Stories Audio Drama UNIT UNIT Episode 4 The Wasting 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released June 2005 Written by Iain McLaughlin, Claire Bartlett Runtime 74 minutes Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Disease Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, England, Russia Synopsis 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... Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters The Brigadier Emily Chaudhry Andrea Winnington Francis Currie Ross Brimmicombe-Wood Show All Characters (5) How to listen to The Wasting: Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Big Finish Audio UNIT: The Wasting 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 · 272 words Review by dema1020 Spoilers This review contains spoilers! A very solid ending to the first Big Finish UNIT series, if you ask me. These early UNIT stories suffer a bit, largely what I assume is the result of Big Finish's early growing pains, but The Wasting and The Longest Night really stand out to me. Both episodes represent some pretty solid political thriller content that to me successfully presents a more adult take on the Doctor Who universe than what we usually get in the franchise, without feeling unnecessarily edgy. It reminded me a lot of what the Torchwood show was supposed to be but all too rarely actually was. There's a lot one can take away from this and use to talk about British politics but also just xenophobia and fascism in general. I think it is a pretty coherent message. I also love how it really feels like it is Chaudhry against the world for a while. With so many of her allies gone, and things looking particularly bleak, it really feels like a struggle here. Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart is good at being one of the few sources of support in all of this, too. David Tennant is a lot of fun even if he gets a little hammy with his villain roles pre-Tenth Doctor. Overall a pretty good ending to the series that closes out some plot points nicely. I wouldn't be against more Chaundry content in the future but it looks like that was mostly relegated to a few Short Trips stories in Big Finish's old book line, which is a bit of a shame. The Wasting is pretty good set-up for future content in that regard. Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating32 members 3.52 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating101 votes 3.66 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating50 votes 3.85 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 68 Favourited 2 Reviewed 1 Saved 0 Skipped 1 Owned 2 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote