Colonel Godsacre was the commander of a British expeditionary force encountered by the Doctor on the planet Mars in 1881. He and his men had discovered an injured Ice Warrior in hibernation in the South African veldt. After it was reanimated it offered to help them travel to its home planet where great riches were to be found. They called the creature "Friday" and helped it repair its spaceship. The Doctor noted that Godsacre tended to defer to his Captain, Catchlove. This was because Catchlove knew of the Colonel's shameful secret, which gave him power over him. Godsacre had once attempted to desert. He had been caught and hanged, but the execution was botched and he survived. The soldiers inadvertently reanimated Iraaxa, Empress of the Ice Warriors, which is what Friday had intended them to do. She reanimated more of her people, and they went to war against the soldiers. Catchlove took Iraaxa hostage, intending to flee the planet on his own. Godsacre shot him dead, then offered his life for that of his men. Impressed by his honour, Iraaxa spared him. In return, he promised to serve her until death. He and his surviving men would have left Mars with the Ice Warriors when rescue ships from Alpha Centauri arrived.
Played by: Anthony Calf. Appearances: Empress of Mars (2017).
- Calf had previously featured in Doctor Who as the squire's son, Charles, in 1982's The Visitation, one of his first TV appearances.
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