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#REDIRECT[[UNIT]]
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'''[[UNIT]]''' is a fictional entity in ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It first appeared in the [[Second Doctor]] serial ''[[The Invasion (Doctor Who)|The Invasion]]'', (1968), although [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] had appeared earlier in ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' (1968) as a [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]].


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==A==
===Corporal Adams===
'''Corporal Adams''', played by [[Max Faulkner (actor)|Max Faulkner]], is a corporal in UNIT, appearing in "[[The Android Invasion]]" (1975). He was based at the Space Defence Station near the village of Devesham when it was targeted by the alien Kraals, who plotted to use the returning [[astronaut]] Guy Crayford as a [[Trojan Horse]] against the human race. As part of their plan the Kraal scientist Stygron created an android duplicate of Adams among many others from the area but this developed faults and threw itself from a cliff, something witnessed by the Fourth Doctor and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. The reappearance of Adams apparently unharmed in the duplicate Devesham's village pub greatly increased the pair's belief something was amiss. The real Adams briefly met the Fourth Doctor when he attempted to thwart the Kraal plans.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Android Invasion |episode-link=The Android Invasion |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Terry(writer) |last=Nation |author-link=Terry Nation |first2=Barry (director) |last2=Letts |author-link2=Barry Letts |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=22 November - 13 December 1975 |series-no=13 |number=13-16 }}</ref>

Actor Max Faulkner had previously played an unnamed UNIT soldier in Season 7 story "[[The Ambassadors of Death]]".
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==B==
'''Brigadier Winifred Bambera''', played by [[Angela Bruce]], appeared in the [[Seventh Doctor]] serial ''[[Battlefield (Doctor Who)|Battlefield]]'' (1989) as UNIT's commanding officer. She works alongside the Seventh Doctor, [[Ace (Doctor Who)|Ace]] and [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] in defeating the extra-dimensional forces of [[List of Doctor Who villains#Morgaine|Morgaine]] and [[List of Doctor Who henchmen#Mordred|Mordred]] in Carbury. She is in command during the mid-1990s and is tasked with transporting a [[Nuclear weapons delivery|nuclear missile]] across [[Great Britain|Britain]]. Bambera is shown able to fight with weapons and in hand-to-hand combat. She takes a no-nonsense, by-the-book approach to command that warrants the respect of those under her. [[#Major Husak|Major Husak]] and [[#Sergeant Zbrigniev|Sergeant Zbrigniev]] reports directly to her. She uses the word "shame" as an expletive.<ref name="battlefield">{{cite serial |title=Battlefield |title-link=Battlefield (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Ben (writer) |last=Aaronovitch |author-link=Ben Aaronovitch |first2=Michael (director) |last2=Kerrigan |author-link2=Michael Kerrigan |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=6–27 September 1989}}</ref>

Bambera appears briefly twice in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novels, in ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]'' (1995)<ref>{{cite book |last=Lyons |first=Steve |author-link=Steve Lyons (writer) |date=October 1995 |title=Head Games |title-link=Head Games (novel) |series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |isbn=978-0-426-20454-1 }}</ref> and ''[[The Dying Days]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Parkin |first=Lance |author-link=Lance Parkin |date=April 1997 |title=The Dying Days |title-link=The Dying Days |series=[[Virgin New Adventures]] |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |isbn=978-0-426-20504-3 }}</ref> It is revealed that she has married Ancelyn, the Arthurian knight from ''Battlefield'', and that the couple have twins.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} She is mentioned as having served as a Colonel under [[#Colonel Charles Crichton|Brigadier Crichton]] in the novelisation of ''[[Downtime (Doctor Who)|Downtime]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite book |last=Platt |first=Marc |author-link=Marc Platt (writer) |date=January 1996 |title=Downtime |title-link=Downtime (Doctor Who) |series=[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |isbn=978-0-426-20462-6 }}</ref> Her later life is seen in the [http://www.drwhoguide.com/whona10p.htm Prelude] to ''[[Transit (Aaronovitch novel)|Transit]]'' (where she holds the rank of General) and the short story "Excalibur of Mars" in the Bernice Summerfield anthology ''[[Present Danger]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Robson |editor-first=Eddie |editor-link=Eddie Robson |date=September 2010 |title=Present Danger |title-link=Present danger |series=[[Bernice Summerfield#Bernice Summerfield books|Bernice Summerfield]] |publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]] |isbn=978-1-84435-525-9 }}</ref>

In the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comic ''The Forgotten'' (2008–09), the [[Ninth Doctor]] uses the name "Brigadier Bambera" as an alias when visiting [[World War I]].<ref>{{Cite comic
| writer = [[Tony Lee|Lee, Tony]]
| artist = [[Pia Guerra|Guerra, Pia]]
| coartists = [[Stefano Martino]], [[Kelly Yates]]
| story =
| title = Doctor Who: The Forgotten
| date = August 2008 – January 2009
| publisher = [[IDW Publishing]]
| panel =
}}</ref>

