Base unit

The base unit was the lower half of a Dalek casing which was studded by sense globes. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks) Davros' chair typically appeared as a black base unit with silver sense globes. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks et al.)

To complete the Empire State Building before the gamma radiation lightning strike hit Earth in 1930, three of the panels with sensor globes of Thay's base unit were removed and attached to the building's mast, as the Dalekanium of the plates was required to attract the gamma strike. In their place, Thay was given crude iron replacement plates. The Tenth Doctor attempted to remove them too late as the lightning struck him, resulting in Dalek-Humans infused with Dalek Sec's altered DNA as well as the Doctor's Time Lord DNA. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)