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- As recommended in 'Doctor Who Magazine' Issue 433 and 'The Guardian', this is a personal and affectionate tribute to Nicholas Courtney - a wonderful man who passed away on 22nd February 2011, leaving behind him a legacy of love and affection in the hearts of thousands of fans. After 40 years playing the same character - from 1968 to 2008 - he charmed and enthralled generations of viewers. A huge presence in my childhood, the Brigadier was just as much a part of me as the Doctor was. And with the death of Nicholas Courtney a little bit of my childhood died with him. God bless Nick and a heartfelt salute to the Brigadier. Lest we ever forget....
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R.I.P. old chap. Here for Nicholas's 90th birthday, Hopefully to be back again in 10 years for his 100th! A great man, an underrated actor, and his character the Brigadier was my favorite friend of the Doctor....all of them.
You can have 15 Doctors but you can only have 1 Brigadier RIP 12 years on
"I just do the best I can."
And you always did. We still miss you, Brigadier....
"Just once I want to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets." I think that's the line.
One of his best lines he ever had.
"There are lots of Doctors. But there's only one Brigadier." 💖
"I just do the best I can." Yes, you do, Nicholas. Yes you did.
That's one of my favourite Brigadier lines, it sums him up so well.
He never stopped, never surrendered, and never left the doctor for any reason no matter what he has been around for nearly 40 years in doctor who good bye my old friend rip the brigadier
Doesn’t matter what Doctor you like, everybody loved Nick. Godspeed, sir.
10 years since we lost the brigadier. rest eternally weary soldier..
Gone, but not forgotten.
Nicholas Courtney created a brilliant preformance of a military leader, but with a twinkle in the eye who became one of the Doctor's greatest friends.
Then they brought in Jemma Redgrave, whose Kate Stewart continued the legacy of her father, always in spirit of Nicholas Courtney, with even his image often present in the background.
And then there is Jon Culshaw, an impressionist and Doctor Who fan, particulary of the Pertwee era, who was cast because of his talent to impersonate voices. But he didn't just mimic Nick Courtney's voice, he resurrected the Brigadier without losing the character and the original preformance. Very much a tribute from a fan to one of his heroes.
Nick. Jemma. Jon. Thanks for creating the Brigadier, continuing his legacy and letting his spirit live on.
The thing that amazes me about Nicholas Courtney is how much chemistry he had with everyone. Whether it was Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Pertwee, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Katy Manning, Elisabeth Sladen, Baker, Davison, McCoy, even Anjli Mohindra in the Sarah Jane Adventures, he always seemed to have great onscreen chemistry.
I've never heard a bad word spoken about Nic. I think he was just such a genuinely nice chap, how could you not get on with him...
The biggest crime in all of Doctor Who history was that there was never any Brigadeer appearances in New who, considering he appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures it must have meant he was healthy enough and available. Such an iconic character.
I kept waiting for him to come on a David Tennant or Matt Smith episode. He never did. I don't know what RTD or Steven M were thinking.
@@rayzermaniac5218 Well, Nicholas Courtney was backing out from projects due to health issues way back in the mid '90s, so let's not be too hard on RTD, Moffat or Mr Courtney and just be happy for the appearances that we got.
Nicholas Courtney was never less than authentic as The Brigadier. A Masterclass in real soldiering on screen.
I'm glad that Canonicaly his Daughter now Runs Unit. Only fitting if you ask me.
Nicholas Courtney...what an amazing man! As an actual serving military officer today...he is still my example of a perfect leader...I truly wish I had met him...
He did his national service in the British Army, leaving after 18 months as a private, not wanting to pursue a military career. (off his wikipedia page)
He should have had his own spin off series, fantastic character
There maybe lots of Doctors, Countless enemies, And tons of companions, But in the end there can be only one Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
JamesTheBrony/JTB My favourite companion by far.
@@josephmarrison4606 Why do people keep saying he's a companion? He doesn't travel with the doctor all the time, So technically he doesn't count as a companion.