She reunites with the Seventh Doctor and Ace in the Big Finish Productions ''Lost Stories'' audio ''[[Animal (audio drama)|Animal]]'' (2011).<ref>{{cite serial |title=Animal |title-link=Animal (audio play) |series=Doctor Who: The Lost Stories |series-link=Doctor Who: The Lost Stories |first=Andrew (writer) |last=Cartmel |author-link=Andrew Cartmel |first2=Ken (director) |last2=Bentley |author-link2=Ken Bentley |publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]] |date=30 June 2011 }}</ref>
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===Corporal Bell===
'''Corporal Bell''', played by [[Fernanda Marlowe]], is one of [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]'s administrative support staff. She appeared in the [[Third Doctor]] serials ''[[The Mind of Evil]]'' (1971)<ref name="mind">{{cite serial |title=The Mind of Evil |title-link=The Mind of Evil |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Don (writer) |last=Houghton |author-link=Don Houghton |first2=Timothy (director) |last2=Combe |author-link2=Timothy Combe |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=30 January – 6 March 1971 }}</ref> and ''[[The Claws of Axos]]'' (1971).<ref name="claws of axos">{{cite serial |title=The Claws of Axos |title-link=The Claws of Axos |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Bob |last=Baker |author-link=Bob Baker (scriptwriter) |first2=Dave (writers) |last2=Martin |author-link2=Dave Martin (screenwriter) |first3=Michael (director) |last3=Ferguson |author-link3=Michael Ferguson (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=13 March – 3 April 1971 }}</ref> In the ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures]]'' novel ''[[The Eye of the Giant]]'' (1996) by [[Christopher Bulis]], her first name is given as Carol.<ref name="the eye of the giant">{{cite book |last=Bulis |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Bulis |date=April 1996 |title=The Eye of the Giant |title-link=The Eye of the Giant |series=[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |isbn=978-0-426-20469-5 }}</ref>
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===Sergeant Benton===
{{Main article|Sergeant Benton}}

===Major Beresford===

'''Major Beresford''', played by [[John Acheson (actor)|John Acheson]], is a major in UNIT, appearing in "[[The Seeds of Doom]]" (1976). With Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in to [[Geneva]] he was acting senior officer and was summoned by Sir Colin Thackeray at the World Ecology Bureau when the Krynoid was activated on Earth by Harrison Chase. Initially Beresford and Thackeray disbelieved the Fourth Doctor's predictions that the alien would cause plant life to become hostile to mankind until reports of just that happening began to came in. He dispatched Sergeant Henderson ahead with the Doctor to rescue Sarah Jane Smith and the mercenary Scorby from Chase's estate before arriving with a [[laser]] gun team himself. They found the weapons had no impact on the growing Krynoid, with Beresford calling in an [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] airstrike to deal with the creature once the Doctor and Sarah Jane had escaped.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Seeds of Doom |episode-link=The Seeds of Doom |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Robert(writer) |last=Banks Stewart |author-link=Robert Banks Stewart |first2=Douglas (director) |last2=Camfield |author-link2=Douglas Camfield |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=31 January - 6 March 1976 |series-no=13 |number=21-26 }}</ref>
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===Private Bryson===

'''Private Bryson''', played by [[Colin Bell (actor)|Colin Bell]], is a private in UNIT, appearing in "[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]" (1974). He served under Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart when UNIT responded to a crisis in [[London]] caused by the inexplicable appearances of [[dinosaurs]] in the city. Bryson was not the most dynamic of soldiers and instead found a niche making tea for his superiors at the UNIT field headquarters. This proved lucky as he bumbled in with a tray of the beverage when Captain Mike Yates, part of the Operation Golden Age conspiracy, was holding the Third Doctor, the Brigadier and Sergeant Benton at gunpoint. Bryson's arrival gave Benton an opening to disarm Yates.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Invasion of the Dinosaurs |episode-link=Invasion of the Dinosaurs |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Malcolm (writer) |last=Hulke |author-link=Malcolm Hulke |first2=Paddy (director) |last2=Russell |author-link2=Paddy Russell |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=12 January - 16 February 1974 |series-no=11 |number=5-10 }}</ref>
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==C==
===Major Cosworth===
'''Major Cosworth''', played by [[Patrick Godfrey]], is one of [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]'s subordinates at UNIT. During the retaking of Stangmoor Prison as part of UNIT's attempts to recover a Thunderbolt missile he aided the Brigadier in planning the storming of the penitentiary, though his casual manner and lack of tact was not well-received by his commanding officer.<ref name="mind" />

In the ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures]]'' novel ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'' (1996) by [[Gary Russell]], his first name is given as Alex.<ref>{{cite book |last=Russell |first=Gary |author-link=Gary Russell |date=18 July 1996 |title=The Scales of Injustice |title-link=The Scales of Injustice |series=[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |isbn=0-426-20477-8}}</ref>
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==D==

===The Doctor===
{{Main article|Third Doctor|Fourth Doctor|Seventh Doctor|Tenth Doctor|Eleventh Doctor|Twelfth Doctor}}
{{Hatnote|See also [[#Dr. John Smith|Dr. John Smith]], below}}

