Brigadier Gordon Alister Lethbridge Stewart

So i recently purchased individually “the Demons” Brigadier figure,a important one as he is a major character in Doctor Who appearing regularly in the classic series,

So one to get ,i first met the character on a VHS “The Day of the Dalek’s” (having previously read the book boy was i disappointed  ) ,then with 7 in Battlefield on transmission

As a figure i first saw the prototype some three or so years ago cant remember when

prototype brigadier

So  like having all incarnations of the Doctor this comes under as must have
i wish the Who Figures were available as single packs and not these box sets all the time but that’s the way it now is so with e bay and other people breaking the sets up i finally have the brigadier i wanted

As a figure it is made as a kit bash from a set of parts  ,but rather than make new legs as seen on the prototype for the combat variant they  decided to use the standard legs as seen on the dress uniform just different torso and swap the heads around for all three variants axons, demons and 3 drs

Now knowing personally about British Army uniform  its always bugged me and a bit sloppy research by the BBC
he wouldn’t be wearing dress uniform all the time except for explicit reasons eg on parade seeing a more senior officer (and a Sargent would not be wearing a dress uniform at all unless on a big show parade  and NEVER wearing brown officer boots)  ,in the main a Brigadier would be behind a desk and wearing standard uniform but with brown boots officers tan shirt with collar lapels in red, winter dress would include a jumper, in combat and the field identical dress to everyone else minus his rank pips obviously a uniform finally correct in his last TV appearance in Battlefield

 

The figure hs a nice paint job no QC issues .it comes with swagger stick and standard British Army  browning hi power pistol (was for fifty years now the Glock 17)  one weapon id like to get for him would be his revolver used with Dr7, the one kept in a display case as a memento was a Webley Mk 4 real old school British souvenir of his blood and thunder days, this combat variant also has a large in scale set of binoculars

the figure itself maintains usual joints with hinged elbows and swivels in the biceps and wrists. The legs have universal movement in the hips, hinges in the knees, and swivels in the thighs. There’s no torso articulation, but The Brig can rotate his head but has a new bonus swivel shoulders  arms are ball jointed at the shoulders  like the Ace figure so you can pose him doing star jumps or just looking really cool taking aim
in the main a cheap effective way of producing many variants of one character keep costs down and options open he has some nice details like the tops of boots can be seen through the trousers ,the jumper is a rubber piece wrapped round that unfortunately has several splits in it otherwise its nicely done it is a great figure likeness i think it is really good likeness to Nick ,and  a (sadly non-functional) holster.is also here

Reason i only really want this one (Maybe if right price dress uniform variant  ) is this for me is the Brigadiers main outfit,  as 1 it would be close to what a actual army officer wears and 2 one he wore a lot with lots of different Doctors ,
so well worth getting a nice figure, worth getting if a you like UNIT and the Brig or if just for fact he is a very big part of the classic series (only really the master who appeared as much and then by different actors )  the Doctors life  and really his only true friend