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The War Between the Land and the Sea Plastic Apocalypse

Episode 2 of 5 from The War Between the Land and the Sea

Sunday, 7th December 2025 9:15PM BBC One (47 mins)

Plastic Apocalypse Synopsis

Barclay becomes humanity’s ambassador when the mysterious Salt emerges from the Tank. But his family’s life is torn apart when Salt wreaks revenge upon all mankind.

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  • Episode 2 of 5 from The War Between the Land and the Sea

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Credits

Credits
  • Writer Pete McTighe
  • Director Dylan Holmes Williams
  • Producer Edoardo Ferretti
  • Executive Producer Joel Collins
  • Executive Producer Pete McTighe
  • Executive Producer Russell T Davies
  • Executive Producer Julie Gardner
  • Executive Producer Jane Tranter
  • Barclay Pierre-Dupont Russell Tovey
  • Salt Gugu Mbatha-Raw
  • Kate Lethbridge-Stewart Jemma Redgrave
  • General Austin Pierce Colin McFarlane
  • Sergeant Hana Chakri Francesca Corney
  • Sir Jonathan Hynes Adrian Lukis
  • Colonel Tariq Hashim Waleed Hammad
  • General Dominique Dussolier Barbara Probst
  • Homo Aqua Gethin Alderman
  • Homo Aqua Charles Sandford
  • Colonel Christofer Ibrahim Alexander Devrient
  • Kirby Pierre-Dupont Cat Gannon
  • Shirley Bingham Ruth Madeley
  • Barbara Pierre-Dupont Ann Akinjirin
  • BBC Newsreader Jennifer Jones
  • UK Reporter Alys Metcalf
  • Trinity Wells Lachele Carl
  • Felix Gladstock Tim Wallers
  • Prime Minister Harry Shaw Vincent Franklin
  • Steve Chesney George Robinson
  • Captain Louise Mackie Hannah Donaldson
  • Min Tso Mei Mac
  • Dr Kadie Bangura Lucy Vandi
  • Marko Novak Benito Curteanu
  • Sir Keith Spears Patrick Baladi
  • Esther Spears Cordelia Bugeja
  • General Oscar Gunsberg Stewart Alexander
  • Rose-Marie Hunt Antonia Bernath
  • Platoon Leader Iestyn Arwel
  • Chinese Newsreader Edward Wu
  • Russian Newsreader Zina Ida
  • UK Newsreader Waseem Mirza
  • USA Reporter Shanice Archer
  • Australian Diplomat Douglas Hansell
  • Ted Campbell William Gaminara
  • Sierra Leone Delegate Ray Sesay
  • Salt (Male) Joshua Sinclair-Evans
Characters
Barclay Pierre-Dupont played by Russell Tovey in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Barclay Pierre-Dupont Russell Tovey Salt played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Salt Gugu Mbatha-Raw Kate Lethbridge-Stewart played by Jemma Redgrave in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Kate Lethbridge-Stewart Jemma Redgrave General Austin Pierce played by Colin McFarlane in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse General Austin Pierce Colin McFarlane Sergeant Hana Chakri played by Francesca Corney in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Sergeant Hana Chakri Francesca Corney Sir Jonathan Hynes played by Adrian Lukis in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Sir Jonathan Hynes Adrian Lukis Colonel Tariq Hashim played by Waleed Hammad in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Colonel Tariq Hashim Waleed Hammad General Dominique Dussolier played by Barbara Probst in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse General Dominique Dussolier Barbara Probst Colonel Christofer Ibrahim played by Alexander Devrient in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Colonel Christofer Ibrahim Alexander Devrient Kirby Pierre-Dupont played by Cat Gannon in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Kirby Pierre-Dupont Cat Gannon Shirley Bingham played by Ruth Madeley in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Shirley Bingham Ruth Madeley Barbara Pierre-Dupont played by Ann Akinjirin in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Barbara Pierre-Dupont Ann Akinjirin BBC Newsreader played by Jennifer Jones in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse BBC Newsreader Jennifer Jones UK Reporter played by Alys Metcalf in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse UK Reporter Alys Metcalf Trinity Wells played by Lachele Carl in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Trinity Wells Lachele Carl Felix Gladstock played by Tim Wallers in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Felix Gladstock Tim Wallers Prime Minister Harry Shaw played by Vincent Franklin in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Prime Minister Harry Shaw Vincent Franklin Steve Chesney played by George Robinson in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Steve Chesney George Robinson Captain Louise Mackie played by Hannah Donaldson in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Captain Louise Mackie Hannah Donaldson Min Tso played by Mei Mac in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Min Tso Mei Mac Dr Kadie Bangura played by Lucy Vandi in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Dr Kadie Bangura Lucy Vandi Marko Novak played by Benito Curteanu in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Marko Novak Benito Curteanu Sir Keith Spears played by Patrick Baladi in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Sir Keith Spears Patrick Baladi Esther Spears played by Cordelia Bugeja in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Esther Spears Cordelia Bugeja General Oscar Gunsberg played by Stewart Alexander in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse General Oscar Gunsberg Stewart Alexander Rose-Marie Hunt played by Antonia Bernath in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Rose-Marie Hunt Antonia Bernath Platoon Leader played by Iestyn Arwel in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Platoon Leader Iestyn Arwel Chinese Newsreader played by Edward Wu in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Chinese Newsreader Edward Wu Russian Newsreader played by Zina Ida in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Russian Newsreader Zina Ida UK Newsreader played by Waseem Mirza in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse UK Newsreader Waseem Mirza USA Reporter played by Shanice Archer in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse USA Reporter Shanice Archer Australian Diplomat played by Douglas Hansell in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Australian Diplomat Douglas Hansell Ted Campbell played by William Gaminara in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Ted Campbell William Gaminara Sierra Leone Delegate played by Ray Sesay in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Sierra Leone Delegate Ray Sesay Salt (Male) played by Joshua Sinclair-Evans in Doctor Who: Plastic Apocalypse Salt (Male) Joshua Sinclair-Evans

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