Steven Moffat brought in new characters like Kate Stewart (Gemma Redgrave), the Brigadier's daughter, to lead a kinder, gentler, slightly less trigger-happy leader of UNIT with scientific advisor Petronella Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) with Davies then introducing scientific advisors Shirley Anne Bingham (Ruth Madeley) and Morris Gibbons (Lennie Rush), and alien robot Vrinx (voiced by regular[...]
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Anyway, UNIT was brought back in the modern version of the series led by Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, daughter of the original Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart, as an organization that's supposed to be hipper, smarter, and more savvy since she's a scientist, not a soldier whose first impulse is to shoot anything that looks weird.
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Big Finish has just released UNIT: Incursions, a new four-episode Doctor Who spinoff boxset audio drama where fan favourite character and The Doctor's Wife River Song meets up with UNIT.
Alex Kingston returns to play River Song again, with Gemma Redgrave on board as head of the British division of UNIT, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart; and Ingrid Oliver[...]