Owain Vine Owain Peter Vine was among the chain of individuals whose soul would eventually be reincarnated into the Great Intelligence . He was the reincarnation of James Lethbridge - Stewart . Because of this , Owain treated Alistair Gordon Lethbridge - Stewart as his uncle . ( PROSE : " The Forgotten Son " ) History . Owain was born on 16 April 1951 . He lived with his parents , George and Shirley , and his twin , Lewis , in Bledoe . His father decided to move there when his boys were very young , hoping the country life would be better for his family than the big city . Owain was a supporter of Arsenal Football Club , but not much of a reader . In March 1969 , the Great Intelligence appeared to Owain as a ghostly boy called Gordon . It used Owain to fight Alistair at Remington Manor in Cornwall , but Owain discovered he was the reincarnated soul of James Lethbridge - Stewart , the soul that would one day evolve into the Intelligence . He used his connection with the Intelligence to help Colonel Lethbridge - Stewart . His twin , Lewis , was killed by the Intelligence , and following the final battle , Owain decided to leave Bledoe and travel . Neither Owain nor Lethbridge - Stewart were quite show how to explain the connection between them , and settled on looking at it as an uncle / nephew relationship . ( PROSE : " The Forgotten Son " ) Owain spent the next couple of months travelling the UK , and hooked up with several people . For a short time he lived in the back of a VW van with Mike and Daisy and others . During that time he became a part of the counter culture movement , and a supporter of CND . He became interested in Buddhism , and the teachings of guru Paramahansa Yogananda . He spoke to his mother every now and then on the phone , but wasn ' t ready to return home until he had dealt with the death of his twin . In April 1969 , Owain was travelling with Jennie Rudge , who was teaching him guitar , when he came to the grand re - opening of the Fang rock lighthouse . While there he befriended BBC3 cameraman Jim Saunders and witnessed the arrival of a Rutan shuttle pod . He called in Lethbridge - Stewart , and assisted him , Anne Travers and William Bishop in uncovering the mystery of the Fang Rock ghosts . With Bishop , he used Om - Tsor to astral project back in time to 1902 and witness both the Rutan and the Doctor ' s TARDIS arriving at Fang Rock . After returning to the present , he help kill the remaining Rutan . ( PROSE : " Beast of Fang Rock " ) In October 1969 , Owain visited New York City with Lethbridge - Stewart and Sally Wright . While there he encountered a fellow seeker , an American called Simon . They connected immediately , but Simon was wounded when the Yeti attacked . Owain used his connection to the Great Intelligence to help defeat the Yeti , and at the end of the story he chose to continue his travels , having lost contact with Simon . ( PROSE : " Times Squared " ) By November he ended up on the Greek island of Santorini and hooked up with some activists , and joined them to fight their cause . He assisted Lethbridge - Stewart and the Corps against the living rock , Metalith , and witnessed the death of his new friends . At the end of the adventure , no longer feeling it wise to develop friendships , Owain decided to track down the parents of his friends to give them the bad news , before continuing on his travels in the hope of finding some peace . ( PROSE : " Blood of Atlantis " ) By Christmas , Owain had arrived in Japan after spending a few weeks in Thailand . He gave Alistair a quick Christmas call . ( PROSE : " Home for Christmas " ) In January 1970 , while still in Japan looking into various Buddhist teachings , he reunited with Simon and decided to go on a pilgrimage to Shikoku , along with fellow seekers , Rhys Rubery and Jody " Jipps " Phillips . But before reaching Shikoku , Owain was kidnapped by Vault operatives and returned to the UK , where he discovered that Simon was really the son of General James Gore , Dylan Lethbridge - Stewart . The General attempted to use Owain as a bridge into the void between worlds , from where the Great Intelligence heralded . Owain encountered Padmasambhava on the astral plane , and together they trapped the Great Intelligence in the vacant body of Professor Travers . As a result , Owain was lost for some time on the astral plane , his body seemingly in a coma . Simon sat by Owain throughout that time , the two lads having developed a complicated , but close , relationship . Owain eventually returned to his body , and once his surname was officially changed to Lethbridge - Stewart ( and Simon officially became Dylan Lethbridge - Stewart again ) , the two " cousins " chose to return to Japan to complete their pilgrimage , before continuing their globe - trotting . ( PROSE : " Night of the Intelligence " ) In 1990 , after years of problems , Owain needed constant care and had been looked after by Anne Travers . The Brigadier didn ' t like talking about it and hoped that he would recover . ( PROSE : " The Enfolded Time " ) Alternate timeline . In an alternative timeline in which the Intelligence was not beaten by the Doctor , Owain was targeted by the Intelligence once it discovered its earlier soul within him . He was rescued by the Royal Green Jackets , but the Intelligence subsumed their minds . Before the timeline was restored , he was being taken to London by Rifleman Bishop . ( PROSE : " Legacies " ) Sexuality . Being a teenage in the late 1960s / early 1970s , Owain feels the need to hide that fact that he is gay . He pretends to like girls while living in Bledoe ( PROSE : " The Forgotten Son " ) , and shows a sexual attraction to Bishop while on Fang Rock - they even share a bunk together , and later he demonstrates a bit of jealousy over Bishop ' s budding relationship with Anne . ( PROSE : " Beast of Fang Rock " ) He is immediately attracted to Simon when they first meet in New York , and Simon appears to reciprocate . ( PROSE : " Times Squared " ) When they ' re reunited a few months later , Owain immediately kisses Simon , momentarily forgetting himself . Simon is cool with it ( suggesting he is bi - sexual himself ) . They eventually talk about their attraction , and come to realise that their connection is deeper , as Simon is the son of James Gore , an alternative version of the boy who died in Owain ' s timeline and was reincarnated as Owain . They eventually decide to look at each other as " cousins " , although even Lethbridge - Stewart recognises they have a complicated relationship that he doesn ' t understand . ( PROSE : " Night of the Intelligence " ) By this point it appears that several people know about Owain ' s sexuality ( including Bishop , Anne , Jipps , and Simon ) , and he is not bothered by it , although he still recognises the cultural imperative to keep it close to his chest . Behind the scenes . The Lethbridge - Stewart website contains a character profile on Owain Vine which includes an illustration of him .