Here I was listening to Nicholas Courtney (the Brigadier) and Caroline John (Liz Shaw) doing the audio commentary for Spearhead from Space, in which they were charming and warm, when up came the following two jewels of dialogue:

a) After she teased him about the Brig's ineptness around women, Nicholas Courtney told Caroline John that the Brigadier was, in fact, married twice, to Fiona and to Doris (whom we meet in Battlefield and who gets referenced earlier in Planet of the Spiders).

Caroline: Well, what became of Fiona?
Nick: She was finally fed up and gave him an ultimatum. Either her or the Doctor. And he chose the Doctor.


b) somewhat later, as we get a full figure shot of the Brig from behind:

Nick: Ah, look at that. Very unflattering. My bottom looks awful.
Caroline: No, you have a great butt!
Nick: Really? Doesn't it...
Caroline: No, really. I love men's butts! Yours looks great.


Our Mr. Courtney also wins at knowing Doctor Who trivia, not surprisingly since he worked with all the Doctors, while poor Caroline laments that she never got to travel in the TARDIS, being on the show only for one season and an exclusively earthbound exile season.

...you know, there would be a Brigadier essay up at idol_reflection. Why isn't there? With a subsection on Why The Brigadier Totally Pwns Jack Harkness. And no, I can't write it myself. I still have some of the Tom Baker episodes with him in them to watch.