RIP Nicholas Courtney 1929-2011

As with so many of my friends list, I salute the passing of Nick Courtney, forever known to fandom as Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in the Whoniverse, appearing intermittently as that character on the tv show from from 1968 to 2008, and in a number of the audio adventures.

I never had the chance to meet him, but by all accounts he was a gentle and lovely man. I will remember him, and the pleasure his acting brought me. He will live in on the hearts of my generation of Who fandom, and perhaps in the new generation too.