Scattered through all of space and time, there are many women whose paths have crossed that of the Doctor.

This box set is great, featuring a variety of stories all showing off the power and brilliance of the women of the Doctor Who universe. This year, on International Women’s Day, Big Finish Productions released a box set featuring four stories celebrating the ingenuity and all-around wonderfulness of the Doctor’s friends and companions and, I gotta say, it’s another home-run for the studio.

The Doctor is always great and all, but they frequently pick up some pretty stellar companions, too. We’ll let you know more when we have it.I enjoy stories about the Doctor’s companions. We should stress, this news has yet to be officially confirmed by the BBC or RTD, however, numerous usually reliable sources have confirmed a ‘UNIT’ series is in development. You can see the whole of that wonderful panel below, which also featured Doctors Sylvester McCoy and Peter Davison, alongside companions Janet Fielding and Sophie Aldred. Davies previously created the spin-offs ‘Torchwood’ and ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’.Īs for Redgrave herself, back at Wales Comic-Con in December last year, the actress was really pushing the idea of a UNIT series, much to the delight and encouragement of the audience. Whilst Davies himself hadn’t said anything specifically about a UNIT spin-off, he has made it clear that he does want to bring spin-offs back into the ‘Whoniverse’ now he has the keys to the TARDIS once again. I’ve always thought there’s stuff we could do with UNIT there.”

Earlier this month, ‘Torchwood’ writer Phil Ford, who is promoting his new book based on his 2009 episode ‘The Waters of Mars’, commented “I’ve always wanted to see more done with UNIT. It has previously been announced that Redgrave will reprise her role in Ncuti Gatwa’s first season as Fifteenth Doctor.Ī series based around UNIT has been talked about a lot over the last few months. Redgrave’s Kate Lethbridge-Stewart made her debut in the 2012 episode ‘The Power of Three’ alongside Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor, and was last seen in 2022’s ‘The Power of the Doctor’, Jodie Whittaker swansong as the Thirteenth Doctor. UNIT featured more heavily during the Third Doctor’s (Jon Pertwee) tenure and popped up at various points after that in the classic series. The organisation, led by Kate’s father, Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart (played by Nicholas Courtney), was set up to investigate and combat paranormal and extraterrestrial threats to Earth. UNIT has been a part of the Who mythology since it was first formed in 1968 during ‘The Invasion’ arc featuring the Second Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton.

UNIT by Jemma Redgrave