In the 1970s, he was assigned as the liaison officer between UNIT and the regular army. The Nestene replaced him with an Auton duplicate and placed him in Madame Tussauds in a form of suspended animation. He was eventually freed when the Third Doctor short-circuited his duplicate. (TV: Spearhead from Space) Later that year, Scobie had a budget meeting with the Brigadier and Sir John Sudbury. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice) In October 1983, General Scobie attended a UNIT reunion party. (PROSE: Business Unusual)