Date: 3 Jul 2010 11:21 am (UTC)
Yes, never underestimate the recovery powers of the British soldier when he's had some tea down him and a stern-but-fatherly word from the Brig! :D But yes, I'm sure they did look after their own, even if it was probably sometimes a bit difficult explaining it to families etc, because while UNIT seems to be known to the public, I assume the fact that their real job is fighting aliens is kept secret.

I've always thought UNIT should have had a padre, some sort of nice-but-useless-vicar type...(Did I ever mention my little fanon about the UNIT chapel - it's in the village church of whatever the nearest village is to wherever UNIT HQ actually is. It's a bit strange, because its memorial just consists of a list of names without any wars, battles etc specified, or even the name "UNIT", but the current commanding officer of UNIT UK lays a wreath every Remembrance Day. There's plenty of blank space at the bottom of the stone, and occasionally the list is added to. The Brig always comes along even in his old age, assuming he's not off in Peru or somewhere).

Torchwood, on the other hand, probably used to send their psychological casualties to some grim sanitarium on Dartmoor. And do experiments on them. :(

Did Chibnall write the one with the blowfish stealing the sports car and Captain John's first appearance, and him and Jack having that big stupid bar-fight? Because I liked that one! ;D I really liked CoE too - as I've said, it's like the sort of dark-and-difficult-moral-dilemma story that Chibnall aimed for in some of his previous TW eps, but the 5 hour format sort of allows it to breathe - they get to try a couple of not-as-bad options and see them fail before they go straight for the evil-but-necessary approach, so it doesn't seem as forced. I'd say it was a bit like Spooks, but you've seen more Spooks than me and might disagree, so instead I'll say its like some lost Season 7 Three story made with modern budgets and televisual techniques (and now when you do see it you'll probably think it's rubbish and that description's off the mark too! ;D) "UNITwood", on the other hand, is definitely brilliant!
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