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'''U.N.I.T.''' was a series of audio dramas featuring a 'modern day' [[UNIT]] dealing with various problems, without the presence of the Doctor.
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{{Infobox Audio Series
|release count  = 7
|story count    = 9
|release year    = 2004
|release year2  = present
|first story    = The Coup (audio story)
|image          = The Coup.jpg
|first release  = [[9 December (releases)|9 December]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|end release    =
|main character  = [[Emily Chaudhry|Emily]], [[Robert Dalton|Robert]], [[Winifred Bambera|Bambera]]
|starring        = Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart{{!}}The Brig
|starring2      = Will Hoffman{{!}}Hoffman
|starring3      = Francis Currie{{!}}Currie
|starring4      = Jean-Paul Savarin{{!}}Savarin
|starring5      = Louise Rix{{!}}Rix
|exec prod      = Nicholas Briggs
|exec prod2      = Jason Haigh-Ellery
|producer        = Ian Farrington
|producer2      = Jason Haigh-Ellery
|producer3      = David Richardson
|producer4      = Emily Cook
|script ed      = Alfie Shaw
|script ed2      = Robert Valentine
|music          = [[David Darlington]], [[Martin Johnson (composer)|Martin Johnson]], [[Borna Matosic]]
|sound          = David Darlington, [[Jack Townley]], [[David Roocroft]], [[Luke Pietnik]]
|cover          = [[Adrian Salmon]], [[Red Ink]], [[Alex Mallinson]]
|publisher      = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|series          = [[UNIT]] series
|next            = UNIT: The New Series
}}{{dab page|UNIT (disambiguation)}}
'''''UNIT''''' was an audio series produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It featured the [[UNIT]] dealing with various problems, such as modern day terrorism, without the presence of [[the Doctor]]. The series was relaunched in [[2015 (releases)|2015]] as ''[[UNIT: The New Series]]''.


Much like the [[Sarah Jane Smith (audio series)|Sarah Jane Smith]] series of audio dramas '''U.N.I.T.''' was set solely on Earth, while dealing with the various types of things that '''U.N.I.T.''' dealt with.
In [[May (releases)|May]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]], Big Finish released [[UNIT: The Complete Series|a special box set]] collecting all five stories from the series.


=='''U.N.I.T.'''==
== Stories ==
#[[The Coup]] (special release)
=== Series 1 ===
#[[Time Heals]]
{| class="wikitable"
#[[Snake Head]]
! # || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
#[[The Longest Night]]
|-
#[[The Wasting]]
|1.0
|''[[The Coup (audio story)|The Coup]]''
|[[Simon Guerrier]]
|[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]], [[Emily Chaudhry|Chaudhry]], [[Francis Currie|Currie]], [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service|ICIS]], [[Silurian]]s
|[[9 December (releases)|9 December]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|1.1
|''[[Time Heals (audio story)|Time Heals]]''
|[[Iain McLaughlin]], [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]]
|Chaudhry, [[Robert Dalton|Dalton]], The Brig, [[Will Hoffman|Hoffman]], Currie, ICIS
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2004
|-
|1.2
|''[[Snake Head (audio story)|Snake Head]]''
|[[Jonathan Clements]]
|Chaudhry, Dalton, Hoffman
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|-
|1.3
|''[[The Longest Night (audio story)|The Longest Night]]''
|[[Joseph Lidster]]
|Chaudhry, Dalton, Hoffman, Currie, ICIS
|[[March (releases)|March]] 2005
|-
|1.4
|''[[The Wasting (audio story)|The Wasting]]''
|[[Iain McLaughlin]], [[Claire Bartlett (writer)|Claire Bartlett]]
|Chaudhry, The Brig, Currie, [[Ross Brimmicombe-Wood|Brimmicombe-Wood]], ICIS
|[[June (releases)|June]] 2005
|}


==Cast & Characters==
=== Special Releases ===
*[[Emily Chaudhry|Colonel Emily Chaudhry]] - [[Siri O’Neal]]
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Robert Dalton|Colonel Robert Dalton]] - [[Nicholas Deal]]
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]''
|[[Nicholas Briggs]], [[Jason Arnopp]]
|[[Seventh Doctor]], [[Raine Creevy|Raine]], [[Elizabeth Klein|Klein]], {{Macqueen|c}}
|[[23 October (releases)|23 October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|}


==Notes==
=== Brave New World ===
*While the core cast does not change throughout the audios there are various guest cast and characters, see individual pages for more detail.
{{main|Brave New World (audio series)}}
==== ''Seabird One'' ====
{{main|Seabird One (audio anthology)}}
{| class="wikitable"
! # || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|1.1
|''[[Rogue State (audio story)|Rogue State]]''
|[[Robert Valentine]]
|[[Winifred Bambera|Bambera]], [[Jean-Paul Savarin|Savarin]], [[Lydia Kingsley|Dame Lydia]]
|rowspan=3|[[13 July (releases)|13 July]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|1.2
|''[[Time Flies (audio story)|Time Flies]]''
|[[Alison Winter]]
|Bambera, Savarin, [[Louise Rix|Rix]]
|-
|1.3
|''[[Dark Side of the Moon (audio story)|Dark Side of the Moon]]''
|[[Alfie Shaw]]
|Bambera, Savarin, Rix, Dame Lydia
|}