UNIT's principal scientific advisor since his third incarnation was exiled to Earth (having periodically collaborated with UNIT during his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]]). <ref name="the invasion">{{cite serial |title=The Invasion |title-link=The Invasion (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Derrick (writer) |last=Sherwin |author-link=Derrick Sherwin |first2=Douglas (director) |last2=Camfield |author-link2=Douglas Camfield |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=2 November – 21 December 1968 }}</ref><ref name="the three doctors">{{cite serial |title=The Three Doctors |title-link=The Three Doctors (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Bob |last=Baker |author-link=Bob Baker (scriptwriter) |first2=Dave (writers) |last2=Martin |author-link2=Dave Martin (screenwriter) |first3=Lennie (director) |last3=Mayne |author-link3=Lennie Mayne |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=30 December 1972 – 20 January 1973 }}</ref> The Doctor departed from UNIT's full-time employment during his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]],<ref>{{cite serial |title=Pyramids of Mars |title-link=Pyramids of Mars |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Stephen (writer) |last=Harris |author-link=Robert Holmes (scriptwriter) |first2=Paddy (director) |last2=Russell |author-link2=Paddy Russell |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=25 October – 15 November 1975 }}</ref> leaving a space-time telegraph<ref>{{cite serial |title=Revenge of the Cybermen |title-link=Revenge of the Cybermen |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Gerry (writer) |last=Davis |author-link=Gerry Davis (screenwriter) |first2=Michael E. (director) |last2=Briant |author-link2=Michael E. Briant |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=19 April – 10 May 1975 }}</ref> (and, later, the TARDIS's telephone number)<ref name="the sontaran stratagem">{{Cite episode |title=The Sontaran Stratagem |episode-link=The Sontaran Stratagem |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Helen (writer) |last=Raynor |author-link=Helen Raynor |first2=Douglas (director) |last2=Mackinnon |author-link2=Douglas Mackinnon |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=26 April 2008 |series-no=4 |number=4 }}</ref> with which he could be summoned in emergencies. He retains his credentials, still bearing his third incarnation's portrait;<ref name="battlefield"/> and, initially, UNIT personnel [[Harry Sullivan (Doctor Who)|Surgeon-Lieutenant Harry Sullivan]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] as his [[companion (Doctor Who)|companions]]. Despite the looseness of his UNIT affiliation and his frequent disagreements with the organisation, the Doctor continues to consider UNIT's scientific advisor to be his job, even into his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]].
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===Colonel Faraday===

'''Colonel Faraday''', played by [[Patrick Newell]], is a somewhat pompous colonel in UNIT, appearing in "[[The Android Invasion]]" (1975). With Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart called away to [[Geneva]] he was acting commanding officer at the Space Defence Station near the village of Devesham when missing astronaut Guy Crayford prepared to return to Earth, being unwittingly used as a carrier for a lethal disease developed by the alien Kraals to destroy the human race. Having discovered the scheme the Fourth Doctor attempted to warn Faraday only to find he and several other key UNIT personnel at the base had already been replaced by Kraal-controlled android duplicates. The android Faraday was later deactivated by the Doctor, and the real Colonel was freed by Sarah Jane Smith. <ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Android Invasion |episode-link=The Android Invasion |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Terry(writer) |last=Nation |author-link=Terry Nation |first2=Barry (director) |last2=Letts |author-link2=Barry Letts |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=22 November - 13 December 1975 |series-no=13 |number=13-16 }}</ref>
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==G==

===Jo Grant===
{{Main article|Jo Grant}}
'''Jo Grant''' is a civilian employee of UNIT who was assigned as assistant to the Scientific Advisor, the [[Third Doctor]]. The character appears from the serial ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'' in 1971<ref name="terror of the autons">{{cite serial |title=Terror of the Autons |title-link=Terror of the Autons |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Robert (writer) |last=Holmes |author-link=Robert Holmes (scriptwriter) |first2=Barry (producer) |last2=Letts |author-link2=Barry Letts |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=2–23 January 1971 }}</ref> until ''[[The Green Death]]'' in 1973.<ref name="the green death">{{cite serial |title=The Green Death |title-link=The Green Death |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Robert (writer) |last=Sloman |author-link=Robert Sloman |first2=Michael E. (director) |last2=Briant |author-link2=Michael E. Briant |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=19 May – 23 June 1973 }}</ref> According to the novelisation of ''Terror of the Autons'', she holds the rank of Corporal.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dicks |first=Terrance |author-link=Terrance Dicks |date=15 May 1975 |title=Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons |title-link=Terror of the Autons#In print |series=[[List of Doctor Who novelisations|''Doctor Who'' novelisations]] |publisher=[[Target Books]] |isbn=0-426-10639-3 }}</ref>/