@@SegaNintendoGuy64 Maybe not, but he was on the show on and off for a good 40 years, I count him as an honorary companion
For The UNIT.
We'll all make you very proud Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart.
The Brigadier is by far my favorite companion. His relationship with the doctor was so unique and he's the only companion who could talk down to the doctor. And he was loyal to the doctor and justice right to the end. Portrayed wonderfully by Nicholas Courtney, may he rest in peace.
He even came back as a cyberman to help The Doctor after he died.
A memorable character to one of the best fiction series ever, spanning decades, and countless shows. Lethbridge Stewart was a character that brought originality to Dr.Who, and lasted so much longer than any other. What can be said about a man that played an important role, on such a popular series, for such a time ?
He was a fantastic companion to The Doctor.
It may be 10 years but I can still hear Nicholas Courtney say, Jenkins, Chap with the wings there, five rounds rapid R I P
Apart from the doctor and his varies companions, he was the main character of Unit and the show. A beloved vital character to the show. RIP Nicholas Courtney. Legend. Will forever be missed. But never forgotten. 🕊🕊🕊🪖🎖
its been 12 years since his passing. RIP.
So does Elizabeth Sladen. (Our Sarah Jane Smith) I believe that Rani's thoughts about her whereabouts also applies to the one and only Brigadier. (About how she/they travel with the Doctor through the stars forever). Love them both ever though I never accually met them.❤
"Jenkins. Chap with the wings there. Five rounds rapid."
farmerned6 One of my favourite moments. The Demons is one of my favourite ever stories - scary and absolutely hilarious in a perfect mix
Lead UNIT better than anyone else ever could RIP Sir Alastair, Our Brigadier. "Salute" with deepest respect, thank you Nicholas, and thanks for posting.
"Chap with the wings there, five rounds rapid!"
Loved UNIT. Brigadier was fantastic. Did not realise he appeared in the original Dr Who, season 3 the master plan.
the brig didnt but the actor did
Me too, I love The UNIT.
The two best loved characters in Doctor Who were Sarah Jane and the Brigadier.
Cough cough* How about the Doctor? 😂
True though, they were the ideal companions and brilliant characters. There'll never be anyone quite like them again!
Happy childhood memories
RIP Nicholas Courtney
He played the Brigider in:
The Web of Fear,
The Invasion,
Spearhead from Space - Robot,
Terror of the Zygons,
Mawdryn Undead,
The Five Doctors,
Battlefield,
Dimensions in Time,
SJA, Enemy of the Bane
Man that's it, it feels like so much more
Well, there are fifteen stories featuring him between Spearhead and Robot.
Goodbye my brigadier.😭😭
My father and The Brigadier died the same week. I miss them both
The Brigadier was a worthy enemy of the daleks...
without a doubt one of the Doctors most loyal and trusted friends... its been 3 years but hes still missed :' ( R.I.P. Nicholas Courtney
Next to the Doctor himself the greatest character of the whole series!
the longest serving character, played by the same actor in the dr who universe from 1968 to 2008 on screen and continued on big finish til his death has played with all 8 of the classic era doctors and 9 and 10 for modern era, and only 9th as a voice actor, there is only one other character in this universe who matches this!!!
Of all the Doctor's allies, the Brig is my favorite. I find myself saying his whole name for a quick laugh every now and then.
My mum always says that when she watched the old series as a kid the Brigadier was her favorite character because more than even the Doctor, he made her feel safe, I think I'm starting to get what she means by that now
I'm sure you've watched some old episodes by now. Whatever happened, the Brigadier was in charge and (seemingly) unflappable. If someone had thought of it back then, he could have beaten the creation of the 'For me, it was Tuesday' meme.
The best returning character in Doctor Who history don't care what anyone says. R.I.P Nicholas Courtney
All these years later we still miss you Nicholas.
If I may. “I’m fairly sure that’s Croma.”
Salute 🫡
"Cromer".
