Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart is a male television character who features in Doctor Who.
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Biography
Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
He replaced the deceased Colonel Pemberton, who was killed in hand-to-hand combat with a Yeti. He and Driver Evans were the sole survivors of a Robot Yeti ambush at Holborn before heading down to the London Underground to take command. It was at this time that Lethbridge-Stewart first met the Doctor, in their second incarnation. Lethbridge-Stewart showed a quick, decisive manner - though with a brief moment of shellshock after losing a second platoon in a running battle - and a ready acceptance of events, even believing the story about the TARDIS from the start. (Episode: The Web of Fear)
Having found the Doctor's help to have been invaluable, the Brigadier set out to recruit a full-time scientific advisor to UNIT. He approached Dr Elizabeth Shaw, who was initially sceptical of both the offer and the idea of aliens. At the same time, he re-encountered the Doctor at Ashbridge Cottage Hospital, as he was recovering from being forced to regenerate into his third incarnation and exiled to 20th century Earth by the Time Lords. The Brigadier had to fend off the press after word spread of a supposed alien patient. After he worked with UNIT to stop the Nestene Conscousness’ invasion of Earth, the Brigadier recruited the Doctor as UK UNIT's scientific advisor, with Liz Shaw acting as his assistant. (Episode: Spearhead from Space)
The Brigadier and the Doctor's relationship was strained when Lethbridge-Stewart ordered Corporal Nutting to set off explosive charges around the Wenley Moor Silurian colony, after promising the Doctor he had no hostile intentions towards them. (Episode: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
The Brigadier employed Jo Grant as the Doctor's new assistant. Along with Captain Yates, they were immediately plunged into another Nestene invasion of Earth where the Brigadier met the Master for the first time. (Episode: Terror of the Autons)
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Notes
- Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart was portrayed by actor Nicholas Courtney where he featured in the setting of Doctor Who starting from the episode "The Web of Fear" (1968).
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- Doctor Who: (1968)
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