"It's a man's life in UNIT. You never know what you're going to see next." (cue Gelguards)
IN THIS ONE... You're invited to be all that you can be by joining UNIT.
REVIEW: Something they undoubtedly show in-universe to potential recruits - from the British armed forces, I assume - this short film is an amusing clip show about the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, with Nicholas Courtney even supplying some of the voice-over. The enlisted man doing most of the work is Press Gang's Dexter Fletcher (so there's a future Doctor Who connection). Edited for humor, it has one mistake - the Sixth Doctor appears, but he never got a UNIT story until the Big Finish audios - and one blemish - the Brig makes a sexist comment about female serving members. While UNIT looks exciting, the narrators don't deny that there's an immense turnover due to kills in action, but it's all offset by the Doctor hanging around with pretty girls. Well, that's as maybe, eh?
VERSIONS: The original broadcast showed a phone number for the recruitment office at the end. Those who did call the number heard a recorded message from Nicholas Courtney, in-character as the Brigadier, congratulating them on passing what was actually a UNIT initiative test, before announcing the news that The Green Death was to be repeated on BBC Two in the new year.
REWATCHABILITY: Medium-Low - Obviously unnecessary, but as a clip show, it's fun and could serve as an introduction to UNIT for the not-we's.
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