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  <title>TDP 1436: The War Between the Land and the Sea EPISODE ONE (FIXED)</title>
  <description> https://m.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=tindogpodcast&amp;amp;amp;_pgn=1&amp;amp;amp;isRefine=true&amp;amp;amp;_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l49496 &amp;amp;nbsp; from wiki &amp;amp;nbsp; The War Between the Land and the Sea&amp;amp;nbsp;is a British&amp;amp;nbsp;science fiction&amp;amp;nbsp;television&amp;amp;nbsp;miniseries&amp;amp;nbsp;created by&amp;amp;nbsp;Russell T Davies&amp;amp;nbsp;for&amp;amp;nbsp;BBC One&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Disney+&amp;amp;nbsp;as part of the&amp;amp;nbsp;Doctor Who franchise. Starring&amp;amp;nbsp;Russell Tovey,&amp;amp;nbsp;Gugu Mbatha-Raw,&amp;amp;nbsp;Jemma Redgrave&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Colin McFarlane, the series features&amp;amp;nbsp;UNIT&amp;amp;nbsp;in their attempt to prevent a global war caused by the return of the&amp;amp;nbsp;Sea Devils, now called &amp;quot;Homo Aqua&amp;quot;. The War Between the Land and the Sea&amp;amp;nbsp;was filmed from August to December 2024. It consists of five episodes and premiered on BBC One on 7 December 2025, and is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ in 2026.  Premise  UNIT must take action to prevent a global war once an ancient species, the&amp;amp;nbsp;Homo aqua, comes out from the sea, revealing itself to humanity.[1]  Cast   Russell Tovey&amp;amp;nbsp;as Barclay Pierre-Dupont, a low-level member of UNIT, a transportation arranger, who is unexpectedly appointed as Ambassador by Salt. Gugu Mbatha-Raw&amp;amp;nbsp;as Salt, the Ambassador of the Sea Devils Jemma Redgrave&amp;amp;nbsp;as&amp;amp;nbsp;Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, the commander-in-chief of UNIT Colin McFarlane&amp;amp;nbsp;as General Austin Pierce, a high-ranking American UNIT officer Alexander Devrient as Colonel Christofer Ibrahim, a senior UNIT officer, part of Kate's personal staff Ruth Madeley&amp;amp;nbsp;as Shirley Anne Bingham, UNIT's fifty-sixth scientific advisor, part of Kate's personal staff Adrian Lukis&amp;amp;nbsp;as Jonathan Hynes, a politician initially appointed as humanity's ambassador Vincent Franklin&amp;amp;nbsp;as Harry Shaw, the&amp;amp;nbsp;Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Francesca Corney as Sergeant Hana Chakri, a UNIT soldier assigned to protect Barclay Mei Mac&amp;amp;nbsp;as Min Tso Waleed Hammad as Colonel Tariq Hashim, a UNIT field officer Hannah Donaldson as Captain Louise Mackie, a UNIT company officer Ann Akinjirin as Barbara Pierre-Dupont, Barclay's estranged spouse[2] Cat Gannon as Kirby Pierre-Dupont, Barclay and Barbara's teenaged non-binary child[3][better&amp;amp;nbsp;source&amp;amp;nbsp;needed]   Episodes     No. Episode [2] Directed by [4] Written by [5] Original release date [6] UK viewers (millions)   1 &amp;quot;Homo Aqua&amp;quot; Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies 7&amp;amp;nbsp;December&amp;amp;nbsp;2025 2.82   2 &amp;quot;Plastic Apocalypse&amp;quot; Dylan Holmes Williams Pete McTighe 7&amp;amp;nbsp;December&amp;amp;nbsp;2025 2.05   3 &amp;quot;The Deep&amp;quot; Dylan Holmes Williams Pete McTighe 14&amp;amp;nbsp;December&amp;amp;nbsp;2025 TBD   4 &amp;quot;The Witch of the Waterfall&amp;quot; Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies and Pete McTighe 14&amp;amp;nbsp;December&amp;amp;nbsp;2025 TBD   5 &amp;quot;The End of the War&amp;quot; Dylan Holmes Williams Russell T Davies 21&amp;amp;nbsp;December&amp;amp;nbsp;2025 TBD     Production   Development  In July 2024,&amp;amp;nbsp;Deadline Hollywood&amp;amp;nbsp;reported a new&amp;amp;nbsp;Doctor Who&amp;amp;nbsp;spin-off titled&amp;amp;nbsp;The War Between the Land and the Sea&amp;amp;nbsp;was set to begin filming in September.