some Brigadier fanvid recs

[dbskyler]

People have been posting Nicholas Courtney / Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart tribute videos like crazy over on YouTube. Here are some of my favorites so far, in no particular order:

1) Clips of the Brigadier being all Brigadier-y (including dialogue), set to New Who background music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX1aqFpPiIU

2) Doctor Who Online's tribute, to "Nobody Does It Better": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arUeqQ5LsZw

3) A really nicely put together fanvid to Nickelback's song "Hero": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S6FMNpNVaM

4) A more action-oriented fanvid to, um, a song I don't recognize. Lots of nice clips, with occasional breaks for dialogue: ETA: the fanvid has been removed and re-uploaded. This time the author shared the name of the song; it's "The Saboteur" by Sabaton. The new url for the fanvid is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UCYxso6SHc

5) A more reflective fanvid to "The Cave" by Mumford and Sons (okay, I didn't know the song, but I liked it): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0GSwLdtBI0

6) And finally, I found a clip of Katy Manning telling stories at a party for Nicholas Courtney's 80th birthday. It's not very long, but you can still see what a wonderful person Nick Courtney was, and how well loved he was by those who knew him. So there you go, the greatest ultimate tribute to the Brigadier: Nicholas Courtney. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQpCrAn5hbk

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing these. I reminded that I need to watch the rest of the Third Doctor & Jo stories that I've not yet seen...

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! And yes, I need to catch up on my Three-era viewing, too. Still waiting for some of those to come out on DVD.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I know! It irks me that they've not brought out Ambassadors yet - though it was promised a while ago. *pokes 2|Entertain* I wants my Liz!!!

[thisbluespirit]

I am sorry to tell you this but apparently they are having big problems sorting it out (re lacking of colour) and it won't be out till 2012 now. :-(

(Don't know what happens to their bizarre idea of making it go in a boxset with The Sun-Makers...)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Yes, I knew that - saw a Tweet about it some time ago...

[clocketpatch]

Thanks for sharing.

"The Cave" has to be one of my favourite song ever.

The Nickelback tribute... the maker of that vid made me cry when they posted a review of Battlefield not twenty minutes after the news started circulated. They'd just finished watching and didn't know.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking about buying "The Cave" from the iTunes store, which will be one of many times that I've bought a song because I heard it on someone's YouTube fanvid. (Music publishers, take note!)

*hugs* for the ill-timed Battlefield review.

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you fro sharing, indeed. These were great. :-)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

It was my pleasure! I love sharing other people's talent around. : )

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Thank you for those! :)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

[curuchamion.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I really like the #3 one... the refrain really sums up the Brigadier, IMO: "They say that a hero could save us; I'm not gonna stand here and wait." And the ending made me sniffle all over again. :'-)

And the one at his birthday party, hee! So many awesome people on this show, and he was the best of them all. ♥ ♥

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

That does sum up the Brig, yes. He's an ordinary man who steps in and gets the job done, and is extraordinary because of that. As for his salute at the end . . . :( :(

The birthday party is a little sad to watch, but I enjoy seeing how loved he obviously was, and what a great time he was having. Fandom has lost a great character, but the world has lost a great actor, and a wonderful human being.