Nicholas Courtney

He was president of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society for many years before his death.
He was a close friend of his Doctor Who (1963) co-stars Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker. According to a statement on Tom Baker's website, he visited Courtney at a North London hospice only 5 days before his death.
He was the only Doctor Who (1963) actor to attend the funeral of Anthony Ainley - who played the Master on the series from 1981 to 1989 - in May 2004.
He worked with every actor to play the Doctor in Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who: Der Film (1996) and Doctor Who (2005) except for Christopher Eccleston and Matt Smith. He worked with William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Sylvester McCoy in numerous episodes of Doctor Who (1963) from 1965 to 1989 and with Colin Baker, Paul McGann and David Tennant in numerous Big Finish audio dramas from 2000 to 2003.
He was cast as "Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart" in Doctor Who (1963) by director Douglas Camfield, who himself had served as an officer in the British Army.

Working with Bill Hartnell (William Hartnell) was interesting. He was towards the end of his time as the Doctor and I think he was getting a little tetchy because he wasn't a particularly well man, but he seemed to like me. But the funny thing was, he said 'You're with the wrong agent, Nick, I'll put you with mine', and I didn't work for a year.
[on Doctor Who (2005)] The technology's wonderful - they've a damn sight bigger budget than we had. There are some good performances. Great ideas. But I think where it loses out is in doing a whole story in 45 minutes. It appears too rushed and has what I call the "restless camera".
When I look back on my career, I think I might have done more classical work, but I jolly well don't mind. A friend who's done a lot of that said, "Yes, but look, you're rich." Which is kind of true.
[on Doctor Who (2005)] The programme's very, very different from what it used to be anyway. It's all a bit rushed sometimes. It's a heck of a lot to get in in three quarters of an hour, the whole story. In the old days, it used to be half an hour every Saturday for four Saturdays, or six Saturdays, so it does all seem to be a bit of a rush. In fact, it leaves me rather gasping for breath sometimes.
[in 2008] I think people's attention span is more limited than it used to be.

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