The")
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Alongside Tovey, the series will star Gugu Mbatha Raw as Salt, with Doctor Who stars including Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart) and Ruth Madeley (Shirley Bingham) reprising their roles.<\/p>\n