Thomas Dodge

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Thomas Dodge
Aliases:	Lieutenant Thomas Dodge
Continuity:	Planet of the Apes
Notability:	Supporting character
Type:	Astronaut
Gender:	Male
Race:	Human
Associations:	ANSA
Status:	Deceased
Born:	1936
Died:	3978
First:	Planet of the Apes (1968)
Actor:	Jeff Burton

Thomas Dodge is a fictional scientist and astronaut and a supporting character featured in the Planet of the Apes multimedia franchise. Played by actor Jeff Burton, he appeared in the original 1968 feature film Planet of the Apes.

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.