In 2012, the Brigadier met the Doctor's eighth incarnation in Avalon where they got caught up in struggles between that realm's ruler, Queen Mab, and the Unseelie Court. In Stark Expo, however, Norman considered Peter an enemy and stopped Harry from revealing information about the Oscorp glider to him. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune), "Old Spence's" influence caused Alistair to finally enlist at Sandhurst Military School. Alistair was forced to team up with Soviet naval agents under Captain Grigoriy Bugayev to stop Vorster's plan to exploit an alien entity that was converting flesh into stone. He mentored her until his death. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. In a twist of fate Toomes would mass-produce all of Oscorp's Hobgoblin gear and claim it for his Goblin Army, hiding it all under Norman's tomb. (PROSE: Faithful Friends: Part 3), In his last years, he lived in a care home and kept a drink out for the Doctor in case he visited. The Brigadier fell unconscious and spent the next six years in a state of partial amnesia, having forgotten ever meeting the Doctor (TV: Mawdryn Undead) and his work with HAVOC. Despite this, a scene was created at the party where Alistair and his brother began arguing. (PROSE: Moon Blink). Travelling to the school, the Doctor and the Brigadier discovered that at least one student had already suffered the same symptoms. (PROSE: The Showstoppers), When reading the files necessary for setting up HAVOC, he was shocked to learn there was a British space programme and that it was aiming for Mars. Other names: Alistair Smythe: à la suite de la mort de son père après avoir échoué de vaincre Spider-Man, Alistair s'associe avec le Caid pour anéantir l'homme araignée. The old LONGBOW base under Edinburgh Castle, Dolerite Base, was given over to HAVOC. (PROSE: The Ambush!) (TV: Twice Upon a Time) Shortly before his regeneration, the Twelfth Doctor gave the confused Archibald a salute, something that the Doctor always hated but considered a gesture of respect for the Brigadier that he was willing to indulge as he had once told Kate Stewart. In the aftermath the Doctor seemingly disappeared which caused Lethbridge-Stewart and the rest of the UNIT team much sadness at the loss of their friend. By other accounts, the Brigadier's body was rejuvenated during the wedding of Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane in 2010, allowing him to live far into the 21st century and play a pivotal role in the Earth-Avalon War. Parallel counterparts ofAlistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart The Brigadier appeared in the 2014 episode Death in Heaven, with a picture of Courtney in character, and then in physical form as a Cyberman. After the Doctor drove off in the Brigadier's Land Rover to follow some 22nd century guerrilla fighters, the Brigadier took part in the Conference. Spider-Man's appearance would help push Harry and Norman's bond, for both Osborn's hated the wall-crawler. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians), The Brigadier was a natural sceptic in his early years and was disbelieving of the TARDIS and the Doctor's regeneration ability, but, as he grew older and his understanding of the Doctor and the universe grew, he became less sceptical. (TV: The Green Death), Some time in the 1960s, eleven years before the spider invasion, he had a romantic encounter with Doris in a Brighton Hotel. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy) UNIT was duly organised, with Lethbridge-Stewart promoted to Brigadier and appointed head of the United Kingdom branch. (TV: Death of the Doctor), His daughter, Kate, dropped Lethbridge from her name when she joined UNIT in an effort to avoid favouritism. At twenty one, he became a fully commissioned second lieutenant. Alistair promised to keep in touch with Ray, but his broken memory stopped him from writing more than a few letters. Colonel Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart was originally to appear only in The Web of Fear as a supporting character. (PROSE: No Future), Shortly before he left UNIT, Lethbridge-Stewart was made a Commander of the British Empire. Although Fiona did not contest Alistair's right to see Kate, (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice) Kate later became estranged from both of her parents. (TV: Death in Heaven), The Brigadier was a natural leader and easily capable of taking charge, as shown by his rank as well as his actions. (AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror), In 1977, the Brigadier saw and touched hands with his own future self from 1983. The Eleventh Doctor borrowed his identity and called himself "colonel" while trying to enlist the aid of the American military. (PROSE: The Showstoppers), The earliest HAVOC mission was to transfer alien technology from the Vault to the newly opened Dolerite Base. Norman took aware of Harry's friendship towards Spider-Man (unaware that he is Peter) and impersonated his son as the Hobgoblin to reforge that wedge between them. Powers and abilities: Before they were called away to deal with an urgent situation, all three gave advice, with the Brigadier noting regular people needed to self-isolate as a military campaign would not help. To his dismay, to stop the entity - which eventually required a nuclear strike on the seabed - he had to knowingly kill infected humans. Recognising his old friend, the Doctor fulfilled a lifelong wish of the Brigadier by saluting him, noting that the Brigadier would never be anywhere else but by his side when Earth and the Doctor faced their darkest day. Norman Osborn is one of the main antagonists during the first season of Marvel's Spider-Man. