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

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

I feel the same. He just seemed so eternal somehow. It never occurred to me how deeply this would effect me, but honestly? Gutted. Totally gutted. ::hugs::

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

*clings* He really did...

I'm just finishing relistening to 'The Spectre of Lanyon Moor'...

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

I was going to try and listen to Zagreus last night but it was too soon. I think maybe I'll give it another go tonight. God, such a fantastic actor and such a fantastic man.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I relistened to 'Old Soldiers' his CC this morning - that was esp heartbreaking, yet so poignant.

I've got the two Unbounds to listen to, Zagreus, and also the five 'The Scarifyers' audios he did with Terry 'Davros' Malloy for Cosmic Hobo. (His Inspector Lionheart is a more acerbic and sceptical version of the Brig, set in the 1930s. Thinking about it, The Scarifyers is Cosmic Hobo's answer to Jago & Litefoot.)

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Add in "Oh No It Isn't" and you've got yourself a Nick-a-thon of epic proportions.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I don't have 'Oh No' (nor Minuet in Hell, his Eighth Doctor appearance), alas. I'll be buying both though.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

ONII is one of my favorites. His foul mouth as Wolsey is magnificent. Minuet in Hell, however...not so much. But definitely worth a listen if you haven't heard it.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I have heard them both - Brig!Wolsley is hilarious in Oh No. I can't say I rate Minuet very highly, but I'll buy it again for the sake of the Brig.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

The dick jokes are magnificent. I support your reasoning on MiH. It's pretty awful, but I'm glad to own it for the sake of completeness. And the Brig.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Yes they are! How any of them managed to get through their lines with those jokes is a marvel - in their shoes, I'd have been rolling around the floor choking with laughter and crying hysterically!

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Seriously. I would pay good money to hear the outtakes.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Oh yes!