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| Born: | 16 December 1929 |
| Died: | 22 February 2011 (age 81) |
| Bio: | English actor, best known for his portrayal as UNIT commander Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart across five decades of Doctor Who. Born William Nicholas Stone Courtney in Cairo, Egypt (the son of a British diplomat), he spent his early years in Kenya and France, also serving 18 months’ National Service in the British Army, before beginning his acting career in England. After a spell in repertory theatre, he landed a number of TV roles in cult 1960s series such as The Avengers, The Champions and of course Doctor Who, where his first guest role was as Space Security Agent Bret Vyon in 1965’s The Dalek Masterplan. Director Douglas Camfield then cast him as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart in 1968’s The Web of Fear when the original actor proved unavailable, and thus began Courtney’s long run as Lethbridge-Stewart (promoted to Brigadier upon his next appearance) which saw him appear in over 100 episodes of the series and star alongside every one of the actors to have played the Doctor up to and including Paul McGann (although that was in an audio drama). Courtney’s final turn as the Brigadier was a 2008 appearance in The Sarah Jane Adventures, capping a long and distinguished career which also saw him appear in Minder, All Creatures Great and Small, Only Fools and Horses and Yes, Prime Minister. | Links: |
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There are 133 TARDIS Library items featuring this person:
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| Title: | Range: | Role: | Rating: | |
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 | The Ambassadors of Death | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart |   8.8 |
 | The Ambassadors of Death | TV episode audio soundtracks | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.4 |
 | The Ambassadors of Death | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.8 |
 | Battlefield | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6 |
 | Battlefield | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7 |
 | The BBC Radio Episodes | Miscellaneous audio dramas | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 5.8 |
 | Beneath the Surface | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.8 |
 | Big Finish Talks Back: The Nicholas Courtney Memoirs - A Soldier in Time | Big Finish Talks Back | Himself | 8.3 |
 | The Black Guardian Trilogy | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.3 |
 | Bred For War - The Sontaran Collection | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7 |
 | Classic TV Adventures: Collection One | TV episode audio soundtracks | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | Classic TV Adventures: Collection Two | TV episode audio soundtracks | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | The Claws of Axos | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6.4 |
 | The Claws of Axos | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6.8 |
 | The Collection: Season 10 | The Collection Blu-ray box sets | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.6 |
 | The Collection: Season 12 | The Collection Blu-ray box sets | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.7 |
 | The Collection: Season 20 | The Collection Blu-ray box sets | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | The Collection: Season 26 | The Collection Blu-ray box sets | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.1 |
 | The Collection: Season 8 | The Collection Blu-ray box sets | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.5 |
 | The Collection: Season 9 | The Collection Blu-ray box sets | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | Colony in Space | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8 |
 | Colony in Space | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8 |
 | Colony in Space / The Time Monster | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 4.5 |
 | The Companion Chronicles: The Specials | The Companion Chronicles audiobooks | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | The Cybermen Collection | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.2 |
 | Cybermen: The Tenth Planet / The Invasion / The Origins of the Cybermen | TV episode audio soundtracks | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.8 |
 | The Daleks' Master Plan | TV episode audio soundtracks | Bret Vyon | 9 |
 | Daleks: The Early Years | BBC Years videos | Bret Vyon | 8 |
 | The Day of the Daleks | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.6 |
 | Day of the Daleks | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.1 |
 | Doctor At Sea | Miscellaneous video interviews / documentaries | Himself | None |
 | Doctor Who and the Silurians | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.4 |
 | Doctor Who and the Silurians | TV episode audio soundtracks | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 5.6 |
 | Doctor Who And The Silurians | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.7 |
 | Doctor Who at the BBC | Doctor Who at the BBC audio documentaries | Narrator | 6.4 |
 | Doctor Who Unbound: Masters of War | Doctor Who Unbound audios | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.4 |
 | Doctor Who Unbound: Sympathy for the Devil | Doctor Who Unbound audios | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.1 |
 | The Doctors Revisited: 1-4 | The Doctors Revisited DVDs | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.3 |
 | Downtime | Miscellaneous direct-to-video spin-offs | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.1 |
 | The Dæmons | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.7 |
 | The Dæmons | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.3 |
 | The Dæmons of Devil's End | Miscellaneous direct-to-video spin-offs | Himself | None |
 | The End of the Universe Collection | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6.2 |
| The End of the Universe Collection | BBC classic series videos | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart | 6.2 |
 | The Five Doctors | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.5 |
 | The Five Doctors | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.6 |
 | The Five Doctors / The King's Demons | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8 |
 | Five Rounds Rapid! The Autobiography of Nicholas Courtney: Doctor Who's Brigadier | Cast biographies | Author | 8.3 |
 | The Fourth Doctor Time Capsule | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.8 |
 | The Ghosts of N-Space | Miscellaneous audio dramas | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 5.9 |
 | The Green Death | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.3 |
 | The Green Death | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8 |
 | Inferno | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.7 |
 | Inferno | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.5 |
 | An Introduction to the Fourth Doctor | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | An Introduction to the Third Doctor | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | The Invasion | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.1 |
 | The Invasion | TV episode audio soundtracks | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.2 |