What a touching tribute to a good man
Miss both Nicholas and my Dad who died within a week of one another. Wonderful chaps, both of them.
This is a lovely tribute to the late great Nicholas Courtney and his Character Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
As the 2nd Doctor once said about his friend "Dear old Lethbridge-Stewart. Still blazing away as usual." That was SO true! *Chuckles*
Without the Brig and UNIT to help him out, I feel the Doctor's efforts to stop threats to Earth would have failed. Also I'm glad Nicholas was available for Doctor Who's 10th an 20th Anniversary, they wouldn't have been Anniversary's without him present in some form.
So to quote the 3rd Doctor: "Thank you, Brigadier. But do you think that for once in your life you could manage to arrive before the nick of time?"
Brigadier: "I'm glad to see you too, Doctor."
I was a little bit disappointed that the line "Just once, I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets" wasn't included. Wonderful video.
I met Nicholas Courtney a few times and he just embodied old style gentlemanly charm. Such a charming, funny and endearing man. Fare ye well. The Brig was just a wonderful character.
I will never forget you brigadier
Brings tears to my eyes every time.
There are many Doctors but only one Brigadier!
He is my favourite companion in Doctor Who and was just fantastic. R.I.P. Nicholas Courtney. You were such an inspiration!
It's 4 years now since the Brigadier left us. Wherever he is, we hell sure know that he's fighting the forces of evil with Sarah Jane Smith and the first three Doctors! :)
True :)
+Benjamin Hutchings And Harry Sulivan/Sullivan & Romana.
+Benjamin Hutchings - Sarah Jane still lives, even though Elisabeth Sladen died. It would be an interesting afterlife with all the former companions and allies.
+Benjamin Hutchings I do wonder though, if Nicholas Courtney is in the afterlife with Elizabeth Sladen and Jon Pertwee...
Jeremy Xu - Doing the Time Warp and reminiscing about old times.
He was the Brigader the man of the hour the champion of earth and fantastic the man at arm's he was a great friend to the doctor and was Unit a guardian of this world a man and warrior with a heat of a lion.
To the actor who played this role over the many years we will remember this fantastic actor and the he was brilliant thanks again Nicholas for bringing this character to a screens on one of our favourite TV series Doctor Who
Now that they have discovered the 'lost' Web of Fear episodes we can see again the 1st appearance of the Brigadier.
'Wonderful chap'.
+Ingersh I think I have that episode actually cant remember if it was just stills and saved audio
+Albert P (Gentlemen2012)
You may already know The Web of Fear full Episode 1, is over on DailyMotion.
Fabulous actor as one of Earth's greatest defenders.
Just remember, Unit looks after their own Live or Dead.
190k views
*it's high time videos like this hit 1 million*
The man the legend the brigader there will never be another brigader RIP sir we have the watch
Just remember if all else fails, Five rounds Rapid, as The Brig. would have ordered.
Facing otherworldly horrors with a level head and a service pistol. *Salute*
And, just because the Doctor asked him to, waved road flares in the face of a terrified triceratops. Too bad the special effects couldn't do that justice.
In the Dr Who world there are heroes.......RIP
My favourite companion from the show. R.I.P. Nicholas Courtney. You were one of the best actors ever.
The Doctor is amazing, but he is smarter and has better technology than most of his opponents. The Brigadier is pure grit and honor. Respect.
You will be missed by many R.I.P
The Brigadier always inspired confidence in me that "Britain could handle it". I miss those days...
Good use of footage from "Downtime", the Brig's only solo adventure.
Gotta say one thing about the Series 8 finale;(SPOILERS) you can have all the science fiction, time travel and explosions you want but when Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart and the Doctor salute each other after Kate said that her father´s biggest ambition was that The Doctor gave him back the military salute before he died, i literally started crying like a baby from the emotion... Cause i don´t know if a lot of remember this, but im the Series 6 finale, the hospital calls the Doctor and tells him that the Brigadier has passed away and that he always put on a glass of wine on this table just in case of The Doctor stepping by to pay a visit to him.
