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Brigadier [[Winifred Bambera]] learned from [[Centcomp]] that [[the Doctor]] was designated as the [[scientific advisor]] for UNIT UK under Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | Brigadier [[Winifred Bambera]] learned from [[Centcomp]] that [[the Doctor]] was designated as the [[scientific advisor]] for UNIT UK under Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | ||
In [[1997]], [[Tom Ryder]] knew that [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was a civilian liaison to UNIT-UK from their reserve list of civilian staff. He learned that she joined in [[1978]] and assisted the [[the Doctor]] until [[1982]]. | In [[1997]], [[Tom Ryder]] knew that [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was a civilian liaison to UNIT-UK from their reserve list of civilian staff. He learned that she joined in [[1978]] and assisted the [[the Doctor]] until [[1982]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bullet Time (novel)|Bullet Time]]'') | ||
In 1998, | In 1998, Brigadier Bambera was promoted to commander of UNIT-UK. She appointed Sergeant [[Jean-Paul Savarin]] as her second-in-command. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Rogue State (audio story)|Rogue State]]'') Ar this time UNIT HQ was located in [[Central London]]. It was disguised in plain sight by looking like a neglected building, sitting between a theatre and a language school. UNIT personnel monitored 999 calls for situations.([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Flies (audio story)|Time Flies]]'') | ||
By the mid-[[2000s]], UNIT UK was headquartered in a base underneath the [[Tower of London]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') though it also operated a [[victim-retrieval station]] in [[Hereford]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dissected (audio story)|Dissected]]'') and [[UNIT Base 5]] beneath [[Mount Snowdon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') A separate facility in Britain held the [[Black Archive]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]'') though it was later located in the Tower in the [[2010s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | |||
In [[2012]], the [[United States Air Force]] loaned an [[Aurora spyplane]] to UNIT UK. Sir [[Charles Finningley]], Ambassador to the Court of St James, has six-man UNIT UK bodyguard team. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') | In [[2012]], the [[United States Air Force]] loaned an [[Aurora spyplane]] to UNIT UK. Sir [[Charles Finningley]], Ambassador to the Court of St James, has six-man UNIT UK bodyguard team. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') | ||
[[Category:UNIT divisions]] | [[Category:UNIT divisions]] | ||
Revision as of 18:14, 19 July 2022
The United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (British Section), (PROSE: The Ambassadors of Death) also known as UNIT-UK or UNIT UK, was the branch of UNIT that operated in the United Kingdom. (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon)
History
In 1957, General Farquhar was tasked with setting up UNIT's British division and did so with the help of Prentis. (TV: Survivors of the Flux)
Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart was the Commanding Officer of UNIT UK. He once spent a month trying to prevent Geneva from cutting UNIT UK's budget by 25 percent. He told the Third Doctor that UNIT UK would be broke in two weeks if they went after "every wacky cult in the country". (PROSE: Island of Death)
Brigadier Winifred Bambera learned from Centcomp that the Doctor was designated as the scientific advisor for UNIT UK under Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. (PROSE: Battlefield)
In 1997, Tom Ryder knew that Sarah Jane Smith was a civilian liaison to UNIT-UK from their reserve list of civilian staff. He learned that she joined in 1978 and assisted the the Doctor until 1982. (PROSE: Bullet Time)
In 1998, Brigadier Bambera was promoted to commander of UNIT-UK. She appointed Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin as her second-in-command. (AUDIO: Rogue State) Ar this time UNIT HQ was located in Central London. It was disguised in plain sight by looking like a neglected building, sitting between a theatre and a language school. UNIT personnel monitored 999 calls for situations.(AUDIO: Time Flies)
By the mid-2000s, UNIT UK was headquartered in a base underneath the Tower of London, (TV: The Christmas Invasion) though it also operated a victim-retrieval station in Hereford, (AUDIO: Dissected) and UNIT Base 5 beneath Mount Snowdon. (TV: Death of the Doctor) A separate facility in Britain held the Black Archive, (TV: Enemy of the Bane) though it was later located in the Tower in the 2010s. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
In 2012, the United States Air Force loaned an Aurora spyplane to UNIT UK. Sir Charles Finningley, Ambassador to the Court of St James, has six-man UNIT UK bodyguard team. (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon)