===Grand Serpent===
{{Main article|Survivors of the Flux}}

==H==

===Private Carl Harris===
'''Private Carl Harris''' played by [[Clive Standen]] codename "Greyhound 15", appeared in 3 episodes of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fourth series. His first appearance in "[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]" and "[[The Poison Sky]]" (2008). He leads the [[UNIT]] operation into the ATMOS facility and teams up with Private [[#Private Steve Gray|Gray]] to secure the basement of the factory where they stumble across a cloning tank (complete with embryonic clone) and the [[Sontaran]] leader General Staal. Staal is impressed with Harris's courage, and declares him an "above average soldier" before disparaging Harris's [[Height discrimination|heightist]] jokes against him and brainwashing Harris to act as a double agent for the Sontarans. He sets about capturing [[Martha Jones]] and assisting Commander Skorr with her cloning and then commandeering the [[TARDIS]]. Still hypnotised, he and Gray later reported to Skorr to fight alongside the Sontarans but are casually gunned down.<ref name="the sontaran stratagem"/><ref name="the poison sky"/>

He returned in the episode "[[Turn Left (Doctor Who)|Turn Left]]" (2008), leading a [[UNIT]] operation in a parallel universe and announcing the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s death during the events of the attempted [[The Runaway Bride (Doctor Who)|Racnoss invasion]], the events of which occurred previous to the Sontaran invasion.<ref name="turn left">{{Cite episode |title=Turn Left |episode-link=Turn Left (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Russell T (writer) |last=Davies |author-link=Russell T Davies |first2=Graeme (director) |last2=Harper |author-link2=Graeme Harper |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=21 June 2008 |series-no=4 |number=11 }}</ref>

On Page 129 of the reference book ''The Time Traveller's Almanac'', Harris's first name is given as Carl.

===Sergeant Hart===

'''Sergeant Hart''', played by [[Richard Steele (actor)|Richard Steele]], is a sergeant in UNIT, appearing in "[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]" (1970). He served under Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Captain Hawkins when UNIT were called in to investigate unusual incidents at Wenley Moor nuclear research facility. He was placed in charge of monitoring the facility's head of security Major Baker at the base's sickbay, but was knocked out by Baker. He and Hawkins were later drawn into the adjoining cave systems, where Hart was killed by one of the Silurians.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Spearhead from Space |episode-link=Doctor Who and the Silurians |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Malcolm (writer) |last=Hulke |author-link=Malcolm Hulke |first2=Timothy (director) |last2=Combe |author-link2=Timothy Combe |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=31 January - 14 March 1970 |series-no=7 |number=5-11 }}</ref>
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===Captain Hawkins===
'''Captain Hawkins''', played by [[Paul Darrow]], fights against the [[Silurian (Doctor Who)|Silurians]] under the Brigadier at the Wenley Moor Nuclear Research Facility before being killed by the Young Silurian when he comes to Lethbridge-Stewart's rescue in the [[Third Doctor]] serial ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' (1970).<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Spearhead from Space |episode-link=Doctor Who and the Silurians |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Malcolm (writer) |last=Hulke |author-link=Malcolm Hulke |first2=Timothy (director) |last2=Combe |author-link2=Timothy Combe |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=31 January - 14 March 1970 |series-no=7 |number=5-11 }}</ref> According to the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Doctor Who: Missing Adventures]] novel ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'' (1996) by [[Gary Russell]], his first name is Sam.<ref name="scales">{{cite book |last=Russell |first=Gary |author-link=Gary Russell |date=July 1996 |title=The Scales of Injustice |title-link=The Scales of Injustice |series=[[Virgin Missing Adventures]] |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |isbn=978-0-426-20477-0 }}</ref>
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===Sergeant Henderson===

'''Sergeant Henderson''', played by [[Ray Barron]], is a sergeant in UNIT, appearing in "[[The Seeds of Doom]]" (1976). With the insane Harrison Chase having activated the Krynoid at his estate, trapping Sarah Jane Smith and mercenary Scorby inside, the Fourth Doctor and Henderson battled their way in to rescue the pair using canisters of [[pesticide]] to fight the killer plant. They were successful in breaking through but soon afterwards Henderson was attacked by Chase, knocked out and placed in his composter, pulverising the unconscious soldier.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Seeds of Doom |episode-link=The Seeds of Doom |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Robert(writer) |last=Banks Stewart |author-link=Robert Banks Stewart |first2=Douglas (director) |last2=Camfield |author-link2=Douglas Camfield |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=31 January - 6 March 1976 |series-no=13 |number=21-26 }}</ref>
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===Major Husak===

'''Major Husak''', played by [[Paul Tomany]], is a [[Czechoslovakia|Czech]] major in UNIT, appearing in "[[Battlefield]]" (1989). After the sorceress Morgaine threatened a UNIT missile convoy Husak was charged with evacuating the residents of nearby Carbury. He and his men found the civilians uncooperative until the [[Seventh Doctor]] was able to use hypnotism to make them comply. <ref>{{Cite episode |title= Battlefield|episode-link=Battlefield (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Ben(writer) |last=Aaronovitch |author-link=Ben Aaronovitch |first2=Michael (director) |last2=Kerrigan |author-link2=Michael Kerrigan |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=6-27 September 1989 |series-no=26 |number=1-4 }}</ref>
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==J==

===Jac===
Jac, played by [[Jaye Griffiths]], is a UNIT operative, who appears in "[[The Magician's Apprentice (Doctor Who)|The Magician's Apprentice]]" and "[[The Zygon Invasion]]". She is seemingly killed when tricked into a [[Zygon]] lair by a duplicate of [[Clara Oswald]].

