The Black Site was a UNIT facility which was the headquarters of Operation: Time Fracture. (WC: 14681 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14681 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"], Full-Length Trailer: Time Fracture [+]Loading...["Full-Length Trailer: Time Fracture (webcast)"], PROSE: Welcome to Operation Time Fracture [+]Loading...["Welcome to Operation Time Fracture (short story)"]) It served as the central UNIT HQ (WC: There's been a breach... [+]Loading...["There's been a breach... (webcast)"]) during the period of UNIT's shutdown in the early 2020s. (WC: 14681 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14681 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"], PROSE: The Thirteenth Doctor Sourcebook [+]Loading...["The Thirteenth Doctor Sourcebook (reference book)"])
It was located on Davies Street in Central London, the location of the Time Fracture, where Adelaide Brooke's house would one day be, (PROSE: What the TARDIS thought of "Time Lord Victorious" [+]Loading...["What the TARDIS thought of \"Time Lord Victorious\" (short story)"]) at coordinates 51°30'47.7"N 0°08'51.9"W. (WC: 14681 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14681 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"], 14682 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14682 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"], 14683 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14683 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"], 14684 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14684 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"])
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The entrance to the Black Site on Davies Street was two black metal doors marked with the UNIT logo. (WC: Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture! [+]Loading...["Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture! (webcast)"]) Inside these doors was an atrium covered in graffiti, with a fence warning civilians away from the Black Site. (WC: Full-Length Trailer: Time Fracture [+]Loading...["Full-Length Trailer: Time Fracture (webcast)"])
The atrium led into the large central room of the Black Site, which had two Portal Stabilisation Gateways which allowed individuals to travel into the Time Fracture. The walls were lined with computers and screens showing the effects of the Fracture. (WC: Full-Length Trailer: Time Fracture [+]Loading...["Full-Length Trailer: Time Fracture (webcast)"], PROSE: And now for a story... [+]Loading...["And now for a story... (short story)"])
Another section of the facility was a concrete hallway which had a glass-walled office in the side of it. (WC: Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture! [+]Loading...["Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture! (webcast)"])
The Black Site was also a Black Archive facility, having its own Black Archive. (WC: INCOMING TRANSMISSION [+]Loading...["INCOMING TRANSMISSION (webcast)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
By one account, UNIT began observing the Time Fracture on 8 June 1980. This would become the Black Site, which continued to operate into the early 2020s after UNIT's shutdown. (WC: 14682 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14682 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"])
By another account, "clandestine government departments" were aware of the Time Rift since its opening in the 1940s. The Black Site was founded in 1968 when the newly-founded "Unified Intelligence Task Force" took control of the Fracture area. (PROSE: Welcome to Operation Time Fracture [+]Loading...["Welcome to Operation Time Fracture (short story)"])
In 2020, following the shutdown of the Tower of London UNIT HQ, UNIT began using the Black Site as their secret central headquarters. Kate Stewart and the Osgoods continued to work from here. (PROSE: The Thirteenth Doctor Sourcebook [+]Loading...["The Thirteenth Doctor Sourcebook (reference book)"])
In the early 2020s, civilians were summoned to the Black Site to close the Time Fracture. (WC: Full-Length Trailer: Time Fracture [+]Loading...["Full-Length Trailer: Time Fracture (webcast)"], PROSE: And now for a story... [+]Loading...["And now for a story... (short story)"])
At some point, Silence invaded the facility from the Time Fracture. (WC: There's been a breach... [+]Loading...["There's been a breach... (webcast)"])
The Thirteenth Doctor once left a Google Maps review of this building. (PROSE: John Smith's Google Maps reviews [+]Loading...["John Smith's Google Maps reviews (short story)"])
Following UNIT's return to power after the defeat of the Grand Serpent, central operations moved from the Black Site to a new facility. (PROSE: The Thirteenth Doctor Sourcebook [+]Loading...["The Thirteenth Doctor Sourcebook (reference book)"])
In February 2024, Sergeant Darren, located in UNIT HQ, received a transmission across time from his friend and coworker Sasha, who had been stranded in the Dark Times by an encounter with 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 his commander. (WC: Incoming Transmission - February Update Video [+]Loading...["Incoming Transmission - February Update Video (webcast)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Black Site was the real life location of Time Fracture [+]Loading...["Time Fracture (stage play)"].
- The Black Archive area was accessible as an easter egg to guests after the end of Time Fracture, hidden down a hallway.
- The Black Site's Black Archive had K9 Mark III, the Osgood Boxes, one of the companion photograph boards, The Pandorica Opens, one of the Rani's dinosaur embryoes, and a cabinet containing Handles, Clockwork Droid masks, the Tunguska Scroll, Amy Pond's sonic probe, River Song's stilettos, a Dalek eyestalk, a Dalek enhanced Tommy Gun, a Betamax recorder (from The Idiot's Lantern), Amy Pond's childhood art, and 101 Places to See.
Location information
Though it's possible that a real world location doesn't exist in the same geographic space in the Doctor Who universe, such cases are few and far between. Thus, the map to the right is probably a good indicator of the DWU location of Black Site.