UNIT: The Coup
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| Big Finish Productions audio play | |
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| The Coup | |
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| Series | UNIT |
| Release number | Prologue |
| Writer | Simon Guerrier |
| Director | Ian Farrington |
| Producer(s) | Ian Farrington Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Set between | before UNIT: Time Heals |
UNIT: The Coup is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It stars Nicholas Courtney reprising his role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, the former commander of UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce). The Coup was given away free with Doctor Who Magazine #351 as a prologue to a four-part mini-series.
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[edit] Plot
As London faces the return of the Silurians, the UK branch of UNIT is preparing to shut down.
[edit] Cast
- Colonel Emily Chaudhry - Siri O'Neal
- The Brigadier - Nicholas Courtney
- Silurian Ambassador - Matthew Brenher
- Andrew Winnington - Sara Carver
- Sergeant French - Mark Wright
- Corporal Ledger - Joseph Lidster
- Scott Cartwright - Scott Andrews
[edit] Trivia
- The UNIT series continues in UNIT: Time Heals.
- The series sees UNIT in an ongoing battle with its xenophobic rival, ICIS.
- The short story "The Terror of the Darkness" in the collection Short Trips: A Day in the Life revealed that Colonel Chaudhry had previously travelled with the Sixth Doctor. Their adventures continued in "Incongruous Details" (Short Trips: The Centenarian).
- In the novel Project: Valhalla it is revealed that Sergeant French is actually a Forge operative.
