UNIT: The Coup

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The Coup
UNIT Coup.jpg
Big Finish Productions audio drama
SeriesUNIT
Release no.Prologue
Written by Simon Guerrier
Directed by Ian Farrington
Produced byIan Farrington
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Length35 minutes
Followed by 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. The Coup occupies the first thirteen tracks on the CD, the fourteenth to twenty-first being occupied by Silver Lining, and the twenty-second to thirty-third occupied by promotions for various Big Finish ProductionsDoctor Who and Bernice Summerfield audio plays.

Contents

From September 2008, Big Finish re-released the play as a free download. [1]

Plot

As London faces the return of the Silurians, the UK branch of UNIT is preparing to shut down.

Cast

Continuity

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References

  1. "UNIT: The Coup". Big Finish Productions. 2008.