Forget the returning Bane, Sontaran and Miss Wormwood - this story was all about the Brigadier for me. It was sad to realise that I’ve now covered every morsel of Nicholas Courtney’s Brigadier on this marathon thread. Whilst I was grateful for Downtime, Death Comes to Time and to a lesser extent Dimensions in Time, I have to admit it was a bigger thrill seeing him in a higher budget, more legitimate piece of Doctor Who. When he headed home in his Aston Martin I had a wistful moment to myself. I only wish he’d been used a little bit more. He should have been the key protagonist driving the plot forward, rather than just an influential old friend / sidekick. He was such an amazing actor to the end and would certainly have ended up in Moffat’s era had the universe allowed for it. RIP to this icon.