UNIT (audio drama series)

Radio drama series from the Worlds of Doctor Who

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UNIT

Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series| The Worlds of Doctor Who
Featuring|

* Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (2004-2005)
* Kate Stewart (2015-present)
* Petronella Osgood (2015-present)

Written by| various
Directed by|

* various (2004-2012)
* Ken Bentley (2015-present)

Produced by| David Richardson
Executive producer(s)|

* Jason Haigh-Ellery
* Nicholas Briggs

Music| Howard Carter
Release date| November 2004 (2004-11) – present

UNIT is a science fiction audio series produced by Big Finish Productions focused on the fictional military organisation of the same name, who investigate extra terrestrial threat. Members of UNIT include Kate Stewart, Sam Bishop and Josh Carter

## Cast

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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in at least one season.

* A green cell indicates the actor is a main cast member.

* A red cell indicates the actor is a recurring cast member.

* A light blue cell indicates the actor is a guest or special guest cast member.

Actor  | Character  | Appearances

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UNIT | UNIT: The New Series
S1  | Sp. | Brave New World | S1  | S2  | S3  | S4  | S5  | S6  | S7  | S8  | Nemesis
S1  | S2  | S1  | S2  | S3  | S4
Siri O'Neal | Emily Chaudhry  | ✓ | Does not appear
Nicholas Deal  | Robert Dalton  | ✓ | Does not appear
Sylvester McCoy | The Doctor | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Tracey Childs | Elizabeth Klein  | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Beth Chalmers  | Raine Creevy  | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Alex Macqueen | The Master | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Derek Jacobi | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Nicholas Courtney | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | ✓ | Does not appear
Robert Curbishley  | Will Hoffman  | ✓ | Does not appear
Michael Hobbs  | Francis Currie  | ✓ | Does not appear
Angela Bruce | Brigadier Winifred Bambera | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Alex Jordan  | Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin  | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Yemisi Oyinloye  | Dr Louise Rix  | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Jemma Redgrave | Kate Stewart | Does not appear | ✓
Ingrid Oliver | Petronella Osgood | Does not appear | ✓
James Joyce  | Josh Carter  | Does not appear | ✓
Warren Brown | Sam Bishop  | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Ramon Tikaram | Vikram Shindi  | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Tracy Wiles | Jacqui McGee  | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Mark Bonnar | The Eleven  | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear
Christopher Naylor | Harry Sullivan | Does not appear | ✓ | Does not appear | ✓
Eleanor Cross  | Naomi Crooks  | Does not appear | ✓

### Notable guests

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* Katy Manning as Jo Grant
* John Levene as John Benton
* Richard Franklin as Mike Yates
* Pik-Sen Lim as Chin Lee
* Alex Kingston as River Song
* Tom Baker as The Curator
* Michelle Gomez as Missy

## The Original Series

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### Series 1 (2004–05)

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Featuring| Released

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0| "The Coup[1]"| Ian Farrington| Simon Guerrier| The Brig, Chaudhry, Currie, ICIS| November 2004 (2004-11)
1| "Time Heals[2]"| Jason Haigh-Ellery| Iain McLaughlin & Claire Bartlett| Chaudhry, Dalton, the Brig, Hoffman, Currie, ICIS| December 2004 (2004-12)
2| "Snake Head[3]"| John Ainsworth| Jonathan Clements| Chaudhry, Dalton, Hoffman| January 2005 (2005-01)
3| "The Longest Night[4]"| Edward Salt| Joseph Lidster| Chaudhry, Dalton, Hoffman, Currie, ICIS| March 2005 (2005-03)
4| "The Wasting[5]"| Nicola Bryant| Iain McLaughlin & Claire Bartlett| Chaudhry, the Brig, Currie, Brimmicombe-Wood, ICIS| June 2005 (2005-06)

### Special (2012)

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Featuring| Released

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–| "Dominion"| Nicholas Briggs| Jason Arnopp & Nicholas Briggs| Seventh Doctor, Raine, Klein, the Master| October 2012 (2012-10)

### Brave New World (2022)

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Featuring| Released

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Volume 1: Seabird One
1| "Rogue State"[6]| Scott Handcock| Robert Valentine| Brigadier Bambera, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin| July 2022 (2022-07)
2| "Time Flies"[6]| Alison Winter| Brigadier Bambera, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin, Dr Louise Rix
3| "Dark Side of the Moon"[6]| Alfie Shaw| Brigadier Bambera, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin, Dr Louise Rix
Volume 2: Visitants
1| "The Frequency"[7]| Scott Handcock| Tajinder Singh Hayer| Brigadier Bambera, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin, Dr Louise Rix| December 2022 (2022-12)
2| "Haunt"[7]| Lizzie Hopley
3| "The Last Line of Defence"[7]| Robert Valentine
Volume 3: Fractures
1| "Kaiju"[8]| Samuel Clemens| Robert Valentine| Brigadier Bambera, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin, Dr Louise Rix| June 2025 (2025-06)
2| "Debrief"[8]| Alfie Shaw
3| "Shatterpoint"[8]| Mark Wright
Volume 4: Knightfall
-| "To be confirmed"| Samuel Clemens| To be confirmed| To be confirmed| March 2026 (2026-03)

