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|name = '' | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = | |range = Doctor Who Annual 2006 | ||
|number in range = #9 | |||
|name = ''U.N.I.T. Initiation Test'' | |||
|main character = | |image = UNIT Initiation Test.jpg | ||
| | |main character = [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] | ||
|featuring = [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]] | |featuring = [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]] | ||
|writer = Justin Richards, Gareth Roberts | |||
|writer = | |||
|artist = [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]] | |artist = [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]] | ||
|publication = ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'' | |publication = ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'' | ||
|release date = | |release date = September 2005 | ||
|publisher = Panini UK | |publisher = Panini UK | ||
|series = ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'' | |genre = Science fiction | ||
|prev = The Van Statten Code | |format = Quiz | ||
|next = Lost Luggage (game) | |series = ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'' | ||
}}{{you may|UNIT Aptitude Test|n1 = the in-universe concept}}''''' | |prev = The Van Statten Code (game) | ||
|next = Lost Luggage (game) | |||
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'''''U.N.I.T. Initiation Test''''' was the fourth game and ninth release exclusively published in the ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'' in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] by [[Panini UK]] and the [[BBC]]. The quiz game featured an original illustration by [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|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|''Doctor Who'' universe]]: the questions were about trivia ''not'' covered in any preexisting ''Doctor Who'' story. | |||
As UNIT had yet to be reintroduced to the television series under the new title of "[[Unified Intelligence Taskforce]]" following [[UN's legal actions against the UNIT acronym|the United Nations' legal action against the BBC]], the game still refers to it by its Classic Series designation of "United Nations Intelligence Taskforce". | |||
As UNIT had yet to be reintroduced to the | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
To join the [[ | {{Section cleanup|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. | 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. | ||
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* [[Slitheen family]] | * [[Slitheen family]] | ||
* [[Auton]]s | * [[Auton]]s | ||
* [[UNIT]] | * [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* There exists a [[Dalek Alphabet]]; in a trick question, it is pointed that "the Dalek Alphabet", as a phrase, contains [[16 (number)|16]] [[letter (alphabet)|letters]], but the actual number of letters in the Alphabet is not stated. | * There exists a [[Dalek Alphabet]]; in a trick question, it is pointed that "the Dalek Alphabet", as a phrase, contains [[16 (number)|16]] [[letter (alphabet)|letters]], but the actual number of letters in the Alphabet is not stated. | ||
* It takes one [[Auton]] [[10 (number)|ten]] [[minute]]s to fill a [[bath]] using both [[tap]]s. | * It takes one [[Auton]] [[10 (number)|ten]] [[minute]]s to fill a [[bath]] using both [[tap]]s. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* In an allusion to the question about the Autons and the bathtub, the illustration features a [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]] (presumably a [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]]) taking a bath while being waited on by an Auton [[butler]]. | * In an allusion to the question about the Autons and the bathtub, the illustration features a [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]] (presumably a [[Slitheen family|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 (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]''. | * The statement that no Daleks are both deadly and invisible is likely a reference to ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]''. | ||
[[Category:DWAN games]] | [[Category:DWAN 2006 games]] | ||
