Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (sometimes spelt Alastair) is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Nicholas Courtney. He works for UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, retitled: UNified Intelligence Taskforce for the new series), an international organisation that defends the Earth from alien threats. He is one of UNIT's founders and commander of the British continge...
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Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (sometimes spelt Alastair) is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by Nicholas Courtney. He works for UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, retitled: UNified Intelligence Taskforce for the new series), an international organisation that defends the Earth from alien threats. He is one of UNIT's founders and commander of the British contingent, and is generally referred to simply as the Brigadier or "the Brig". In retirement, he becomes a schoolteacher. Almost 20 years since his last appearance, the character returned in the spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures in late 2008. At forty years, nine months, and twenty-one days, Courtney's portrayal of the Brigadier, though not continuous, is the longest of any Doctor Who character.
Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart first appeared in the Patrick Troughton Season 5 serial The Web of Fear (1968), written by Henry Lincoln and...
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