UNIT HQ, New York City

UNIT HQ, New York City
Type:	Office block
Location:	Manhattan
First mentioned in:	UNIT's New York Operation Expansion [+]Loading...["UNIT's New York Operation Expansion (short story)"]
First appearance:	The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]
Appearances:	PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"]

You may be looking for the UNIT HQ in England.

The branch of UNIT that operated in North America had its headquarters located in Manhattan, New York City. It served as the main base for the organisation in the late 2000s.

History

After Operation Mannequin (PROSE: Operation Mannequin ^[+]Loading...["Operation Mannequin (short story)"]) and the death of Major C Jones and her colleagues during the Jersey Tollgate Situation, Major A Highway took Jones' former role in the pan-territorial UNIT operations at the UNIT New York Liaison Office, and promised that he would reorganise UNIT's pan-territorial activities, (PROSE: UNIT's New York Operation Expansion ^[+]Loading...["UNIT's New York Operation Expansion (short story)"]) such as UNIT ONE and UNIT THREE, (PROSE: The Dying Days ^[+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"]) into a "pivotal single site operation", in part necessitated due to rise "threats to national security". Major Highway found this thrilling, and the news was documented in a press briefing filed by Staff Sergeant A. Frederick, released on 31 March 2005. (PROSE: UNIT's New York Operation Expansion ^[+]Loading...["UNIT's New York Operation Expansion (short story)"])

UNIT's base in New York was temporarily taken over by soldiers conditioned by the Fulcrum, as were the bases in Geneva, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. (AUDIO: The Unzal Incursion ^[+]Loading...["The Unzal Incursion (audio story)"])

By the end of the 2000s, UNIT indeed had centralised its activities to a major UNIT site, located in a skyscraper. Experiments like Project Indigo were carried out there. At the time the base was overseen by Lieutenant-General Sanchez.

Following Earth's removal from normal space, it was a prime target for the Daleks during the War in the Medusa Cascade. Many of the base's personnel were exterminated in this attack, including Sanchez himself. (TV: The Stolen Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) The New York offices were targeted by the Daleks because of the presence of Martha Jones, who was recognised as one of the Children of Time. (PROSE: UNIT History ^[+]Loading...["UNIT History (short story)"])

Later, sometime in the mid-2010s, the Tenth Doctor sent a message on his sonic screwdriver to UNIT HQ instructing them to do a clean up of any suspicious items being sold at the Ebonite Rooms in the Rockefeller Center. (COMIC: The Fountains of Forever ^[+]Loading...["The Fountains of Forever (comic story)"])

Other realities

Martha loses her Osterhagen key

In one parallel universe, Martha Jones lost her Osterhagen key, being sure that she'd had it when she left UNIT HQ. (PROSE: "What If... Martha lost her Osterhagen key?" ^[+]Part of Time Warped!, Loading...{"namedpart":"What If... Martha lost her Osterhagen key?","1":"Time Warped! (DWA 90 feature)"})

Technology and facilities

The facility had a war room and an international co-ordination centre housed in the war room. It also had ample scientific facilities to house Project Indigo and other scientific facilities and support staff for projects such as the Osterhagen Project. (TV: The Stolen Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"])

The facility was connected to a Black Archive underneath the Statue of Liberty. (GAME: The Black Archive ^[+]Loading...["The Black Archive (game)"])

Known personnel

Personnel included Major A Highway, (PROSE: UNIT's New York Operation Expansion ^[+]Loading...["UNIT's New York Operation Expansion (short story)"]) Lt General Sanchez, medical director for Project Indigo Martha Jones, Suzanne, Jalandra, DaCosta, (TV: The Stolen Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"]) and Wikowsky. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac ^[+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])

Behind the scenes

• The entry for Sanchez, General in Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"] refers to the UNIT base as the "New York headquarters". The entry for UNIT capitalises the name, calling it the "New York Headquarters". The same entry also refers to the base as "UNIT's New York HQ".
• The scenes of UNIT North America seen in TV: The Stolen Earth were filmed at South Wales Traffic Management Centre, Coryton, Cardiff.
• The U.N.I.T. tie-in website homepage lists New York as one of the locations of UNIT, along with Geneva, Hong Kong, and Essex.