[7]&amp;amp;nbsp;Russell T Davies&amp;amp;nbsp;confirmed later that month at&amp;amp;nbsp;San Diego Comic Con&amp;amp;nbsp;that production would begin in August.[8]&amp;amp;nbsp;Produced by&amp;amp;nbsp;Bad Wolf&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;BBC Studios, Davies is an&amp;amp;nbsp;executive producer&amp;amp;nbsp;along with&amp;amp;nbsp;Pete McTighe, Joel Collins,&amp;amp;nbsp;Julie Gardner, and&amp;amp;nbsp;Jane Tranter.[4][9]&amp;amp;nbsp;Edoardo Ferretti took on the role of&amp;amp;nbsp;television producer&amp;amp;nbsp;with&amp;amp;nbsp;pre-production&amp;amp;nbsp;underway by July 2024.[10]  Casting  Russell Tovey&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Gugu Mbatha-Raw&amp;amp;nbsp;lead the series with&amp;amp;nbsp;Jemma Redgrave&amp;amp;nbsp;and Alexander Devrient reprising their roles from&amp;amp;nbsp;Doctor Who&amp;amp;nbsp;as&amp;amp;nbsp;Kate Lethbridge-Stewart&amp;amp;nbsp;and Colonel Ibrahim, respectively.[1][11]&amp;amp;nbsp;Tovey and Mbatha-Raw previously played Alonso Frame and&amp;amp;nbsp;Tish Jones&amp;amp;nbsp;in&amp;amp;nbsp;Doctor Who.[12]&amp;amp;nbsp;Ruth Madeley&amp;amp;nbsp;also returns from&amp;amp;nbsp;Doctor Who, playing Shirley Anne Bingham.&amp;amp;nbsp;Colin McFarlane&amp;amp;nbsp;reprises his role as General Austin Pierce, a character first introduced and last seen fifteen years prior in the&amp;amp;nbsp;third series&amp;amp;nbsp;of&amp;amp;nbsp;Torchwood, another&amp;amp;nbsp;Doctor Who&amp;amp;nbsp;spin-off.[13]&amp;amp;nbsp;Adrian Lukis,&amp;amp;nbsp;Patrick Baladi,&amp;amp;nbsp;Vincent Franklin, Francesca Corney and&amp;amp;nbsp;Mei Mac&amp;amp;nbsp;were announced as additional cast members in October 2024.[14]  Writing  The five-part series was written by Davies and&amp;amp;nbsp;Pete McTighe.[15]&amp;amp;nbsp;Davies is the current&amp;amp;nbsp;showrunner&amp;amp;nbsp;of&amp;amp;nbsp;Doctor Who&amp;amp;nbsp;while McTighe also previously wrote for the parent series.[16]&amp;amp;nbsp;The two split writing duties across the programme, with Davies writing the premiere and finale episodes, McTighe writing the second and third episodes, and the two co-writing episode four together.[5]&amp;amp;nbsp;The first read-through for all five episodes occurred on 19 August 2024.[10]&amp;amp;nbsp;The series sees the return of the&amp;amp;nbsp;Sea Devils.[1]  Filming  Some filming took place internationally, including on&amp;amp;nbsp;Mallorca.[17]&amp;amp;nbsp;All episodes were produced in one block, compared to the two to three blocks that would usually be used for five episodes.[5]&amp;amp;nbsp;Location shooting&amp;amp;nbsp;began on 29 August 2024 in&amp;amp;nbsp;Barry&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Atlantic Wharf, both in&amp;amp;nbsp;south Wales. Filming continued into September in various locations across Wales, including at the Welsh Government Building, City Arms pub, Hodge House, and&amp;amp;nbsp;Merthyr Mawr. In October, the series was spotted filming at&amp;amp;nbsp;Cardiff City Hall&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;National Museum Cardiff. November filming occurred at&amp;amp;nbsp;Town Bridge&amp;amp;nbsp;in&amp;amp;nbsp;Newport, Wales.[17]&amp;amp;nbsp;Filming concluded on 10 December 2024.[18]  Music  On 30 May 2025, it was announced that&amp;amp;nbsp;Lorne Balfe&amp;amp;nbsp;had been hired as the show's composer.