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son), According to one account, he was an only child, and was raised in Simla, India. He impersonated his son as the Hobgoblin in the season one finale and is presumed dead after the events of the episode. Liz, who had been brought back to UNIT to investigate the flooding, summoned the Doctor and Sarah to look into this. Lethbridge-Stewart and his men frequented a local pub run by Pearl Hammond, a former Special Operations Executive veteran (Alistair didn't initially believe she had a parachutist's wings). Colonel Mace mentioned that Sir Alistair had been stranded in Peru during a mission, but took no offence to the Doctor wishing for him instead of Mace, saying that Lethbridge-Stewart was a good man. After defeating the Zygons, who had been behind the attack, the Doctor and Sarah again left in the TARDIS. (TV: Battlefield), The Brigadier's last wish was to meet the Doctor one last time. At the end of this crisis, Lethbridge-Stewart was promoted to General, although he still preferred to be called "Brigadier." He reunited with his estranged daughter, Kate, and for the first time, met his grandson, Gordon. The Brigadier led one of three groups to find the stone circles the Armidians had teleported to. The show ran on the Fox Kids Network for five seasons, consisting of 65 episodes, from November 19, 1994, to January 31, 1998. Despite characters having called Norman the Stealth Spider, the first Spider-Monster's outfit being Norman's tuxedo ripped apart, and Norman's hand reaching up from the rubble of from the Rise of Doc-Ock Part Four, many fans claim that the Stealth Spider was not Norman because it wouldn't make sense as to why he would want to poison the city or why he would go after Peter's Stealth Suit in the first place. It is suggested that either Alex's survival was caused by the intervention of Hawkspur or that an adventure held by the Doctor after his fourth incarnation had caused the character's premature death. Among the positions he instilled in her was "science leads", something he learned from "an old friend". The Seventh Doctor and his companions arrived in that universe and assisted in a reconciliation between the species. (TV: The Seeds of Doom) During the Kraals' second attempted invasion of Earth, the Brigadier was in Canada investigating sentient electricity pylons. Revealing themselves to be aliens, Tragan and Freeth, the heads of the corporation, captured Sarah Jane Smith and took off in their rocket disguised within the theme park. Tragically, he passed away in his sleep, but not before he told many stories of his old friend and asked the nurses to always pour an extra brandy in case he came to visit. Norman also manipulates others to get what he wants, whether it be resources for Osborn Academy/Oscorp or to have people under his control such as his own son Harry. In the USA, he secretly investigated the use of a medical device that was used to alter human minds. Subsequent arrivals by the Fourth Doctor kept finding the Brigadier in Geneva, with Colonel Faraday filling in during the first Kraal invasion (TV: The Android Invasion) and Major Beresford during the Krynoid infestation. While Max doesn't hold any grudges against Norman, he does not agree with his teaching methods. To his surprise and delight, he was promoted to brigadier in 1969 to ensure he could oversee HAVOC. This also includes Icon Comics. Dark Goblin As a Horizon High student, Norman most likely holds Gwen in the same category as Max Modell and the school. (TV: Terror of the Zygons) Both his grandfather and great-uncle were born in Scotland, as was his father. The symbiote covers Norman in this form is both green and black in color. Dark GoblinSpider-KingHobgoblinGreen Goblin (in various non-canon material) The fact that all of the Doctor's incarnations went to his funeral further shows how close they were. His last words were, "Maybe tomorrow". (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen) Even so, the Doctor was openly resentful when the Brigadier used it to summon him back to Earth for the destruction of an oil rig, which he initially considered a trivial matter. As the Hobgoblin, despite the obvious difference in size between him and his son, Norman looked exactly the same as when Harry wears the armor. (PROSE: The Ambush!) Hobgoblin II On Call), When a wave of violence swept across Britain, the Brigadier met Persephone again and his memory was restored. While many sources portrayed the now rejuvenated Brigadier as living into the 2050s at least, many suggested that he passed away during the 2010s. Apart from Peter Purves and Hartnell himself, he was the only regular cast member on Doctor Who to have played two different roles in episodes featuring Hartnell. First appearance: This was the photo used to show his record as a companion of the Doctor in the Black Archive. The rehearsal script for Remembrance of the Daleks said that the Brigadier was to be put in charge of the "Special Incursions Counter-Measures Unit" and that he had done work for the Special Operations Executive in World War II - which would have contradicted many previous stories. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son) During manouveres, he almost shot training marshal Marmaduke Harrington-Smythe; it was the marshal's own incompetence that caused this and Harrington-Smythe was forced to resign. He helped Sarah Jane and Rani Chandra smuggle themselves into the Black Archive to get the Tunguska Scroll for the Bane called Mrs Wormwood, who claimed she wanted it for honourable purposes. The Great Intelligence then forced James to jump to his death, in an act of spite against Alistair for thwarting it in his later years.