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'''"The UNIT Chronology"''' was a section of ''[[UNIT Exposed]]'', which was [[Andrew Dylan]]'s final piece about the [[United Nations]] in ''[[The Metropolitan]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[An Army of Shadows (short story)|An Army of Shadows]]'')
'''"The UNIT Chronology"''' was a section of ''[[UNIT Exposed]]'', which was [[Andrew Dylan]]'s final piece about the [[United Nations]] in ''[[The Metropolitan]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[An Army of Shadows (short story)|An Army of Shadows]]'')


== The UNIT Chronology ==
{{quote|Italicised titles refer to [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] documents censored by D Notices in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and only revealed thanks to research of published [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] material in the [[United States of America|United States]]. Interested readers should note that although every attempt has been made to verify the dates of the listed incidents, ''The Metropolitan''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s access to government documentation has been limited in the extreme; because of this no exact dates can be published at this time. Even as we went to press more information on the history of UNIT was coming to light and we welcome corrections to our research for future publication.|}}
Italicised titles refer to [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] documents censored by D Notices in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and only revealed thanks to research of published [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] material in the [[United States of America|United States]]. Interested readers should note that although every attempt has been made to verify the dates of the listed incidents, ''The Metropolitan''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s access to government documentation has been limited in the extreme; because of this no exact dates can be published at this time. Even as we went to press more information on the history of UNIT was coming to light and we welcome corrections to our research for future publication.


* '''[[1926]] ''The Yeti Affair''''' Professor [[Edward Travers|Travers]] reports to the War Department on the appearance of [[Robot Yeti|robot creatures]] in [[Tibet]]. Further investigations blocked by the [[Dalai Lama|Dalai Llama]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'')
* '''[[1926]] ''The Yeti Affair''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'')


* '''[[1943]] ''The Ultima Project''''' Reports of monsters in [[Northumbria]] linked with cypher project headed by Commander [[A. H. Millington|Millington]]. War censorship covers subsequent investigations by army intelligence but tales of [[Haemovore|vampirism]] persist. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')
* '''[[1943]] ''The Ultima Project''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'')


* '''[[1959]] ''The Delta Briefing''''' A secret report to the [[Pentagon]] by CIA agents [[Jerome Weismuller|Weismuller]] and [[Hawk (Delta and the Bannermen)|Hawk]] on [[UFO]] activity in England suggests the establishment of an alien defence force. The report is buried by the US administration of the day. ([[TV]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'')
* '''[[1959]] ''The Delta Briefing''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'')


* '''[[1961]] ''The [[Intrusion Counter-Measures Group|Intrusion Counter Measures Group]]''''' [sic] is established in Britain under the command of Group Captain [[Ian Gilmore|Ian 'Chunky' Gilmore]] of the newly formed [[Royal Air Force]] Regiment. Its brief was to protect the UK from covert actions by hostile powers, mounting intelligence operations against any such threats. Staffed by RAF personnel; scientific advisors included Professor [[Rachel Jensen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'')
* '''[[1961]] ''The [[Intrusion Counter-Measures Group|Intrusion Counter Measures Group]]''''' [sic] ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'')


* '''Late [[1963]] ''The [[Shoreditch Incident]]''''' D Notice suppresses encounters with aliens at [[Totter's Lane|Totters' Lane]] [sic]. Local populace evacuated from the immediate area under the instructions of British High Command, under the terms of the Peacetime Accident Provisions. The physicist, [[Allison Williams]] is seconded from [[Cambridge]] to assist in undisclosed operations, with the deaths of several operatives described as the unfortunate result of events connected with an emergency wartime bomb disposal Further investigation blocked under the terms of the [[Official Secrets Act]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'')
* '''Late [[1963]] ''The [[Shoreditch Incident]]''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'')


* '''[[1964]]''' ICMG called into investigate the death of the industrialist, [[Forester (Planet of Giants)|Forrester]] [sic]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'')
* '''[[1964]]''' ICMG called into investigate the death of the industrialist, [[Forester (Planet of Giants)|Forrester]] [sic]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'')


