Ogron Ogrons were strong , ape - like humanoid s of limited intelligence , typically used by other species as mercenaries . They were most often employed by the Dalek s . Biology . Ogrons had a mix of human and ape traits . It was believed that this mixture of traits was due to climatic changes on their home planet . ( PROSE : " The Romance of Crime " , PROSE : " " ) They were around 7 feet tall , with bowed legs , long arms and barrel chests . Their faces were flat , with a powerful jaw and small eyes . Ogrons had immense strength , far greater than a human . Their nervous systems were highly resistant to shock and were protected by muscles , meaning that they could survive multiple bullets . Their only weak spot was the top of their head . ( PROSE : " Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks " , COMIC : " Fugitive " ) Ogrons were relatively unintelligent , spoke in simple sentences and had obedient , stoic personalities . ( PROSE : " Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks " ) They had some skills , such as piloting spaceships , but this was believed to be advanced mimicry . Despite this , Ogron speech used subsonic frequencies , which meant that they may have been more intelligent than they appeared . ( PROSE : " Interference - Book One " and " Book Two " ) There was a different sub - species of Ogron called Red Ogron s , which were found on Skaro . ( GAME : " Dalek Attack " ) Culture . The Ogrons lived in scattered communities on a planet on the outer fringes of the Mutter ' s Spiral , far from the central space - ways . The dominant lifeform on their home planet was a monster which preyed upon the Ogrons , yet they prayed to it with reverence . ( TV : " Frontier in Space " ) They would regularly sacrifice their criminals to the monster , after weakening them by starvation . They would leave gifts to its image , painted on the walls of their caves . ( PROSE : " Doctor Who and the Space War " ) Ogrons also produced a type of ale . ( PROSE : " Question Mark Pyjamas " ) Onzlo drank Ogron fruit cocktail s . ( COMIC : " Vortex Butterflies " ) This dedication to other parties ' goals largely prevented the study of the Ogron culture itself . They were mostly known for their desire to work unquestioningly for several different parties . By far , their most common employers were the Dalek s . ( TV : " Day of the Daleks , Frontier in Space " , AUDIO : " Return of the Daleks " ) However , they also worked for ( TV : " Frontier in Space " ) and the Remote . ( PROSE : " Interference - Book One " , " Book Two " ) History . Ca . 59 , 000 BC , the Ogrons were part of the Gubbage Cone Empire . ( PROSE : " The Crystal Bucephalus " ) According to K9 Mark III s databanks , the Ogron homeworld was first discovered by outside intelligences in 1855 . ( PROSE : " Interference - Book One " ) In the late 20th century , Ogrons from an alternate 22nd century travelled back in time to attack Auderly House in England , where they forced a group of guerrillas back to their home era . Later that day , another group travelled through time to attack the World Peace Conference in Auderly House . On both occasions , they wanted to make sure World War III would rage across the Earth . The second wave of Ogrons was destroyed , along with their Dalek masters , by Shura ' s dalekanium bomb . ( TV : " Day of the Daleks " ) The Ogrons and the Daleks engaged UNIT soldiers in their attack . Private David Edmunds was one UNIT soldier who died at the hands of the Ogrons , he was utterly disintergrated . ( PROSE : " Missing in Action " ) As related to Petronella Osgood by Jo Grant , she and the Third Doctor had found Ogrons marooned in the Outer Hebrides . Osgood , despite thorough following of their escapades recorded in UNIT files , was curiously unaware of this encounter . ( AUDIO : " United " ) The Remote used Ogrons , including Lost Boy , to act as security for their representatives at COPEX in 1996 . Guest , the leader of the Remote expedition , reasoned that the ( mostly European ) human attendees at COPEX would assume that the Ogrons were merely ugly foreigners . ( PROSE : " Interference - Book One " ) In the 2010s , the Tenth Doctor dealt with a group of Ogron poet s in New York City . ( COMIC : " Revolving Doors " ) A group of Ogrons travelled to Kursaal for a holiday where they became confused as to how to use a map display . ( PROSE : " Kursaal " ) In 2540 , , working for the Daleks , used Ogrons to attack Draconian and Earth ships . He used a device that released hypnosound , which made the