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'''Brigadier''' was a military rank on [[Earth]]. | '''Brigadier,''' also called brigadier general, was a military rank on [[Earth]]. | ||
[[The Doctor]]'s good friend and companion, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], was often referred to by this rank. Having first met him as a [[Colonel]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') the next time the [[Second Doctor]] met Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, he had been promoted to Brigadier and made head of the [[United Kingdom]] branch of the newly formed [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') Though promoted to [[General]] decades later, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') his friends and colleagues, such as [[the Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]], would continue to refer to him as "the Brigadier" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'') or "the Brig" ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'') as he was commonly known. Lethbridge-Stewart himself, despite attaining the rank of [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]], prefered to go by Brigadier for "sentimental reasons". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Two Brigadiers (short story)|The Two Brigadiers]]'') In [[2009]], he introduced himself as "Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart". ([[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]'') | [[The Doctor]]'s good friend and companion, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], was often referred to by this rank. Having first met him as a [[Colonel]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') the next time the [[Second Doctor]] met Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, he had been promoted to Brigadier and made head of the [[United Kingdom]] branch of the newly formed [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') Though promoted to [[General]] decades later, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') his friends and colleagues, such as [[the Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]], would continue to refer to him as "the Brigadier" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'') or "the Brig" ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'') as he was commonly known. Lethbridge-Stewart himself, despite attaining the rank of [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]], prefered to go by Brigadier for "sentimental reasons". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Two Brigadiers (short story)|The Two Brigadiers]]'') In [[2009]], he introduced himself as "Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart". ([[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]'') | ||
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[[George Litefoot's father]] served as a brigadier general in an [[1860]] expedition to [[China]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | [[George Litefoot's father]] served as a brigadier general in an [[1860]] expedition to [[China]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | ||
[[Cutler (The Tenth Planet)|Cutler]], the commander of the [[Snowcap]] base in [[Antarctica]], held the rank of brigadier general up to when he was killed by [[CyberMondan|Mondasian Cybermen]] on [[1986]]. ([[TV]]: [[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]) | |||
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Revision as of 13:30, 28 October 2022
Brigadier, also called brigadier general, was a military rank on Earth.
The Doctor's good friend and companion, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, was often referred to by this rank. Having first met him as a Colonel, (TV: The Web of Fear) the next time the Second Doctor met Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, he had been promoted to Brigadier and made head of the United Kingdom branch of the newly formed UNIT. (TV: The Invasion) Though promoted to General decades later, (PROSE: The Dying Days) his friends and colleagues, such as the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith, would continue to refer to him as "the Brigadier" (TV: The Poison Sky) or "the Brig" (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen) as he was commonly known. Lethbridge-Stewart himself, despite attaining the rank of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, prefered to go by Brigadier for "sentimental reasons". (PROSE: The Two Brigadiers) In 2009, he introduced himself as "Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart". (TV: Enemy of the Bane)
A later UNIT leader also held the same rank, Brigadier Winifred Bambera. (TV: Battlefield)
In 2000, William Bishop was promoted to Brigadier. (PROSE: The Two Brigadiers)
George Litefoot's father served as a brigadier general in an 1860 expedition to China. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
Cutler, the commander of the Snowcap base in Antarctica, held the rank of brigadier general up to when he was killed by Mondasian Cybermen on 1986. (TV: The Tenth Planet)
