A very sad start to the week, because one of my favourite actors has died: Mr Nicholas Courtney.
In particular, Courtney played Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart throughout much of Doctor Who's early version (1963 - 1989) and then re-appeared in the Sarah Jane Adventures.
As this character, he played against most of the seven doctors on TV (Troughton, Pertwee - as one of the regulars, Baker T, Davison, McCoy, and Hurndall who played the 1st Doctor in The Five Doctors) He also played Lethbridge-Stewart in various Big Finish Audios, so that he was able to increase his tally to playing with McGann and Baker C.
I met him once when he was signing in Barking, and he was an extremely charming man. Rest in Peace, Brig. :(
Why not listen to his two best Big Finish Audios?
See the Telegraph Obituary: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8343786/Nicholas-Courtney.html
Thursday, 24 February 2011
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Sad news indeed.
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