And yet...becoming a Cyberman doesn't really seem like a very fitting end to such a great man as the Brigadier....(but that's just my opinion), still a very moving moment though...(Also, I hope we see more of Kate Stewart, she's just as cool a character as her father.)
Josh Rush I was thinking that when I first saw the episode, I didn't think it was very fitting. Until it settled in I realised something, it shown that the goodness, loyalty and the heart of the Brigadier can shine through even the most evil of things.
Oh come on; he managed to fight the Cyberman programming through the good of his heart, love and loyalty and managed to save his own daughter. I say it fits him very well
***** Exactly what I thought...it felt like some horrible "anniversary" type thing, shoe-horning a beloved classic character into the new show in a awful, disrespectful way.
I bawled my eyes out when I saw the scene where the Doctor rang up the Brig only to find out he had died
The brig a wonderful chap .
5 years passed by since Nic, our Brigadier has gone.
This tribute still makes me cry every time I watch. He deserves it and he's so much missed.
:(
This reminded me of 12 saluting the Brigadier (still very much himself in cybersuit) after Kate told him that was the one thing her dad wanted from him.
Now I'm chopping onions.
Love this tribute Nicholas Courtney was fantastic as the brigadier and is by far my favorite companion of Classic Who. RIP sir.
Simply beautiful - such a wonderful tribute
Bless his heart... I didn’t even know him but I love that man. Always our Brigadier ♥️
Agreed
This will never not make me cry. So beautiful, and so fitting
Universally loved, Nicolas absolutely nailed the character of the Brigadier. And seriously good looking in his day, too! RIP, to a fine actor who portrayed a legend.
Goodbye Bridger Lethbridge stewert his first episode was the web of fear an episode from patrick troughton
R.I.P with Patrick troughton
Jon pertwee
And William hartnall who are sadly no longer with us
And now Sir John Hurt to that list 😢
After watching this....I began to recall when I learned he passed, and thinking to myself The Doctor lost his good friend.
God i miss him right now...
So long ago but it seems like yesterdy. And Elisabeth Sladen.
I felt a real pang in my heart in Jodies last episode when they all get together seeing lots of his companions in that hall... No sarah, Harry, Ben, etc not there the only one all died fairly you. It did make me smile ay Iam there!
I loved his constant look of bemusement.
I love what they in "Day of the Doctor". There was this moment where Kate Stewart said to her Zygon duplicate: "If you look into my mind, you'll find a man by the name of Allistair Gordon-Lethbridge Stewart. He's my father." and then the camera zooming in on a picture of the Brigadier. That was a wonderfull tribute to Nicholas Courtney from both Steven Moffat and Jemma Redgrave.
That moment actually made me cry! Nicholas Courtney's loss was huge to the Whovian community, as was Elizabeth Sladen's. It is just so terribly sad that the two most iconic companions in Doctor Who history died within only weeks of each other. Growing up in the 90's I missed out on Doctor Who as a child. I started watching when the series was recomissioned in 2005 but am now a huge fan of the classics and my favourite era of the show is the Troughton/Pertwee era. The Brig will always hold a special place in my heart and Nicholas Courtney will forever be one of my favourite actors! I thought what they did was a beautiful salute to a brilliant character and an even more wonderful man! Nic will be forever missed! RIP.
elfmaiden Absolutly. The Brigadier was a man the Doctor could always count on. It was still great, though, to see him return in The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Don't forget that the Zygon FLINCHED at the name.
R.I.P Nicholas
i miss him :(
good stories
great personality
the whole UNIT crew was fantastic
thank you Nick for all that you've been for us whovians
And no blatant SJW subliminal political re-education either!
Splendid chap, even after his death he is splendid!!!
Season 8 Finale made me cry :'(
Mich auch...er hörte nie auf diejenigen zu beschützen die ihm nahe standen...