[19]    The War Between the Land and the Sea   Soundtrack album&amp;amp;nbsp;by&amp;amp;nbsp; Lorne Balfe    Released 5 December 2025&amp;amp;nbsp;(Digital) 30 January 2026&amp;amp;nbsp;(CD)   Genre Soundtrack   Label Silva Screen   &amp;amp;nbsp;   Singles&amp;amp;nbsp;from&amp;amp;nbsp;The War Between the Land and the Sea      &amp;quot;Barclay's Theme&amp;quot; Released: 28 November 2025 &amp;quot;'Heroes'&amp;quot;  Released: 12 December 2025       A soundtrack album of&amp;amp;nbsp;Lorne Balfe's score was released digitally 5 December 2025. The first track from the album, &amp;quot;Barclay's Theme&amp;quot;, was released as a digital single 28 November 2025 and a cover of &amp;quot;'Heroes'&amp;quot; by&amp;amp;nbsp;Alison Goldfrapp&amp;amp;nbsp;and Balfe will also be released as a single 12 December 2025.[20]&amp;amp;nbsp;A CD edition will be released 30 January 2026.[21]  All tracks are written by&amp;amp;nbsp;Lorne Balfe, except where noted.    No. Title Length   1. &amp;quot;Barclay’s Theme&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   2. &amp;quot;Aqua&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   3. &amp;quot;The Mistake&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   4. &amp;quot;Mission Launch&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   5. &amp;quot;Into the Unknown&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   6. &amp;quot;All over the World&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   7. &amp;quot;Negotiations&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   8. &amp;quot;Welcome our Guests&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   9. &amp;quot;Weight of the World&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   10. &amp;quot;Descending&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   11. &amp;quot;Aqua Den&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   12. &amp;quot;Prisoner of War&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   13. &amp;quot;Lawless&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   14. &amp;quot;Calling for Her&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   15. &amp;quot;Survivor&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   16. &amp;quot;Terrified of You&amp;quot; &amp;amp;nbsp;   17. &amp;quot;'Heroes'&amp;quot; (David Bowie,&amp;amp;nbsp;Brian Eno, performed by&amp;amp;nbsp;Alison Goldfrapp&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;amp; Balfe) &amp;amp;nbsp;      Release   Broadcast  The series premiered on&amp;amp;nbsp;BBC One&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;BBC iPlayer&amp;amp;nbsp;in the United Kingdom on 7 December 2025, and will stream on&amp;amp;nbsp;Disney+&amp;amp;nbsp;internationally in 2026.[6]  Critical reception  Ed Power of&amp;amp;nbsp;The Independent&amp;amp;nbsp;criticised the inclusion of&amp;amp;nbsp;UNIT&amp;amp;nbsp;as a primary presence in the show, saying that &amp;quot;it's always been a rule of thumb that the more UNIT in an episode, the more boring the results&amp;quot;. Power remarked that this was the case for&amp;amp;nbsp;The War Between the Land and the Sea&amp;amp;nbsp;and awarded 2 out of 5 stars.[22]&amp;amp;nbsp;Writing for&amp;amp;nbsp;The Guardian, Lucy Mangan gave 3 out of 5, feeling that the spin-off was &amp;quot;an opportunity wasted&amp;quot;, comparing it in an inferior light to Russell T Davies' previous show,&amp;amp;nbsp;Years and Years.[23]&amp;amp;nbsp;Several outlets praised the performance of returning actress Jemma Redgrave, including&amp;amp;nbsp;Radio Times,&amp;amp;nbsp;SciFi Pulse&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;The London Standard.[24][25][26]&amp;amp;nbsp;Isobel Lewis, writing for&amp;amp;nbsp;The i Paper, compared the show to&amp;amp;nbsp;Torchwood, highlighting the use of profanity. Lewis praised Davies' &amp;quot;willingness&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;not simply feed fans the same stories over and over&amp;quot;, noting how the finales featuring&amp;amp;nbsp;Ncuti Gatwa's&amp;amp;nbsp;Fifteenth Doctor&amp;amp;nbsp;often &amp;quot;struggled to stick the landing&amp;quot;.[27] </description>
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