As The War Between the Land and the Sea surfaces on BBC One and iPlayer, Doctor Who Magazine 624 interviews star Russell Tovey about his role as Barclay Pierre-Dupont. Also interviewed are Writer Pete McTighe, producer Joel Collins and director Dylan Holmes Williams.
Co-writer Pete McTighe:
“I’ve been working on The War Between since 2023. After I handed in my first draft of Lucky Day, my episode for Season 2 of Doctor Who, [Showrunner] Russell [T Davies] called me in for a meeting and gave me Episode 1 that he’d already written. He said, ‘I’d love you to come on board and write some more episodes with me.’ I was thrilled because I loved Episode 1 and to work more with Russell is a dream – we work really well together. It’s been really exciting, crafting it all with him, and then seeing the team put it all together.
“Malcolm Hulke did such a fantastic job in creating the Silurians and the Sea Devils. It’s a great idea, a way of doing an alien invasion story without them being alien – he was a very clever man and his stories stand the test of time. Because I knew the history, I was able to bring in a few little Easter eggs for fans of the classic series. The footage we’ve recorded for this series looks fantastic – this has been the best job of my career so far.”
Included as a bonus with the issue are The War Between the Land and the Sea collector’s art cards and an audio adventure with the Ninth Doctor.
Also in DWM 622:
• Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies shares his latest 12 Days of Christmas
• A preview of the new 90-minute version of Third Doctor classic The Sea Devils
• UNIT intelligence on previous Sea Devil skirmishes
• Back to 1968: UNIT’s first encounter with the Doctor – 57 years ago
• Concept artist Peter McKinstry talks about his work and his new book The Art of Time Travel
• Looking back on 60 years of the Doctor Who Annual
• Remembering the very first Doctor Who Dalek December
• The many ways in which Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has influenced Doctor Who
• Excavating the Cave-Monsters – in the first part of our deep dive into the fact and fiction of Doctor Who and the Silurians
• A ghost story for Christmas featuring the Fifteenth Doctor
Regular features:
• Gallifrey Guardian: News including the launch of The War Between the Land and the Sea, a round-up of this year’s Doctor Who Day activity, and a Children in Need special
• Reviews – featuring the latest audios, books and action figures
• Other Worlds: the essential guide to new stories in the Doctor Who expanded universe – including the War Doctor’s clash with every Cyberman ever
• Prizes to be won – including a massive Christmas bundle of Blu-rays and CDs
Doctor Who Magazine 624 is on sale Thursday 4 December from Panini and news outlets priced £8.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags priced £7.99.