Silver (colour)

Silver was a light shade of grey, which shared its name with the substance.

Many varieties of Cybermen were silver. (TV: The Doctor Falls ^[+]Loading...["The Doctor Falls (TV story)"])

On Susan Foreman's home planet, there were trees with silver leaves. (TV: The Sensorites ^[+]Loading...["The Sensorites (TV story)"], PROSE: The Sensorites ^[+]Loading...["The Sensorites (novelisation)"]) The Tenth Doctor later mentioned that Gallifrey had trees with silver leaves. (TV: Gridlock ^[+]Loading...["Gridlock (TV story)"])

Members of Gallifrey's Dromeian Chapter wore silver robes. (PROSE: Lungbarrow ^[+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"]) Morbius, wore one of their robes, suggestive he was one of them, during his third incarnation. (AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius ^[+]Loading...["The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)"])

The Cybermen were silver in colour, such as CyberMondans, (TV: The Tenth Planet ^[+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"], AUDIO: Spare Parts ^[+]Loading...["Spare Parts (audio story)"]) CyberTelosians, (TV: The Moonbase ^[+]Loading...["The Moonbase (TV story)"]) the CyberFaction, (TV: The Wheel in Space ^[+]Loading...["The Wheel in Space (TV story)"], The Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Invasion (TV story)"]) CyberNomads, (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen ^[+]Loading...["Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)"]) CyberNeomorphs, (TV: Earthshock ^[+]Loading...["Earthshock (TV story)"]) CyberIsomorphs, (TV: Silver Nemesis ^[+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"]) Cybusmen, (TV: Rise of the Cybermen ^[+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"], The Age of Steel ^[+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"]-The Next Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) Cyber Legions (TV: A Good Man Goes to War ^[+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"]-Ascension of the Cybermen ^[+]Loading...["Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)"]) and Cyber-Warriors, (TV: Ascension of the Cybermen ^[+]Loading...["Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)"]) apart from black Cyberguards. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen ^[+]Loading...["Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)"])

Davros, creator of the Daleks, had a black chair which acts as his life support, similar to a Dalek's base but black with silver sense globes. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)"], Destiny of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)"], AUDIO: Davros ^[+]Loading...["Davros (audio story)"], The Dalek Defence ^[+]Loading...["The Dalek Defence (audio story)"], etc.) Similar chairs were owned by three parallel counterparts: one who met a parallel Doctor and Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, (AUDIO: Masters of War ^[+]Loading...["Masters of War (audio story)"]) one who met the Dalek Time Strategist from N-Space, (AUDIO: Palindrome ^[+]Loading...["Palindrome (audio story)"], Restoration of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Restoration of the Daleks (audio story)"]) and one who helped the Warrior find the Key to Time. (AUDIO: The Key To Key To Time ^[+]Loading...["The Key To Key To Time (audio story)"])

The Dalek Emperor in his Type I casing, and some of his Imperial Guards. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"])

Some Daleks had silver casings with blue sense globes, including Type I Daleks, (TV: The Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)"], AUDIO: Return to Skaro ^[+]Loading...["Return to Skaro (audio story)"]) Type II Daleks, (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"], AUDIO: Masters of Earth ^[+]Loading...["Masters of Earth (audio story)"]) Type III Daleks, (TV: The Chase ^[+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"]-The Evil of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"]) Type V Daleks, (TV: Death to the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Death to the Daleks (TV story)"]) Dalek Scientists, (PROSE: War of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["War of the Daleks (novel)"]) and the Dalek Prime during its time as Emperor within its Type I casing. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"]) Many Black Daleks had silver panels and sense globes. (COMIC: Duel of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Duel of the Daleks (comic story)"], TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"], The Chase ^[+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"], PROSE: The Dalek Project ^[+]Loading...["The Dalek Project (comic story)"], etc.) The Emperor's Personal Guard were silver with black domes. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"], Asylum of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Magician's Apprentice ^[+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)"], The Witch's Familiar ^[+]Loading...["The Witch's Familiar (TV story)"]) The Dalek Scientist of the Dalek Time Squad had a mostly silver casing apart from its dome, panels and globes which were red. The Dalek Prime Strategist had a silver casing similar to the Type I variety. (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times ^[+]Loading...["The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)"]) During the Last Great Time War, the Type VIII Daleks of the Eternity Circle were silver with blue domes and globes. (PROSE: Engines of War ^[+]Loading...["Engines of War (novel)"]) The saucer commander of Dalek Earthforce was silver apart from its dome and some of its panels which were black. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"])

