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'''Crimson''' was a colour shade related to [[red]] and [[scarlet]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Caerdroia (audio story)}}) | |||
'''Crimson''' was a colour | |||
[[File:DoctorsWife-Crimson.jpeg|thumb|[[Amy Pond]]'s visualisation of crimson. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Wife (TV story)}})]] | |||
The passkey to get into the [[TARDIS control room#Coral console|backup TARDIS control room]] was "Crimson. [[Eleven (number)|Eleven]]. [[Delight]]. [[Petrichor]]." It had to be ''thought'' for the [[telepathic circuits]] to pick it up. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Wife (TV story)}}) | |||
[[ | Paint could be crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Northern Heights (short story)}}, {{cs|To the Slaughter (novel)}}) As could nail polish paint. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timeless (novel)}}) And [[graffiti]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadows of Weng-Chiang (novel)}}) | ||
[[ | Ink could also be crimson and used for printing in the [[20th century|20th]], and [[21st century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The City of the Dead (novel)}}, {{cs|Spoilsport (short story)}}) | ||
Carpets could be crimson in colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Walkin' City Blues (short story)}}) | |||
[[Cloth]] could be crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The City of the Dead (novel)}}) [[Satin]] could also be crimson coloured. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Blackcurrant]]s had crimson juice. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Deadstone Memorial (novel)}}) | |||
[[Lipstick]] was available in crimson in [[2006]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}}) | |||
[[File:Loose Wire (short story).jpg|thumb|Crimson energy around the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Alice Wu]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Loose Wire (short story)}})]] | |||
[[Blood]] was a crimson colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Project Valhalla (novel)}}, {{cs|The Coming of the Queen (novel)}}, {{cs|Mordieu (short story)}}) Diffused through water blood would make the water appear crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mire and Clay (short story)}}) [[Silurian]] blood was crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Head (novel)}}) | |||
Once activated the [[Krivani]] goblet began to give off a deep angry crimson light and emitting a high pitched hum just prior to the [[Seventh Doctor]] throwing it into the [[time vortex]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Ante Bellum (short story)}}) | |||
Under strain people's faces could turn crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (short story)}}) Or under embarrassment or sunburn people's faces could turn crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Siege Mentality (short story)}}, {{cs|The Death of Art (novel)}}) Or anger. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The War Games (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters (novelisation)}}) Or fury. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crooked World (novel)}}) | |||
[[Alpha Centauri]] too also would turn a crimson colour in times of conflict. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy (novel)}}) | |||
[[Benek Chaloupka]] had a mostly shaved head however he had a central top-knot, which hung down to his shoulders in a crimson ponytail, and two long, thin moustaches of similar tinge in [[2221]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Spoilsport (short story)}}) | |||
[[File:K9 in the TARDIS.jpg|thumb|The crimson front light of K9, within the Doctor's TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|State of Decay (TV story)}})]] | |||
The light on the from of [[K9 Mark II]] was crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|All Snug in Their Beds (short story)}}) | |||
In an event of an emergency the [[TARDIS control room#Copper console|TARDIS control room]] could change the lighting crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nuclear Time (novel)}}) | |||
[[File:KeeperTraken1-Melkurs arrival.jpeg|thumb|Melkur's arrival on Traken. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Keeper of Traken (TV story)}})]] | |||
When [[Melkur (The Keeper of Traken)|Melkur]] arrived on [[Traken]] it was in a crimson fireball. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Keeper of Traken (novelisation)}}) | |||
One of the weapons testing rooms in the [[Cybermen]]'s tomb on [[Telos]] encountered by [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Peter Haydon]] in the [[26th century]] which flashed several colours at them including; [[crimson]], [[rose (colour)|rose]], scarlet, [[vermilion]], [[orange (colour)|orange]], [[yellow]], [[green]], [[blue]], [[royal blue]], [[ultramarine]], [[violet]] and [[purple]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)}}) | |||
As the volcano erupted on [[Dulkis]] it resulted in white, orange and crimson clouds swirling in every direction around it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (novelisation)}}) | |||
The "mark of the Rani" – evidence of the [[First Rani]]'s experiments on humans in the [[19th century]] left a crimson mark on the neck. It could spread leading to death. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Iris Wildthyme]]'s [[Celestial Omnibus|TARDIS]] was crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Scarlet Empress (novel)}} {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}}, {{cs|The Blue Angel (novel)}}) | |||
[[Imorkal]] third eye would glow crimson when in use. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Heat (novel)}}) | |||
