Courtney, who passed away in 2011, played character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, one of the founders of UNIT. He first appeared in The Web of Fear in 1968, acting alongside Patrick Troughton\u2019s second Doctor.<\/p>\n
While first reluctant to help the Doctor on his various adventures, the Brigadier eventually became one of the Doctor\u2019s greatest friends and often made appearances during the introduction of Jon Pertwee\u2019s Doctor and beyond.<\/p>\n
![\"Sylvester](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/nicholas-courtney-doctor-who-2-5859184.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Sylvester")
\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>In The Legend of Ruby Sunday, there are several references to the beloved Brigadier, with the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and the Brigadier\u2019s daughter Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) reminiscing together.<\/p>\n
Arriving at UNIT HQ, the Doctor introduces Ruby (Millie Gibson) to Kate, saying: \u201cI knew Kate\u2019s dad \u2013 he was the best of men.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later in the episode, Kate and the Doctor reminisce about the Brigadier, with Kate remembering: \u201cMy father\u2026 he\u2019d tell me stories about you when I was a kid. He\u2019d sit there in the firelight, telling tales of the Doctor, his eyes shining.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Courtney\u2019s final appearance in Doctor Who<\/a> was in 1989\u2019s Battlefield in which he starred opposite Sylvester McCoy as the seventh Doctor.<\/p>\n The sci-fi series paid tribute to Courtney in 2011, in The Wedding of River Song, announcing that the Brigadier had died.<\/p> Doctor Who continues on Saturday 15th June on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.<\/strong>Previous seasons are available to stream on BBC iPlayer<\/a> with episodes of the classic series also available on BritBox \u2013 you can sign up for a 7-day free trial here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our Sci-Fi<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight. <\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart was mentioned a number of times in The Legend of Ruby Sunday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53305,"template":"","categories":[6,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-pays-touching-tribute-to-nicholas-courtneys-brigadier-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-pays-touching-tribute-to-nicholas-courtneys-brigadier-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-pays-touching-tribute-to-nicholas-courtneys-brigadier-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-pays-touching-tribute-to-nicholas-courtneys-brigadier-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-pays-touching-tribute-to-nicholas-courtneys-brigadier-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-pays-touching-tribute-to-nicholas-courtneys-brigadier-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/doctor-who-pays-touching-tribute-to-nicholas-courtneys-brigadier-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart was mentioned a number of times in The Legend of Ruby Sunday.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/53304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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