UNIT

Also known as United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, Unified Intelligence Taskforce

UNIT is a fictional military organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and The War Between the Land and the Sea. Operating under the auspices of the United Nations and initially led by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, its purpose is to investigate and combat paranormal and extraterrestrial threats to Earth. Several UNIT personnel (such as the Brigadier, Sergeant Benton and Mike Yates) played a major role in the original Doctor Who series, and it was a regular feature from The Invasion (1968) until The S

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 387 inbound references to UNIT, and connects out to The Doctor, Time Lords and BBC One.

It sits within the topics Doctor Who organisations, Fictional intelligence agencies and Fictional paramilitary organizations.

Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Fictional organisation.universe: Whoniverse
Fictional organisation.image: 240px|frameless|class=skin-invert
Fictional organisation.caption: Logo used since "The Star Beast" (2023)
Fictional organisation.type: Intelligence agency, military organisation
Fictional organisation.location: Worldwide
Fictional organisation.purpose: Defending Earth from extraterrestrial and paranormal threats
Fictional organisation.technologies: Unreliable access to Gallifreyan technology, advanced translation software, Galvanic Beam, the Vlinx
Fictional organisation.powers: Military authority in UN member countries