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|main character = [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] | |main character = [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] | ||
|writer = [[BBC webteam]] | |writer = [[BBC webteam]] | ||
|release date = [[ | |release date = [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] | ||
|publisher = BBC | |publisher = BBC | ||
|genre = Science fiction | |||
|website = ''[[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' | |||
|series = [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website fiction]] | |series = [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website fiction]] | ||
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'''''UNIT News''''', also just called '''''News''''', was a piece of fiction released on the [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)| | '''''UNIT News''''', also just called '''''News''''', was a piece of fiction released on the ''[[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' [[Doctor Who tie-in websites|website]] on [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050420014050/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/ bbc.co.uk/doctorwho (20/04/2005) on BBC via the Wayback Machine]</ref> written by the [[BBC webteam]]. It acted as a place for [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] to announce news. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Continuity == | |||
* More details about the [[Skaniska Incident]] are given in [[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident (short story)|UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident]]''. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050421041211/http://www.unit.org.uk/news.shtml|page name=''UNIT News''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050420025809/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name=''U.N.I.T.'' via the Wayback Machine}} | {{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050421041211/http://www.unit.org.uk/news.shtml|page name=''UNIT News''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050420025809/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name=''U.N.I.T.'' via the Wayback Machine}} | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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{{U.N.I.T. fiction}} | {{U.N.I.T. fiction}} | ||
{{UNIT stories}} | {{UNIT stories}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:U.N.I.T. fictional website features]] | [[Category:U.N.I.T. fictional website features]] | ||
[[Category:Sources set in 2005]] | |||
Revision as of 16:36, 5 April 2023
UNIT News, also just called News, was a piece of fiction released on the U.N.I.T. website on 20 April 2005[1] written by the BBC webteam. It acted as a place for UNIT to announce news.
Summary
This webpage on the UNIT website gives news of upcoming events.
- Major Bensington completed the Five Seas Challenge, raising over £17000 for charity. The Major is also going to have a placement in Conference Management.
- The UNIT Archive and Records Section is looking to speak to any personnel who served at the Surrey station between 1967 and 1972 for a commemorative book.
- Weapons training is undergoing at Advanced Anti-Personnel Combat Barracks to familiarise front-line personnel with the "latest developments in the SLR-98 range of DSX". It is imperative that any soldier to use these weapons must be fully-trained or disastrous mistakes wll be made.
- The secure UNITNet for use by UNIT personnel and their families, is being expanded, including features such as instant messaging as well as financial options.
- 25 January 2005 - The thirty-fifth anniversary of UNIT's involvement with "Project Waxwork". A memorial service was held at UNIT HQ, attended by over fifty members accompanied by their family members, and £568 was raised and donated to the Veteran Serviceman's Union.
- 27 February 2005 - Captain Martin Bury takes command of the Geneva B Company, after a successful deployment on the Russian Steppes, and is soon promoted to Major. Lieutenant Rogers takes charge of D company 3rd troop, which is currently stationed in Maidstone.
- 31 April 2005 - All UNIT personnel are welcomed to UNIT's Third Annual Extreme Ordnance Testing Day at the Aldershot Proving Ground to test the new TM 9-2330, as well as to use classic artillery such as the RR-3390 and the RS-8020.
Characters
Notes
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Continuity
- More details about the Skaniska Incident are given in PROSE: UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident.
External links
Footnotes
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