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The '''''UNIT Club Page''''', later known as the '''''UNIT Hotline''''', was an in-universe feature printed in ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'', later ''Doctor Who Monthly'' and ''Doctor Who Magazine'', from issues [[DWM 26|26]] to [[DWM 47]]. The first published feature included an address and instructions on how to "join UNIT," with those who followed instructions being sent a codebook and ID card. Following issues would feature coded messages which could be cracked with the codebook, alongside other smaller features giving "intel" to the undercover UNIT operatives. The feature returned in the celebratory [[DWM 350|issue 350]].
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The '''''UNIT Club Page''''', later known as the '''''UNIT Hotline''''', was an in-universe page printed in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'', later ''Doctor Who Monthly'' and ''Doctor Who Magazine'', from issues [[DWM 26|26]] to [[DWM 47|47]]. Early issues included coupons, a mailing address and instructions on how to "join UNIT," with those who followed instructions being sent a codebook and ID card. Following issues would feature [[Security Code (feature)|coded messages]] which could be cracked with the codebook, alongside other mini-features giving "intel" to the undercover UNIT operatives. The feature returned in the celebratory [[DWM 350|issue 350]].


== Contents ==
== Contents ==
''to be added''
Throughout its run, the ''UNIT Hotline'' page acted as a sort of umbrella for a series of smaller in-universe features.
# ''[[Sky~Watch! (series)|Sky~Watch!]]''
# ''[[Hotline Quiz (feature)|Hotline Quiz]]''
# ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code]]''
# ''[[Alien Allies (series)|Alien Allies]]''
# ''[[Know Your Enemy (series)|Know Your Enemy]]''
 
== Publication history ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Issue
!Title
!Features
|-
|''[[DWM 26]]''
|''[[UNIT Club Page (feature)|UNIT Club Page]]''
|''[[Sky~Watch! (DWM 26 feature)|Sky~Watch!]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.1 Dalek (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.1 Dalek]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 27]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 27 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Sky~Watch! (DWM 27 feature)|Sky~Watch!]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.2 Ice Warrior (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.2 Ice Warrior]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 28]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 28 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Hotline Quiz (feature)|Hotline Quiz]]'', ''[[Sky~Watch! (DWM 27 feature)|Sky~Watch!]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy Sontaran (feature)|Know Your Enemy Sontaran]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 29]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 29 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Sky~Watch! (DWM 29 feature)|Sky~Watch!]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.3 Voord (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.3 Voord]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 30]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 30 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Sky~Watch (DWM 30 feature)|Sky~Watch]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.4 Robot K~1 (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.4 Robot K~1]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 31]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 31 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|UNIT Code Green]]'', ''[[Sky~Watch (DWM 31 feature)|Sky~Watch]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.5 The Fish People (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.5 The Fish People]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 32]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 32 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Sky~Watch (DWM 32 feature)|Sky~Watch]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.6 Robots of Death (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.6 Robots of Death]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 33]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 33 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.7 The Cybermen (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.7 The Cybermen]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 34]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 34 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Sky-Watch (DWM 34 feature)|Sky-Watch]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.8 The Spiders (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.8 The Spiders]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 35]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 35 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Sky-Watch (DWM 35 feature)|Sky-Watch]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.9 The Silurians (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.9 The Silurians]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 36]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 36 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Sky-Watch (DWM 36 feature)|Sky-Watch]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.10 The Ogrons (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.10 The Ogrons]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 37]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 37 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Hotline Quiz (feature)|Hotline Quiz]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.11 Eldrad (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.11 Eldrad]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 38]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 38 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Hotline Quiz (feature)|Hotline Quiz]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.12 The Axons (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.12 The Axons]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 39]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 39 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Alien Allies No.1 The Sensorites (feature)|Alien Allies No.1 The Sensorites]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.13 The War Machine (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.13 The War Machine]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 40]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 40 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Alien Allies No.2 The Thals (feature)|Alien Allies No.2 The Thals]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.14 Autons (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.14 Autons]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 41]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 41 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Alien Allies No.3 The Menoptera (feature)|Alien Allies No.3 The Menoptera]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.15 Krynoids (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.15 Krynoids]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 42]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 42 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Hotline Quiz (feature)|Hotline Quiz]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.15 Movellans (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.15 Movellans]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 43]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 43 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Alien Allies No 3 The Dragonians (feature)|Alien Allies No 3 The Dragonians]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.16 The Master (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.16 The Master]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 44]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 44 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Hotline Quiz (feature)|Hotline Quiz]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.17 The Nimon (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.17 The Nimon]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 45]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 45 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Hotline Quiz (feature)|Hotline Quiz]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.18 The Mandrels (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.18 The Mandrels]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 46]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 46 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[UNIT Special Announcement from the Brigadier~ (feature)|UNIT Special Announcement from the Brigadier~]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy 19 Primords (feature)|Know Your Enemy 19 Primords]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 47]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 47 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Hotline Quiz (feature)|Hotline Quiz]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy The Guardian (feature)|Know Your Enemy The Guardian]]''
|-
|''[[DWM 350]]''
|''[[UNIT Hotline (DWM 350 feature)|UNIT Hotline]]''
|''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Green]]'', ''[[Security Code (feature)|Security Code Red]]'', ''[[Sky-Watch (DWM 250 feature)|Sky-Watch]]'', ''[[Know Your Enemy No.21 The Myrka (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.21 The Myrka]]''
|-
|}
 
