UNIT: Brave New World
2 primary works
Book 1
UNIT: Brave New World 1 - Seabird One
by Robert Valentine, Alfie Shaw, and Alison Winter
Published 31 August 2022
This is a distinct new era for UNIT. Set in the late 1990s, the Cold War is over and the geopolitical
landscape is in flux. Brigadier Bambera is deemed the right candidate to lead UNIT into the 21st century.
But in this shadowy, unpredictable world of deadly threats and hidden enemies, Bambera and her new
team - including sarcastic second-in-command, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin and tough scientific advisor,
Dr Louise Rix - will need to prove their mettle. The stakes are higher than ever.
1. Rogue State by Robert Valentine
In the war-torn republic of Valge Maja, Brigadier Bambera is hot on the trail of arms-dealing terrorist
Roman Krojac, when she's ordered back to Geneva. Her old sponsor, Dame Lydia Kingsley, offers her a
job as the new head of UNIT. Reluctant to accept, she nevertheless teams up with sarcastic UNIT officer
Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin to prevent a monstrous Soviet-era weapon from falling into Krojac's hands.
2. Time Flies by Alison Winter
Bambera and Savarin are summoned to a secretive genetic research facility by Dr Louise Rix, UNIT's
rebellious new scientific adviser. Two scientists have vanished in mysterious circumstances, and despite
the assurances of the sinister Dr Grange, UNIT suspects there's something very wrong with the centre's
caterpillar population. Can they survive the fruits of Dr Grange's experiments? And will Savarin survive
Bambera and Rix's rocky new relationship?
3. Dark Side of the Moon by Alfie Shaw
A new British space station, the Britannia, is due to be launched at the end of the week, but Bambera,
Rix and Savarin fear that some kind of psychic entity is trying to sabotage it. Is it really the spirit of
Helena McNamara, deceased astronaut and old friend of Rix? And does it speak the truth when it warns
that something terrible is waiting for humanity on the dark side of the moon?
CAST: : Angela Bruce (Brigadier Winifred Bambera), Alex Jordan (Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin), Yemisi
Oyinloye (Dr Louise Rix), Silas Carson (Dr Winston Grange), Simone Lahbib (Sylvia Brooks/DI Alison
Lees), Simon Ludders (Dr Andrews/Control/Colin Carter), Lorne MacFadyen (McManis), Debra
Michaels (Dr Megan Hollands), Wilf Scolding (Roman Krojač/Professor Ian Fenning), Liz SutherlandLim (Dame Lydia Kingsley), Homer Todiwala (Trooper 1/Astronaut 1/UNIT Medic), George Watkins
(Eyrie Six (Bragg)/Chuchuna), Tracy Wiles (Trooper 2/Astronaut 2/Cleaner/Helena). Other parts played
by members of the cast.
landscape is in flux. Brigadier Bambera is deemed the right candidate to lead UNIT into the 21st century.
But in this shadowy, unpredictable world of deadly threats and hidden enemies, Bambera and her new
team - including sarcastic second-in-command, Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin and tough scientific advisor,
Dr Louise Rix - will need to prove their mettle. The stakes are higher than ever.
1. Rogue State by Robert Valentine
In the war-torn republic of Valge Maja, Brigadier Bambera is hot on the trail of arms-dealing terrorist
Roman Krojac, when she's ordered back to Geneva. Her old sponsor, Dame Lydia Kingsley, offers her a
job as the new head of UNIT. Reluctant to accept, she nevertheless teams up with sarcastic UNIT officer
Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin to prevent a monstrous Soviet-era weapon from falling into Krojac's hands.
2. Time Flies by Alison Winter
Bambera and Savarin are summoned to a secretive genetic research facility by Dr Louise Rix, UNIT's
rebellious new scientific adviser. Two scientists have vanished in mysterious circumstances, and despite
the assurances of the sinister Dr Grange, UNIT suspects there's something very wrong with the centre's
caterpillar population. Can they survive the fruits of Dr Grange's experiments? And will Savarin survive
Bambera and Rix's rocky new relationship?
3. Dark Side of the Moon by Alfie Shaw
A new British space station, the Britannia, is due to be launched at the end of the week, but Bambera,
Rix and Savarin fear that some kind of psychic entity is trying to sabotage it. Is it really the spirit of
Helena McNamara, deceased astronaut and old friend of Rix? And does it speak the truth when it warns
that something terrible is waiting for humanity on the dark side of the moon?
CAST: : Angela Bruce (Brigadier Winifred Bambera), Alex Jordan (Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin), Yemisi
Oyinloye (Dr Louise Rix), Silas Carson (Dr Winston Grange), Simone Lahbib (Sylvia Brooks/DI Alison
Lees), Simon Ludders (Dr Andrews/Control/Colin Carter), Lorne MacFadyen (McManis), Debra
Michaels (Dr Megan Hollands), Wilf Scolding (Roman Krojač/Professor Ian Fenning), Liz SutherlandLim (Dame Lydia Kingsley), Homer Todiwala (Trooper 1/Astronaut 1/UNIT Medic), George Watkins
(Eyrie Six (Bragg)/Chuchuna), Tracy Wiles (Trooper 2/Astronaut 2/Cleaner/Helena). Other parts played
by members of the cast.
