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For their paramilitary operations based in the [[United Kingdom]], the [[UNIT (organisation)|United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]], later [[UNIT (organisation)|Unified]], managed a [[British]] contigency; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'', ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'', ''[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)#UNIT|UNIT]]'', | For their paramilitary operations based in the [[United Kingdom]], the [[UNIT (organisation)|United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]], later [[UNIT (organisation)|Unified]], managed a [[British]] contigency; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'', ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'', ''[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)#UNIT|UNIT]]'', ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coup (audio story)|The Coup]]'', etc.) it was often just referred to as '''UNIT''' and its relavent acronyms, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'', etc.) however upon the need to disambiguate it from other UNIT branches, it went by more specific names, such as: the '''United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (British Section)'''; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') and later, '''UNIT UK'''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bullet Time (novel)|Bullet Time]]'', ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'', ''[[Island of Death (novel)|Island of Death]]'', ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') The British contingency shared its principles and operational values with its parental body, to protect humanity, no matter the cost. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)|UNIT History: Fighting the Unknown]]'') | ||
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==== Formation ==== | ==== Formation ==== | ||
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There existed many accounts of the [[formation of UNIT]] and their United Kingdom contingency. According to some accounts, UNIT was formed in the response of the "[[London Event]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'', ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'', ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'', ''[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)#UNIT|UNIT]]'', | There existed many accounts of the [[formation of UNIT]] and their United Kingdom contingency. According to some accounts, UNIT was formed in the response of the "[[London Event]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'', ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'', ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'', ''[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)#UNIT|UNIT]]'', etc.) while according to other accounts, UNIT was formed directly by [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]] who went over the [[British government]]'s heads to the [[UN Security Council]] to have a permanent [[Special Operations]] force to deal with alien threats, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'', ''[[Fear of the Web (novel)|Fear of the Web]]'') while according to a third account, it was set up in [[1958]] by [[Farquhar]] and [[The Grand Serpent|Prentis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'') | ||
==== UNIT's Golden Period ==== | ==== UNIT's Golden Period ==== | ||
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UNIT was involved in the [[1995 Bonnybridge Cigar Confrontation]], which was a larger incident in their relatively quieter period of operations. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)|UNIT Hsitory: Fighting the unknown]]'') | UNIT was involved in the [[1995 Bonnybridge Cigar Confrontation]], which was a larger incident in their relatively quieter period of operations. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)|UNIT Hsitory: Fighting the unknown]]'') | ||
=== | In the late [[1990s]], UNIT, [[Corporal]] [[Ives (Evening's Empire)|Ives]] and [[Colonel]] [[Muriel Frost]], helped the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] investigate a potential [[UFO]] that caused the crash of [[Pilot (Evening's Empire)|a German pilot]] during [[World War 2]]. After Ives and Frost helped the Doctor to confirm that a UFO, or rather a [[Q'Dhite]] [[Q'Dhite Mind-Treader|Mind-Treader]], was involved, however Ace was [[kidnapping|kidnapped]] by [[Alex Evening]], who had found the Mind-Treader some time prior to the Doctor's investigation, and had used the Mind-Treader to build [[Alex Evening's World|a world of his own]] which he took Ace to. The Doctor, Ives, Frost, and a company of UNIT soliders went in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] to this world, where they fought Alex and the beings he created, with UNIT sustaining large casualities. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Evening's Empire (comic story)|Evening's Empire]]'') | ||
=== 21st century === | |||
==== 2000s ==== | ==== 2000s ==== | ||
