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UNIT: Assembled – More Information and first cover revealed

As first exclusively revealed in this month’s Doctor Who Magazine, Big Finish have some very special news indeed about the fourth set of UNIT – The New Series…

New and classic eras of UNIT will come together in Big Finish’s four-disc audio drama UNIT: Assembled, which is released in May 2017. The ongoing series, which tells the further adventures of Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) and Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) gains three special recruits for the box set – Jo Jones (Katy Manning), John Benton (John Levene) and Mike Yates (Richard Franklin).

‘We went into our UNIT audio dramas with the aim of keeping them centred on the new series era of the organisation,’ says producer David Richardson. ‘But after two years of releases, the time has come to look fondly to the past… and when an old enemy threatens the world, Kate Stewart needs the help of her father’s colleagues.’

The old enemy in question is the Silurian race, here represented in their new series form and played by Richard Hope and Neve McIntosh (who worked together as Silurians in The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood).

‘A hibernating population of reptiles has awoken,’ David reveals, ‘and their leader Jastrok has a very different plan for getting the world back and ridding it of the pesky apes.’

One episode in the box set also centres on the Sea Devils, as Jo Jones must try and fill the shoes of her Doctor in order to save the world. Nicholas Briggs, the voice of the Daleks, plays the Sea Devil leader Krellix.

‘I’m so thrilled by this box set,’ says David. ‘It’s a great big story but full of heart and loving references to the past – little Easter Eggs that will delight everyone who has seen the era of the Third Doctor. And it was wonderful to have such legends as Katy, John and Richard with us at the recording, acting together in those roles for the first time since 1974. For everyone involved, this was very special indeed.’

UNIT: Assembled is written by Matt Fitton and Guy Adams, and directed by Ken Bentley. A fifth disc in the box set features behind the scenes interviews with the cast and crew. The cover (revealed today) is by Tom Webster.

The set is currently at a pre-order price of £20 for either Download or CD, or can be bought as part of a UNIT – The New Series bundle which collects together the four UNIT – The New Series sets for £80 on CD or Download.

Check out the entire range here.

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Synopsis
Kate Stewart and her UNIT team investigate and confront alien attacks on the planet Earth in this new 5 disc boxset.

Something is stirring, an old foe to those in UNIT with a long memory. And fortunately, to face an old foe… There are old friends.

4.1 Call To Arms by Matt Fitton
4.2 Tidal Wave by Guy Adams
4.3 Retrieval by Guy Adams
4.4 United by Matt Fitton

Deploying May 2017

Written By: Matt Fitton, Guy Adams

Cast
Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart), Ingrid Oliver (Osgood), James Joyce (Josh Carter), Warren Brown (Lt. Sam Bishop), Richard Franklin (Mike Yates), John Levene (John Benton), Katy Manning (Jo Jones), Richard Hope (Jastrok), Neve McIntosh (Kalana), Nicholas Briggs (Sea Devils), Nicholas Asbury (Burmaster)

More cast details to follow

Producer: David Richardson
Script Editor: Ken Bentley
Executive Producers: Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

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Categories Audio Dramas & Radio Doctor Who TV series

New Big Finish box-set ‘UNIT: Silenced’ to be released later this year

This Autumn, Kate Stewart and the UNIT team face a forgotten invasion. The Eleventh Doctor’s arch-enemies have returned; and Silence Will Rise…

Created by Doctor Who Executive Producer Steven Moffat, the Silence are some of the most popular and iconic monsters to have been introduced in the New Series of Doctor Who. A breakaway religious group from the far future, these alien parasites possess the horrifying ability to induce amnesia in anyone who sees them – allowing them to control humanity from behind-the-scenes.

The Eleventh Doctor managed to defeat the creatures in their debut story The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon; but UNIT: Silenced will see them break through the Time Lord’s trap, leaving Earth defenceless.

The world’s fate is once again in the hands of Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) and her team. But how can UNIT fight an enemy that no one knows is there?

Written by Matt Fitton and John Dorney, UNIT: Silenced is available to pre-order today for just £20, exclusively from the Big Finish website. It will be released through other retailers from January 31st 2017.

Opening box-set UNIT: Extinction is available now, featuring the Nestene Consciousness and their Auton footsoldiers. UNIT: Shutdown will be released in June 2016, starring Alice Krige as the scheming Felicity Lyme. A fourth box-set will be released in May 2017. You can pre-order all four box-sets as part of a special bundle.

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