Book 2
UNIT: Brave New World 2 - Visitants
by Tajinder Singh Hayer, Lizzie Hopley, and Robert Valentine
Published 31 January 2023
The countdown to the millennium begins, New dangers face Brigadier Winifred Bambera,
Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin and Dr Louise Rix – some manmade, some uncanny, and some
from beyond this world. To defeat them they must stand together… or there’ll be no
tomorrow.
1. The Frequency by Tajinder Singh Hayer.
UNIT has been invited to take part in the testing of a top-secret US Air Force project designed
to make military groups function better as a team; the ‘Hoplite Frequency’. However, the
implications of this powerful mind-altering technology make Sergeant Savarin uncomfortable.
Will Bambera heed the misgivings of her loyal Number Two, or take the charismatic Colonel
Hagen up on his offer and choose to embrace the Frequency?
2. Haunt by Lizzie Hopley.
Bambera joins Rix on an excursion up north to investigate strange goings on at the abandoned
Greensands Hotel. Are local legends true that the hotel is haunted by a murderous bogeyman
known as Baghead, or is there a more down-to-earth explanation? The only way to uncover
the truth is to stay in the hotel overnight, but their digging into the building’s past has awoken
something that would have been better left alone.
3. The Last Line of Defence by Robert Valentine.
With the civil war in Valge Maja threatening to spark an even greater conflict, Bambera is put in
charge of security at a secret Millennium Eve peace conference to settle the matter. But as all
of Earth’s leaders gather to debate the future of humanity, dark forces have conspired to
ensure that this meeting will usher in a terrifying New World Order – and with the clock ticking,
who can possibly stand in their way?
CAST: Angela Bruce (Brigadier Winifred Bambera), Alex Jordan (Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin),
Yemisi Oyinloye (Dr Louise Rix), Ian Abeysekera (Colonel Birch), Timothy Blore (UNIT
Trooper/Talbot/Zeta Hydran), Chandrika Chevil (Clare Yale/President Esperanza), Nathaniel
Curtis (Dom McNeil/Zeta Hydan 1), Lesley Ewen (The Omniarch/Landau), Jason Forbes
(Baghead/Zeta Hydan 2), Sarah Griffin (Captain Carmen McClean/Nurse Bannister), David
Menkin (Colonel Alexander Hagen/Delegate), Liz Sutherland-Lim (Dame Lydia Kingsley/Joyce).
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin and Dr Louise Rix – some manmade, some uncanny, and some
from beyond this world. To defeat them they must stand together… or there’ll be no
tomorrow.
1. The Frequency by Tajinder Singh Hayer.
UNIT has been invited to take part in the testing of a top-secret US Air Force project designed
to make military groups function better as a team; the ‘Hoplite Frequency’. However, the
implications of this powerful mind-altering technology make Sergeant Savarin uncomfortable.
Will Bambera heed the misgivings of her loyal Number Two, or take the charismatic Colonel
Hagen up on his offer and choose to embrace the Frequency?
2. Haunt by Lizzie Hopley.
Bambera joins Rix on an excursion up north to investigate strange goings on at the abandoned
Greensands Hotel. Are local legends true that the hotel is haunted by a murderous bogeyman
known as Baghead, or is there a more down-to-earth explanation? The only way to uncover
the truth is to stay in the hotel overnight, but their digging into the building’s past has awoken
something that would have been better left alone.
3. The Last Line of Defence by Robert Valentine.
With the civil war in Valge Maja threatening to spark an even greater conflict, Bambera is put in
charge of security at a secret Millennium Eve peace conference to settle the matter. But as all
of Earth’s leaders gather to debate the future of humanity, dark forces have conspired to
ensure that this meeting will usher in a terrifying New World Order – and with the clock ticking,
who can possibly stand in their way?
CAST: Angela Bruce (Brigadier Winifred Bambera), Alex Jordan (Sergeant Jean-Paul Savarin),
Yemisi Oyinloye (Dr Louise Rix), Ian Abeysekera (Colonel Birch), Timothy Blore (UNIT
Trooper/Talbot/Zeta Hydran), Chandrika Chevil (Clare Yale/President Esperanza), Nathaniel
Curtis (Dom McNeil/Zeta Hydan 1), Lesley Ewen (The Omniarch/Landau), Jason Forbes
(Baghead/Zeta Hydan 2), Sarah Griffin (Captain Carmen McClean/Nurse Bannister), David
Menkin (Colonel Alexander Hagen/Delegate), Liz Sutherland-Lim (Dame Lydia Kingsley/Joyce).
Other parts played by members of the cast.