Despite UNIT's decrease in size over the course of the [[1980s]] and [[1990s]], UNIT would begin to expand rapidly again in the early [[2000s]] due to the sheeer increase in "[[extra-terrestrial|extra-territorial]] [[threat]]s." Following their re-expansion, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)|UNIT History: Fighting the unknown]]'') UNIT adopted a controversial attitude towards civil rights and civil liberties, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')<ref>The ''[[Privacy Policy, Disclaimer and Terms of Use (feature)|Privacy Policy, Disclaimer and Terms of Use]]'' on the [[U.N.I.T. ( | Despite UNIT's decrease in size over the course of the [[1980s]] and [[1990s]], UNIT would begin to expand rapidly again in the early [[2000s]] due to the sheeer increase in "[[extra-terrestrial|extra-territorial]] [[threat]]s." Following their re-expansion, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)|UNIT History: Fighting the unknown]]'') UNIT adopted a controversial attitude towards civil rights and civil liberties, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')<ref>The ''[[Privacy Policy, Disclaimer and Terms of Use (feature)|Privacy Policy, Disclaimer and Terms of Use]]'' on the [[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|''U.N.I.T.'' tie-in website]] also provided a concerning attitude towards the public, where they absolved themselves from responsibility from any harm caused to the public by any alien threats and that failure to comply with their legal procedure can result in changes to [[statutory rights]].</ref> | ||
all in the name of "[[Homeworld security|Homeworld Security]]". According to [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]] in the mid-[[2000s]], he believed UNIT's focus on Homeworld Security "[was] the trouble with UNIT these days. Too many buzzwords, too many directives." ([[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]'') UNIT even established a secret prison where detainees could be held without charges being pressed or without the usual rights of prisoners. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | all in the name of "[[Homeworld security|Homeworld Security]]". According to [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]] in the mid-[[2000s]], he believed UNIT's focus on Homeworld Security "[was] the trouble with UNIT these days. Too many buzzwords, too many directives." ([[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]'') UNIT even established a secret prison where detainees could be held without charges being pressed or without the usual rights of prisoners. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | ||
In [[2004]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rise of the Dominator (novel)|Rise of the Dominator]]'') the UK division of UNIT faced being shut down and replaced with domestic group the [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service]] (ICIS). When it became clear ICIS were brutal and dangerous, Lethbridge-Stewart and Colonel [[Emily Chaudhry]] deliberately revealed UNIT's remit to the press - stating UNIT had faced over two hundred invasions - and the existence of [[Silurian]] ambassadors. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coup (audio story)|The Coup]]'') This was viewed as a [[hoax]], but it forced the government to leave UNIT in charge of alien matters, leading to uneasy co-existence with ICIS.{{fact}} | |||
[[Toshiko Sato]] was imprisoned by UNIT, without [[trial]] or [[appeal]], after she stole [[blueprint]]s for a [[sonic disruptor]] from the [[Ministry of Defence]], despite having done so under duress. UNIT refused to communicate with Sato, intending to make an example out of her, but she was eventually released when [[Jack Harkness]] recruited her to work for [[Torchwood Three]], even then with the condition she'd work for Torchwood for five years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | [[Toshiko Sato]] was imprisoned by UNIT, without [[trial]] or [[appeal]], after she stole [[blueprint]]s for a [[sonic disruptor]] from the [[Ministry of Defence]], despite having done so under duress. UNIT refused to communicate with Sato, intending to make an example out of her, but she was eventually released when [[Jack Harkness]] recruited her to work for [[Torchwood Three]], even then with the condition she'd work for Torchwood for five years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | ||
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===== 2005 ===== | ===== 2005 ===== | ||
Prior to late [[January]] [[2005]], a [[50 (number)|fifty]]-strong squad of UNIT troops, all | Prior to late [[January]] [[2005]], a [[50 (number)|fifty]]-strong squad of UNIT troops, all equipped with [[standard DL/3 class X-hazard chemical survival suit]]s, were stationed in the [[Russian Steppes]] for a [[Skaniska Incident|five day period for an investigation]] of reports of extreme chemical [[pollution]]. [[13 (number)|Thirteen]] personnel would die, protecting the local [[population]]. [[Captain]] [[Martin Berry]] would later spoke out about the tragic loss of those soldiers in a [[press briefing]] [[embargo]]ed until [[31 January]] [[2005]], filed by [[Corp]] [[M Osborne]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident (short story)|UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident]]'')<ref>The ''[[UNIT News (feature)|UNIT News]]'' page on the [[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|''U.N.I.T.'' tie-in website]] would provide further details about the Skaniska Incident, stating that Captain Martin Berry (now spelled Martin ''Bury'') had been promoted to [[Major]] and placed in charge of the [[Geneva B Company]] following the success of the Skaniska Incident.</ref> | ||