## The New Series

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UNIT was relaunched in 2015 as UNIT: The New Series. Each series is principally led by Jemma Redgrave and Ingrid Oliver reprising their roles of Kate Stewart and Petronella Osgood from the relaunched series of Doctor Who.

### Series 1: Extinction (2015)

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Featuring| Released

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1| "Vanguard"| Ken Bentley| Matt Fitton| Kate, Osgood, Shindi, Josh, Nestene Consciousness, Autons| November 2015 (2015-11)
2| "Earthfall"| Ken Bentley| Andrew Smith| Kate, Osgood, Shindi, Josh, Sam, Autons
3| "Bridgehead"| Ken Bentley| Andrew Smith| Kate, Osgood, Shindi, Josh, Nestene Consciousness
4| "Armageddon"| Ken Bentley| Matt Fitton| Kate, Osgood, Shindi, Josh, Sam, Nestene Consciousness

### Series 2: Shutdown (2016)

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Featuring| Released

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1| "Power Cell"| Ken Bentley| Matt Fitton| Kate, Osgood, Josh| May 2016 (2016-05)
2| "Death in Geneva"| Andrew Smith| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Sam, Tengobushi
3| "The Battle of the Tower"| Andrew Smith| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Tengobushi
4| "Ice Station Alpha"| Matt Fitton| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Sam, Tengobushi

### Series 3: Silenced (2016)

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Featuring| Released

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1| "House of Silents"| Ken Bentley| Matt Fitton| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Shindi, Silents| November 2016 (2016-11)
2| "Square One"| John Dorney| Kate, Osgood, Sam, Josh, Silents
3| "Silent Majority"| John Dorney| Kate, Osgood, Sam, Josh, Silents
4| "In Memory Alone"| Matt Fitton| Kate, Osgood, Sam, Josh, Shindi, Silents

### Series 4: Assembled (2017)

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Featuring| Released

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1| "Call to Arms"| Ken Bentley| Matt Fitton| Kate, Osgood, Josh, John Benton, Mike Yates, Silurians| May 2017 (2017-05)
2| "Tidal Wave"| Guy Adams| Kate, Osgood, Jo Jones, Sea Devils
3| "Retrieval"| Guy Adams| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Sam, Silurians
4| "United"| Matt Fitton| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Sam, John Benton, Mike Yates, Jo Jones, Silurians

### Series 5: Encounters (2017)

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Featuring| Released

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1| "The Dalek Transaction"| Ken Bentley| Matt Fitton| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Shindi, Daleks| November 2017 (2017-11)
2| "Invocation"| Roy Gill| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Shindi
3| "The Sontaran Project"| Andrew Smith| Kate, Osgood, Shindi, Sontarans
4| "False Negative"| John Dorney| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Shindi

### Series 6: Cyber-Reality (2018)

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Featuring| Released

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1| "Game Theory"| Ken Bentley| Matt Fitton| Kate, Osgood, Sam, Josh, Shindi| May 2018 (2018-05)
2| "Telepresence"| Guy Adams| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Shindi
3| "Code Silver"| Guy Adams| Kate, Osgood, Sam, Josh, Shindi, Cybermen
4| "Master of Worlds"| Matt Fitton| Kate, Osgood, Sam, Josh, Shindi, Cybermen, the Master

### Series 7: Revisitations (2018)

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1| "Hosts of the Wirrn - Part 1"| Ken Bentley| Chris Chapman| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Shindi, Wirrn| November 2018 (2018-11)
2| "Hosts of the Wirrn - Part 2"| Chris Chapman| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Shindi, Wirrn
3| "Breach of Trust"| David K Barnes| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Shindi
4| "Open the Box"| Roy Gill| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Shindi, Chin Lee

### Series 8: Incursions (2019)

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Featuring| Released

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1| "This Sleep of Death"| Ken Bentley| Jonathan Morris| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Sam, Static| April 2019 (2019-04)
2| "Tempest"| Lisa McMullin| Kate, Osgood, Sam
3| "The Power of River Song - Part 1"| Guy Adams| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Sam, River Song, Jacqui
4| "The Power of River Song - Part 2"| Guy Adams| Kate, Osgood, Josh, Sam, River Song, Jacqui

