Chap With The Scythe, Five Rounds Rapid! :(

[newnumber6]

No!

Nicholas Courtney has died at 81. Rest in Peace, man.

He played my favorite Doctor Who recurring character/companion (he never travelled for an extended run in the TARDIS, but he was a regular in the years the Doctor was stranded on Earth without his TARDIS... I call him a companion, others disagree), Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, or "The Brigadier", appeared in the original series in 1968 and appeared as that character up until 1989. I was so hoping they'd get around to including him in the new series (his appearance in the Sarah Jane Adventures, while cool, doesn't count as that for me, I wanted him to interact with the DOCTOR again, even if it was just during a trip to the past and Courtney just providing the voice over the phone).


Not been a good day yesterday, comic/animation great Dwayne McDuffie also passed away. In addition to creating characters like Static Shock, he was also wrote and produced a lot of animated television, in particular Justice League Unlimited, and many of DC's recent animated movies.

Comments

[angelophile.livejournal.com]

I think I'd argue the term "companion" when it comes to the Brig, not because he was somehow unworthy because he never accompanied the Doctor on his travels, but it implies someone who is somehow there in support. The Brigadier was never support. He was The Doctor's boss, a leader, in many ways the Doctor's equal. He was much more than the term "companion" seems to imply and much of that's down to Nicholas Courtney's performance in the role - he made the character. So saddened to hear of his passing. Like you, I wish he'd had just one more chance to meet the Doctor onscreen.

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

I didn't hear about Nicholas Courtney until I got home from work today. Caught me completely off guard. :-(

It is a shame he never got to be on New Who. I think it would have been an awesome reunion. I wonder how they'll handling Courtney's passing within the Whoverse. I hope they say something; just a brief line would do. The Brig was such an endearing character.