10 Heart-Breaking Doctor Who Moments

3. Death of the Brig (€œThe Wedding of River Song€, 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMZP26lblTg As the Doctor prepared for battle, he was flying high, convinced nothing could stop him. Then he placed a call to his friend, Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, and found out that the old soldier had died. It was a great recognition of the passing of Nicholas Courtney, who had played the role, but it was also a heartbreaking moment for the audience and a wonderful way to slap the Doctor back to reality.
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