Whoniverse spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea won’t be on Disney+ until next year
One of the chief drawbacks of the BBC/Disney co-production deal that delivered 26 episodes of the Whoniverse between 2023 and 2025 was how slow the American streamer was to make decisions. Their delay confirming they wouldn’t be renewing the deal had a domino effect on the calendar of finding a replacement. The ultimate result of that was that a new Doctor Who production team won’t be in place until next Spring at the earliest. Another was the long, long wait for viewers to see UNIT spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea. At their end, theBBC finally pushed ahead to broadcast the five episode series last December. However, international viewers are still waiting for its Disney+ debut.
And according to series star Russell Tovey, they’ll have to wait a bit longer. The actor, who plays a low level UNIT employee called Barclay who accidentally becomes ambassador for the whole human race, says The War Between won’t drop on Disney+ until 2027. Speaking to the Radio Times, he compared the situation to the old days. The era when it could take months before the latest Hollywood movie made it to European cinemas. Indeed, many slightly older UK readers may well remember the days when it could take anything from months to years to catch the latest episodes of The X-Files or Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Unfortunately, there are no more details on when in 2027, the latest Doctor Who spin-off will arrive. This means it could even be a full two year gap between British and international broadcasts. For the BBC, the series about the return of the Earth’s aquatic previous rulers, the was one of their biggest new dramas of 2025. However, with the end of their co-production deal, it doesn’t seem to be a priority for Disney+.
Blogtor Who will update you, of course, when there’s news of a specific release date.
