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2 years ago

A similar thing happened (sorta) with the Department of Defense and S.H.I.E.L.D with the use of the F-35 in The Avengers (2012).

Explanation:

An agreement was made by the DoD and Marvel to use and film the F-35 in The Avengers (2012). however, the DoD pulled out of the agreement since the faction the F-35 was is S.H.I.E.L.D. Since S.H.I.E.L.D. was a secretive governmental organization even to the US government and whose loyalties were unclear, the decision was made by the DoD to not let the filmmakers film scenes in the F-35. Hence, the filmmakers use a CGI model instead.

have you ever wondered why UNIT was renamed from "United Nations Intelligence Taskforce" to "Unified Intelligence Taskforce" in New Who? this is why.

tweet by Crazy Ass Moments in Doctor Who history reading: The BBC break the Geneva Convention and their editor is threatened with extraction to Hague and be tried for his crimes. (2005)

a letter from the United Nations addressed to the BBC informing them that the domain http://www.unit.org.uk claims to be affiliated with the United Nations which is a violation of General Assembly Resolution 92(I) and Article 6 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property

a magazine article reading: Shortly after the UNIT website launched, BBC lawyers received a fax claiming to be from the United Nations demanding the name be changed. The 'hoax' was proudly pinned up in a kitchen until a follow-up letter was received angrily threatening imprisonment under the Geneva Convention. Realising it was genuine, the BBC's website editor was informed of his impending extradition to The Hague, and sent a panicked email to Russell T Davies. 'Not to worry,' came the reply. 'Julie and I will bake you a cake with a file in it.' Script editor Helen Raynor hastily came up with 'UNified Intelligence Taskforce ' for UNIT's subsequent appearances.

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