Thomas Dodge

Biography
Thomas Dodge was an astronaut on a mission along with George Taylor, John Landon and Lieutenant Stewart to journey to another star system. A member of the Icarus, Dodge and the rest launched out of Cape Kennedy in 1971. After entering suspended animation, the Icarus entered a Hasslein Curve. It crashed onto an unknown planet (actually Earth) and Stewart was killed. Dodge, a man of science with a thirst for knowledge of the unknown, committed himself to finding a way to survive on the planet. After swimming in a lake and discovering their clothes were stolen by mute humans, including an attractive woman named Nova, Dodge and the others discovered, to their horror, that there were horseback-riding, talking apes on the planet.

During their attempt to escape, Dodge was shot and killed. Later, Taylor would horrifically find Dodge stuffed in a museum.