Nick Courtney has passed away.

[ceebee_eebee]

I haven't posted here in a million years but this is where my Doctor Who friends live and I need to be with you all right now. Taking it a little hard, as I'm sure many of you are as well. I always held out hope I'd get a chance to meet him someday but apparently that wasn't meant to be. At least he went peacefully. He's going to be sorely missed.

By way of memorial, I want to share a clip from the Big Finish audio Old Soldiers. It's particularly poignant right now.

Old Soldiers

RIP Nick.

Comments

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

Oh...

This was always going to be a bit of a Moment, but your post is the first thing I saw when I just loaded my friends page, and I just started playing "At Least It Was Here," too, so...it's like the moment got groomed for me. I can't really think of much response beyond dumbly noting such details, but I'm going to listen to that clip.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

I suppose we all should have been ready for it given his age and how he was looking, but I don't think you can ever really prepare for losing someone so beloved by so many for so long.

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

He's younger than my grandma, who's looking like she should've been dead for a number of years now -- meaning basically that I don't really think preparation comes that easy.

Right now, I'm very taken by surprise. :/

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

So was I. I didn't believe it at first. The one bright spot is that his name was actually trending in the US on twitter. I expected it in the UK, but that so many Americans loved him too is actually kind of awesome. Ugh. I've given myself a headache with the crying.

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

Oh man, every time I see the name of an older person I'm a fan of trending (I don't use twitter, so I'm going by yahoo), I freak out and automatically assume they're dead, since I'm a fan of a lot of people who aren't at peak current popularity and I worry. Luckily, I haven't usually been right. *sigh*

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Believe me, I do the same thing. I'm dreading losing more Classic Who people and Classic Trek people. I try to get out to meet as many of them as I can at cons because I know I might not get the chance again. I'm so pissed at myself for never making the trip over to see Nick in the UK. Missed opportunities really sting.

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

We'll always have episodes, at least. The vast majority of his haven't been burned, so that's good.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

And he's done some of my favorite audios. Oh, his voice. So much love.