“Doctor Who” is getting some friends.
Disney Branded Television and the BBC have jointly announced “The War Between the Land and the Sea,” an all-new spin-off of the classic British sci-fi series, at San Diego Comic Con. The five-part series is set to star Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (already a Disney+ mainstay thanks to her role on “Loki”) alongside returning “Doctor Who” cast members Jemma Redgrave (as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart) and Alexander Devrient (as Colonel Ibrahim). Zounds!
The official synopsis reads: “When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered.