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The Wasting

The Wasting

Series Episode Number: 165

First Broadcast: Thu 30 Jun 2005 - ~8:00pm UTC (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 73 minutes 53 seconds


Recorded on Tue 22 Feb 2005 in The Moat Studios



A deadly flu-like infection is sweeping the planet. Its first cases appeared in Britain but now millions are infected worldwide and there is no sign of a cure. The emergency services can't cope with what the press have dubbed a plague…
 
Under attack from all sides, UNIT in Britain is in disarray. It faces a stark choice - to close its doors and concede defeat, or to fight back, whatever the cost… and the injured Colonel Emily Chaudhry knows UNIT has never backed down from a battle…
 
If UNIT is to fight back, it's going to need the services of its missing commander, Colonel Brimmicombe-Wood, and the experience of the Brigadier, who can never refuse when duty calls…