[[File:Auton fires Rose.jpg|left|thumb|The [[Auton]]s attack. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')]] | [[File:Auton fires Rose.jpg|left|thumb|The [[Auton]]s attack. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')]] | ||
The [[Operation Mannequin|2005 Auton invasion of Earth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') an attack known to high-ranking UNIT officers as [[Operation Mannequin]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Operation Mannequin (short story)|Operation Mannequin]]'') but referred to as [[The London Incident]] by UNIT to the | The [[Operation Mannequin|2005 Auton invasion of Earth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') an attack known to high-ranking UNIT officers as [[Operation Mannequin]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Operation Mannequin (short story)|Operation Mannequin]]'') but referred to as [[The London Incident]] by UNIT to the press, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT's Position on The London Incident (short story)|UNIT's Position on The London Incident]]'') took place on [[5 March]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[One Rule (audio story)|One Rule]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'', etc.) or [[26 March]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT's Position on The London Incident (short story)|UNIT's Position on The London Incident]]'', ''[[Operation Mannequin (short story)|Operation Mannequin]]'') | ||
Several UNIT officers coordinated clean-up efforts shortly after the attack: [[Staff Sergeant]] [[A. Frederick]] and [[Captain|Capt]] [[Panos Karpidas]] dealt with [[information]]-based clean-ups, both using [[misinformation]] other similar [[tactic]]s, with Frederick focusing on the [[press]] and Karpidas on the [[public]]; [[Lieutenant|Lt]] [[David Judd]] focused on preventing any [[footage]] captured being shared on the [[internet]]; and [[Sergeant|Sgt]] [[Catherine Petts]] and her personnel focused on physical clean-up to the damage caused by the "mannequins" and [[the Consciousness]]. Frederick tried to "[[seed]]" a false [[theory]] to the press, that the mannequins only ''appeared'' to move due to the mannequins being made from faulty plastic with [[bubble]]s inside, leading the [[air]] inside to [[expansion|expand]] in reaction to a [[gas]] [[explosion]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Operation Mannequin (short story)|Operation Mannequin]]'') and she also filed an [[embargo]]ed [[press briefing]] to [[28 March]], which evasively ignored the allegations of the attack being mounted by [[terrorist]]s or [[robot]]s, and completely denied that it was in any way evidence of alien life existing. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT's Position on The London Incident (short story)|UNIT's Position on The London Incident]]'') | |||
On [[10 March]], UNIT issued yet another press briefing, this time about a [[computer virus]] named "[[RUFFCUT]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Computer Virus File Sharing Alert (short story)|Computer Virus File Sharing Alert]]'') | On [[10 March]], UNIT issued yet another press briefing, this time about a [[computer virus]] named "[[RUFFCUT]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Computer Virus File Sharing Alert (short story)|Computer Virus File Sharing Alert]]'') | ||
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In early 2005, UNIT issued one press briefing which noted the [[Daylight savings|upcoming transistion]] to [[British Summertime]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clocks Go Forward (short story)|The Clocks Go Forward]]'') | In early 2005, UNIT issued one press briefing which noted the [[Daylight savings|upcoming transistion]] to [[British Summertime]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clocks Go Forward (short story)|The Clocks Go Forward]]'') | ||
UNIT released an [[embargo]]ed [[press briefing]] on [[31 March]] 2005, filed by | UNIT released an [[embargo]]ed [[press briefing]] on [[31 March]] 2005, filed by Staff Sergeant A. Frederick, about [[Major]] [[A Highway]]'s plan to reorganise [[UNIT North America|UNIT]]'s pan-territorial activities in [[America]] into a single site operation, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT's New York Operation Expansion (short story)|UNIT's New York Operation Expansion]]'') the [[UNIT HQ, New York City|New York UNIT HQ]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fountains of Forever (comic story)|The Fountains of Forever]]'') | ||
===== 2006 ===== | ===== 2006 ===== | ||
