{"id":166883,"date":"2025-11-30T01:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T01:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/166883\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T01:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T01:41:11","slug":"the-war-between-writer-promises-doctor-who-easter-eggs-in-spin-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/166883\/","title":{"rendered":"The War Between writer promises Doctor Who Easter Eggs in spin-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans of the Whoniverse<\/a> will no doubt be keeping their eyes peeled for any familiar faces and nods to the wider Doctor Who franchise when spinoff The War Between the Land and the Sea<\/a> debuts on the BBC next week. <\/p>\n

The Earth-based drama explores an impending conflict between mankind and returning foes the Sea Devils<\/a>, as the Unified Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT) are forced to step up in the Doctor\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n

The series features the return of a whole host of characters, including Jemma Redgrave, Alexander Devrient and Ruth Madeley reprising their UNIT roles, along with Colin McFarlane returning as General Austin Pierce from Torchwood: Children of Earth. <\/a><\/p>\n

And with the focus on the Sea Devils – who were last seen clashing with Jodie Whittaker\u2019s Thirteenth Doctor in the 2022 special Legend of the Sea Devils – fans are finally set to discover more about this formidable but somewhat mysterious foe.<\/p>\n

When asked about ties to the wider Doctor Who universe, writer Pete McTighe revealed: \u201cThere are absolutely Easter eggs to be seen \u2013 if you get the pause button ready, you’ll be seeing plenty of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Russell Tovey as Barclay Pierre-Dupont and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Salt in The War Between the Land and the Sea.\u00a0BBC Studios\/Bad Wolf\/James Pardon<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat’s great about the Sea Devils as a civilisation is we didn’t really know much about them before,\u201d Davies explains. \u201cEssentially, they were monsters on a beach in Portsmouth, or in Sea Base, we didn’t really delve into their culture and their society, and that’s what we’re able to do a lot more of here.\u201d <\/p>\n

And it looks like Whovians will finally get a glimpse at their home world. \u201cWe spend a lot more time with them, we actually go to their world in episode 3, which is incredible,\u201d he continues.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get to see how they live and their environment and all the different species, so that’s been a huge amount of fun to expand the backstory.\u201d<\/p>\n

First debuting in the 1972 serial The Sea Devils alongside Jon Pertwee\u2019s Third Doctor, the species has certainly had quite the makeover since its original appearance. They\u2019ve dwelled in the Earth\u2019s oceans for millions of years, but upon awakening to find that mankind has polluted the seas, they soon take action. <\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more about The War Between the Land and the Sea, including news, interviews, features, and more. The War Between the Land and the Sea is coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 7th December.<\/p>\n

Add The War Between the Land and the Sea to your watchlist on the Radio Times: What to Watch app<\/a> \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/p>\n

Check out more of our Sci-fi<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans of the Whoniverse will no doubt be keeping their eyes peeled for any familiar faces and nods…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-166883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}