==Astronomical objects== | |||
Red giants were dying suns, they bathed planets nearby in a crimson light. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beyond the Sun (novel)}}) | |||
The twin suns of [[Rearbus]] and [[Selynx]] gave [[Karfel]] a crimson skyline. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timelash (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Eros (planet)|Eros']] sun lent the planet's sky a vibrant crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Queen of Eros (short story)}}) | |||
[[Tír na n-Óg]] had a red sun that lent gave the sky a hellish crimson streak. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)}}) | |||
[[Macha]] was one of three suns in a trinary star system, it was crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Predating the Predators (short story)}}) | |||
Sunsets on Earth in [[1968]] appeared crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}}) | |||
In the [[1970s]] the [[Third Doctor]] showed [[Elizabeth Shaw]] sunrise from orbit, the sun revealed a crimson flare as it rose. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas (short story)}}) | |||
[[Lucifer (planet)|Lucifer]] cast a crimson glare on [[Moloch (moon)|Moloch]] in the [[2150s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lucifer Rising (novel)}}) | |||
The sky on [[Mars]] in [[2157]] darkened at the horizon turning from a [[salmon pink]] to a deep crimson as it met the ground. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|GodEngine (novel)}}) The sky still appeared crimson in [[2595]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beige Planet Mars (novel)}}) | |||
One of the Seven Planets of the [[Althosian system]] had a crimson hue to its surface in [[2400]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Pit (novel)}}) | |||
On [[Jupiter]] in [[2553]] it had [[ochre]] and crimson clouds. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Jupiter (short story)}}) | |||
In [[2670]] [[Arden (planet)|Arden]] had crimson sunsets. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shadowmind (novel)}}) | |||
==Botany== | |||
Plants' blossoms or flowers could be a crimson colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dalek Factor (novel)}}, {{cs|The Sleep of Reason (novel)}}) | |||
Crimson [[rose]]s grew in gardens on [[Traken]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)}}) | |||
In [Napier]] in [[December]] [[1980]] there were [[pohutukawa]] trees in full crimson bloom when [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]] visited. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Autaia Pipipi Pia (short story)}}) | |||
==Clothing== | |||
Crimson robes were worn on [[Hyspero]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Scarlet Empress (novel)}}) | |||
Gowns also be made of crimson fabric. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Managra (novel)}}) | |||
[[File:The Inquisitor.jpg|thumb|Inquisitor Darkel wearing a crimson sash. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mysterious Planet (TV story)}})]] | |||
[[Adric]] observed that the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s coat was crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Logopolis (novelisation)}}) Although according to other accounts it was [[Burgundy (colour)|burgundy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Into the Silent Land (short story)}}) | |||
In the [[far future]] in the [[Hope (city)|City of Hope]] at [[Endpoint]] [[Silver (Hope)|Silver]]'s staff wore crimson uniforms. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hope (novel)}}) | |||
When the [[Seventh Doctor]] met [[Helen A]] on [[Terra Alpha]] in the [[25th century]] she was wearing a deep crimson velvet suit with a matching crimson feather hat. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Happiness Patrol (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Darkel]] wore a crimson sash during the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s trial. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Terror of the Veroids (novelisation)}}) | |||
==Technology== | |||
Crimson could a colour used in helmet-based displays for glyphs. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Monitor (short story)}}) | |||
In the [[20th century]], [[Torchwood Three]] found a [[lavender (colour)|deep-lavender]] [[emotional amplifier]]. It pulsed crimson when it detected [[anger]], amplifying it into [[rage]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Slow Decay (novel)}}) | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Crimson Heart]] | |||
*[[Red leech]], also known as "The Crimson Horror". | |||
*[[Crimson pirate]] | |||
*[[Crimson Star]] beer and larger. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Return of the Living Dad (novel)}}, {{cs|Walking to Babylon (novel)}} | |||
[[Category:Colours from the real world]] | [[Category:Colours from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Red]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:51, 12 October 2024
Crimson was a colour shade related to red and scarlet. (AUDIO: Caerdroia [+]Loading...["Caerdroia (audio story)"])
The passkey to get into the backup TARDIS control room was "Crimson. Eleven. Delight. Petrichor." It had to be thought for the telepathic circuits to pick it up. (TV: The Doctor's Wife [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Wife (TV story)"])
Paint could be crimson. (PROSE: The Northern Heights [+]Loading...["The Northern Heights (short story)"], To the Slaughter [+]Loading...["To the Slaughter (novel)"]) As could nail polish paint. (PROSE: Timeless [+]Loading...["Timeless (novel)"]) And graffiti. (PROSE: The Shadows of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Shadows of Weng-Chiang (novel)"])
