Comet, in 2010. He also appeared in three episodes of Kaldor City as the newscaster Danl Packard. He regularly made personal appearances at science fiction conventions and in 1997 was made the honorary president of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society. Courtney also appeared in BBC Radio 4's five part chilling radio drama "Outbreak of Fear" by R.D. Wingfield in the 1980s (repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra up to August 2017 in stereo only on TV and online - not DAB). In 1998, Courtney released his autobiography, titled Five Rounds Rapid! () after a line of dialogue the Brigadier had in the 1971 Doctor Who serial The Dæmons. He recorded his memoirs, subtitled A Soldier in Time for release on CD in 2002 by Big Finish. In 2008 he appeared in the film Incendiary, as the Archbishop of Canterbury, alongside Ewan McGregor. An updated autobiography, Still Getting Away With It (), was published in 2005, with co-author Michael McManus. Death Courtney's death was reported by SFX and The Stage early in the morning of 23 February 2011. Doctor Who audio play producers Big Finish, with whom Courtney had worked on several releases in his continuing role as the Brigadier, confirmed the date of his death as 22 February 2011. The BBC reported that he had "died in London at the age of 81". According to his official website, he died following a long illness. Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss called him "a childhood hero and the sweetest of gentlemen". Former Doctor Who co-star Tom Baker also paid tribute, having visited him on the Friday before his death. Baker wrote "We shall miss him terribly" in a newsletter on his website, in which he also indicated that Courtney had been battling cancer. Filmography Film Television Notes References External links Obituary in The Guardian Obituary in The Independent Obituary in The Telegraph Doctor Who 'Brigadier' Nicholas Courtney dies aged 81, BBC News 1929 births 2011 deaths 20th-century British Army personnel 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art British male film actors British male television actors British male voice actors British people of New Zealand descent Deaths from cancer in England Male actors from Cairo Male actors from London