The Geek world mourned today at the news of the death of Nicholas Courtney, the man who played the famous Brigadier Sir Alastair Lethbridge-Stewert, a commanding officer in UNIT (Originally the United Nations Intelligence Task force and now the Unified Intelligence task force)Appearing periodically in the series from season 5 to 13, and reappearing the series 20th Season - and more recently in the Sarah Jane Adventures. Appearing alongside every doctor from Hartnell to Mc Coy he appeared in over 100 televised epsiodes with 5 different Doctor's
Having served in the military himself he portrayed the stalwart commander with a plomb in both the TV shows and the audio plays.
It would be a fitting send off to have a 21 gun salute of 'Five rounds,, rapid'
Nicholas Courtney passed away on 22nd of February 2011 after a short illness
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