Ross Brimmicombe-Wood

Ross Brimmicombe-Wood was a Scottish career soldier and strong British nationalist.

Biography
In his early army career, Ross had been friends with Charles Crichton and Robert Dalton, both of whom would also serve as UNIT-UK commanding officers. (BFNW: Project Valhalla)

Years later, as a Colonel, he was the commanding officer of the UK branch of UNIT. He was believed to have been abducted while escorting alien cargo across the country in 2005. (BFU: Time Heals)

In reality, he was the Commanding Officer and a double-agent for the ICIS; he had faked his own kidnapping to create chaos in UNIT. He was involved in attempts to bring down the government for reasons of ultra-nationalism, and was imprisoned for his actions. (BFU: The Wasting)


 * Position: Head of the British division of UNIT
 * Years: 1997 - 2005
 * Preceded by: Winifred Bambera
 * Succeeded by: Robert Dalton (Acting)

Alternative timeline
In an alternate timeline in which the Doctor's exile on Earth did not begin until 1997, Colonel Brimmicombe-Wood was the leader of UNIT, following a disgraced Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. He led a team to Hong Kong to retrieve Ke Le on 30 June 1997. (BFDWU: Sympathy for the Devil)

Behind the scenes

 * The actor who provided the voice for this character, David Tennant, was later cast as the Tenth Doctor for television.