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'''Brigadier''' was a military rank on [[Earth]]. [[The Doctor]]'s good friend and companion, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], was often referred to by this rank. | '''Brigadier''' 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 (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]]'') as he was commonly known. In [[2009]], Lethbridge-Stewart 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 (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | 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 (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]]'') as he was commonly known. In [[2009]], Lethbridge-Stewart 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 (TV story)|Battlefield]]'') | ||
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Brigadier 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. In 2009, Lethbridge-Stewart 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)