Ogrons appear as soldiers from the others side . The Ogrons rescued the Master from Draconia but one of their number was captured . They resuced him during an attack on the Third Doctor . They attacked the Doctor and his alles when they landed on their planet , but the appearance of an Ogron eater scared them away . ( TV : " Frontier in Space " ) According to K9 ' s database , this incident marked the first ( official ) contact between Ogrons and humans . ( PROSE : " Interference - Book One " ) At some point in the late 26th century , several Ogrons were modified to be given advanced intelligence . Most died in the process , except for Garshak . Garshak worked as a policeman on Megerra , ( PROSE : " Shakedown " ) and later became a private detective . ( PROSE : " Mean Streets " ) During the second Dalek occupation of Zaleria , Ogrons were used as enforcers . ( AUDIO : " Return of the Daleks " ) The Daleks used the Ogrons as enforcers during their occupations of Hell . An Ogron informed the Dalek Emperor that the Helkan slaves needed rest . The Emperor dismissed it as an excuse and exterminated him . ( COMIC : " Nemesis of the Daleks " ) Over time , their defeats by the Third Doctor proved devastating to their planetary economy . Because they depended upon their fearsome reputation to secure contracts with other species , the fact that they were defeated by an older , white - haired humanoid handed them a public relations nightmare . After their employment with the Master , they found it increasingly difficult to convince other species to hire them . Soon , they began losing more and more work to the Judoon , who eclipsed them as the universe ' s best hired guns . When the Tenth Doctor discovered the unintentional consequences of his younger self ' s actions , he pledged to try to redress the situation . He seemed to have made good on this promise by getting the Ogron Ambassador Brarshak safely to a round of diplomatic negotiations with the Draconians and Sontaran s on the planet Luna IV and recommending their services to the Shadow Architect as an alternative to Judoon , who had proven themselves to be unreliable and bribable . ( COMIC : " Fugitive " ) In the early 41st century , a number of the Daleks ' Ogron agents were captured and brought to Station 7 . When the Daleks approached the Station , they ordered the Ogrons ( via mind implants ) to attack their captors , weakening them from within . The Ogrons were killed by so - called " converted " Daleks during the attack . ( COMIC : " The Only Good Dalek " ) In the 51st century , Laura Palmer dealt with an Ogron incursion into Federation space . ( PROSE : " Diamond Dogs " ) In the run - up to the War , the High Council of Time Lord s fit Ogron slaves with biodata which made them time - sensitive . The Remote called these hybrids " Ogron Lord s " . ( PROSE : " Interference " ) Undated references . At least one Ogron was in the miniscope owned by the showman Vorg . ( TV : " Carnival of Monsters " ) The Ogrons were part of the Supremo ' s alliance in the war against Morbius . ( PROSE : " Warmonger " ) Frobisher claimed that his wife fell in love with him while he was in the shape of an Ogron . ( AUDIO : " The Holy Terror " ) Dr Linus Leofrix and Rostow captured Gnork in an attempt to increase his intelligence and create an army of soldiers . Gnork used his intelligence to trap Dr . Leofrix and Rostow and escaped the planet on their ship . ( COMIC : " Warlord of the Ogrons " ) 78351 was a mutant with Ogron , Axon , and Pyrovile gene s . ( PROSE : " Lights Out " ) Alternate timelines . In an alternative 22nd century , where the Earth had been weakened by World War III , the Daleks used the Ogrons as enforcers and soldiers during their invasion and occupation of Earth . ( TV : " Day of the Daleks " ) Alternate universes . In an alternate universe , the Ogrons , organised into the Ogron Confederation of Planets , were the dominant power of their reality , theorised by the Fourth Doctor to be the result of a hypothetical absence of the Dalek s . More intelligent than those the Doctor was familiar with , a fleet of Ogrons passed into a gate through the Void to N - Space where , upholding the Universal Concordat on Peaceful Co - existence , they attacked the forces of the warring Quark s and the Kroton Imperium in an effort to cease hostilities between what they saw as " lesser - evolved species " via the use of deadly force . Ultimately , all three sides retreated to face a crisis in their respective universes . ( COMIC : " The Lost Dimension " )