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| [[Image:Nicholas Courtney.jpg|thumb|right|Nicholas Courtney, agency publicity photo, circa 1992]]
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| '''Nicholas Courtney''' (born '''William Nicholas Stone Courtney''' on [[16th December|16]] [[December]] [[1929]]) played first Colonel and then Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], beginning in "[[The Web of Fear]]" and finally in "[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]". He reprised the role for the fan video "[[Downtime]]" ( later adapted into one of the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]]), and for several audio dramas for the [[BBC]] and [[Big Finish Productions]].
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| Courtney was born in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], the son of a British diplomat and educated in [[France]], [[Kenya]] and [[Egypt]]. He served his National Service in the British Army, leaving after 18 months as a private, not wanting to pursue a military career. He next joined the Webber Douglas drama school, and after two years began doing repertory theatre in [[Northampton]], and from there moved to [[London]].
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| Courtney's first appearance in ''Doctor Who'' was in the [[1965]] serial ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', where he played [[Space Security Agent]] [[Bret Vyon]] opposite [[William Hartnell]] as [[the Doctor]]. The director [[Douglas Camfield]] liked Courtney's performance, and when Camfield was assigned the [[1968]] serial ''[[The Web of Fear]]'', he cast Courtney as Captain [[Knight]]. However, David Langton, who was to play the character of Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart, gave up the role to work elsewhere, so Camfield recast Captain Knight and gave the Colonel's part to Courtney instead.
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| Lethbridge-Stewart reappeared later that year in ''[[The Invasion]]'', promoted to Brigadier and in charge of the British contingent of [[UNIT]], an organization that protected the [[Earth]] from [[alien]] invasion. It was in that recurring role that he became most famous, appearing semi-regularly from [[1970]] to [[1975]]. Courtney made return appearances in the series in [[1983]] and his last ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[television]] appearance was in [[1989]] (in the serial ''Battlefield'').
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| Courtney has played Lethbridge-Stewart, either on television or in [[audio dramas]], alongside every subsequent Doctor up to and including [[Paul McGann]]. As yet, he has not appeared with [[Christopher Eccleston]] as the [[Ninth Doctor]] nor [[David Tennant]] as the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]]. While he has acted with David Tennant in the ''Doctor Who Unbound'' audio play ''[[Sympathy for the Devil]]'', Tennant was playing a different character at the time.
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| Courtney continued to act extensively in theatre and television after he left ''Doctor Who'', guest-starring in such popular television programmes as ''Minder'', ''The Bill'', ''Only Fools and Horses'' and ''Yes, Prime Minister''. He also had a regular role in the comedy ''French Fields'' between [[1989]] and [[1991]].
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| He regularly makes personal appearances at science fiction conventions and is also the honorary president of the [[Doctor Who Appreciation Society]]. His theatrical agent is former ''Doctor Who'' actress [[Wendy Padbury]].
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| Courtney's autobiography, published in [[1998]], was titled ''Five Rounds Rapid!'', (ISBN 1852277823 ), after a popular catchphrase of the Brigadier's. A second, updated autobiography, entitled "Still Getting Away With It," was published in [[2005]], with co-author Michael McManus. He lives in [[London]] with his second wife, Karen.
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| ==External links==
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| *{{imdb name|id=0183944|name=Nicholas Courtney}}
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| {{Wikipedia|Nicholas_Courtney}}
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| [[Category:Real World|Courtney,Nicholas]]
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| [[Category:Doctor Who cast|Courtney,Nicholas]]
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