Nicholas Bridgeman

 was a professor who was part of a ghost-hunting group.

Bridgeman grew up in Blyth, Northumberland. He later earned a scholarship to study and later work at Manchester University before accepting a role at the University of Greenwich.

The Second Doctor, Ben and Polly met the group at the Grange, a haunted house they were investigating. Godwanna kidnapped him and while trying to unleash his psychic potential so he could activate the Euterpian beacons, severely damaged his mind. Wilding was later able to not only restore Bridgeman's mind, but to heal other psychological problems he had. He travelled back in time in the TARDIS and helped rescue his students before an explosion destroyed the Grange where they were trapped. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)

Behind the scenes
Gary Russell named Alan David as his preference for who would play the character in an imaginary film version of Invasion of the Cat People.