Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart

 is a supporting character featured in the original BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who. He was played by actor Nicholas Courtney and was introduced in chapter 3 of the "Web of Fear" serial. The character made 103 appearances in the series in total. In 2008 the character appeared in the "Enemy of the Bane" serial from The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Notes & Trivia



 * Before taking on the role of, actor Nicholas Courtney also played the character Bret Vyon in four episodes of Doctor Who featuring the First Doctor.


 * Replaced Colonel Pemberton as commander of the British Army forces opposing the Great Intelligence's assault on London.


 * Following his time with UNIT, became a teacher at Brendon public school.


 * also appears briefly in a cameo role at the end of writer Paul Cornell's novelization of the 1997 ITV science-fiction serial The Uninvited. Although the character is not named in the book, the description is that of Lethbridge-Stewart and Cornell later admitted that this was indeed his intention.