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'''''Valiant''''' was the name given to a large, [[Earth]]-bound, flying [[aircraft carrier]] used by [[UNIT]] during the early [[21st century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'')

As "{{Simm|n=Harold Saxon}}", the Master said that he designed every detail of the ''Valiant'', and so it must have been built, or at least completed, within the 18 months that the Master was working as Harold Saxon during his time in the [[Ministry of Defence]], and before he became [[Prime Minister]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') As later noted by [[Martha Jones]], the ''Valiant'' was constructed thanks to the "massive" funding which UNIT received from the [[United Nations]] in the name of [[homeworld security]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')

It was used for the first [[human]] contact with the [[Toclafane]]. The [[Tenth Doctor]], Martha, and [[Jack Harkness]] [[teleport]]ed onboard using [[Jack Harkness' vortex manipulator|Jack's vortex manipulator]] at the coordinates 58.2 north by 10.02 east. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')

In the following year in [[The Year That Never Was|an erased timeline]], the ''Valiant'' was the base of operations for the Master. Martha's family (apart from [[Leo Jones|Leo]]) and Captain Jack Harkness were imprisoned on the ship, as was the Doctor. It also held the [[paradox machine]] created from [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. When the timeline was erased, the ''Valiant'' was the only point in space and time not to revert, instead moving directly through [[time]], due to it being the "eye of the storm", that is, of the paradox machine. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')

[[File:The toclafane emerge.jpg|left|thumb|The [[Toclafane]] emerge above the ''Valiant''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')]]

During the [[Sontaran invasion of Earth]] in [[2009]], [[Colonel Mace]] called in the ''Valiant'', which was referred to by the call-sign "[[Hawk Major]]". The ship's powerful turbines were used to clear the Sontarans' poisonous fog-like gas from the [[ATMOS factory]] and the [[Jathaa sunglider laser]] fitted to the ship was used to blast apart the factory, killing many [[Sontaran]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'')

The ''Valiant'' was targeted when the [[New Dalek Empire]] [[21st century Dalek invasion|attacked Earth]] following the planet's transportation to the [[Medusa Cascade]]. A massive force of [[Dalek]]s swarmed the ship, taking out its [[Force field|shields]] and inflicting heavy damage. The order was given to abandon ship, and [[Jack Harkness]] reported that the ''Valiant'' was "down". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') When it was forced over heavily populated areas, the decision was taken to land on empty farmland, avoiding a further loss of life. However, the attack still continued. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Battle of the Valiant (short story)|The Battle of the Valiant]]'') [[Captain]] [[Marion Price]] was in command of the ''Valiant'' at the time of its destruction. Afterwards, the ''Valiant'' was replaced by a new [[Valiant-class|''Valiant''-class]] aircraft carrier, one of multiple planned [[sister ship]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[UNIT History (short story)|UNIT History]]'')

During the [[Good Dalek Incident]], [[Rusty (Into the Dalek)|Rusty]] the Dalek remembered the Daleks attacking the ''Valiant'' when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] attempted to reopen his suppressed memories. ([[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'')

During a [[Cyberman]] [[3W Institute Affair|attack]] on Earth instigated by another incarnation of the Master, {{Gomez}}, the Twelfth Doctor asked whether he was being taken to the ''Valiant'' (humourously referring to the craft as "[[Cloudbase]]", in reference to similar the British science fiction series [[Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]). However, [[Kate Stewart]] told him that doing so would be too obvious and too easy of a target. He was instead taken to an aircraft designated as [[Boat One]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'')