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[[File:Scarman estate.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Scarman estate.jpg|thumb|left|The Scarman estate prior to the fire. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'')]]For a significant part of its existence UNIT HQ was located in [[Priory Mews]] in [[Denham]], outside of [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice (novel)|The Scales of Injustice]]'', ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bessie Come Home (audio story)|Bessie Come Home]]'') The priory had previously been home to [[Marcus Scarman]]. It was visited by the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] in [[1911]], and was burnt to the ground after an incident with [[Sutekh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') The building was "haunted" by two "ghosts", actually cases of [[misplacement]] — moments in time taken out of context and looped into eternity. They were known as [[the Screaming Soldier]] and [[the Solitary Egyptian]]. The latter was an Egyptian man in Edwardian clothing, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Memories of Tomorrow (audio story)|Memories of Tomorrow]]'') thus resembling [[Ibrahim Namin]], Scarman's former assistant, who died inside the Scarman house in 1911. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') | ||
[[File:Unit_hq_survivors_of_the_flux.png|thumb|right|The UNIT headquarters in 1967. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'')]] | |||
According to one account, the [[Third Doctor]], after rescuing [[Doctor|Doc]] [[Dantalion]], requested that he sign over ownership of his [[16th century]] manor house. This allowed UNIT to have a rent-free HQ, and its funding (which had been cut by the government) was restored. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Where the Heart Is]]'') According to another account, [[Anne Travers]] was still [[scientific advisor]] when the Brigadier's "new special forces" moved into an estate which had previously belonged to an egyptologist before the building had burned down. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Memories of Tomorrow (audio story)|Memories of Tomorrow]]'') | According to one account, the [[Third Doctor]], after rescuing [[Doctor|Doc]] [[Dantalion]], requested that he sign over ownership of his [[16th century]] manor house. This allowed UNIT to have a rent-free HQ, and its funding (which had been cut by the government) was restored. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Where the Heart Is]]'') According to another account, [[Anne Travers]] was still [[scientific advisor]] when the Brigadier's "new special forces" moved into an estate which had previously belonged to an egyptologist before the building had burned down. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Memories of Tomorrow (audio story)|Memories of Tomorrow]]'') | ||
