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U.N.I.T. Initiation Test (game)

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U.N.I.T. Initiation Test was the fourth game and eighth work of fiction exclusively published in the Doctor Who Annual 2006 in September 2005 by Panini UK and the BBC. The quiz game featured an original illustration by Ben Morris, while the writing of the Annual's puzzles was collectively attributed to Justin Richards and Gareth Roberts. Though shaped like a quiz game, it was mostly a medium to reveal new and unexpected information about the Doctor Who universe: the questions were about trivia not covered in any preexisting Doctor Who story.

This game is not considered a valid source on this Wiki, as it essentially casts the reader (or, as it were, player) as an aspiring staffmember at UNIT, thereby arguably breaking the fourth wall.[disputed statement]

As UNIT had yet to be reintroduced to the television series under the new title of "Unified Intelligence Taskforce" following the United Nations' legal action against the BBC, the game still refers to it by its Classic Series designation of "United Nations Intelligence Taskforce".

Publisher's summary

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We shouldn't lift entire paragraphs of text from the annual in lieu of writing our own summary.

To join the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, you must be capable of lateral as well as logical thinking.

The questions below are taken from the most recent UNIT Aptitude Test — see how you get on. But beware, the answers are not always quite what you might expect.

Characters

References

Notes

  • In an allusion to the question about the Autons and the bathtub, the illustration features a Raxacoricofallapatorian (presumably a Slitheen) taking a bath while being waited on by an Auton butler.

Continuity

  • The statement that no Daleks are both deadly and invisible is likely a reference to Planet of the Daleks.