Stories Audio Drama UNIT UNIT Episode 3 The Longest Night 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released March 2005 Written by Joseph Lidster Runtime 73 minutes Time Travel Present Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, London Synopsis "We interrupt this broadcast..." Having survived a day at the seaside, Robert Dalton and Emily Chaudhry are enjoying a few pints... Having spent the day answering the phone and praying for some action, Will Hoffman is enjoying a night out... Having signed a controversial new European treaty, the Prime Minister is on his way back to Downing Street... Having survived yet another day, the people of Britain are settling down to eat dinner, stay in, go out, spend time with their friends... "...we're receiving reports that..." It's just another ordinary evening in the United Kingdom... "...a bomb has exploded in central London..." Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Emily Chaudhry Robert Dalton Scott Christie Andrea Winnington Will Hoffman Francis Currie Philip Kirby Show All Characters (7) How to listen to The Longest Night: Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Big Finish Audio UNIT: The Longest Night Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 9 July 2024 · 243 words Review by dema1020 Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! So after a pretty middling experience out of these early UNIT stories at first, outside of The Coup, The Longest Night really took me by surprise. It's dark as all hell and reminds me of Children of Earth's sharp left turn that is firmly out of traditional Doctor Who tone. I'm not against these types of stories - clearly, based on this rating, but it does feel a little out of place with what we had gotten so far out of these audios. Still, I like this audio. A woman commits suicide live on national television. It's dark and messed up, coupled with some pretty compelling political intrigue drawn from earlier plot points in the series. In hindsight, it gives a little bit of breathing room for Time Heals and Snakehead to feel like build-up to this, and collectively Longest Night and The Wasting do a lot to make this series worth listening to. I really like this story's particular take on early 2000s politics. It felt novel and done in a non-specific enough way that it doesn't feel that dated, either. A firm recommendation from me, and I will have to check out some more of Joe Lidster's other works because the two I've stumbled on so far have both been pretty great and engaging. The production also did a great job at giving the audio weight and making it really feel like we were listening to a bunch of real broadcasts. Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating34 members 3.63 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating90 votes 3.79 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating53 votes 3.95 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 70 Favourited 2 Reviewed 1 Saved 0 Skipped 1 Owned 2 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote