Okay, So It Was The Sea Devils All Along!

In a revelation that should shock no one, it appears as though my guesses about the aquatic species in The War Between The Land and The Sea were wrong.

I had suggested that they could be the Fish People from The Underwater Menace, but the BBC has just revealed that the Third Doctor classic adventure The Sea Devils is getting a trimmed, 90-minute release just before the new serial releases - making a definitive link between the two stories.

Showrunner Russell T Davies is quoted as saying:

"Fifty-two years after they first rose from the depths, it’s Sea Devil night across the BBC! A great idea never dies, and viewers young and old can now heed the warning: watch the seas!"

The cut-down Sea Devils drops on BBC iPlayer at 6am and will be shown on BBC 4 at 7pm on Sunday December 7, with the first two episodes of The War Between The Land and The Sea then airing at 8.30pm on BBC 1.

You can read more about the return of the Sea Devils here.