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 |made by     = [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]]
 |first       = The Star Beast (TV story)
-|appearances = {{Il|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Giggle (novelisation)}}|[[WC]]: {{cs|Incoming Transmission - February Update Video (webcast)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}}}
+|appearances = {{Il|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Giggle (novelisation)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)}}|[[WC]]: {{cs|Incoming Transmission - February Update Video (webcast)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}|[[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}|[[EXHIBIT]]: {{cs|Travel Through Time and Space (exhibit)}}|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Pantheon of Discord (audio story)}}}}
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 By late [[2023]], [[UNIT United Kingdom|the branch]] of [[UNIT]] that operated in the [[United Kingdom]] had its '''[[UNIT HQ|headquarters]]''' ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)|timestamp=00:49:15}}) located in the [[City of London]], near [[the Gherkin]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=71}}) It had a [[helipad]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)|timestamp=00:49:15}})
-It was sometimes referred to as the '''UNIT tower''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)|chaptnum=Fifteen|page=116|name="TCoRR"}}) although it was also given the nickname '''Nitwit Tower''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|name="TCoRR"}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}) and it was likened to something out of the ''[[Avengers]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|I'm So Normal I'm So Normal I'm So (short story)}})
+It was sometimes referred to as the '''UNIT tower''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)|chaptnum=Fifteen|page=116|name="TCoRR"}}) although it was also given the nickname '''Nitwit Tower''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|name="TCoRR"}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}) as well as the '''Big Penguin''' by [[Londoner]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|73 Yards (novelisation)|page=78}}) It was likened to something out of the ''[[Avengers]]'', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|I'm So Normal I'm So Normal I'm So (short story)}}) and seen as a symbol in the heart of the city and possible attractor of alien menaces. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|73 Yards (novelisation)|page=77}})
 == History ==
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 The previous [[UNIT HQ (The Power of the Doctor)|headquarters]] was destroyed during [[the Master's Dalek Plan]] when [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Kate Stewart]] initiated the [[structural termination system]] to implode the building and entomb the [[Cyber-Warrior|Cybermen]] led by a cloned [[Ashad]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Doctor (TV story)}})
+[[Kate Stewart]] proposed the construction of a new tower to the [[King]], stating to him that if one needed to justify the expense of the organisation, one may as well have something significant to show for it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|73 Yards (novelisation)|page=77}})
 The UNIT HQ was among [[21st century London|London]]'s skyline ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)|timestamp=00:49:15}}) by the [[November 2023 UFO incident]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (novelisation)}})
 After the [[Cracked timeline (The Church on Ruby Road)|timeline was cracked]] by the [[Goblins (The Church on Ruby Road)|Goblins]] on [[24 December]] [[2023]], resulting in a literal crack running through [[3 Minto Road]], the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] pointed in the director of the UNIT tower through the window, telling [[Carla Sunday]] to contact [[Shirley Anne Bingham|Shirley]] and she'd ensure Carla and her family would be compensated. However, Carla considered UNIT's operations to be a waste of [[tax]]es as they chased, in her opinion, monsters and aliens that did not exist; she mockingly referred to them as "Nitwit Tower". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|name="TCoRR"}})
+At some point after 2023, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}) the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] welcomed [[individual (Travel Through Time and Space)|an individual]] into [[the TARDIS]] in London, with UNIT HQ visible as part of the skyline. ([[EXHIBIT]]: {{cs|Travel Through Time and Space (exhibit)}})
 In [[February]] [[2024]], [[Sergeant]] [[Darren (Incoming Transmission - February Update Video)|Darren]], located in UNIT HQ, received a transmission across time from his friend and coworker [[Sasha (Incoming Transmission - February Update Video)|Sasha]], who had been stranded in the [[Dark Times]] by an encounter with [[the Entity (The Archive of Islos)|the Entity]]. After they ascertained her coordinates, UNIT called [[the Doctor]] in as "reinforcements", and he managed to rescue her, bringing it back to the 21st century; Darren then proudly reported that she was "safe and sound in UNIT HQ" to [[Dave (Incoming Transmission - February Update Video)|his commander]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Incoming Transmission - February Update Video (webcast)}})
-[[Aoife Fitzgerald]], a [[SIGNET]] member in [[York]], once thought about the "imperious nearly ''[[Avengers]]'' tower in the middle of London." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|I'm So Normal I'm So Normal I'm So (short story)}})
+[[Aoife Fitzgerald]], a [[SIGNET]] member in [[York]], once thought about the "imperious nearly-''[[Avengers]]'' tower in the middle of London." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|I'm So Normal I'm So Normal I'm So (short story)}})
+[[The Vlinx]] broadcast to the [[Royal Albert Hall]] from its usual spot in UNIT HQ during [[Operation Maestro]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Pantheon of Discord (audio story)}})
+=== Other realities ===
+In [[Timeline (73 Yards)|a timeline]] where a [[fairy circle]] was broken by the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] and [[Ruby Sunday]] and the Doctor disappeared, Ruby went to visit the tower after her life had settled back into a sense of normality, despite the presence of a [[The Woman (73 Yards)|mysterious woman]] and absence of her mother [[Carla Sunday|Carla]]. A young man, [[Jordan (73 Yards)|Jordan]], was working at its [[reception]], and allowed [[Ace]] to meet with her to discuss her issue and refer her to Kate Stewart. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|73 Yards (novelisation)|page=78}}) UNIT would later abandon Ruby due to the woman's influence. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|73 Yards (novelisation)|page=90-91}})
+As a result of the fairy circle being broken, time became "suspended" along that event, meaning that there were no further [[alien|extraterrestrial]] threats to the [[human race]]. As a result, by [[2046]] what remained of UNIT Tower had been abandoned, and then redeveloped into '''The Unit''', a complex with numerous [[restaurant]]s and [[café]]s on its lower levels, [[shopping arcade]]s above them, and highly expensive housing from there up to the top, including a [[penthouse]] [[apartment]] on the floor with the helipad. It also featured a [[gymnasium]] to which residents had free access. Resolving to never give up on the Doctor, the tower's [[concierge]], [[Osgood]], was the only employee there that knew the building's previous status, but had signed the [[Official Secrets Act]]. Ruby could see the tower from her flat on the [[Powell Estate]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|73 Yards (novelisation)|page=145-146}})
 == Behind the scenes ==