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Latest revision as of 00:43, 14 April 2024

UNIT Hotline's header, based on a promotional image of Sgt Benton.

The UNIT Club Page, later known as the UNIT Hotline, was an in-universe page printed in Doctor Who Weekly, later Doctor Who Monthly and Doctor Who Magazine, from issues 26 to 47. Early issues included coupons, a mailing address and instructions on how to "join UNIT," with those who followed instructions being sent a codebook and ID card. Following issues would feature coded messages which could be cracked with the codebook, alongside other mini-features giving "intel" to the undercover UNIT operatives. The feature returned in the celebratory issue 350.

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

Throughout its run, the UNIT Hotline page acted as a sort of umbrella for a series of smaller in-universe features.

  1. Sky~Watch!
  2. Hotline Quiz
  3. Security Code
  4. Alien Allies
  5. Know Your Enemy

Publication history[[edit] | [edit source]]

Issue Title Features
DWM 26 UNIT Club Page Sky~Watch!, Know Your Enemy No.1 Dalek
DWM 27 UNIT Hotline Sky~Watch!, Know Your Enemy No.2 Ice Warrior
DWM 28 UNIT Hotline Hotline Quiz, Sky~Watch!, Know Your Enemy Sontaran
DWM 29 UNIT Hotline Security Code Red, Security Code Green, Sky~Watch!, Know Your Enemy No.3 Voord
DWM 30 UNIT Hotline Security Code Red, Security Code Green, Sky~Watch, Know Your Enemy No.4 Robot K~1
DWM 31 UNIT Hotline UNIT Code Green, Sky~Watch, Know Your Enemy No.5 The Fish People
DWM 32 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Sky~Watch, Know Your Enemy No.6 Robots of Death
DWM 33 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Know Your Enemy No.7 The Cybermen
DWM 34 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Sky-Watch, Know Your Enemy No.8 The Spiders
DWM 35 UNIT Hotline Security Code Red, Sky-Watch, Know Your Enemy No.9 The Silurians
DWM 36 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Sky-Watch, Know Your Enemy No.10 The Ogrons
DWM 37 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Hotline Quiz, Know Your Enemy No.11 Eldrad
DWM 38 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Hotline Quiz, Know Your Enemy No.12 The Axons
DWM 39 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Alien Allies No.1 The Sensorites, Know Your Enemy No.13 The War Machine
DWM 40 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Alien Allies No.2 The Thals, Know Your Enemy No.14 Autons
DWM 41 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Alien Allies No.3 The Menoptera, Know Your Enemy No.15 Krynoids
DWM 42 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Hotline Quiz, Know Your Enemy No.15 Movellans
DWM 43 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Alien Allies No 3 The Dragonians, Know Your Enemy No.16 The Master
DWM 44 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Hotline Quiz, Know Your Enemy No.17 The Nimon
DWM 45 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Hotline Quiz, Know Your Enemy No.18 The Mandrels
DWM 46 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, UNIT Special Announcement from the Brigadier~, Know Your Enemy 19 Primords
DWM 47 UNIT Hotline Security Code Red, Hotline Quiz, Know Your Enemy The Guardian
DWM 350 UNIT Hotline Security Code Green, Security Code Red, Sky-Watch, Know Your Enemy No.21 The Myrka
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