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Gunmetal (or gun-metal) was a grey colour. (PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"], Father Time [+]Loading...["Father Time (novel)"]) It could be a dark grey colour. (PROSE: Walking to Babylon [+]Loading...["Walking to Babylon (novel)"]) It was a dowdy colour. (PROSE: Parallel 59 [+]Loading...["Parallel 59 (novel)"]) Gunmetal was also a blue colour. (PROSE: Genius Loci [+]Loading...["Genius Loci (novel)"], Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"], Meglos [+]Loading...["Meglos (novelisation)"])

Gunmetal grey was associated with military colours in the 2500s. (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars [+]Loading...["Beige Planet Mars (novel)"])

Architecture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gunmetal was the choice of colour for some prisons on Earth in the 1970s. (PROSE: Last of the Gaderene [+]Loading...["Last of the Gaderene (novel)"])

On Proxima 2 in 2132 they had desks that were gunmetal grey. (PROSE: The Face-Eater novel) [+]Loading...["The Face-Eater novel)"])

Corridors on Telos in the 26th century were gunmetal grey. (AUDIO: Last of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Last of the Cybermen (audio story)"])

Storm shutters on Coralee were gunmetal. (PROSE: Storm Harvest [+]Loading...["Storm Harvest (novel)"])

Atmosphere[[edit] | [edit source]]

On Planet 81 in the 27th century a storm front on the planet rendered the sky a wall of gunmetal clouds. (PROSE: The Big Hunt [+]Loading...["The Big Hunt (novel)"])

On Skale the sky was gunmetal grey. (PROSE: Parallel 59 [+]Loading...["Parallel 59 (novel)"]

India in the 20th century sometime had a gunmetal sky. (PROSE: The Eye of the Tyger [+]Loading...["The Eye of the Tyger (novel)"])

The night skies around Crook Marsham in 1968 were gun-metal. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])

When it rained in Gorkiy in 1970 it made the sky gunmetal grey. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune [+]Loading...["The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)"])

Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]

The surface of the Thames appeared gunmetal-grey in 1924. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man [+]Loading...["The Clockwise Man (novel)"])

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Commander Skutloid had gunmetal grey armour. (PROSE: The Medusa Effect [+]Loading...["The Medusa Effect (novel)"])

Materials[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dark Alloy was a blueish dark gunmetal colour. (AUDIO: The Blood Furnace [+]Loading...["The Blood Furnace (audio story)"]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Onihr were gunmetal grey. (PROSE: Trading Futures [+]Loading...["Trading Futures (novel)"]

Sontarans in 2371 wore gunmetal armour. (PROSE: Lords of the Storm [+]Loading...["Lords of the Storm (novel)"])

Neo-Aretians had gunmetal armour in 2595. (PROSE: Tears of the Oracle [+]Loading...["Tears of the Oracle (novel)"]

Daleks that were on Kembel in 4000 were gun-metal blue and silver. (PROSE: Mission to the Unknown [+]Loading...["Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)"]) Some other Daleks were gunmetal grey and black. (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])

Cybermen were glinting gunmetal. (PROSE: Illegal Alien [+]Loading...["Illegal Alien (novel)"])

Gun metal grey Trion beacon. (TV: Planet of Fire (TV story [+]Loading...["Planet of Fire (TV story"])

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Screens of Zolfa-Thura were gun-metal blue. (PROSE: Meglos [+]Loading...["Meglos (novelisation)"])

Trion beacons were gun-metal grey. (PROSE: Planet of Fire [+]Loading...["Planet of Fire (novelisation)"])

Vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the 23rd century some intersystem spacecraft around Ha'olam were a gunmetal grey. (PROSE: Seeing I [+]Loading...["Seeing I (novel)"])

The Terileptil's pod that crashed in 1666 was a shade of gun-metal blue. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Visitation [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Visitation (novel)"])

Hover cars in 2595 could have gunmetal reflective windows. (PROSE: Another Girl, Another Planet [+]Loading...["Another Girl, Another Planet (novel)"])

The Machine, a prototype TARDIS was an oily gunmetal grey. (PROSE: Cold Fusion [+]Loading...["Cold Fusion (novel)"])