The Sontarans wore silver helmets and pauldrons with their black space armour. (TV: The Time Warrior ^[+]Loading...["The Time Warrior (TV story)"], The Sontaran Experiment ^[+]Loading...["The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)"], AUDIO: The Sontarans ^[+]Loading...["The Sontarans (audio story)"], COMIC: The Betrothal of Sontar ^[+]Loading...["The Betrothal of Sontar (comic story)"], etc.)

Sarah Jane Smith wore a silver grey parka when facing Gideon Munro, Morgane Kaditch, and the Keeper in Nikita Base in Antarctica during 2006. (AUDIO: Snow Blind ^[+]Loading...["Snow Blind (audio story)"])

The First Doctor wore a silver scarf, (TV: An Unearthly Child ^[+]Loading...["An Unearthly Child (TV story)"], etc.) right up to his death after the 1986 Cyberman Invasion of Earth. (TV: The Tenth Planet ^[+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"], Twice Upon a Time ^[+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (TV story)"])

The Fourth Doctor wore silver gloves as part of his detective outfit. (PROSE: Nanomorphosis ^[+]Loading...["Nanomorphosis (short story)"], Evolution ^[+]Loading...["Evolution (novel)"], AUDIO: The Merfolk Murders ^[+]Loading...["The Merfolk Murders (audio story)"], COMIC: Gaze of the Medusa ^[+]Loading...["Gaze of the Medusa (comic story)"], TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang ^[+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)"])

After his clothes were ruined by a Xaranti, (PROSE: Deep Blue ^[+]Loading...["Deep Blue (novel)"]) the Fifth Doctor wore a silver grey overcoat with peaked lapels and a scarlet trim. (TV: The Awakening ^[+]Loading...["The Awakening (TV story)"]-The Caves of Androzani ^[+]Loading...["The Caves of Androzani (TV story)"]) His successor, the Sixth Doctor, wore the silver overcoat during his first hours, (TV: The Caves of Androzani ^[+]Loading...["The Caves of Androzani (TV story)"]) before changing for his patchwork frock coat. (TV: The Twin Dilemma ^[+]Loading...["The Twin Dilemma (TV story)"])  

The Seventh Doctor wore a single-breasted, silver, cotton blazer, (TV: Time and the Rani ^[+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]) most notably: when ending the Paradise Towers Massacre, (TV: Paradise Towers ^[+]Loading...["Paradise Towers (TV story)"]) when protecting Delta from Bannermen, (TV: Delta and the Bannermen ^[+]Loading...["Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)"]) when meeting Ace, (TV: Dragonfire ^[+]Loading...["Dragonfire (TV story)"]) when foiling Davros's Imperial Daleks and the Supreme's Renegade Daleks during the Hand of Omega Incident, (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"]) when resisting Helen A and the Kandyman, (TV: The Happiness Patrol ^[+]Loading...["The Happiness Patrol (TV story)"]) when keeping the Nemesis from Isomorph Cybermen and Neo-Nazis as well as Peinforte during the 1988 Cyberman Invasion of Earth. (TV: Silver Nemesis ^[+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"]) when dealing with Sontarans and Rutans, (PROSE: Shakedown ^[+]Loading...["Shakedown (novelisation)"]) and when freeing the Psychic Circus from the Gods of Ragnarok. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy ^[+]Loading...["The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)"])

