UNIT (audio drama series)

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

### Special (2012)

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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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Volume 1: Seabird One
1| "Rogue State"[1]| Scott Handcock| Robert Valentine| Brigadier Bambera, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin| July 2022 (2022-07)
2| "Time Flies"[1]| Scott Handcock| Alison Winter| Brigadier Bambera, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin, Dr Louise Rix| July 2022 (2022-07)
3| "Dark Side of the Moon"[1]| Scott Handcock| Alfie Shaw| Brigadier Bambera, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin, Dr Louise Rix| July 2022 (2022-07)
Volume 2: Visitants
1| "The Frequency"[2]| Scott Handcock| Tajinder Singh Hayer| Brigadier Bambera, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin, Dr Louise Rix| December 2022 (2022-12)
2| "Haunt"[2]| Scott Handcock| Lizzie Hopley| Brigadier Bambera, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin, Dr Louise Rix| December 2022 (2022-12)
3| "The Last Line of Defence"[2]| Scott Handcock| Robert Valentine| Brigadier Bambera, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin, Dr Louise Rix| December 2022 (2022-12)

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

### Series 2: Shutdown (2016)

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

### Series 3: Silenced (2016)

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

### Series 4: Assembled (2017)

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

### Series 5: Encounters (2017)

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

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

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

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

### Series 8: Incursions (2019)

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

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

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

### 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"| Ken Bentley| Kenneth Grant| Kate, Osgood, Dominators, Quarks| March 2022 (2022-03)
3| "The War Factory"| Ken Bentley| Lizzie Hopley| Kate, Osgood, Brigadier Winifred Bambera, the Eleven| March 2022 (2022-03)
4| "Ten Minutes in Hell"| Ken Bentley| John Dorney| Kate, Osgood| March 2022 (2022-03)

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

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

### 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)[4]
2| "Traitor's Gate"| Ken Bentley| Sarah Grochala| Kate, Osgood| July 2023 (2023-07)[4]
3| "The Destiny Labyrinth"| Ken Bentley| Alison Winter| Kate, Osgood| July 2023 (2023-07)[4]
4| "True Nemesis"| Ken Bentley| Andrew Smith| Kate, Osgood, Missy| July 2023 (2023-07)[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "BNW1. UNIT: Brave New World 1: Title TBA - UNIT - Big Finish". bigfinish.com. big-finish.
2. ^ a b c "BNW2. UNIT: Brave New World 2: Visitants". big-finish.
3. ^ a b c d "NEM3. UNIT: Nemesis 3". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
4. ^ a b c d "NEM4. UNIT: Nemesis 4". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

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* Flux
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Fourteenth Doctor|

* "The Star Beast"
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Fifteenth Doctor|

* "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" / "Empire of Death"

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* Enemy of the Bane
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* Colony in Space
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Spin-offs|

* Wartime
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See also|

* The Web of Fear
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* Dimensions in Time
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Audio

| Radio plays|

* The Paradise of Death
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UNIT|

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

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* "Lost Souls"
* "Submission"

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* Trail of the White Worm / The Oseidon Adventure

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