Official Secrets Act
The Official Secrets Act was legislation which protected official state secrets in the United Kingdom on Earth. Signing the Official Secrets Act constituted an agreement not to reveal certain state matters.
UNIT made all employees sign the Official Secrets Act in order to conceal the existence of aliens from humanity. Breach of the Act was a jailable offence.
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Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart appealed to the Act to count on the discretion of Dr Humphrey Cook about the mysterious events at the Newton Institute. (TV: The Time Monster [+]Loading...["The Time Monster (TV story)"])
An oblivious Brigadier asked the Fifth Doctor if he had signed the Act, since he was speaking freely about a secret organisation as UNIT. (TV: Mawdryn Undead [+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (TV story)"])
Liz Shaw was reluctant to answer James Stevens's questions in part because she had signed the Official Secrets Act. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"]) Her mother, Dame Emily Shaw, had signed the Act many times. (AUDIO: The Last Post [+]Loading...["The Last Post (audio story)"])
Mike Smith, sergeant in the RAF, was placed under close arrest on suspicion of offences contrary to the Official Secrets Act. In fact, he was working as an informant for the fascist group the Association, allied to renegade Daleks. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"])
The relationship between Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and his daughter Kate suffered due to his inability to explain his work because of the Official Secrets Act. (HOMEVID: Downtime [+]Loading...["Downtime (home video)"], PROSE: Downtime [+]Loading...["Downtime (novelisation)"])
In the aftermath of Private Carver's death during an incident with the Master at Devil's End, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart carefully told the private's father all he could about his son's death without breaching the Act. (AUDIO: Degrees of Truth [+]Loading...["Degrees of Truth (audio story)"])
Phillipa Gregson signed the Act when UNIT visited Stegmoor. (AUDIO: Beachhead [+]Loading...["Beachhead (audio story)"])
Details of the petrol-bombing of a McDonald's restaurant in Kent were suppressed under the Official Secrets Act. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"])
Many employees of Scala, a scientific company Sarah Jane Smith investigated, were past members of an organisation which dissolved when many of its members were jailed for breaches of the Official Secrets Act. (AUDIO: Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre [+]Loading...["Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre (audio story)"])
Lauren Hudson signed the Act after UNIT removed a Viyran virus from her body, saving her life. (AUDIO: Urgent Calls [+]Loading...["Urgent Calls (audio story)"])
Woking and the Minister had Naomi Davies and Rab sign the Official Secrets Act before employing their help in investigating Embankment tube station. (AUDIO: Ruffling [+]Loading...["Ruffling (audio story)"])
The Sixth Doctor claimed to have signed the Official Secrets Act several times. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross [+]Loading...["Criss-Cross (audio story)"])
In the Unbound Universe, just before Hong Kong was to be turned over to China, Ross Brimmicombe-Wood reminded Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart that the current operation was covered by the Official Secrets Act and that the Brigadier was bound to it for life. (AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil [+]Loading...["Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)"])
In a timeline where a fairy circle was broken by the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday, and UNIT ceased operations, Osgood continued as concierge of The Unit, the former UNIT Tower, in 2046 and beyond, though never revealed what she knew about the former status of the tower as a UNIT base due to her signing the Official Secrets Act. (PROSE: 73 Yards [+]Loading...{"page":"145-146","1":"73 Yards (novelisation)"})