===Dr. Martha Jones===
{{main article|Martha Jones}}
After her adventures with the Doctor, '''Martha Jones''' codename "Greyhound 6", becomes a medical doctor, and subsequently a Medical Officer for UNIT (revealed during an appearance on the spin-off series ''[[Torchwood]]'').{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} She contacts the Doctor so he could help UNIT in the episode "[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]" (2008).<ref name="the sontaran stratagem"/> She becomes trusted enough in UNIT to be given the Osterhagen Key, part of a mechanism for a program to destroy Earth.

==L==
===Lieutenant Lavel===

'''Lieutenant Lavel''', played by [[Dorota Rae]], is a [[France|French ]]lieutenant in UNIT, appearing in "[[Battlefield]]" (1989). An experienced helicopter pilot, she was charged with picking up the reactivated Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and flying him to Carbury where a crisis was brewing. However, the sorceress Morgaine was able to shoot the helicopter down. Lavel was able to make a crash-landing that both she and her passenger survived, but injured her leg. While the Brigadier set off to link up with the [[Seventh Doctor]] Lavel went to the nearby pub to phone for help. She found Mordred there and drew her pistol, only to be surprised by Morgaine - who was able to absorb all of Lavel's knowledge of UNIT and vaporised the lieutenant.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Battlefield|episode-link=Battlefield (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Ben(writer) |last=Aaronovitch |author-link=Ben Aaronovitch |first2=Michael (director) |last2=Kerrigan |author-link2=Michael Kerrigan |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=6-27 September 1989 |series-no=26 |number=1-4 }}</ref>
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===Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart===
{{Main article|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart}}
'''Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart''' (later '''Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart''') is a founder of UNIT and the original commander of UNIT's British contingent. During the Doctor's exile on Earth, he hires the Doctor as his Scientific Advisor. He was the father of [[#Kate_Stewart|Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]], another UNIT commander.<ref name="the power of three">{{Cite episode |title=The Power of Three |episode-link=The Power of Three (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Chris (writer) |last=Chibnall |author-link=Chris Chibnall |first2=Douglas (director) |last2=Mackinnon |author-link2=Douglas Mackinnon |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=22 September 2012 |series-no=7 |number=4 }}</ref>

===Kate Lethbridge-Stewart===
{{Hatnote|See: [[#Kate_Stewart|Kate Stewart]]}}

==M==

===Colonel Mace===
'''Colonel Mace''' is the commanding officer of a large contingent of UNIT, appearing in "[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]" / "[[The Poison Sky]]" (2008). He originally seems to view the Doctor as a superior officer, saluting him and taking his orders; however, the two clash and Mace begins to be irritated by the Doctor's manner and repeated casual dismissals of him and UNIT, while simultaneously irritating the Doctor through his overtly militaristic manner and insistence on a combat solution to the situation brought on by the Sontarans (Although both agree that the presence of '[[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart|Sir Alistair]]' would be of great assistance at this time).

Despite repeatedly being told UNIT could not face the [[Sontaran]]s, he organises the troops for an assault on a Sontaran position, telling the Doctor he is not listening any more, and rallies the troops with a speech about how they would show "every passing alien with an axe to grind" to not mock them and see "what the human race is capable of". He even manages to impress the Doctor by having the ''Valiant'' clear away the poison gas surrounding the factory. He then successfully leads the recapture of the area, managing to personally kill the Sontaran second-in-command, Commander Skorr.<ref name="the sontaran stratagem"/><ref name="the poison sky">{{Cite episode |title=The Poison Sky |episode-link=The Poison Sky |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Helen (writer) |last=Raynor |author-link=Helen Raynor |first2=Douglas (director) |last2=Mackinnon |author-link2=Douglas Mackinnon |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=3 May 2008 |series-no=4 |number=5 }}</ref>

In the ''[[Torchwood]]'' serial ''[[Torchwood: Children of Earth|Children of Earth]]'' (2009), [[John Frobisher]] and [[#Colonel Oduya|Colonel Oduya]] discuss Mace's posting in [[Vancouver]].<ref name="children of earth">{{cite serial |title=Torchwood: Children of Earth |title-link=Torchwood: Children of Earth |first=Russell T |last=Davies |author-link=Russell T Davies |first2=John |last2=Fay |author-link2=John Fay (writer) |first3=James (writers) |last3=Moran |author-link3=James Moran (writer) |first4=Euros (director) |last4=Lyn |author-link4=Euros Lyn |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=6–10 July 2009 }}</ref> There is also a reference to Colonel Mace's posting in Vancouver in the [[Eleventh Doctor]] novel ''[[The Forgotten Army]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite book |last=Minchin |first=Brian |date=22 April 2010 |title=The Forgotten Army |title-link=The Forgotten Army |series=[[New Series Adventures]] |publisher=[[BBC Books]] |isbn=978-1-84607-987-0 }}</ref>

