Orange

Orange
Type:	Citrus fruit
Place of origin:	Earth
Used by:	Humans and Skullions
First mentioned in:	The Romans
Appearances:	see list

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Oranges were citrus fruits that grew on orange trees. They were eaten raw or squeezed to create orange juice.

Bitter oranges were served at King Gilgamesh's court in Uruk. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys)

The First Doctor was given Spanish oranges by Miguel de Cervantes. In 1400, while acting as the Lord of Misrule at Sonning Palace's Epiphany feast, he appeared to pull one from behind the ear of a bishop. A model fish on the table burst open to reveal more oranges. (AUDIO: The Doctor's Tale) He also, along with his companions, ate a peacock breast with orange and juniper sauce in Italy in the year 64. (TV: The Romans)

Oranges grew in the warm Mediterranean climate of the Duchy of San Martino in 15th century Italy. Sarah Jane Smith was picking and eating oranges when she was captured by members of the Cult of Demnos. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora)

In 1648, the Second Doctor bought oranges for himself and his companions. (PROSE: The Roundheads)

King Charles II of England liked oranges. (AUDIO: The Behemoth)

During the uprising of William of Orange in 1688, the rebels pinned oranges on the tips of their weapons. (AUDIO: The Glorious Revolution)

In 1746, in order to ingratiate themselves into the world of the Redcoats, Polly Wright and Kirsty McLaren disguised themselves as orange sellers in the style of Nell Gwyn. (TV: The Highlanders)

In Bath in 1756, the Sixth Doctor used oranges to entice the rhinoceros Lady Clara, who had escaped from her handler Captain Douwemout Van Der Meer. (AUDIO: The Behemoth)

Before taking her to the Palace Theatre in 1889, the Fourth Doctor promised Leela, "If you're very good, I'll buy you an orange." (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

Like other citrus fruits, oranges were rich in citric acid, a precursor to Vitamin C. They would not have been on the menu for Cessair of Diplos, for whom citric acid was toxic, a fact discovered by Romana I and Professor Rumford. (TV: The Stones of Blood)

One Christmas eve, the Fourth Doctor and Romana II sneaked into Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart's house dressed as Santa Claus and left two oranges and a walnut in his Christmas stocking. (PROSE: Better Watch Out, Better Take Care)

In one alternate timeline, oranges grew in and around central London, but were inedible and glowed. They were used by the human survivors as night lights. (PROSE: Blood Heat)

The Tenth Doctor compared the draining of human life energy by Richard Lazarus to "squeezing the juice out of an orange". (TV: The Lazarus Experiment)

In 2009, oranges in Mr. Cousins' greengrocers were turned red by a broken Filbik device. (PROSE: The End of the Rainbow)

Skullions preferred citrus juices (such as orange and lemon) as water "[burned]" them. (TV: The Man Who Never Was)

Behind the scenes

The orange jelly baby card.

An orange jelly baby collectible card is one of 50 collectible cards released as part of series 1 of The Adventure Games, being found in Shadows of the Vashta Nerada.

Ginger was a dark shade of orange.

The War Doctor wore a double breast waistcoat of ginger moleskin with a shawl collar and a double-chain fob watch of bronze when he, Fey and the Sisterhood of Karn fought Mark VIII Daleks and the Morlontoa of the Seventh Sky on the Dorian Nexus. (COMIC: The Clockwise War)

Webley wore a ginger waistcoat with a fob watch up to his death during the Battle of Hedgewick's World of Wonders. (TV: Nightmare in Silver)