The Coup (audio story)

The Coup was a special Big Finish recording originally given away with Doctor Who Magazine #351 to promote Big Finish's new series of UNIT audio dramas, but was later offered for free download from the Big Finish website

Publisher's summary
LONDON, THE NEAR FUTURE: UNIT is finished. The UK Division prepares to cede its authority to a new organisation... But who is attempting to sabotage the hand-over?

Plot
Francis Currie of the BBC reports live on a battle focused at Potters Fields at the south end of Tower Bridge, which is now missing a tower. Sergeant French ignores Currie's question about the enemy being alien and has Corporal Ledger knock him out and take him to Captain Winnington at UNIT HQ. Sergeant French continues to fight the combatants, the Silurians, and is given an order from Colonel Brimmicombe-Wood to pin them onto the bridge road.

Scott Christie reports on further explosions near London Bridge and speaks with Emily Chaudhry of UNIT, who denies that the events are the result of a terrorist attack and instead blames London's car drivers, explaining that the bridge has been damaged by natural subsidence. Although UNIT is to hand over its duties to ICIS, it was called in before the situation was understood and is now assisting the emergency services.

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Cast

 * The Brigadier - Nicholas Courtney
 * Colonel Emily Chaudhry - Siri O'Neal
 * Scott Christie - Scott Andrews
 * Captain Dodds - Matthew Brenher
 * Captain Andrea Winnington - Sara Carver
 * Francis Currie - Michael Hobbs
 * Corporal Ledger - Joseph Lidster
 * Sergeant French - Mark Wright

Broadcasters

 * Reporters from the BBC and ITV are present at the conference.

Individuals

 * Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart has been promoted to the rank of General, and knighted.

Events

 * This is the first major case where the public media is made aware of UNIT's work to defend Earth from alien invasions.

Organisations

 * UNIT was meant to hand over its duties to Britain's ICIS - Internal Counter-Intelligence Service.

Species

 * The Brigadier introduces the media to the Silurians. He speaks of UNIT's defeat of over two hundred alien invasions, including Axons, Cybermen, Zygons and Quarks.

Continuity

 * This is the first major case where the public is made aware of UNIT's work to defend Earth from alien invasions. Other events such events as TV: Doomsday and TV: The Stolen Earth further bolstered the general public's knowledge of aliens.
 * UNIT has defeated Axons, (TV: The Claws of Axos) Cybermen, (TV: The Invasion) and Zygons. (TV: Terror of the Zygons)
 * UNIT had fought the Quarks in COMIC: The Fires Down Below, printed in Doctor Who Magazine itself. Another later strip, City of Devils, had shown UNIT begin to talk peace with a new group of Silurians and Sea Devils.