===Captain Erisa Magambo===

'''Captain Erisa Magambo''' is the UNIT officer in [[Donna Noble|Donna Noble's]] parallel universe, working with [[Rose Tyler]] to restore the correct universe in the 2008 episode "[[Turn Left (Doctor Who)|Turn Left]]". Her UNIT team helps construct a [[Time travel|time machine]] from the [[TARDIS]] to send Donna back into the past.<ref name="turn left"/>

Magambo returns in the 2009 episode "[[Planet of the Dead]]", this time on a non-parallel Earth, as a senior officer of a UNIT patrol. She leads a team of UNIT soldiers and Doctor Malcolm Taylor who were investigating a wormhole which was, unbeknownst to them, created by the deadly Swarm. Taylor and Magambo aid the Doctor's attempt to return to planet Earth from San Helios from the Earth side of the wormhole; however, when the Doctor refuses to give full details of the impending Swarm, she considers shutting the wormhole down to save the planet. Malcolm refuses to shut the wormhole without the Doctor coming back through and resists even under the threat of Magambo shooting him. Yet the Doctor was able to come back through with the aid of the modified 200 Bus and Magambo leads her troops in destroying the three Swarm aliens that come through the wormhole before its closure. After thanking the Doctor and bringing his TARDIS back to him (apparently it had been found in the gardens of [[Buckingham Palace]]), she comments on having to clear up the mess, to which the Doctor refused to help in the paperwork.<ref name="planet of the dead">{{Cite episode |title=Planet of the Dead |episode-link=Planet of the Dead |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Russell T |last=Davies |author-link=Russell T Davies |first2=Gareth (writers) |last2=Roberts |author-link2=Gareth Roberts (writer) |first3=James (director) |last3=Strong |author-link3=James Strong (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=11 April 2009 }}</ref>
===Captain James Munro===

'''Captain James "Jimmy" Munro''' is a captain in UNIT, appearing in "[[Spearhead from Space]]" (1970). He was Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's right-hand man during the [[Autons]]' first invasion attempt, overseeing the recovery of Nestene meteorites from Oxley Woods. Munro spotted the TARDIS and the recently-regenerated Third Doctor during the search and oversaw his transfer to a nearby hospital. He was later unable to prevent an Auton duplicate of the regular army's Major-General Scobie from retrieving part of the Nestenes, but joined the Brigadier in the climactic assault on the aliens' base at the Auto Plastics factory.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Spearhead from Space |episode-link=Spearhead from Space |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Robert (writer) |last=Holmes |author-link=Robert Holmes (scriptwriter) |first2=Derek (director) |last2=Martinus |author-link2=Derek Martinus |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=3-24 January 1970 |series-no=7 |number=1-4 }}</ref>

Munro appeared in only a single television story, but later appeared in the spin-off novels ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'' and ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]''. The latter confirmed his first name as "James", Lethbridge-Stewart having referred to him as "Jimmy" in the TV series.

==O==

===Sergeant Osgood===
'''Sergeant Osgood''', played by Alec Linstead, serves in Devil's End as UNIT's Technical Adviser, during the [[Master (Doctor Who)|Master]]'s interference there, as seen in the [[Third Doctor]] story ''[[The Dæmons]]'' (1971). He fights against [[List of Doctor Who villains#Azal|Azal]] and [[List of Doctor Who villains#Bok|Bok]]. He has the unenviable task of trying to build a device designed by the Doctor to be used against Azal. According to the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Doctor Who: Missing Adventures]] novel ''[[The Eye of the Giant]]'' (1996) by [[Christopher Bulis]], his first name is Tom.<ref name="the eye of the giant"/>

===Petronella Osgood{{anchor|Osgood}}===
'''Petronella Osgood''', played by [[Ingrid Oliver]], is a UNIT scientist and assistant to [[#Kate Stewart|Kate Stewart]] in "[[The Day of the Doctor]]" (2013). She wears a long, knitted scarf of many colours, reminiscent of the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s scarf, and suffers from a respiratory ailment for which she uses an inhaler when over-excited. In "The Day of the Doctor", she comes to be impersonated by a Zygon, and the two get along rather well.<ref name="The Day of the Doctor">{{Cite episode |title=The Day of the Doctor |episode-link=The Day of the Doctor |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Steven (writer) |last=Moffat |author-link=Steven Moffat |first2=Nick (director) |last2=Hurran |author-link2=Nick Hurran |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=23 November 2013 }}</ref> Following a peace treaty between humans and Zygons, which resulted in 20 million Zygons settling on earth disguised as humans, the Zygon duplicate remains in the form of Osgood, with neither version of Osgood revealing to others which is which. One version of Osgood works with Kate Stewart and the [[Twelfth Doctor]], in the episode "[[Death in Heaven]]" (2014), wearing a [[bow tie]] reminiscent of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Chuck Taylor All-Stars|Converse]] reminiscent of the [[Tenth Doctor]]. She is shown to be eager to please the Doctor and admires him. The Doctor hints that he might consider making her a companion, but she is disintegrated by [[Master (Doctor Who)#Missy|Missy]]. Osgood displayed a great deal of self-control as she near-calmly tried persuading Missy to spare her with logical explanations.<ref name="death in heaven">{{Cite episode |title=Death in Heaven |episode-link=Death in Heaven |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Steven (writer) |last=Moffat |author-link=Steven Moffat |first2=Rachel (director) |last2=Talalay |author-link2=Rachel Talalay |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=8 November 2014 |series-no=8 |number=12 }}</ref> In "[[The Zygon Invasion]]" (2015), the surviving Osgood is kidnapped by a splinter group of Zygons led by Bonnie, who seeks war with the humans. After being rescued by the Doctor, she travels with him to UNIT Black Archive in an attempt to keep the peace whilst refusing to tell him whether she is human or Zygon. In "[[The Zygon Inversion]]", the Doctor, after successfully convinving Bonnie to live peacefully with humanity, offers Osgood a trip in the TARDIS. Osgood refuses, revealing Bonnie has become her new duplicate.

