Gilbert Horner

Professor Gilbert Horner was a noted archaeologist who planned to open Devil's Hump at midnight on 30 April, Beltane, in the 1970s, despite Olive Hawthorne's persistent warnings.

Biography
Horner's opening of the barrow at midnight on Beltane was also a publicity gimmick for his new book, which was to come out the following day.

As Horner told Alastair Fergus, the presenter of the BBC3 series The Passing Parade, he believed that he would discover the tomb of a Bronze Age warrior chieftain from 800 BC. In fact, the barrow contained Azal and his spacecraft. When it was opened, Horner was frozen to death. (TV: The Dæmons)

The investigate journalist James Stevens and his girlfriend Dodo Chaplet, a former companion of the First Doctor, saw Horner being interviewed on The Passing Parade. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)