{{Section stub|Info from [[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'' | {{Section stub|Info from [[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'' needs to be added.}} | ||
After the [[Slitheen craft (Aliens of London)|Slitheen craft]] crashed into [[Big Ben]] and into the [[River Thames]] | [[File:The experts are killed.jpg|thumb|The experts sent to [[10 Downing Street]] by UNIT, ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') as requested by the [[British government]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Operation London (short story)|Operation London]]'') are [[electrocution|electrocuted]] by the [[Slitheen family]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'')]] | ||
After the [[Slitheen craft (Aliens of London)|Slitheen craft]] crashed into [[Big Ben]] and into the [[River Thames]] on [[6 March]] [[2006]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') or [[28 June]], a group of UNIT officers discussed what to do in a [[operations board]] on a private part of the [[UNIT website]]; [[Major]] [[Jenny Maguire]] believed that containment of the situation was pointless, especially as the [[British government|government]] was being uncooperative, however [[Staff Sergeant]] [[Annie Frederick]] advised that they wait out the crash in case if was a [[hoax]]. Over the course of the day, [[Corporal]] [[J Frinkstein]] posted updates about the situation, informing them of the advancements found on the craft and the "[[space pig]]", ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Operation London (short story)|Operation London]]'') which were conducted by UNIT, in assistance from [[Torchwood Three]]'s [[Toshiko Sato]], standing in for [[Owen Harper]], at the [[Albion Hospital]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') | |||
UNIT then sent a delegation, including the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Muriel Frost]], to a gathering of experts to [[10 Downing Street]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') as requested by the government, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Operation London (short story)|Operation London]]'') however all of the experts were [[electrocution|electrocuted]] by the [[Slitheen family]], though the Doctor survived. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') By the end of the day, Frederick informed the other officers that "[[Ninth Doctor|he]]" had arrived, and the UNIT officers had differing opinions on his presence. While the UNIT officers didn't know about the Slitheen at the time, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Operation London (short story)|Operation London]]'', ''[[Number Ten (short story)|Number Ten]]'') it would later become known to UNIT of their involvement, which was recalled by [[Sam Bishop]] when he confronted another group of Slitheen with [[Christina de Souza]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death on the Mile (audio story)|Death on the Mile]]'') Major Jenny Maguire had to tell the [[UK]]-based families of the deaths of the experts, with Geneva taking care of the rest. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Number Ten (short story)|Number Ten]]'') | |||
''to be added'' ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') Jones later claimed that the destruction of 10 Downing Street was a [[terrorist]] attack. This was repeated in a [[press briefing]] issued by [[UNIT]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Number Ten Pays Tribute to UNIT (short story)|Number Ten Pays Tribute to UNIT]]'') | ''to be added'' ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') Jones later claimed that the destruction of 10 Downing Street was a [[terrorist]] attack. This was repeated in a [[press briefing]] issued by [[UNIT]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Number Ten Pays Tribute to UNIT (short story)|Number Ten Pays Tribute to UNIT]]'') | ||
A group of at least three [[Groske]] were stranded on Earth. UNIT found and recruited them. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') | |||
In [[July]] 2006, many [[Schlechter Wolf]] artillery shells were excavated during renovations to the refurbishings of the [[Northern line|Northern]] and [[Jubilee line]]s of the [[London Underground]]. UNIT issued a [[press briefing]] about the dangers on [[28 July]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings (short story)|Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings]]'') | In [[July]] 2006, many [[Schlechter Wolf]] artillery shells were excavated during renovations to the refurbishings of the [[Northern line|Northern]] and [[Jubilee line]]s of the [[London Underground]]. UNIT issued a [[press briefing]] about the dangers on [[28 July]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings (short story)|Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings]]'') | ||
