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'''[[UNIT]]'s Golden Period''' was the era of UNIT's history that spanned the [[1960s]], the [[1970s]], and [[UNIT dating controversy|according to some, the 1980s]]; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)|UNIT History: Fighting the unknown]]'') however, this period was also very thinly documented publicly, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'') and it seemed to end after [[the Doctor]] left regular service with UNIT, ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') as well as the Brigadier's retirement, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]'', et al.) and after mid-1980s, the next twenty years became relatively peaceful. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)|UNIT History: Fighting the unknown]]'') | '''[[UNIT]]'s Golden Period''' was the era of UNIT's history that spanned the [[1960s]], the [[1970s]], and [[UNIT dating controversy|according to some, the 1980s]]; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)|UNIT History: Fighting the unknown]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'') however, this period was also very thinly documented publicly, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'') and it seemed to end after [[the Doctor]] left regular service with UNIT, ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') as well as the Brigadier's retirement, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]'', et al.) and after mid-1980s, the next twenty years became relatively peaceful. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT History: Fighting the unknown (short story)|UNIT History: Fighting the unknown]]'') | ||
However, the events spanning this period often were subject to vastly irreconcilable dating; many accounts stated that UNIT's original operations took place in the late 1970s and 1980s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', et a.) while others say the | However, the events spanning this period often were subject to vastly irreconcilable dating; many accounts stated that UNIT's original operations took place in the late 1970s and 1980s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', et a.) while others say the | ||
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UNIT's Golden Period was the era of UNIT's history that spanned the 1960s, the 1970s, and according to some, the 1980s; (PROSE: UNIT History: Fighting the unknown, TV: The Lost Boy) however, this period was also very thinly documented publicly, (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters) and it seemed to end after the Doctor left regular service with UNIT, (TV: Pyramids of Mars) as well as the Brigadier's retirement, (TV: The Five Doctors, Mawdryn Undead, PROSE: The Five Doctors, et al.) and after mid-1980s, the next twenty years became relatively peaceful. (PROSE: UNIT History: Fighting the unknown)
However, the events spanning this period often were subject to vastly irreconcilable dating; many accounts stated that UNIT's original operations took place in the late 1970s and 1980s, (TV: The Invasion, et a.) while others say the
Time-slippage
History
Formation
- Main article: User:Epsilon the Eternal/Formation of UNIT
There existed many
First Operations
UNIT's first full operation (PROSE: UNIT) was an intensive investigation of International Electromatics, which turned violent. UNIT agents were killed and UNIT launched a helicopter raid to liberate prisoners at an Electromatics' facility. With the help, again, of the Second Doctor, UNIT discovered the company was a front for a Cybermen invasion, and was able to defend against it. Initially they had only intervened thinking Tobias Vaughn was involved in strange criminal activity, with the Brigadier agreeing with Captain Turner that Geneva would think he was mad without proof of the Cybermen's existence. (TV: The Invasion, PROSE: The Invasion)
