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| | |image = Ross Brimmicombe-Wood.jpg | ||
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| | |species = Human | ||
| | |origin = [[Scotland]] | ||
| | |father = Archie Brimmicombe-Wood | ||
| | |first = The Wasting (audio story) | ||
| | |appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[How You Get There (short story)|How You Get There]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Last Action Figure (comic story)|The Last Action Figure]]'' | ||
}} | |voice actor = David Tennant | ||
|affiliation = ICIS | |||
}}{{you may|Ross Brimmicombe-Wood (Unbound Universe)|n1=parallel universe Ross}} | |||
[[Colonel]] '''Ross Brimmicombe-Wood''' was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] career soldier and [[commanding officer]] of both [[UNIT]] and [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service|ICIS]]. | |||
Colonel ' | == Biography== | ||
===Early life=== | |||
Colonel Brimmicombe-Wood's father, [[Archie Brimmicombe-Wood|Archie]], was also an army officer and had been friends with [[Charles Crichton]] and [[Robert Dalton]]'s father. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Project Valhalla (novel)|Project: Valhalla]]'') He was a friend of [[Emily Chaudhry|Colonel Emily Chaudhry]] and would often call her an "English rose" before she drunk him under the table. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Longest Night (audio story)|The Longest Night]]'') | |||
== | He confronted an ecoterrorist scientist named [[Endwell]] who used a weather machine to attack London. Endwell shot him in the leg but the plot was stopped by [[Benny Summerfield]] and the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[How You Get There (short story)|How You Get There]]'') | ||
[[file:Fifth Doctor and Ross Brimmicombe-Wood.jpg|thumb|The Fifth Doctor speaks with Colonel Brimmicombe-Wood ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Last Action Figure (comic story)|The Last Action Figure]]'')|left]] | |||
In [[1992]], the [[Fifth Doctor]] had Colonel Brimmicombe-Wood seal off the factory that made [[Meggatun]] [[action figure]]s after it exploded. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Last Action Figure (comic story)|The Last Action Figure]]'') | |||
=== The rise of ICIS === | |||
Years later, as a [[colonel]], he was the commanding officer of the UK branch of [[UNIT]], Brigadier [[Winifred Bambera|Bambera]] having left sometime after [[2001]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Animal (audio story)|Animal]]'') He was believed to have been abducted while escorting an [[alien]] [[spacecraft]] across the country in [[2005]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Heals (audio story)|Time Heals]]'') | |||
In reality, he was the commanding officer and a double agent for [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service|ICIS]]. He had faked his own kidnapping to create chaos in UNIT. He was involved in attempts to bring down the British government for reasons of ultra-nationalism, and was imprisoned for his actions. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wasting (audio story)|The Wasting]]'') | |||
==Behind the scenes == | |||
The character had originally appeared in ''[[Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)|Sympathy for the Devil]]'', an alternate universe story from the ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' series. That version of the character had been a loyal soldier, allowing the ''UNIT'' audio series to play off the fact the audience already knew him and wouldn't expect him to be an antagonist. | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:34, 5 April 2024
- You may be looking for parallel universe Ross.
Colonel Ross Brimmicombe-Wood was a Scottish career soldier and commanding officer of both UNIT and ICIS.
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]
Colonel Brimmicombe-Wood's father, Archie, was also an army officer and had been friends with Charles Crichton and Robert Dalton's father. (PROSE: Project: Valhalla) He was a friend of Colonel Emily Chaudhry and would often call her an "English rose" before she drunk him under the table. (AUDIO: The Longest Night)
He confronted an ecoterrorist scientist named Endwell who used a weather machine to attack London. Endwell shot him in the leg but the plot was stopped by Benny Summerfield and the Seventh Doctor. (PROSE: How You Get There)
In 1992, the Fifth Doctor had Colonel Brimmicombe-Wood seal off the factory that made Meggatun action figures after it exploded. (COMIC: The Last Action Figure)
The rise of ICIS[[edit] | [edit source]]
Years later, as a colonel, he was the commanding officer of the UK branch of UNIT, Brigadier Bambera having left sometime after 2001. (AUDIO: Animal) He was believed to have been abducted while escorting an alien spacecraft across the country in 2005. (AUDIO: Time Heals)
In reality, he was the commanding officer and a double agent for ICIS. He had faked his own kidnapping to create chaos in UNIT. He was involved in attempts to bring down the British government for reasons of ultra-nationalism, and was imprisoned for his actions. (AUDIO: The Wasting)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
The character had originally appeared in Sympathy for the Devil, an alternate universe story from the Doctor Who Unbound series. That version of the character had been a loyal soldier, allowing the UNIT audio series to play off the fact the audience already knew him and wouldn't expect him to be an antagonist.
