Despite the great dishonour of being seen without its survival armour, (TV: Cold War [+]Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013).) an Ice Warrior without any armour was present in the market (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Neil Cross, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013).) on Tiaanamat, (PROSE: Susan's Diary [+]James Goss and Steve Tribe, The Doctor: His Lives and Times (BBC Books, 2013)., "Akhaten" [+]Part of From the universe with love!, Official Doctor Who Twitter fiction (BBC Studios, 2023).) which the Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald walked past, seemingly not noticing it. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Neil Cross, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013).)
The Ice Warrior displayed the typical physcial attributes other Ice Warriors were recognisable for, including the large physical build and flattened faces complete with black eyes. (PROSE: Legacy [+]Gary Russell, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1994)., PROSE: The Medusa Effect [+]Justin Richards, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1998)., TV: Cold War [+]Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013)., COMIC: Descendance [+]Gary Russell, Radio Times comic stories (Radio Times, 1996).) However, when the Doctor later met Skaldak, this Ice Warrior had a ridged face with red eyes, and the Doctor claimed that "[he'd] never seen one out of its armour before." (TV: Cold War [+]Mark Gatiss, Doctor Who series 7 (BBC One, 2013).) Another Ice Warrior was later present on Trap Street in London without its armour, under the protection of Mayor Me. (TV: Face the Raven [+]Sarah Dollard, Doctor Who series 9 (BBC One, 2015).)
Behind the scenes[]
The Time Zone Playset Cold War 1983 which included an unarmoured Skaldak using the pre-CG design.
This design of an Ice Warrior was intended to be used for Skaldak in the episode Cold War, but due to the physical prop being much smaller than they had wanted, the Skaldak was obscured in most shots, and when Skaldak's face was seen at the end, it was replaced entirely with CG, also changing various details from the prop as well as previous appearances of Ice Warriors in other media, such as changing the eye colour from black (as seen in the comic story Descendance) to red. However, this design was used in the Cold War Time Zone Playset 1983 from Character Options, although the eyes on this figure were painted red to more closely resemble the design seen in Cold War. The prop was evidently reused in The Rings of Akhaten.
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