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The '''UNIT website''' was the official website of the [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]]. It contained pages on the [http://unit.org.uk/history.shtml history] of the organisation, in which it was mentioned that the founding event of UNIT's history was the [[1968]] [[The Web of Fear|London Underground Incident]], details of [http://unit.org.uk/press press releases], [http://unit.org.uk/publications.shtml publications] and [http://unit.org.uk/conferences.shtml conferences].
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The '''UNIT website''' was the [[website]] of [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hoax This! (short story)}}) being active since at least [[2005]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)}}) It had private operations held on the site — such as a "[[bulletin board]]" — despite the website itself being accessible to the public. Its url was '''www.unit.org.uk'''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hoax This! (short story)}})


There were also two [http://unit.org.uk/secure secure] areas on the site, password-protected, one originally being "bison" but later changed to "UNIT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THE PASSWORDS HAVE BEEN CHANGED!!", containing non-interactive UNIT forum threads about various events up to [[The Christmas Invasion|the Sycorax invasion of Earth in 2006]]. The other secure section allowed for remote flying of missiles, with the password " U<span style="font-style: normal; ">NIT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THE PASSWORDS HAVE BEEN CHANGED!!</span> ".
== Contents ==
The UNIT website contained pages on the history of the organisation, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)}}) [[press briefing]]s, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Clocks Go Forward (short story)}}, {{cs|UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident (short story)}}, {{cs|UNIT's New York Operation Expansion (short story)}}, etc.) classified resources, such as an [[operations board]] for UNIT officers to discuss current affairs, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Operation London (short story)}}, {{cs|Operation Mannequin (short story)}}, {{cs|Hoax This! (short story)}}, etc.) and a visual interface control of many worldwide weapons arsenals. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}, [[GAME]]: {{cs|Untitled (U.N.I.T. video game)}})


The secure areas became inactive after March 2009 but came back in 2011.
== History ==
On [[7 March]], [[Mickey Smith]] accessed the secure section of the website, with the [[password]] of "buffalo", to fire a missile at [[10 Downing Street]] to stop the [[Slitheen]] from destroying planet [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}) He later shared this password — along with [[buffalo|another]] — to [[Readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk|the readers]] of [[Who is Doctor Who?|his website]], advising them to use them quickly before UNIT changed them. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hoax This! (short story)}})


== Secure Login ==
Soon after, [[Sergeant]] [[Catherine Petts]] submitted a dossier on [[Rose Tyler]] in 2006 — also referencing Mickey's acquisition of [[whoisdoctorwho.co.uk]] which contained sensitive, classified information — causing Sergeant [[J Frinkstein]] to change the passwords to the secure parts of the website, and while [[Major]] [[Jenny Maguire]] suggested leaving the passwords be and simply insert [[misinformation]] instead, Sergeant [[A. Frederick]] seemingly rejected the idea, as she already had more than enough work to do. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose Tyler (short story)}})


The Ops Board section included operational reports. The central figures included Major [[Jenny Maguire]], taciturn commanding officer and someone with a past with [[the Doctor]] (he annoyed her), and Staff Sergeant [[Annie Frederick]], who handled press relations.
Shortly before the [[Sycorax invasion of Earth]], Mickey accessed the website again and saw the military was tracking the [[Sycorax spaceship]] headed for Earth. Later, Mickey and [[Rose Tyler]] watched a video message from the [[Sycorax]] on the website. Rose noticed [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] wasn't translating their [[Sycoraxic]] speech like it usually did for alien languages. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}})


* Operation Mannequin revealed there was disruption of communications during the [[Nestene]]'s move (speculated to be protecting itself from radio wave attacks) and that as few cameras were working, little footage was taken of the [[Auton]]s. Four hundred thirty people died and nearly a thousand were injured. UNIT's cover story was that there was a gas explosion and that due to faulty plastic, some shop dummies contorted in heat and were believed to "move" (Frederick admitted few people would swallow this); to provide disinformation, secret operatives bombarded radio stations with obviously fake stories of talking dummies and waxworks attacking (and others claiming they saw nothing). ([[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
[[File:UNIT website in The Runaway Bride.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Tenth Doctor]] scrolls past the [[press briefing]] page on [[The London Incident]] on the UNIT website. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')]]
 
When the [[Tenth Doctor]] used [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] to speedily scroll past many websites whilst searching for [[H.C. Clements]] on [[Christmas Eve]] [[2007]], and one of the websites he went past was the UNIT website; specifically the page that had the [[press briefing]] on [[the London Incident]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}) as filed on [[28 March]] [[2005]] by [[Staff Sergeant]] [[A. Frederick]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|UNIT's Position on The London Incident (short story)}})
* London Contact had UNIT irritated by the government's "useless" response, as if they didn't want to contain the situation; they sent one of their expert EVA teams from Geneva to "show willing". When the [[Ninth Doctor]] arrived, Maguire and Frederick were annoyed. The aftermath of Number Ten showed UNIT shellshocked by the loss of their team and the scale of the [[Slitheen]] attack, and Maguire called in for a meeting at the temporary offices of the PM in Westminster. Maguire referred to [[Harriet Jones]] as "the acting PM’s some woman I’ve never heard of with my mother’s hair-do". ([[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]] / [[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]])''
 
