Major
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Major was a military rank. On Earth, it is above captain and below lieutenant colonel in the army of some countries including the UK and the USA.
Named Majors
Human
Former British Army major Norman Baker was head of security at the Wenley Moor nuclear research facility. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
Barrington, (TV: The War Games) Daly (TV: Carnival of Monsters) and Popplewell (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus) were Majors of the British Army.
Walton (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians), Alex Cosworth (TV: The Mind of Evil), Beresford (TV: The Seeds of Doom), Husak (TV: Battlefield) and Blake (TV: The Christmas Invasion) were UNIT Majors.
Branwell was a Major in command of the Henlow Downs missile site. (TV: The Invasion)
Rex Butcher was a Major and a writer on an alternate Earth. (PROSE: Atom Bomb Blues)
Ferdinand was the head of security at Mariah Learman's palace. (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks)
Green was the Major in charge of security on the WOTAN project. (TV: The War Machines)
Alice Hunniford was an American Major. (AUDIO: Renaissance of the Daleks)
Alec Palmer was a Major turned Ghost-Hunter. (TV: Hide)
Shapp was an aide to the Marshal of Atrios. (TV: The Armageddon Factor)
Thessinger was a retired Major and a country landowner in England. (AUDIO: The First Sontarans)
Ian Warne was a Space Corps officer serving under General Nikolai Hermack. (TV: The Space Pirates)
Salateen was an officer in General Chellak's troop on Androzani Minor. (TV: The Caves of Androzani)
Sontarans
Varl, second-in-command to Group Marshal Stike, held the rank of major up to his death. (TV: The Two Doctors)
Stenx, leader for the Twelfth Sontaran Battle Fleet, held the rank of major up top his death. (PROSE: The Sontaran Games)
Skar was a Sontaran Major. (GAME: The Doctor and the Dalek)
Drak was a major in the 13th Sontaran Battlefleet.(COMIC: When Worlds Collide)
Tamasan was promoted to major sometime after the Battle of Tenacity. (AUDIO: The Lords of Terror)
Kreg was a major in the Ninth Sontaran Battle Brigade when he met Ianto Jones. (AUDIO: The Great Sontaran War)
Time Lords
Tamasan was a major in her fifth incarnation when she went to the Ogron Homeworld. (AUDIO: Planet of the Ogrons)