UNIT: The Benton Files

UNIT: The Benton Files #1

by Tim Gambrell, John Peel

Rifleman John Benton finds himself summoned to London, to the HQ of a brand-new organisation – UNIT – under Waterloo Station. There, he meets an old barrack room buddy, Major Bill Bishop, and UNIT’s Commanding Officer, one Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

The young rifleman is about to learn that not everything is as innocuous as it appears. Major Bishop has specially selected Benton to assist him on a mission – a mission that could change Rifleman John Benton’s life forever.

Featuring two short UNIT stories…

Into the Fire by Tim Gambrell
Car Wars by John Peel

54 pages, Paperback

First published September 9, 2021

Reviews

[Peer Lenné · Rating 5 out of 5]

Zwei nette, kleine Geschichten aus der Sicht des Fanlieblings Sgt. Benton. Unterhaltsam und auf den Punkt, so wie es sich für Kurzgeschichten gehört. Die erste Geschichte gibt uns sogar einen Einblick darin, wie Benton zu UNIT kam. Ein Muss also für jeden Fan von UNIT, dem Brigadier und Doctor Who.

[Luiz Santiago · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Matthew Kresal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Featuring a pair of stories focusing on UNIT's NCO, The Benton Files helps to launch Candy Jar's range of UNIT-focused tales to succeed their Lethbridge-Stewart series. Tim Gambrell's Into the Fire features a young Benton's first mission with UNIT, being seconded to it from regular army duties to help an old friend track down an alien menace, giving him a baptism by fire. Tie-in writing stalwart John Peel offers up the fun Car Wars, shifting to a first-person style to let Benton himself tell the story of an encounter with an unlikely group of would-be invaders. The volume might be small with a pair of tales and running 54 pages, but for Doctor Who fans and of Classic Who's UNIT heyday especially, there's plenty to enjoy here.