Of course the Earth's darkest hour and mine where else would you be right now!
When I found out that Nicholas Courtney died I said “The Doctor has lost a friend and the world has lost a hero”
Great words. We will remember him.
Such a wonderfully played character. I'm so glad he kept wanting to come back to it.
One of the greatest Companions Of all time. I've not knowingly met anyone who has put him at the top of their list of best or faverite, But he about as iconic to the first era of Doctor Who as the Doctor and the Tardis are. The Brigadier appeared along side no less than 5 Doctors on screen and several others in adventures off screen. I can't think of more than a couple of characters who can say they've shared screen time with more than 2 at the most. (not counting the 5 Doctors, although while cannon, makes things a bit wobbly)
Not just one of the greatest, THE best ever. He is almost as iconic as the Daleks or the TARDIS and the longest running character of them all
The Brigadier wasn't officially a companion, but a friend and colleague of the Doctor.
if youre not counting the five doctors Sarah Jane had 4 3rd 4th 10th and 11th
there are NO others who can claim more than 2
ben and polly had first and 2nd
jo grant had 3rd and 11th
tegan nyssa and adric had 4th and 5th
IT had 11th and 12th
rose had 8th and 9th
I cant remember all 50 companions and there are some stories missing but I cant remember any other companions who crossed, might have to go watch again!
oh sorry peri had 5th and 6th
mel had 6th and 7th ( i guess I try to forget the 80's I really need to go watch again!)
I forgot about the three doctors Jo also met 1st and 2nd so she can claim 4 as well
I don't even know what to say. I love this, I loved the Brigadier, and I've cried so much watching it that I need to change my pillow once a night. Thanks.
This Man helped save me from my childhood fear … The cyber men !!! Thank you so much Sir ❤
Believe me, much as you might have thought so at the time, you weren't alone!
he will never be forgotten a DW legend 🪦
Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart
50 years now Brigadier!
Anytime he is brought up in the new who my wife tears up and says "I don't want to talk about it."
For old times sake "Jenkins, 5 rounds rapid!"
There are so many people now lost to us all from Dr. Who episodes. I remember them all with fondness. Thank-you for this post to help me remember on of them.
Nvr seen him but im going to watch old episodes now to see him
@@hollismoore1097 I recommend The Web of Fear, his first appearance, and then the Pertwee era for some classic UNIT action.
@@WaspCameraInSpringfield - 'Battlefield' gives us the Brig as we all knew him to be. He faced down Morgan le Fay AND a world-destroying demon-thing.
@@hollismoore1097 - He faced everything thrown at him with courage, a stiff upper lip, and a command of snark that most people only dream of.
what a great man he was
Brigadier - The only classic companion who participated in the events of Regeneration and Post-Regeneration Stories of the same Doctor, and this Doctor was the 2nd longest.
I always felt the Brig was like a father/brother to the Doctor in spirit after all they went through
Thank you, Big Finish and Jon Culshaw for keeping the Brigadier's legacy alive.
A Brilliant TV Character,just Brilliant!!!
I... I just... I miss him so much... 😥
I still wished the Brig could've met the Tenth or Eleventh Doctors... Now Kate Stewart has to carry on the legacy...
I wonder what would happen if he and the Ninth Doctor ever met...
I think the brig and 9 would 'get on' fairly well, we'll they'd argue but they would still hold enormous respect for one another.
He would have met 10 in the Wedding of Sarah Jane, but Nicholas Courtney was ill when they were shooting that so they had to replace him
I’ve watched this several times and it’s still as beautiful as the first time
The brigadier is my favorite companion to doctor who
Can't believe it's nearly 10 years. Seems like yesterday.
I remember the Battlefield story where The Doctor wanted to battle The Destroyer and The Brig knocked him out and went himself because gor Earth he was expendable...
And you certainly were not Brigadier
The plan had been to kill the character off, but at the last moment, the writer couldn't do it. Everything was set, and he couldn't do it.