Sergeant Osgood was a member of UNIT's technical support crew, who was brought by the Brigadier to the village of Devil's End after it was cut off by a mysterious heat barrier. UNIT's Scientific Adviser - the Doctor - was in the village, cut off from any technical resources and so could only offer advice on how to breach the barrier. This involved the building of a dynothermic energy exchanger which would create a tunnel of cooler air through the phenomenon, which should permit UNIT vehicles to pass through. The Doctor had to come out to the barrier site to explain the process and advise on circuitry to Osgood in person as the soldier couldn't understand what he was talking about.
The Brigadier was concerned at his lack of confidence in completing the device and he did fail on the first attempt, but eventually mastered it. The Doctor wanted the energy exchanger brought into the village so that he could use it to attack the Daemon Azal, but the Brigadier had Osgood bring it through the barrier last, and by this point it had overheated and was running out of control. Osgood stayed with it until the last moment but the Brigadier ordered him to jump to safety before it exploded.
Played by: Alec Linstead. Appearances: The Daemons (1971).
- Steven Moffat indicated that he intended Ingrid Oliver's Osgood, UNIT's Scientific Adviser introduced in The Day of the Doctor, to be the daughter of Sergeant Osgood. He decided not to make this explicit so as not to alienate newer fans unfamiliar with the show's history.
- Spin-off material has spoiled this by naming her father Frank, but giving Sgt Osgood the first name Tom. One audio story suggests that Sergeant Osgood was her uncle.
- Alec Linstead returned to the series in Robot, where he played Jellicoe.
- A third appearance was as Arthur Stengos in Revelation of the Daleks.
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