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The United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, commonly referred to as UNIT was a military organisation which operated under the auspices of the United Nations.
History
Roots
The roots of UNIT itself, however, lay in later alien encounters. The Intrusion Counter-Measures Group headed by Group Captain Ian Gilmore, which got involved in the Shoreditch Incident, served as a specialised military force with scientific assistance would seem almost a trial run for UNIT, though not an international organisation. Though Gilmore did have two scientific advisors serving much as the third incarnation of the Doctor and Dr Elizabeth "Liz" Shaw would later, the seventh incarnation of the Doctor did most of the work on the technical end. (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks, Who Killed Kennedy?)
An incident which led directly to the creation of UNIT was the takeover of London by the Great Intelligence, with robot Yetis and a deadly cobweb-like fungus. Assisted by the Second Doctor, another group of British infantrymen, led by then-Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, beat back the Yeti from the tunnels of the London Underground. (DW: The Web of Fear) In reaction to the London Event, the British government formed the Home-Army Fifth Operational Corpsto combat alien threats, headed by Lethbridge-Stewart. Lethbridge-Stewart was part of the organisation until the formation of UNIT in 1969 (DW: Who Killed Kennedy?)
Headquarters and command centres
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Rivals
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Organisation
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Equipment and Uniforms
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Divisions
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Call Signs
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Alternate Timelines and Parallel Worlds
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Behind the Scenes
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