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Benton was part of a team who investigated the [[Glasshouse]]. He had discovered that someone had kidnapped [[Barbara Redworth]], a police officer who had seen [[Silurian]]s, while murdering everyone else on the floor. He led UNIT troops in successfully fighting off a [[Silurian]] invasion fleet on the [[Kent]] coast. He detonated a bag full of flares at an invading [[Myrka]], killing it. He turned down a promotion to Captain because he preferred being a soldier to an officer. The promotion instead went to [[Mike Yates]], who became the Number Two to UNIT's British commanding officer [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') | Benton was part of a team who investigated the [[Glasshouse]]. He had discovered that someone had kidnapped [[Barbara Redworth]], a police officer who had seen [[Silurian]]s, while murdering everyone else on the floor. He led UNIT troops in successfully fighting off a [[Silurian]] invasion fleet on the [[Kent]] coast. He detonated a bag full of flares at an invading [[Myrka]], killing it. He turned down a promotion to Captain because he preferred being a soldier to an officer. The promotion instead went to [[Mike Yates]], who became the Number Two to UNIT's British commanding officer [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'') | ||
While Benton tried keeping surveillance on Captain [[Chin Lee]], Chin Lee used the [[Keller Machine]] to psychically incapacitate Benton, allowing Chin Lee to escape. He later helped Yates escort the [[Thunderbolt]] missile to be dumped at the bottom of the ocean. Benton was was wounded when the convoy was attacked by escaped prisoners from [[Stangmoor Prison]] who stole the Thunderbolt. After recovering, he helped take Stangmoor Prison back from | While Benton tried keeping surveillance on Captain [[Chin Lee]], Chin Lee used the [[Keller Machine]] to psychically incapacitate Benton, allowing Chin Lee to escape. He later helped Yates escort the [[Thunderbolt]] missile to be dumped at the bottom of the ocean. Benton was was wounded when the convoy was attacked by escaped prisoners from [[Stangmoor Prison]] who stole the Thunderbolt. After recovering, he helped take Stangmoor Prison back from {{Delgado}} and the prison's prisoners. Benton then became the prison's acting governor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'') | ||
He was preparing for a dancing date with his sister when a crisis with [[Azal]] interrupted his plans. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'') | He was preparing for a dancing date with his sister when a crisis with [[Azal]] interrupted his plans. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'') | ||
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[[File:Baby Benton.jpg|thumb|left|Benton, after being regressed to a baby. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'')]] | [[File:Baby Benton.jpg|thumb|left|Benton, after being regressed to a baby. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'')]] | ||
Benton had some memorable experiences in UNIT. He fought [[Dalek]]s and [[Ogron]]s from an alternate timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'') | Benton had some memorable experiences in UNIT. He fought [[Dalek]]s and [[Ogron]]s from an alternate timeline. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'') the Master's [[TOMTIT]] machine regressed him to a baby. When restored to adult form, he appeared before his UNIT colleagues stark naked. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'') Benton also worked with the current Doctor and his previous incarnation whom the [[Time Lord]]s had called in to help against [[Omega]]. Benton was delighted with the reunion. It was during these events that Benton travelled for the first and only trip in the TARDIS — namely, the short journey from UNIT HQ to Omega's palace. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'') | ||
While undercover in Kettering, Benton met Margery Phipps around Christmas time the year [[The Green Death (TV story)|Jo left UNIT]] and they began dating. They were still dating in spring when [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|dinosaurs appeared in London]]. He was sent to Kettering in the place of Mike Yates when he was recovering ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Council of War (audio story)|Council of War]]'') | While undercover in Kettering, Benton met Margery Phipps around Christmas time the year [[The Green Death (TV story)|Jo left UNIT]] and they began dating. They were still dating in spring when [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|dinosaurs appeared in London]]. He was sent to Kettering in the place of Mike Yates when he was recovering ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Council of War (audio story)|Council of War]]'') | ||
