{"id":43019,"date":"2024-01-04T14:15:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T13:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1954131"},"modified":"2024-01-04T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:48:10","slug":"doctor-whos-rumoured-spin-off-title-and-production-start-date-emerge-online","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-rumoured-spin-off-title-and-production-start-date-emerge-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s rumoured spin-off title and production start date emerge online"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will the Sea Devils be returning? <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 04 January 2024 at 13:15 PM<\/p>

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As we enter a new era of Doctor Who<\/a>, we know that some spin-offs<\/a> are on their way \u2013 and a new report on Production List<\/a> suggests that one of them will begin production very soon.<\/p>\n

An entry on the website suggests that a spin-off, titled The War Between the Land and the Sea, will start shooting on 4th March 2024.<\/p>\n

The series is specifically listed as a Doctor Who spin-off and the entry states it will feature the Sea Devils. The iconic monsters first appeared in the show in the 1972 Jon Pertwee<\/a> story The Sea Devils<\/a> and, more recently, they returned in the 2022 Jodie Whittaker special Legend of the Sea Devils<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Production List reports that filming will take place in Cardiff, Wales, and lists Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies and producers Phil Collinson, Vicki Delow, Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner as crew members.<\/p>\n

RadioTimes.com<\/a> has contacted the BBC, who declined to comment.<\/p>\n

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Jon Pertwee\u2019s Doctor vs a Sea Devil. BBC<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Davies previously confirmed that new spin-offs are on the horizon as Doctor Who enters its \u201cnext stage\u201d after the 60th anniversary of the show.<\/p>\n

Speaking about why it was the right time for him to return to Doctor Who<\/a>, Davies told\u00a0GQ<\/a>: \u201cSo I thought \u2013 with no criticism whatsoever towards the people who were running it at the time, because they were running it within the BBC\u2019s measures \u2013 it was time for the next stage for Doctor Who.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the streaming platforms are ready, the spin-offs are ready; I always believed in spin-offs when I was there. I did Torchwood as a spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures as a spin-off.<\/p>

\u201cThose spin-offs declined when I left, and I can see why. And I very much left after 2008, when the money became scarce. I think that\u2019s fair enough for the public service broadcaster that the money is spent on other things.\u201d<\/p>\n

While confirmed details on what exactly the spin-offs will include have been thin on the ground, there have also been rumours about a spin-off relating to UNIT<\/a> \u2013 especially after Jemma Redgrave\u2019s return as Kate Stewart<\/a> in the 60th anniversary specials.<\/p>