* '''[[12 July|12th July]] [[1966]] onwards ''The [[C-Day]] Incident''''' Robotic machines controlled by the computer [[WOTAN]], run amok in Central London prompting mass evacuation and a secret government enquiry. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'')
* '''[[12 July|12th July]] [[1966]] onwards ''The [[C-Day]] Incident''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'')


* '''[[20 July|20th July]] [[1966]] onwards ''The Chameleon Affair''''' MoD files refer to '[[Police Box]] Incident' at the new [[Gatwick Airport]] — a now common UNIT euphemism for alien activity. Unexplained disappearance of many young people. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'')
* '''[[20 July|20th July]] [[1966]] onwards ''The Chameleon Affair''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'')


* '''[[1967]]''' ICMG called in to investigate events at the [[Euro Sea Gas|Euro-Gas]] refinery. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'')
* '''[[1967]]''' ICMG called in to investigate events at the [[Euro Sea Gas|Euro-Gas]] refinery. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'')


* '''[[1971]] ''The Underground Animals''''' ICMG combines with regular army forces to deal with dangerous animals at loose in the [[London Underground]]. Central London evacuated as a mysterious fog— ascribed to 'cleverly orchestrated nerve gas attack' by an unnamed [[Middle East]] [[Terrorism|Terrorist]] Group which is dealt with by the army. UNIT — the United Nations Intelligence Task Force — formed shortly after this incident, the result of a secret UN resolution. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'')
* '''[[1971]] ''The Underground Animals''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'')


* '''Early [[1975]] ''The Invasion''''' [[cybermen|Strange metal robots]] sighted in London and photographed by [[Isobel Watkins]], further reports suppressed. Worldwide alert over rogue nuclear missile — no disclosure to this day as to the identity of the country who fired the weapon. UNIT absorbs the properties, scientific laboratories and assets of [[International Electromatics]] after the unexplained death of its owner, [[Tobias Vaughn]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'')
* '''Early [[1975]] ''The Invasion''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'')


* '''[[1975]]''' Reports of [[Third Doctor|an alien]] at the [[Ashbridge Cottage Hospital]] appear in the national press, disclaimed by then UNIT leader [[Brigadier]] [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Alister Gordon Lethbridge Stewart]] [sic]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')
* '''[[1975]]''' Reports of [[Third Doctor|an alien]] at the [[Ashbridge Cottage Hospital]] appear in the national press, disclaimed by then UNIT leader [[Brigadier]] [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Alister Gordon Lethbridge Stewart]] [sic]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')


* '''''The [[Wenley Moor]] Incident''''' Caves blown up in [[Derbyshire]] by UNIT following a series of terrorist attacks on a secret atomic research laboratory. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'')
* '''''The [[Wenley Moor]] Incident''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'')


* '''''The [[Mars Probe 7]] Affair''''' Public admission of alien menaces apparently suppressed by UNIT. Renegade army officers. . . ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')
* '''''The [[Mars Probe 7]] Affair''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'')


* '''''[[Inferno Project|Project Inferno]]''''' Near disaster at a drilling plant averted following UNIT intervention. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'')
* '''''[[Inferno Project|Project Inferno]]''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'')


