Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is a male live-action television character who features in Doctor Who.
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Biography
Sir Alistair Gordon 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. (TV: The Web of Fear)
Four years after the Yeti invasion, UNIT investigated the mysterious activities of electronics industrialist Tobias Vaughn. Vaughn was allied with the Cybermen in their attempt to conquer Earth. With the help of the Second Doctor and his companions, the Brigadier and his men thwarted them. (TV: The Invasion)
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 Consciousness’ invasion of Earth, the Brigadier recruited the Doctor as UK UNIT's scientific advisor, with Liz Shaw acting as his assistant. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
The Brigadier was present at Space Control when Recovery 7 docked with the mysterious silent Mars Probe 7. When an alien signal was heard and responded to, the Brigadier led his forces to the source of the transmission. He led the recovery of Recovery 7 after it returned to Earth, however his convoy was ambushed and the capsule stolen. The Brigadier returned to Space Control to report the theft and was astonished to find the Doctor had recovered it. When General Carrington claimed to have the astronauts only for them to be kidnapped, the Brigadier and the Doctor investigated further and discovered the asteonaurs who had come back to Earth were peaceful alien ambassadors and Carrington was exploiting them in a conspiracy to unite the world against the aliens. The Brigadier escaped Carrington and led an attack on Space Control arresting the general. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death)
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was noted that he was of Scottish descent. (TV: Terror of the Zygons)
Powers and abilities
He was one of the founders of U.N.I.T. (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) that was an international organisation which defended Earth from alien threats, and served as commander of the British contingent.
Notes
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart was created by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln where he featured in the setting of the Doctor Who universe.
In other media
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