 | The Invasion | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.3 |
 | Invasion of the Dinosaurs | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.4 |
 | Invasion of the Dinosaurs | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9 |
 | Kaldor City: Checkmate | Kaldor City audios | Packard | 8.5 |
 | Kaldor City: Hidden Persuaders | Kaldor City audios | Packard | 8.1 |
 | Kaldor City: Taren Capel | Kaldor City audios | Packard | 8.6 |
 | Lost in Time | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.4 |
| Lost in Time | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Bret Vyon | 9.4 |
 | Lost in Time: The Patrick Troughton Years | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.7 |
 | Lost in Time: The William Hartnell Years | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Bret Vyon | 8.9 |
 | The Lost TV Episodes: Collection Five - 1967-1969 | Lost TV Episodes audio box sets | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
| The Lost TV Episodes: Collection Five - 1967-1969 | Lost TV Episodes audio box sets | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | The Lost TV Episodes: Collection Two - 1965-1966 | Lost TV Episodes audio box sets | Bret Vyon | 9.4 |
 | Lust in Space | Miscellaneous video interviews / documentaries | Time Judge / Himself | 5.9 |
 | Mannequin Mania (Spearhead from Space & Terror of the Autons) | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.6 |
 | Mawdryn Undead | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.3 |
 | The Mind of Evil | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.1 |
 | The Mind of Evil | TV episode audio soundtracks | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.6 |
 | The Mind of Evil | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.3 |
 | Minuet in Hell | Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6 |
 | The Monster Collection: The Master | The Monster Collection DVDs | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | The Monster Collection: The Silurians | The Monster Collection DVDs | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 5.3 |
 | The Monster Collection: The Sontarans | The Monster Collection DVDs | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 4.7 |
 | Monsters on Earth | TV episode audio soundtracks | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.3 |
 | Myth Makers: Nicholas Courtney | Myth Makers VHS & DVD interviews | Himself | 7.4 |
 | Myths and Legends (The Time Monster, Underworld & The Horns of Nimon) | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6.3 |
 | Nick & Caroline Uncut! | BBV Uncut interviews | Himself | None |
 | Oh No It Isn't! | Bernice Summerfield audios | Wolsey the Cat | 7.3 |
 | Old Soldiers | The Companion Chronicles audiobooks | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.3 |
 | PanoptiCon '93: Highlights Part One | PanoptiCon '93 videos | Himself | None |
 | PanoptiCon '93: Highlights Part Two | PanoptiCon '93 videos | Himself | None |
 | PanoptiCon VII | The PanoptiCon Tapes videos | Himself | 8 |
 | The Paradise of Death | Miscellaneous audio dramas | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6.3 |
 | The Paradise of Death & The Ghosts of N-Space | Vinyl Who TV audio soundtracks | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | Die Patrick Troughton Jahre: Die Chroniken des Zweiten Doktors | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | The Pertwee Years | BBC Years videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 4.7 |
 | Planet of the Spiders | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6.8 |
 | Planet of the Spiders | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8 |
 | Regeneration | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.3 |
 | The Reign of Terror | BBC classic series videos | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.6 |
 | Return to Devil's End | Miscellaneous video interviews / documentaries | Himself | 8 |
 | reUNITed | Miscellaneous video interviews / documentaries | Himself | 8 |
 | reUNITed at Chicago TARDIS / My Doctor Who Diary | Miscellaneous video interviews / documentaries | Himself | 7.7 |
 | Revisitations 3 (The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Three Doctors & The Robots of Death) | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.4 |
 | Robot | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6.9 |
 | Robot | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.4 |
 | The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete Collection - Series 1-5 | The Sarah Jane Adventures DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete Second Series | The Sarah Jane Adventures DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.2 |
 | Short Trips - A Selection of Short Stories | Short Trips audio readings | Narrator | 7 |
 | Siebter Doktor: Special Collector's Edition | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | None |
 | Spearhead from Space | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.6 |
 | Spearhead from Space | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.3 |
 | The Spectre of Lanyon Moor | Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.4 |
 | Still Getting Away With It: The Life & Times of Nicholas Courtney | Cast biographies | Author | 6.7 |
 | Tales from the TARDIS: Two Stories of Adventure and Excitement on CD | Short Trips audio readings | Narrator | None |
 | Terror of the Autons | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.3 |
 | Terror of the Autons | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.8 |
 | Terror of the Zygons | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.8 |
 | Terror of the Zygons | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 9.3 |
 | The Third Doctor Collection | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.4 |
 | The Three Doctors | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.2 |
 | The Three Doctors | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.1 |
 | The Time Lord Collection | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.6 |
 | The Time Monster | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6.3 |
 | The Time Monster | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.3 |
 | The Time Warrior | BBC classic series videos | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.4 |
 | The Time Warrior | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.3 |
 | TravelWise | Miscellaneous direct-to-video spin-offs | Alistair | None |
 | U.N.I.T Files (Invasion of the Dinosaurs / The Android Invasion) | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.3 |
 | UNIT: The Wasting | UNIT audios | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6.3 |
 | UNIT: Time Heals | UNIT audios | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 7.4 |
 | The Web of Fear | TV episode audio soundtracks | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart | 9 |
 | The Web of Fear | BBC classic series DVDs/Blu-rays | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.7 |
 | Yeti Attack! (The Abominable Snowmen & The Web of Fear) | TV episode audio soundtracks | Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart | 8.8 |
 | Zagreus | Big Finish: The Monthly Adventures | Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart | 6.1 |
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