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6. UNIT HQ... Is A Restaurant?

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Kate Stewart’s return in Flux was one of the Chibnall era’s best-kept secrets. But how did they manage to keep it under wraps for so long?

Well, it helped that the majority of Kate’s scenes in Flux – and subsequently, The Power of the Doctor – took place indoors.

They weren't all filmed in a studio however, and the location of the 2017 UNIT HQ – the site of Kate’s iconic showdown with the Grand Serpent in Survivors of the Flux – was actually filmed in the place you’d least expect UNIT HQ to be: a former Burger & Lobster restaurant.

A quick Google search shows that the room behind the Grand Serpent’s office used to be full of chairs and tables, prior to the restaurant’s closure in 2016.

In fact, the bar is still visible just behind Kate (hence why in one promo pic, she looks like she’s about to compete in Masterchef).

And this was meant to be before UNIT was hit by budget cuts!

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