Ice Warriors

The **Ice Warriors** and **Ice Lords** were a race of reptilian humanoids from the planet Mars, identified by the Eleventh Doctor as cyborgs because of their biomechanical armour. Bill Potts compared them to Vikings.

The Gandorans, who created the first Ice Warriors, called them the Saurian Evolutionaries. They were also known as native Martians and simply Martians but at times were given the derogatory name of Greenies. By one account, the term "Ice Warrior" was just a nickname that came from their evolutionary need for a cold enviroment.

## Biology

Adult, fully armoured Ice Warriors were large, imposing reptilian humanoids, up to seven feet tall. Unarmoured, they had flattened, scaly faces with sharp fangs and thin green tongues. They had either five or three fingers, tipped with sharp claws. At least some Ice Warriors had large black eyes, although Skaldak's were red.

They had skeletons much like humans, though with flatter skulls and wider eye sockets. Females were built more slightly than males, and had spiny dorsal crests which were sexually attractive in a manner analogous to the breasts of a human female.

They preferred cold climates and could be killed by extreme heat, though small fires were no more dangerous to them than to a human. According to the Eleventh Doctor, this weakness was a flaw in their survival armour which couldn't cope with sudden increases in temperature that was never fixed, and not a biological trait. Due to differences in atmosphere and gravity, in Earth-like environments, Ice Warriors perpetually wheezed and tended to move slowly, though they could move fast when needed. They spoke in a drawn-out hiss.

Ice Warriors lived a long time. Some Martians in 1997 had been alive when Shakespeare was writing his plays. The typical lifespan of an Ice Warrior was three hundred Earth years. They had a complicated genetic structure and were herbivores.

Paul Webster, speculating the Ice Warriors were "more used to nitrogen", knocked out Sub-Commander Sstast with an oxygencylinder. According to the Fifth Doctor, the Ice Warriors were cold-blooded.

## Society and culture

The planetary identification glyph of the Martians was a triangle overlaid with a lightning bolt with an artificial burning sun at its centre.

### Honour

Ice Warriors had a strong sense of personal honour. After the Third Doctor saved the life of the Ice Lord Izlyr, he felt obligated to help the Doctor escape. Ice Warriors disliked lying, though they would do so when necessary. They believed that a victim of murder would not rest in peace until their killer had atoned for the crime. When challenged to a ritual blood duel, an Ice Warrior would spit at an opponent's face. Terrorism was anathema. An Ice Warrior motto was "Attack one of us, attack all of us". Ice Warriors considered it incredibly dishonourable to remove their armour, and thus only removed it under the most extreme circumstances. Even before becoming warriors, the Martian species were seldom seen outside their armour, or otherwise wore similar-looking shells. The Fifth Doctor immediately identified a Martian from this time period as an Ice Warrior, even before he knew he was on Mars, while the Eleventh Doctor later claimed he never saw a Martian outside of their armour.

## Evolution

they evolved from a small species of Martians, which would also go on to evolve into another Mars dwelling species. They competed for control of the area with the flood, a parasite living in the water which would eventually become extinct when the tenth doctor blew them up.

## Battles

they are known for their love of war. They had many battles with The Empire, eventually culminating in the Ice Warrior loss at coruscant. Because of this, they attacked the Death Star and ultimately lost again.