### Nemesis 1: Between Two Worlds (2021)

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Featuring| Released

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1| "The Enemy Beyond"| Ken Bentley| Andrew Smith| Kate, Osgood, The Eleven, Josh| November 2021 (2021-11)
2| "Fire and Ice"| John Dorney| Kate, Osgood, Harry Sullivan, Naomi Cross, Ice Warriors, The Eleven
3| "Eleven's Eleven"| Lisa McMullin| Kate, Osgood, The Eleven, Josh
4| "The Curator's Gambit"| Andrew Smith| Kate, Osgood, The Eleven, The Curator, Harry Sullivan, Josh

### Nemesis 2: Agents of the Vulpreen (2022)

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1| "The Man From Gallifrey"| Ken Bentley| Andrew Smith| Kate, Osgood, the Eleven| March 2022 (2022-03)
2| "Power of the Dominators"| Kenneth Grant| Kate, Osgood, Dominators, Quarks
3| "The War Factory"| Lizzie Hopley| Kate, Osgood, Brigadier Winifred Bambera, the Eleven
4| "Ten Minutes in Hell"| John Dorney| Kate, Osgood

### Nemesis 3: Objective – Earth (2022)

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1| "The Vulpreen Encounter"| Ken Bentley| Andrew Smith| Kate, Osgood, Jacqui| November 2022 (2022-11)[9]
2| "By Jacqui McGee"| Lisa McMullin| Kate, Osgood, Jacqui
3| "Axos Unleashed"| Katharine Armitage| Kate, Osgood, Axos
4| "Time of the Vulpreen"| Roland Moore| Kate, Osgood, The Eleven

### Nemesis 4: Masters of Time (2023)

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1| "One Way or Another"| Ken Bentley| John Dorney| Kate, Osgood| July 2023 (2023-07)[10]
2| "Traitor's Gate"| Sarah Grochala| Kate, Osgood
3| "The Destiny Labyrinth"| Alison Winter| Kate, Osgood
4| "True Nemesis"| Andrew Smith| Kate, Osgood, Missy

## References

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1. ^ "UNIT: The Coup". Big Finish Productions. November 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
2. ^ "UNIT: Time Heals". Big Finish Productions. December 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
3. ^ "UNIT: Snake Head". Big Finish Productions. January 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
4. ^ "UNIT: The Longest Night". Big Finish Productions. March 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
5. ^ "UNIT: The Wasting". Big Finish Productions. June 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
6. ^ a b c "BNW1. UNIT: Brave New World 1: Title TBA - UNIT - Big Finish". bigfinish.com. big-finish.
7. ^ a b c "BNW2. UNIT: Brave New World 2: Visitants". big-finish.
8. ^ a b c "BNW3. UNIT: Brave New World 3: Fractures". big-finish.
9. ^ "NEM3. UNIT: Nemesis 3". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
10. ^ "NEM4. UNIT: Nemesis 4". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

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* The Invasion

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Third Doctor|

* Spearhead from Space
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Fourth Doctor|

* Robot
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Seventh Doctor|

* Battlefield

Tenth Doctor|

* "The Christmas Invasion"
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* "Planet of the Dead"

Eleventh Doctor|

* "The Power of Three"
* "The Day of the Doctor"

Twelfth Doctor|

* "Death in Heaven"
* "The Zygon Invasion" / "The Zygon Inversion"

Thirteenth Doctor|

* "Survivors of the Flux"
* "The Power of the Doctor"

Fourteenth Doctor|

* "The Star Beast"
* "The Giggle"

Fifteenth Doctor|

* "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" / "Empire of Death"
* "Lucky Day"
* "Wish World" / "The Reality War"

Other appearances|

| Major|

* Enemy of the Bane
* Death of the Doctor
* The War Between the Land and the Sea

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* Colony in Space
* The Mutants
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* The Seeds of Doom
* "The Five Doctors"
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* "The Magician's Apprentice"
* "The Return of Doctor Mysterio"
* "73 Yards"

Spin-offs|

* Wartime
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* Auton

See also|

* The Web of Fear
* Mawdryn Undead
* Dimensions in Time
* Scream of the Shalka
* "Resolution"

Audio

| Radio plays|

* The Paradise of Death
* The Ghosts of N-Space

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UNIT|

* The Coup
* Time Heals
* Snake Head
* The Longest Night
* The Wasting
* Dominion

Torchwood|

* "Lost Souls"
* "Submission"

The Fourth Doctor Adventures|

* Trail of the White Worm / The Oseidon Adventure

Other|

* The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
* Death Comes to Time
* The Lost Stories
* Serpent Crest
* The Companion Chronicles

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