==P==
===Corporal Palmer===
'''Corporal Palmer''', played by [[Denys Palmer]], is one of [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]'s subordinates at UNIT. When the [[Time Lord]] [[Omega (Doctor Who)]] sent creatures to attack UNIT HQ in order to kidnap the Third Doctor the Corporal was left with the unenviable task of leading the UNIT counter-attack as both Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant Benton were trapped inside. However, after capturing their prey the creatures left, taking much of the HQ with them to the surprise of Palmer and the surviving UNIT troops.
<ref name="Three Doctors">{{cite serial |title=The Three Doctors |title-link=The Three Doctors (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Bob |last=Baker |author-link=Bob Baker (scriptwriter) |first2=Dave (writers) |last2=Martin |author-link2=Dave Martin (screenwriter) |first3=Lennie (director) |last3=Mayne |author-link3=Lenny Mayne |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]] |date=30 December 1972 – 20 January 1973}}</ref>

===Captain Marian Price===
'''Captain Marian Price''' first appeared in the background in "[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]" (2008)<ref name="the sontaran stratagem"/> and was introduced fully in "[[The Poison Sky]]" (2008). She is in charge of monitoring systems and reports on how the planet was coping under the [[Sontaran]] gas, and controls the launching of UNIT-coordinated nuclear weaponry. After the Doctor clears the atmosphere with an atmospheric converter, she kisses [[Colonel Mace]] in excitement, only to remember herself afterward and awkwardly turns away. Like Colonel Mace she salutes [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] upon meeting him. Her collar dogs indicate that she is a member of the [[Royal Engineers]].<ref name="the poison sky"/>
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==S==

===General Sanchez===
'''[[Lieutenant General (United States)|Lieutenant General]] Sanchez''', played by [[Michael Brandon]], is the American officer commanding UNIT's [[Manhattan]] base in "[[The Stolen Earth]]" (2008). His authority includes oversight of Project Indigo, and he directs [[Martha Jones]] to use the [[Sontaran]]-based technology to find the [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|Doctor]]. He also entrusts her with one of five Osterhagen Keys for use in case that search failed. Following Martha's escape it is heavily implied that he is exterminated by the [[Dalek]]s. His right-sleeve shoulder patch shows that he formerly served in a combat theatre with the [[82nd Airborne Division]].<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Stolen Earth |episode-link=The Stolen Earth |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Russell T (writer) |last=Davies |author-link=Russell T Davies |first2=Graeme (director) |last2=Harper |author-link2=Graeme Harper |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=28 June 2008 |series-no=4 |number=12 }}</ref>

Years later, a photograph of the late LTG Sanchez with Dr Jones hangs on a bulletin board in UNIT's Black Archive in the Tower of London during the tenure of Kate [Lethbridge]-Stewart as Chief Scientific Officer.<ref name="The Day of the Doctor"/>

===Dr. Elizabeth Shaw===
{{Main article|Liz Shaw}}
Originally drafted as Scientific Advisor, '''Dr. Elizabeth Shaw''' accepts the position of Assistant when the [[Third Doctor]] took the job of Scientific Advisor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liz Shaw {{!}} Doctor Who {{!}} Doctor Who |url=https://www.doctorwho.tv/characters/liz-shaw |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=www.doctorwho.tv |language=en}}</ref>

