The Brigadier lives on

Obituary I'm not sure there's much I can add to the many tributes which are being paid to the actor Nicholas Courtney, who was best known for playing The Brigadier on Doctor Who, whose death was announced last night.  Except to say that in the Doctor Who universe The Brigadier lives on, at least for a little while, thanks to writer Paul Cornell.

In his novel Happy Endings, The aging Lethbridge-Stewart discovers he has a terminal illness, but after a series of adventures, alien technology restores his youth back to him.  He returns to active duty looking much as he did in the 70s.  If you assume everything is canon, which I do, it's comforting to know Nicholas's alter ego is still out there somewhere defending the Earth.