==See Also==
==== ''Visitants'' ====
*[[Big Finish - Explored Worlds]]
{{main|Visitants (audio anthology)}}
{| class="wikitable"
! # || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|2.1
|''[[The Frequency (audio story)|The Frequency]]''
|[[Tajinder Singh Hayer]]
|rowspan=2|[[Winifred Bambera|Bambera]], [[Jean-Paul Savarin|Savarin]], [[Louise Rix|Rix]]
|rowspan=3|[[8 December (releases)|8 December]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|2.2
|''[[Haunt (audio story)|Haunt]]''
|[[Lizzie Hopley]]
|-
|2.3
|''[[The Last Line of Defence (audio story)|The Last Line of Defence]]''
|[[Robert Valentine]]
|Bambera, Savarin, Rix, Dame Lydia
|}


==External Links==
== Notes ==
*[http://www.bigfinish.com/drwho_unit/unit01_timeheals.shtml Big Finish '''U.N.I.T.''']
* Colonel Chaudhry was the only character to appear in all five audio dramas in the first series.
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] was the only character from the classic series to appear in ''UNIT''.
* Unusually, the end of each episode of the first series closed with a next time trailer narrated by [[Nicholas Briggs]]. This would not become common practice until the new series began airing on television.
* The series' cover art used an updated UNIT logo, a logo carried over to their first new series appearance in ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'' / ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]''.


[[Category: Audio stories]]
== Cover gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
The Coup.jpg|''[[The Coup (audio story)|The Coup]]''
Time Heals cover.jpg|''[[Time Heals (audio story)|Time Heals]]''
Snakehead cover.jpg|''[[Snake Head (audio story)|Snake Head]]''
The Longest Night cover.jpg|''[[The Longest Night (audio story)|The Longest Night]]''
The Wasting cover.jpg|''[[The Wasting (audio story)|The Wasting]]''
UNIT Dominion rec.jpg|''[[Dominion (audio story)|Dominion]]''
UNIT The Complete Series.jpg|''[[UNIT: The Complete Series]]''
Seabird One.jpg|''[[Seabird One (audio anthology)|Seabird One]]''
The Visitants (audio anthology).jpg|''[[Visitants (audio anthology)|Visitants]]''
</gallery>
 
== External links ==
{{bigfinish|ranges/released/unit|UNIT}}
 
{{BF UNIT}}
{{Big Finish}}
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[[fr:UNIT (série audio)]]
 
[[Category:UNIT audio series]]
[[Category:Audio overviews]]

Latest revision as of 20:41, 3 November 2024

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You may wish to consult UNIT (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

UNIT was an audio series produced by Big Finish Productions. It featured the UNIT dealing with various problems, such as modern day terrorism, without the presence of the Doctor. The series was relaunched in 2015 as UNIT: The New Series.

In May 2020, Big Finish released a special box set collecting all five stories from the series.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Series 1[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Featuring Released
1.0 The Coup Simon Guerrier The Brig, Chaudhry, Currie, ICIS, Silurians 9 December 2004
1.1 Time Heals Iain McLaughlin, Claire Bartlett Chaudhry, Dalton, The Brig, Hoffman, Currie, ICIS December 2004
1.2 Snake Head Jonathan Clements Chaudhry, Dalton, Hoffman January 2005
1.3 The Longest Night Joseph Lidster Chaudhry, Dalton, Hoffman, Currie, ICIS March 2005
1.4 The Wasting Iain McLaughlin, Claire Bartlett Chaudhry, The Brig, Currie, Brimmicombe-Wood, ICIS June 2005

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Featuring Released
Dominion Nicholas Briggs, Jason Arnopp Seventh Doctor, Raine, Klein, The Reborn Master 23 October 2012

Brave New World[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Brave New World (audio series)

Seabird One[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Seabird One (audio anthology)
# Title Author Featuring Released
1.1 Rogue State Robert Valentine Bambera, Savarin, Dame Lydia 13 July 2022
1.2 Time Flies Alison Winter Bambera, Savarin, Rix
1.3 Dark Side of the Moon Alfie Shaw Bambera, Savarin, Rix, Dame Lydia

Visitants[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Visitants (audio anthology)
# Title Author Featuring Released
2.1 The Frequency Tajinder Singh Hayer Bambera, Savarin, Rix 8 December 2022
2.2 Haunt Lizzie Hopley
2.3 The Last Line of Defence Robert Valentine Bambera, Savarin, Rix, Dame Lydia

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Colonel Chaudhry was the only character to appear in all five audio dramas in the first series.
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart was the only character from the classic series to appear in UNIT.
  • Unusually, the end of each episode of the first series closed with a next time trailer narrated by Nicholas Briggs. This would not become common practice until the new series began airing on television.
  • The series' cover art used an updated UNIT logo, a logo carried over to their first new series appearance in Aliens of London / World War Three.

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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