===Sarah Jane Smith===
{{Main article|Sarah Jane Smith}}
'''Sarah Jane Smith''' is an [[Investigative journalism|investigative journalist]] who becomes a UNIT associate by way of her companion relationship with the [[Third Doctor|Third]], [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]], [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh]] [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|Doctors]]. She first gains access to UNIT in the serial ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' (1973–74) by posing as her aunt and foster mother, the famous virologist Dr. Lavinia Smith—a guise through which the Third Doctor immediately sees, as he had read papers which Lavinia published when Sarah Jane was but a young child. Sarah Jane maintains contact with, and receives support from, senior UNIT personnel well after leaving their employ.<ref name="death of the doctor">{{cite serial |title=Death of the Doctor |title-link=Death of the Doctor |series=The Sarah Jane Adventures |series-link=The Sarah Jane Adventures |first=Russell T (writer) |last=Davies |author-link=Russell T Davies |first2=Ashley (director) |last2=Way |author-link2=Ashley Way |network=[[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] |date=25–26 October 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite serial |title=The Lost Boy |title-link=The Lost Boy (The Sarah Jane Adventures) |series=The Sarah Jane Adventures |series-link=The Sarah Jane Adventures |first=Phil (writer) |last=Ford |author-link=Phil Ford (writer) |first2=Charles (director) |last2=Martin |author-link2=Charles Martin (director) |network=[[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] |date=12–19 November 2007 }}</ref>

===Kate Stewart===
'''Kate Stewart''', sometimes known as '''Kate Lethbridge-Stewart''', is the Chief Scientific Officer and ''de facto'' leader of UNIT's United Kingdom contingent in the 2010s. She first appears in "[[The Power of Three (Doctor Who)|The Power of Three]]" (2012), introduced by [[Chris Chibnall]], before returning in fiftieth anniversary special "[[The Day of the Doctor]]" (2013) and subsequently recurring during the [[Twelfth Doctor|Twelfth]] and [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s eras.

Kate is the daughter of [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] ([[Nicholas Courtney]]). The character was created for the unofficial spin-off videos ''[[Downtime (Doctor Who)|Downtime]]'' (1995) and ''[[Dæmos Rising]]'' (2004), in which she was played by [[Beverley Cressman]]. She is depicted as a single mother to Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, who to date has not been referred to in ''Doctor Who''.

===Dr. Harry Sullivan===
{{Main article|Harry Sullivan (Doctor Who)}}
'''Dr. Harry Sullivan''', a Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, is a medical officer in UNIT at the time of the Doctor's [[Fourth Doctor|third regeneration]] and his companion for several adventures.

==T==

===Corporal Tracy===
'''Corporal Tracy''', played by Geoffrey Cheshire, fights against the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] in the [[Second Doctor]] serial ''[[The Invasion (Doctor Who)|The Invasion]]'' (1968).<ref name="the invasion"/> According to the [[Virgin Missing Adventures|Doctor Who: Missing Adventures]] novel ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'' (1996) by [[Gary Russell]], his first name is Jack.<ref name="scales"/>

==W==
===Private Wyatt===

'''Private Wyatt''', played by [[Derek Ware]], is a private in UNIT who appeared in "[[Inferno (Doctor Who)|Inferno]]" (1970). He served under Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant Benton as part of the unit charged with security at the Project Inferno drilling sight. After worker Harry Slocum was turned into a Primord by the by-product of the drilling Wyatt was among the troops who tried to bring the mutant down. While he succeeded in killing Slocum he was infected and turned into a Primord himself and attempted to attack the Third Doctor before falling to his death from a cooling tower. A mirror-universe version of Wyatt deployed by the Republic Security Force met a similar fate shortly after the Third Doctor's arrival, being shot by Platoon Under-Leader Benton.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Inferno |episode-link=Inferno (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Don (writer) |last=Houghton |author-link=Don Houghton |first2=Douglas (director) |last2=Camfield |author-link2=Douglas Camfield |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=9 May - 20 June 1970 |series-no=7 |number=20-26 }}</ref>

Actor Derek Ware was a regular stunt arranger and performer for the series at the time, and appeared as unnamed UNIT privates in both the preceding story "[[The Ambassadors of Death]]" and the following story "[[Terror of the Autons]]".
==Y==

===Captain Mike Yates===
{{Main article|Mike Yates}}
'''Captain Mike Yates''' was Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's assistant for several adventures during the [[Third Doctor]]'s tenure with UNIT.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Captain Yates {{!}} Explore {{!}} Doctor Who |url=https://www.doctorwho.tv/characters/captain-yates |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=www.doctorwho.tv |language=en}}</ref>

==Z==
===Sergeant Zbrigniev===
'''Sergeant Zbrigniev''', played by [[Robert Jezek]], is a Polish sergeant in UNIT, appearing in "[[Battlefield]]" (1989). He initially served under Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart before the latter's retirement and knew of UNIT's mysterious scientific advisor known only as the Doctor and his ability to change his appearance. As such when the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace (Doctor Who)|Ace]] arrived at a UNIT missile convoy near Lake Vortigen he allowed them through to see commanding officer Brigadier Bambera despite the pair having passes for the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Liz Shaw]], much to his superior's irritation. <ref>{{Cite episode |title= Battlefield|episode-link=Battlefield (Doctor Who) |series=Doctor Who |series-link=Doctor Who |first=Ben(writer) |last=Aaronovitch |author-link=Ben Aaronovitch |first2=Michael (director) |last2=Kerrigan |author-link2=Michael Kerrigan |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |date=6-27 September 1989 |series-no=26 |number=1-4 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Torchwood personnel|List of ''Torchwood'' personnel]]

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