* Briefing: [[Rose Tyler]] revealed that UNIT were aware she was the current [[companion]] and had compiled a dossier on her. As a result, they discovered [[Mickey Smith]]'s [[Defending the Earth!|whoisdoctorwho.co.uk]] website and were distraught and surprised to discover how much he knew; their security codes were quickly changed. Sgt Catherine Petts, dossier compiler, reported that [[Pete Tyler]]'s death "appear[s] to be a temporal event. I’ve had a look through, and it even appears fleetingly on our files (1987/11-Be3a)", indicating UNIT had seen [[Reaper]] attacks before. {{Fact}}
 
* Guinevere One introduced Major [[Blake]] as UNIT reacted to the missing satellite and the [[Sycorax]] debate, with Blake snarking that he bet Jones would use it as an excuse to visit [[Tower of London|Tower Ops]]. Project Rooftop had the aftermath: mass looting had broken out because of the shattered windows but was brought down by the police; UNIT deactivated Blackberry devices across the UK while they tried to get their press statement straight, made worse by only inexperienced junior staff being present at Fleet Street during the holidays; there was a decision to continue covering up UNIT's previous forty years and act like the Sycorax were a surprise. Jones ordered that UNIT claim the ship blew up of its own accord and not to mention [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]'s laser weapon, while UNIT wondered what it was. Jones also requested to speak at Major Blake's funeral. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
The website dates the London Underground Incident as having happened in [[1968]]. This would give credence to the theory that the [[Second Doctor|Second Doctor's earlier]] and [[Third Doctor|later]] adventures with UNIT occurred in the late [[1960s]] through to the early to mid [[1970s]], rather than at later dates. However, this statement completely ignores the dialogue of ''[[The Web of Fear]]'', which firmly places the [[serial]] in at least the [[1970s]].
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''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' was a real website created by the [[BBC website]] to coincide with ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'' and several subsequent television episodes. This website included a variety of fiction as well as a single game.
== External links ==
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[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw]
 
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/sites/arg/pages/messages.shtml]


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Latest revision as of 01:07, 22 October 2024

You may be looking for the real world U.N.I.T. website.

The UNIT website was the website of UNIT, (PROSE: Hoax This! [+]Loading...["Hoax This! (short story)"]) being active since at least 2005. (PROSE: UNIT History: Fighting the unknown [+]Loading...["UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)"]) It had private operations held on the site — such as a "bulletin board" — despite the website itself being accessible to the public. Its url was www.unit.org.uk. (PROSE: Hoax This! [+]Loading...["Hoax This! (short story)"])

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

The UNIT website contained pages on the history of the organisation, (PROSE: UNIT History: Fighting the unknown [+]Loading...["UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)"]) press briefings, (PROSE: The Clocks Go Forward [+]Loading...["The Clocks Go Forward (short story)"], UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident [+]Loading...["UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident (short story)"], UNIT's New York Operation Expansion [+]Loading...["UNIT's New York Operation Expansion (short story)"], etc.) classified resources, such as an operations board for UNIT officers to discuss current affairs, (PROSE: Operation London [+]Loading...["Operation London (short story)"], Operation Mannequin [+]Loading...["Operation Mannequin (short story)"], Hoax This! [+]Loading...["Hoax This! (short story)"], etc.) and a visual interface control of many worldwide weapons arsenals. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"], GAME: Untitled [+]Loading...["Untitled (U.N.I.T. video game)"])

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

On 7 March, Mickey Smith accessed the secure section of the website, with the password of "buffalo", to fire a missile at 10 Downing Street to stop the Slitheen from destroying planet Earth. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"]) He later shared this password — along with another — to the readers of his website, advising them to use them quickly before UNIT changed them. (PROSE: Hoax This! [+]Loading...["Hoax This! (short story)"])

Soon after, Sergeant Catherine Petts submitted a dossier on Rose Tyler in 2006 — also referencing Mickey's acquisition of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk which contained sensitive, classified information — causing Sergeant J Frinkstein to change the passwords to the secure parts of the website, and while Major Jenny Maguire suggested leaving the passwords be and simply insert misinformation instead, Sergeant A. Frederick seemingly rejected the idea, as she already had more than enough work to do. (PROSE: Rose Tyler [+]Loading...["Rose Tyler (short story)"])

Shortly before the Sycorax invasion of Earth, Mickey accessed the website again and saw the military was tracking the Sycorax spaceship headed for Earth. Later, Mickey and Rose Tyler watched a video message from the Sycorax on the website. Rose noticed the TARDIS wasn't translating their Sycoraxic speech like it usually did for alien languages. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"])

The Tenth Doctor scrolls past the press briefing page on The London Incident on the UNIT website. (TV: The Runaway Bride)

When the Tenth Doctor used his sonic screwdriver to speedily scroll past many websites whilst searching for H.C. Clements on Christmas Eve 2007, and one of the websites he went past was the UNIT website; specifically the page that had the press briefing on the London Incident, (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"]) as filed on 28 March 2005 by Staff Sergeant A. Frederick. (PROSE: UNIT's Position on The London Incident [+]Loading...["UNIT's Position on The London Incident (short story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)

U.N.I.T. was a real website created by the BBC website to coincide with World War Three and several subsequent television episodes. This website included a variety of fiction as well as a single game.

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