UNIT, or Unified Intelligence Taskforce (formerly United
Nations Intelligence Taskforce) is a fictional military organisation from the
British science fiction television series Doctor Who, Torchwood, and The Sarah
Jane Adventures. Operating under the auspices of the United Nations, its
purpose is to investigate and combat paranormal and extraterrestrial threats to
the Earth. In the original Doctor Who series, several UNIT personnel (such as
the Brigadier) played a major role in the programme.
Following the broadcast of the 2005 Doctor Who series,
executive producer Russell T Davies claimed that the UN were no longer happy to
be associated with the fictional organisation, and the UN's full name could now
no longer be used. However, the "UNIT" and "UN" abbreviations
could be used, as long as it was not explained what the letters stood for. In
2008, he announced that the organisation's name had been changed to the
"Unified Intelligence Taskforce". This new name was first mentioned
on-screen in "The Sontaran Stratagem", also in 2008, in which it was
indicated in a line of dialogue that the United Nations still supports UNIT
with funding.
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