* '''[[1976]] "The Master's Gang Incidents"'''
* '''[[1976]] "The Master's Gang Incidents"'''
** UNIT foils plot to kill people with radio activated plastic [[daffodil]]s! ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
** UNIT foils plot to kill people with radio activated plastic [[daffodil]]s! ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
** '''''The Mind of Evil''''' UNIT assigned with disarmament duties — the [[Thunderbolt|Thunderbolt Nerve Gas missile]] and security for [[World Peace Conference]] in London. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'')
** '''''The Mind of Evil''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'')
** '''''The Axonite Incident''''' (see also ex-CIA agent [[Bill Filer]]'s book ''The Nuton Conspiracy''). Following the destruction of a nuclear power facility, the United Nations presses for greater powers over national military forces In the event of terrorist emergencies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'')  
** '''''The Axonite Incident''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'')  
** '''''Devil's End''''' UNIT called in to investigate events at British village after a broadcast on [[BBC3]] from an ancient barrow is cut off in mid-transmission by freak weather conditions. The terrorist known as {{Delgado|The Master}} is arrested and placed on secret trial, then sentenced to life imprisonment. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')
** '''''Devil's End''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'')
** '''[[September]] [[1976]] ''Day of the [[Dalek]]s''''' Terrorists are blamed for the destruction of [[Auderley House]] belonging to Sir [[Reginald Styles]], location for the second World Peace Conference. UNIT save the lives of delegates and the Styles' Accord grants the organisation wider powers. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'')
** '''[[September]] [[1976]] ''Day of the [[Dalek]]s''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'')


* '''[[1977]] ''The [[Sea Devil]]s''''' Parliamentary Secretary [[Robert Walker|Walker]] is dismissed following the escape of 'The Master' from his island prison with the help of accomplices. He has not been heard of since. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'')
* '''[[1977]] ''The [[Sea Devil]]s''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'')


* '''''The Time Monster''''' [[World War II|WWII]] [[Doodlebug]]s spotted over Cambridge — investigated by UNIT. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')
* '''''The Time Monster''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')


* Terrorists blamed for destruction of government sponsored research facility at [[Fetch Priory]], run by Dr [[Fendelman]] and part funded by International Electromatics. ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'')
* Terrorists blamed for destruction of government sponsored research facility at [[Fetch Priory]], run by Dr [[Fendelman]] and part funded by International Electromatics. ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'')
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* '''[[1979]]''' Eminent [[archaeologist]] Professor [[Amelia Rumford]] presents her surprise paper on '''Silicon Life Forms and Habitats''' to the [[Royal Scientific Club]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'')
* '''[[1979]]''' Eminent [[archaeologist]] Professor [[Amelia Rumford]] presents her surprise paper on '''Silicon Life Forms and Habitats''' to the [[Royal Scientific Club]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'')


* '''[[1979]] ''The Green Death''''' Events at the [[Global Chemicals]] plant in [[Llanfairfach]], [[Wales]], are suppressed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
* '''[[1979]] ''The Green Death''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')


* '''[[1980]]''' Scientists disappear from the Brains Trust. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'')
* '''[[1980]]''' Scientists disappear from the Brains Trust. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'')


* '''''The '[[Dinosaur]]' Invasion''''' London evacuated when an [[LSD]]-based hallucinogen gas is released in a "freak accident"; later revealed as a terrorist bomb attack by The Metropolitan. Captain [[Mike Yates]] dismissed from service and journalist [[Sarah Jane Smith]] seconded to UNIT as part of publicity drive for new recruits. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')
* '''''The '[[Dinosaur]]' Invasion''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')


* '''''The Think Tank incident''''' flight wing scientists attempt to take over nuclear missiles using sophisticated computer programmes developed under duress by Professor [[Jeremiah Kettlewell|Kettlewell]], who is subsequently killed in a raid on the organisation's bunker. Government enquiry blames UNIT for death and complaints made to [[Geneva]] about national security breaches by UNIT staff. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
* '''''The Think Tank incident''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')


* '''''The Pharos Encounter''''' national newspaper reports on security guards 'Encounter with Aliens' at the [[Pharos Project|Pharos project]], which helms friendly messages into space for supposed other civilisations. "They arrived in a [[The Master's TARDIS|spaceship shaped like a Greek column]]," said [[Andrew Mitchell]], the Head of Security. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
* '''''The Pharos Encounter''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')


* '''''The Zygon Gambit''''' The [[World Energy Conference]] at Stamford House at (what is now UNIT's new London headquarters) is disrupted by a terrorist attack. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'')
* '''''The Zygon Gambit''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'')


* '''''The Android Invasion''''' Secret government work on cyborgs stolen during UNIT operation against Middle Eastern terrorists. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'')
* '''''The Android Invasion''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'')


