Grigoriy Bugayev

Grigory Bugayev was a Russian soldier who had several encounters with alien life.

In 1969, Bugayev was a captain. He investigated the mysterious disappearance of a Soviet submarine. He encountered Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart at this time, and the two of them discovered that a sentient rock known as Mutalith was attempting to spread its influence across the planet. Bugayav and Lethbridge-Stewart were able to stop the creature by overloading the reactor in the Soviet submarine.

Back in Russia, Bugayev reported back to General Timarov and told him that Russia was behind other countries in protecting their borders from alien life. Bugayev was promoted to major and placed in command of Russia's new taskforce to deal with such threats. (PROSE: Blood of Atlantis)

Bugayev encountered the Doctor during the 1970s. During this encounter, Bugayev and some of his colleagues were exposed to low-level temporal radiation on a cellular level. The effect of this on Bugayev meant that his life-span was prolonged.

Bugayev encountered the Eighth Doctor in 2024, when he was working for OGRON. (PROSE: Emotional Chemistry)