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Nicholas Courtney made his first appearance as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart since 1983's The Five Doctors, and Bessie appeared for the first time since that serial as well. Following Courtney's death in 2011, this serial marked his last televised performance as Lethbridge-Stewart in the series proper; that same year, his character was written out of the series in The Wedding of River Song out of respect for the actor's passing. However, Lethbridge-Stewart as a character would return to the series approximately three years later, making a minor appearance in Cyberman form near the end of Death in Heaven in a brief scene paying tribute to the late Courtney.

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  • Battlefield (TV story)
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  • Nicholas Courtney made his first appearance as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart since 1983's The Five Doctors, and Bessie appeared for the first time since that serial as well. Following Courtney's death in 2011, this serial marked his last televised performance as Lethbridge-Stewart in the series proper; that same year, his character was written out of the series in The Wedding of River Song out of respect for the actor's passing. However, Lethbridge-Stewart as a character would return to the series approximately three years later, making a minor appearance in Cyberman form near the end of Death in Heaven in a brief scene paying tribute to the late Courtney.
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  • 4(xsd:integer)
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  • Survival
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  • 152(xsd:integer)
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  • --09-27
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  • The Curse of Fenric
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  • Seventh Doctor
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  • Battlefield
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  • The Destroyer Vs. The Brigadier - Doctor Who - Battlefield - BBC
  • Saved by the Brigadier - Doctor Who - Battlefield - BBC
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  • 7.0
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  • 4(xsd:integer)
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  • The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
NEXT
  • Ghost Light
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  • Battlefield
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  • Nicholas Courtney made his first appearance as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart since 1983's The Five Doctors, and Bessie appeared for the first time since that serial as well. Following Courtney's death in 2011, this serial marked his last televised performance as Lethbridge-Stewart in the series proper; that same year, his character was written out of the series in The Wedding of River Song out of respect for the actor's passing. However, Lethbridge-Stewart as a character would return to the series approximately three years later, making a minor appearance in Cyberman form near the end of Death in Heaven in a brief scene paying tribute to the late Courtney. This was also the first story to feature UNIT since The Seeds of Doom (bar a brief appearance in The Five Doctors) and also the last of the classic series — UNIT would be featured once again in Aliens of London in 2005. Jean Marsh, who played Sara Kingdom in the 1960s, returned in this story in a different role. The Seventh Doctor's costume was also modified as of this story: to coincide with his darkening personality, he replaced his French grey jacket and red-banded hat with dark brown equivalents. Interestingly, Battlefield introduced the idea that the Doctor was the man behind the myth of the wizard Merlin at some point in his life. Since this ended up being one of the final stories of the classic series, the full details behind this mysterious plot line were never worked out on television and instead interpreted differently across the Doctor Who expanded universe as multiple writers tried their hand at explaining these untold events.
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