* '''''The Seeds of Doom''''' Widespread reports of plants attacking human beings in South East England blamed on [[Sunspot|sun spots]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'')
* '''''The Seeds of Doom''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'')


* '''[[1981]]''' Brigadier Alistair Gordon-Lethbridge [sic] Stewart retires from the armed forces to take up teaching at [[Brendon Public School|Brendon School]], Colonel [[Charles Crichton|Crichton]] appointed new commander of British forces. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'')
* '''[[1981]]''' Brigadier Alistair Gordon-Lethbridge [sic] Stewart retires from the armed forces to take up teaching at [[Brendon Public School|Brendon School]], Colonel [[Charles Crichton|Crichton]] appointed new commander of British forces. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'')


* '''''The Hand of Fear''''' Investigation of attack on [[Nunton]] nuclear power station. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'')
* '''''The Hand of Fear''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'')


* '''[[1982]]''' UNIT powers limited by agreement of the UN Security Council and previous wide-ranging powers of curfew and arrest withdrawn. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[An Army of Shadows (short story)|An Army of Shadows]]'')
* '''[[1982]]''' UNIT powers limited by agreement of the UN Security Council and previous wide-ranging powers of curfew and arrest withdrawn. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[An Army of Shadows (short story)|An Army of Shadows]]'')
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* '''[[1985]]''' Heightened UFO reports over [[Spain]], [[France]] and Southern Britain are dismissed as hoaxes by authorities. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'')
* '''[[1985]]''' Heightened UFO reports over [[Spain]], [[France]] and Southern Britain are dismissed as hoaxes by authorities. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'')


* '''[[1986]] ''The Bogus Planet''''' Antarctic Space Tracking Station attacked by unknown forces. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')
* '''[[1986]] ''The Bogus Planet''''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')


* UNIT surveillance operations on known terrorists (such as [[Gustave Lytton|Gustav Litten]]) gains increased funding by secret UN resolution. Several government officials of different countries resign in protest. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
* UNIT surveillance operations on known terrorists (such as [[Gustave Lytton|Gustav Litten]]) gains increased funding by secret UN resolution. Several government officials of different countries resign in protest. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')

Revision as of 16:11, 31 July 2020

"The UNIT Chronology" was a section of UNIT Exposed, which was Andrew Dylan's final piece about the United Nations in The Metropolitan. (PROSE: An Army of Shadows)

Italicised titles refer to UNIT documents censored by D Notices in Britain and only revealed thanks to research of published CIA material in the United States. Interested readers should note that although every attempt has been made to verify the dates of the listed incidents, The Metropolitan's access to government documentation has been limited in the extreme; because of this no exact dates can be published at this time. Even as we went to press more information on the history of UNIT was coming to light and we welcome corrections to our research for future publication.

  • The Think Tank incident (TV: Robot)
  • 1982 UNIT powers limited by agreement of the UN Security Council and previous wide-ranging powers of curfew and arrest withdrawn. (PROSE: An Army of Shadows)
  • 1983 Part of Amsterdam sealed off by UNIT team after terrorist-explosion. Dutch government protests at action and investigation ordered. (TV: Arc of Infinity)
  • A UNIT Reunion at their old country coincidentally marks beginning of withdrawal of funding for the organisation by the United Nations. (PROSE: An Army of Shadows)
  • 1984 Following UNIT's appeal to cordon off the village of Little Hodcombe after what was described in the popular press as a "Mass Ghost Sighting!" the organisation is ridiculed and Crichton resigns under a cloud. (TV: The Awakening)
  • UNIT surveillance operations on known terrorists (such as Gustav Litten) gains increased funding by secret UN resolution. Several government officials of different countries resign in protest. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
  • 1988 Wild 'Giant Cat' hunted by UNIT team without success in Perivale in North West London. (TV: Survival)

Behind the scenes

This section of PROSE: An Army of Shadows is one of many attempts to work out the UNIT dating controversy. However, this one intentionally skirts any timeline issues by explicitly establishing that "no exact dates" could be published.

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