Last month, BBC confirmed that The War Between the Land and the Sea , a Doctor Who spinoff centered around the Sea Devils, was officially happening, and along with alums from the original series like Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw coming aboard to play new characters, fans will also seen Jenna Redgrave and Alexander Devrient respectively reprising UNIT members Kate Lethbridge-Stewart and Colonel Ibrahim. Now two more cast members have been revealed for The War Between the Land and the Sea have been revealed, and while I’m psyched one of them is another UNIT favorite we’ve seen on Doctor Who , the other being a surprising Torchwood character also grabbed my attention. Ruth Madeley Is Reprising Shirley Anne Bingham From The Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials After coming into existence in Jodie Whittaker ’s final episode as the Thirteenth Doctor, and then inadvertently affecting the origin of the Daleks , David Tennant’s Fourteenth Doctor made his first full TV appearance in “The Star Beast,” the first of Doctor Who ’s three 60th anniversary specials.
It didn’t take long for him to meet Shirley Anne Bingham, one of UNIT’s scientific advisors. She also participated in “The Giggle,” the third and final of these specials that saw 14 going through a bi-generation , which spawned Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor. While Ruth Madeley didn’t appear in Gatwa’s first season as Doctor Who ’s lead like Redgrave and Devrient did, BBC announced that she’ll .