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| Big Finish Productions audio play | |
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| The Coup | |
| 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. The Coup occupies the first thirteen tracks on the CD, the thirteenth to twenty-first being occupied by Silver Lining, and the twenty-second to thity-third occupied by promotions for various Big Finish Productions Doctor Who and Bernice Summerfield audio plays.
From September 2008, Big Finish re-released the play as a free download.[1]
Contents |
Plot
As London faces the return of the Silurians, the UK branch of UNIT is preparing to shut down.
Cast
- Colonel Emily Chaudhry - Siri O'Neal
- The Brigadier - Nicholas Courtney
- Silurian Ambassador - Matthew Brenher
- Captain Andrea Winnington - Sara Carver
- Sergeant French - Mark Wright
- Corporal Ledger - Joseph Lidster
- Scott Cartwright - Scott Andrews
- Francis Currie - Michael Hobbs
Continuity
- UNIT Previously dealt with the Silurians in TV story The Silurians. They also dealt with their cousins in The Sea Devils.
- This is the first story to state that the Brigadier has been Knighted. This is later seen to be the case in the new TV series episode The Poison Sky and the Sarah Jane Adventures story Enemy of the Bane
References
- ^ "UNIT: The Coup". Big Finish Productions. 2008. http://www.bigfinish.com/UNIT-The-Coup.
External links
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