Inside the War Between Land and Sea: New BBC Drama Series

Just a few minutes into an initial episode of a new drama aired on BBC viewers have made the same complaint. Russell T Davies is the new series that premiered on BBC One this evening (Sunday, December 7). The author of It starts Sin, Years and Years and the previous showrunner of Doctor Who brought viewers a spin-off of the long-running sci-fi series.

The War Between The Land and The Sea is a series of five parts that diverges off the Whoniverse. Based on the synopsis of this show, an international crisis breaks out when a terrifying and an old race roses out of the sea, and in a dramatic manner exposes its presence to the rest of the world. As the land and the sea go to war, UNIT steps in since the population is at stake.

The show can technically pass as a Doctor Who spin-off, but the author of the series hopes that even those who are not yet victims to the extensive history of the Time Lord can jump right in without needing to know anything about what he did before.

Even though they are in the universe of the iconic character, they do not feature in this story. Explaining the differences, Russell elaborated: “It’s little bit tougher than Doctor Who, it takes on tougher themes, and people have tougher reactions in it, again, because there’s no Doctor.

“Normally the Doctor has a magic blue doorway they can take everybody safely through, that safety net has gone. You very much find these characters up against the wall and pushed to the limit.”

Usually the Doctor has a blue door that they could all pass through safely, the safety net has dropped. You have these characters against the wall and tapped to the last bit out of them.

Since Torchwood was last broadcast in 2011, fans have been looking forward to the first such show. Yet, a few minutes into the beginning of the first episode of this evening, the majority of people saw the same issue. That was mostly in the sound levels and the general volume or the dialogue between the characters specifically. Some of the viewers who were at home following could not keep pace with what was being said. There was a moment when one character was given a significant speech but the fans noted that they could not hear a single word and they had to either use the subtitles or turn the volume as high as possible.

One person posted: “Why is the background music drowning out the dialogue? I can’t hear a b***y thing!

Another added: ” I cannot understand what anyone is saying.” While a third agreed: “Any chance you can turn the music down so I have a chance of actually hearing what’s said.”