UNIT: The Longest Night
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| Big Finish Productions audio play | |
| The Longest Night | |
|---|---|
| Series | UNIT |
| Release number | 3 |
| Writer | Joseph Lidster |
| Director | Edward Salt |
| Producer(s) | Ian Farrington Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Set between | UNIT: Snake Head and UNIT: The Wasting |
UNIT: The Longest Night is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It continues the story of UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce). "The Longest Night" is the third in a four-part mini-series.
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[edit] Plot
The UNIT team are enjoying a night out in London when, suddenly, suicide bombers strike.
[edit] Cast
- Colonel Emily Chaudhry - Siri O'Neal
- Colonel Robert Dalton - Nicholas Deal
- Scott Christie - Scott Andrews
- Andrew Winnington - Sara Carver
- Lieutenant Hoffman- Robert Curbishley
- Nisha Townsend - Georgina Field
- Francis Currie - Michael Hobbs
- PM's Aide - Harry Myers
- Prime Minister - Steffan Rhodri
- Meena Cartwright - Vineeta Rishi
- Major Philip Kirby - Johnson Willis
[edit] Trivia
- An introduction to the UNIT series, UNIT: The Coup was given away free with Doctor Who Magazine #351.
- The series sees UNIT in an ongoing battle with its xenophobic rival, I.C.I.S..
- The short story "The Terror of the Darkness" in the collection Short Trips: A Day in the Life revealed that Chaudhry and Hoffman had previously travelled with the Sixth Doctor. Their adventures continued in "Incongruous Details" (Short Trips: The Centenarian).
- Francis Currie is stated to be working for Planet 3 Broadcasting.
- Albion Hospital from Aliens of London is mentioned in this story.
- 10 Downing Street is also destroyed in World War Three.