The Eighth Doctor wore a double breasted silver paisley waistcoat with a shawl collar and a gold fob watch after his regeneration and during the Regeneration Operation, (TV: Doctor Who ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"]) when helping to foil the Early Cyberfaction including a Cyber-Leader during 2503, (AUDIO: Sword of Orion ^[+]Loading...["Sword of Orion (audio story)"]) when meeting Daleks including a Supreme and Mariah Learman in New Britain during the 2050s, (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Time of the Daleks (audio story)"]) when facing Zagreus,  (AUDIO: Neverland ^[+]Loading...["Neverland (audio story)"]-The Next Life ^[+]Loading...["The Next Life (audio story)"]) when meeting Dalek Emperor Davros, (AUDIO: Terror Firma ^[+]Loading...["Terror Firma (audio story)"]) when reuniting with Susan Campbell and meeting Alex Campbell, (AUDIO: An Earthly Child ^[+]Loading...["An Earthly Child (audio story)"]) when visiting the Great Exhibition during 1851, (AUDIO: Other Lives ^[+]Loading...["Other Lives (audio story)"])  when forced away from Charlotte Pollard by the Early Cyberfaction including a Cyber-Planner round Singapore in 2007, (AUDIO: The Girl Who Never Was ^[+]Loading...["The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)"]) when first meeting Lucie Miller, during a fight between Mark IV Daleks including a Supreme and Mutant Daleks under Martez, (AUDIO: Blood of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Blood of the Daleks (audio story)"]) during a war between Hulbert Logistics including Todd Hulbert and the Early Cyberfaction including a Cyber-Leader on Lonsis during 2006, (AUDIO: Human Resources ^[+]Loading...["Human Resources (audio story)"]) when facing the Nestene Consciousness and Autons in 2008, (AUDIO: Brave New Town ^[+]Loading...["Brave New Town (audio story)"]) when foiling Snabb's campaign for power, (AUDIO: The Skull of Sobek ^[+]Loading...["The Skull of Sobek (audio story)"]) when defying Morbius in a new form, (AUDIO: Sisters of the Flame ^[+]Loading...["Sisters of the Flame (audio story)"], The Vengeance of Morbius ^[+]Loading...["The Vengeance of Morbius (audio story)"]) when confronting Alex Marlowe and some Krynoids, (AUDIO: Hothouse ^[+]Loading...["Hothouse (audio story)"]) when facing Wirrn, (AUDIO: Wirrn Dawn ^[+]Loading...["Wirrn Dawn (audio story)"]) when facing giant spiders from Metebelis III, (AUDIO: The Eight Truths ^[+]Loading...["The Eight Truths (audio story)"], Worldwide Web ^[+]Loading...["Worldwide Web (audio story)"]) when helping his past and future incarnations to defeat a fleet of Mark VIII Daleks and save Gallifrey during the end of the Last Great Time War, (TV: The Day of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"]) when meeting Ice Warriors including Ice Lord Slaadek and the Monk, (AUDIO: Deimos ^[+]Loading...["Deimos (audio story)"], The Resurrection of Mars ^[+]Loading...["The Resurrection of Mars (audio story)"]) during the 2180s Dalek invasion of Earth, (AUDIO: Lucie Miller ^[+]Loading...["Lucie Miller (audio story)"], To the Death ^[+]Loading...["To the Death (audio story)"]) and when he first meets Molly O'Sullivan. (AUDIO: The Great War ^[+]Loading...["The Great War (audio story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor wore a silver and ebony pinstripe shirt when meeting Professor Alec Palmer and his assistant Emma Grayling on Caliburn House during 1974, (TV: Hide ^[+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"])

Martha Jones wore a silver mini-dress under her battleship grey jacket when she met Jack Harkness and Chantho well as Professor Yana, a human form of the War Master, (TV: Utopia ^[+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"]) and when she learnt Harold Saxon was the new Master. (TV: The Sound of Drums ^[+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"])

Donna Noble wore a silver top during the 2009 Sontaran invasion of Earth. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem ^[+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"], The Poison Sky ^[+]Loading...["The Poison Sky (TV story)"])

Tara Mishra wore a silver t-shirt when she met the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler. (COMIC: The Bidding War ^[+]Loading...["The Bidding War (comic story)"])

Audacity Montague wore a silver scarf during a Christmas adventure with the Eighth Doctor and Charlie Pollard. (AUDIO: Twenty-Four Doors in December ^[+]Loading...["Twenty-Four Doors in December (audio story)"]-Winter of the Demon ^[+]Loading...["Winter of the Demon (audio story)"])

