I know what you mean. Usually when someone famous dies, I'll think, "Oh, that's sad," but that's about it. For some reason, Nick Courtney's death feels a lot more personal. It might be because it's the first major death from "my" era of Doctor Who (well, there was also Ian Marter, but I don't really remember his death). It might be because through the years, the Brig was the only character who was always part of Doctor Who -- someone I knew really might show up again at any time. Or it might simply be that there was no other character on television quite as awesome as Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart as portrayed by Nicholas Courtney.

Thanks for the link to calapine's picspam. I really enjoyed that.