Ice Warrior

Ice Warriors are a race of Martian humanoids which evolved several thousand years before mankind. The majority of their civilization has left their homeworld en masse at some point, due to Mars' climatic changes rendering it increasingly less habitable.

Biology
Ice Warriors are reptilian humanoids, though their scaly skin is usually hidden under scale-like armour. They are taller than average humans, often around 7 feet in height. Clamp-like hands are present, often mounting sonic weaponry. It is rare for an Ice Warrior to remove his or her helmet; however, underneath it they have flattened, reptilian faces, with long tongues and deep red eyes. The lifetime of an Ice Warrior is long, apparently about 300 standard years. Females are of a slighter build, and have a dorsal crest (presumably to attract males).

As they come from a cold environment, extreme heat is particularly dangerous to them. Due to the different gravity, pressure and atmosphere on Earth, they move more slowly and their voice is more of a strained hiss while in Earth-like areas.

They also possess immense strength, as Grand Marshal Skaldak (outside of his suit) was able to easily overpower and dismember several humans, whilst trying to escape a damaged and submerged submarine.

Culture and society
Ice Warriors were raised to display a strong sense of personal honour. As an example, after the Third Doctor saved the life of the Ice Lord Izlyr, he felt obliged by duty to help the Doctor escape. Ice Warriors also had a strong dislike for lying, though they would do so in serious situations. They also believed that a victim of murder would not rest in peace until their killer had atoned for the crime. During the ritual blood duels, Ice Warriors often spat at their opponent's face in the challenge. Terrorism was considered anathema, and Ice Warriors typically would not resort to such attacks.

The strict code of honour descended from the time of the early Martians before they became a warrior species and their planet began dying. At that time, they only hunted for food but did not fight one another nor did they experience warfare. In fact, the word "warrior" was unrecognised in that era and instead their belief in honour meant that they operated under a "gift economy"; this was a system where people did not pay for things but instead were given freely with the receiver giving something in return (bartering). In these early years, the Martians were more involved in the arts and the crafts rather than with military affairs. In time they began to slowly change after the disastrous climatic changes and the deaths they suffered, but were always considered a reasonable people. They were also a heedlessly proud people who refused to admit to the presence of an issue, even if it was of great severity.

History
The Ice Warriors were a proud people in their early days, their cities like shimmering beacons on the Martian surface, but then the surface grew more and more inhospitable, most left but the Ice Warriors stayed, they went to the only safe place left on the planet, the icecaps.

In 1881, An Ice Warrior ship crash landed in South Africa, some Imperial British soldiers found the ship and helped the Ice Warrior (who they named Friday after a character in Robinson Crusoe) fix his ship and they all sailed back to Mars, where they then proceeded to crash upon entry and were forced to descend into the caves beneath, were they used a piece of mining equipment fashioned out of a weapon from Friday's ship, the British troops not only thought they'd fix the ship but also return back to her Majesty Queen Victoria with stunning Martian gemstones, instead they found the tomb of the Martian Empress, once Empress Iraxxa was resurrected, it was revealed that her and Friday had slept for 5000 years, when British soldiers fired on the Ice Warriors, the Empress reawakened her hive in order to destroy the Humans, after a battle, the Humans and the Ice Warriors managed to negotiate an unsteady alliance after a Human pledged allegiance to Empress Iraxxa, with assistance from the rouge Time Lord known as The Doctor, the Ice Warriors managed to make contact with Alpha Centauri, Ambassador of the Alpha Centaurans, who welcomed Empress Iraxxa to the universe, but in order for the ships to find the Martian hive, they needed an indicator, so the Doctor, his companion Bill Potts and the Ice Warriors' new human ally wrote 'God save the Queen' on the surface.