Horus Horus was an Osiran related to Osiris and Sutekh . By one account , he was the hybrid formed when Osiris ' biodata was merged with that of Cousin Eliza and modified by Lolita . ( AUDIO : " Body Politic " ) Horus was also called Harpocrates , god of Silence . ( PROSE : " Head of State " ) Birth . After Osiris was killed by Sutekh , Justine il - Isis searched for the pieces of Osiris ' body and , with the help of Anubis and Thoth , attempted to reconstitute him . However , since one vital piece of his biodata was missing , Cousin Eliza of Faction Paradox offered herself as an alternative donor and became the entity known as Horus . ( AUDIO : " Body Politic " ) By another account , Horus was the psi - child produced when Sutekh stranded Osiris in space and Osiris projected part of his mind into the pilot of Isis ' search ship . ( PROSE : " The Sands of Time " ) One account related by a Sutekh - possessed Marcus Scarman said that Horus was Sutekh ' s " brother " , just as Marcus was brother to Laurence . ( TV : " Pyramids of Mars " ) Rise and leadership . A tribunal was convened to decide whether Horus or Osiris should inherit the throne . It was judged by Geb , father of Sutekh and Osiris . The tribunal ended when Horus accepted Sutekh ' s challenge of ritual combat to decide the matter . ( AUDIO : " Ozymandias " ) Horus and Nephthys took their barge to a location underneath the Mediterranean Sea , where they prepared for battle against Sutekh and gathered an army of over seven - hundred Osirian warriors . However , when it became time to strike , Horus led his army to the Homeworld , where they " dealt with " Lolita . After attacking Lolita , Osiris deactivated his biodata from within Horus so that Justine could mortally wound Eliza ' s body ; Eliza then pretended to be Horus in the Temple of Geb and goaded Sutekh into permanently killing her . Horus and Justine told the official records that Horus and his warriors had vanished while defeating Sutekh ; ( AUDIO : " The Judgment of Sutekh " ) the Fourth Doctor shared this legend with Sarah Jane Smith , saying , " The wars of the gods entered into mythology . The whole of Egyptian culture is founded upon the Osiran pattern . " Sarah recognised the name from the 740 gods recorded in the tomb of Thutmose III . ( TV : " Pyramids of Mars " ) By another account , Horus was a cruel dictator who conquered and oppressed more than a hundred inhabited worlds . Wherever he went , he brought plague and famine ; he was known to nurture pacifist societies and then unleash vicious killers on them for his own amusement . Following the defeat of Sutekh , Horus placed himself in suspended animation in the Black Pyramid on Beta Osiris ; however , the cryogenic systems failed in the 16th century . The Fourth Doctor and Sarah found his corpse in the 2650s . He resembled a cow . ( PROSE : " Scarab of Death " ) Contradicting this , Sutekh once claimed that Horus , like the Fourth Doctor , considered all sapient life to be his kith . ( TV : " Pyramids of Mars " ) Worship . He was worshipped by many cultures . The Egypt ians of Earth worshiped him amongst the pantheon of gods , many of whom were named after Osirans . ( PROSE : " GodEngine " ) The Cult of the Black Pyramid also worshipped Horus and dismissed Sutekh as a false god . ( PROSE : " Scarab of Death " ) The native Martians also worshiped Horus . Forming the Holy Order of Oras , they followed the teachings of the " Book of Oras " . The Order ' s teachings were of a non - violent nature and asked its followers to abandon such means . The " Ninth Book of Oras " was the " Rebirth of the Father " . ( PROSE : " GodEngine " ) When inducting his earlier self into the Faction , Richard Francis Burton made himself swear by " Horus , the reborn child from whose sacrifice our Faction owes its own rebirth " . ( PROSE : " Head of State " )