Doctor Ogron wore a copy of the Eighth Doctor's double-breasted waistcoat of silver paisley-brocade. (AUDIO: Planet of the Ogrons ^[+]Loading...["Planet of the Ogrons (audio story)"])

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson wore a gold and silver dress when she met the Tenth Doctor in the 1700s during her adulthood. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace ^[+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"])

Jamie McCrimmon wore a silver cravat when he reunited with Zoe Heriot in the Memory TARDIS. (TV: The Mind Robber ^[+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)"])

Harriet Jones wore a silver grey jumper when she sacrificed herself to bring the Tenth Doctor to where the New Dalek Empire hid Earth during the Planetary Relocation Incident. (TV: The Stolen Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"])

The Fourteenth Doctor wore a charcoal and silver knit tie from the Thirteenth Doctor's death. (TV: The Power of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Doctor (TV story)"]) It was passed to the Fifteenth Doctor upon bi-generation, (TV: The Giggle ^[+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"]) who soon wore a silver tie during a visit to London in 1963. (TV: The Devil's Chord ^[+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"])

Peri Brown wore silver trousers when she met a Dalek Supreme and the Watchers of the Law on Omnia, (AUDIO: Emissary of the Daleks) and when she met Drathro in London during 2,000,000 AD. (TV: The Mysterious Planet [+])

The Tremas Master wore a silver waistcoat during his Survival Stratagem, (TV: Survival ^[+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"]) during his dark sports with the Determinant, (GAME: Destiny of the Doctors ^[+]Loading...["Destiny of the Doctors (video game)"]) and during his alliance with Adam Mitchell. (COMIC: Cat and Mouse ^[+]Loading...["Cat and Mouse (comic story)"])

The Toymaker had a silver collar on his Chinese Mandarin outfit. (PROSE: The Celestial Toymaker ^[+]Loading...["The Celestial Toymaker (novelisation)"])

Josiah wore a silver cravat as part of his Victorian outfit. (TV: Ghost Light ^[+]Loading...["Ghost Light (TV story)"])

The Chief clown wore a silver harlequin outfit. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy ^[+]Loading...["The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)"])

Tanizaki wore a necktie done in purple and silver stripes when Ianto Jones brought him to help Lisa Hallett, his partially cyber-converted girlfriend. (TV: Cyberwoman ^[+]Loading...["Cyberwoman (TV story)"])

C'rizz wore a silver grey hoodie when he met Sontarans including General Ignatius Antias Salutio and Commander Caecilius Crassus Procullus around the Giant's Causeway in 55 BC. (AUDIO: The Battle of Giant's Causeway ^[+]Loading...["The Battle of Giant's Causeway (audio story)"])

Lisa Deranne wore silver trousers when she and her crew met Sontarans including Commander Steg and Lieutenant Vorn. (HOMEVID: Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans ^[+]Loading...["Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (home video)"])

Shona McCullough and Ashley Carter wore silver gilets when dreaming they were scientists on the North Pole during Christmas Eve because of dream crabs. (TV: Last Christmas ^[+]Loading...["Last Christmas (TV story)"])

Ursula Blake wore a silver cardigan up to being absorbed by the Absorbaloff. (TV: Love & Monsters ^[+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"])

Popplewick, the Valeyard's human persona, wore a silver cravat. (TV: The Ultimate Foe ^[+]Loading...["The Ultimate Foe (TV story)"])

The Saurians had silver scales. (PROSE: Lords of the Galaxy ^[+]Loading...["Lords of the Galaxy (short story)"])

Dals had silver hair. (PROSE: The Last of the Dals ^[+]Loading...["The Last of the Dals (short story)"])

Silver was a common colour for duct tape. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)"])

Instead of the typical silver, the Cyberon drug produced by the Cyberwolf Abigail was green. (PROSE: A Worthy Successor ^[+]Loading...["A Worthy Successor (short story)"])

Behind the scenes

• James Johnson rendered a Time War-era Dalek Commander model which was featured on the cover of Gallifrey: War Room 1: Allegiance, sporting a black and silver livery reminiscent of the earlier Battle Computer unit seen in the Shoreditch Incident. Ahead of release, Johnson released a closer look at his designs, also clarifying that the accompanying text wasn't in any way official, and that he added it "just for fun".