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to be added ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') UNIT issued a [[press briefing]] about the [[Cardiff Earthquake]], saying that the clean up was successful, though a number of people were missing (including Blaine), and that UNIT's [[Scientific Advisor]]s had all agreed that the plans for the Blaidd Drwg plant should be abandoned. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cardiff Earthquake (short story)|Cardiff Earthquake]]'') | to be added ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') UNIT issued a [[press briefing]] about the [[Cardiff Earthquake]], saying that the clean up was successful, though a number of people were missing (including Blaine), and that UNIT's [[Scientific Advisor]]s had all agreed that the plans for the Blaidd Drwg plant should be abandoned. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cardiff Earthquake (short story)|Cardiff Earthquake]]'') | ||
After the attack, UNIT issued another press briefing, confirming the existence of aliens. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Life (short story)|Alien Life]]'') | Sgt [[J Frinkstein]] shared details about an [[auction]] on a UNIT website operations board, for something called "[[the Object]]", which Major Jenny Maguire recognised, and she expressed that it would be good to obtain it, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Object Auction (short story)|Object Auction]]'') having been tracking it for years, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Object Auction (short story)|Object Auction]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') but knew that they'd never be able to afford it, especially given that whenever they started looking into it, the Object would increase in price; they tried to identify the buyer and seller instead. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Object Auction (short story)|Object Auction]]'') The buyer was [[Henry van Statten]], an [[America]]n billionaire, who bought the Dalek, known as the [[Metaltron]], and stored it in [[The Vault (Dalek)|his Vault]], where it was tortured. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'', ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'') UNIT lost track of this "[[Code D]]" in [[Utah]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') | ||
Sgt Catherine Petts shared a [[report]] on [[Rose Tyler]] a UNIT website operations board, detailing topics such as [[1987/11-Be3a]] (a file on varying reports from the same day as [[Peter Tyler]]'s death) and [[Mickey Smith]]'s ownership of the [[www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk]], which contained sensitive information about UNIT. Frinkstein changed the [[password]]s to the site in response to this discovery, and while Maguire suggested they instead insert [[misinformation]] instead, Frederick seemingly denied this suggestion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose Tyler (short story)|Rose Tyler]]'') | |||
===== Sycorax invasion ===== | |||
{{Main|Sycorax invasion of Earth}} | |||
[[File:SycoraxGroup.jpg|thumb|UNIT's Major [[Blake (The Christmas Invasion)|Blake]] aboard the [[Sycorax spaceship]] with Prime Minister [[Harriet Jones]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')]] | |||
By [[Christmas Eve]] 2006, UNIT had a command centre in the [[Tower of London]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') known as the [[Tower Ops]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Guinevere One (short story)|Guinevere One]]'') under the command of [[Major]] [[Blake (The Christmas Invasion)|Blake]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') | |||
On [[Christmas Eve]], [[Sergeant|Sgt]] [[Catherine Petts]] alterted other UNIT officers on a secure [[operations board]] on the [[UNIT website]] that the ''[[Guinevere One]]'' went missing. Major Richard Blake informed [[Harriet Jones|the PM]], and Sgt [[A. Frederick]] shared info about the probe that [[Daniel Llewellyn|Llewellyn]] had told her. Petts acted flippantly towards the situation, after [[Sycorax|aliens]] started [[Sycorax invasion of Earth|transmitting a message]] and Frederick scolded her, then Blake told them that the PM had arrived. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Guinevere One (short story)|Guinevere One]]'') Prime Minister [[Harriet Jones]] was brought to the facility and took command of the response. UNIT made contact with the Sycorax and they brought Harriet and the Major aboard. Blake was killed by the [[Fadros Pallujikaa|Sycorax leader]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') After the attack, UNIT issued another press briefing, confirming the existence of aliens. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Life (short story)|Alien Life]]'') | |||
===== 2007 - 2009 ===== | ===== 2007 - 2009 ===== | ||
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==== 2010s ==== | ==== 2010s ==== | ||
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=== 22nd century === | |||
By [[2119]], UNIT was still operational. When the [[Twelfth Doctor]] used his [[psychic paper]], it showed he was from UNIT, and later, [[Mason Bennett]] expressed a desire to work for UNIT, but doubted he would be suited for it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Under the Lake (TV story)|Under the Lake]]'') | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||