Ink could also be crimson and used for printing in the 20th, and 21st century. (PROSE: The City of the Dead [+]Loading...["The City of the Dead (novel)"], Spoilsport [+]Loading...["Spoilsport (short story)"])
Carpets could be crimson in colour. (PROSE: Walkin' City Blues [+]Loading...["Walkin' City Blues (short story)"])
Cloth could be crimson. (PROSE: The City of the Dead [+]Loading...["The City of the Dead (novel)"]) Satin could also be crimson coloured. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"])
Blackcurrants had crimson juice. (PROSE: The Deadstone Memorial [+]Loading...["The Deadstone Memorial (novel)"])
Lipstick was available in crimson in 2006. (PROSE: Iceberg [+]Loading...["Iceberg (novel)"])
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Blood was a crimson colour. (PROSE: Project Valhalla [+]Loading...["Project Valhalla (novel)"], The Coming of the Queen [+]Loading...["The Coming of the Queen (novel)"], Mordieu [+]Loading...["Mordieu (short story)"]) Diffused through water blood would make the water appear crimson. (PROSE: Mire and Clay [+]Loading...["Mire and Clay (short story)"]) Silurian blood was crimson. (PROSE: Blood Head [+]Loading...["Blood Head (novel)"])
Once activated the Krivani goblet began to give off a deep angry crimson light and emitting a high pitched hum just prior to the Seventh Doctor throwing it into the time vortex. (PROSE: Ante Bellum [+]Loading...["Ante Bellum (short story)"])
Under strain people's faces could turn crimson. (PROSE: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back [+]Loading...["One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (short story)"]) Or under embarrassment or sunburn people's faces could turn crimson. (PROSE: Siege Mentality [+]Loading...["Siege Mentality (short story)"], The Death of Art [+]Loading...["The Death of Art (novel)"]) Or anger. (PROSE: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (novelisation)"], Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters (novelisation)"]) Or fury. (PROSE: The Crooked World [+]Loading...["The Crooked World (novel)"]) Alpha Centauri too also would turn a crimson colour in times of conflict. (PROSE: Legacy [+]Loading...["Legacy (novel)"])
Benek Chaloupka had a mostly shaved head however he had a central top-knot, which hung down to his shoulders in a crimson ponytail, and two long, thin moustaches of similar tinge in 2221. (PROSE: Spoilsport [+]Loading...["Spoilsport (short story)"])
The light on the from of K9 Mark II was crimson. (PROSE: All Snug in Their Beds [+]Loading...["All Snug in Their Beds (short story)"])
In an event of an emergency the TARDIS control room could change the lighting crimson. (PROSE: Nuclear Time [+]Loading...["Nuclear Time (novel)"])
When Melkur arrived on Traken it was in a crimson fireball. (PROSE: The Keeper of Traken [+]Loading...["The Keeper of Traken (novelisation)"])
One of the weapons testing rooms in the Cybermen's tomb on Telos encountered by Jamie McCrimmon and Peter Haydon in the 26th century which flashed several colours at them including; crimson, rose, scarlet, vermilion, orange, yellow, green, blue, royal blue, ultramarine, violet and purple. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)"])
As the volcano erupted on Dulkis it resulted in white, orange and crimson clouds swirling in every direction around it. (PROSE: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (novelisation)"])
The "mark of the Rani" – evidence of the First Rani's experiments on humans in the 19th century left a crimson mark on the neck. It could spread leading to death. (PROSE: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)"])
Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS was crimson. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress [+]Loading...["The Scarlet Empress (novel)"] Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"], The Blue Angel [+]Loading...["The Blue Angel (novel)"])
Imorkal third eye would glow crimson when in use. (PROSE: Blood Heat [+]Loading...["Blood Heat (novel)"])
Astronomical objects[[edit] | [edit source]]
Red giants were dying suns, they bathed planets nearby in a crimson light. (PROSE: Beyond the Sun [+]Loading...["Beyond the Sun (novel)"])
The twin suns of Rearbus and Selynx gave Karfel a crimson skyline. (PROSE: Timelash [+]Loading...["Timelash (novelisation)"])
Eros' sun lent the planet's sky a vibrant crimson. (PROSE: The Queen of Eros [+]Loading...["The Queen of Eros (short story)"])
Tír na n-Óg had a red sun that lent gave the sky a hellish crimson streak. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)"])
Macha was one of three suns in a trinary star system, it was crimson. (PROSE: Predating the Predators [+]Loading...["Predating the Predators (short story)"])
Sunsets on Earth in 1968 appeared crimson. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])
In the 1970s the Third Doctor showed Elizabeth Shaw sunrise from orbit, the sun revealed a crimson flare as it rose. (PROSE: UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas [+]Loading...["UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas (short story)"])
Lucifer cast a crimson glare on Moloch in the 2150s. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising [+]Loading...["Lucifer Rising (novel)"])
The sky on Mars in 2157 darkened at the horizon turning from a salmon pink to a deep crimson as it met the ground. (PROSE: GodEngine [+]Loading...["GodEngine (novel)"]) The sky still appeared crimson in 2595. (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars [+]Loading...["Beige Planet Mars (novel)"])
One of the Seven Planets of the Althosian system had a crimson hue to its surface in 2400. (PROSE: The Pit [+]Loading...["The Pit (novel)"])
On Jupiter in 2553 it had ochre and crimson clouds. (PROSE: Jupiter [+]Loading...["Jupiter (short story)"])
In 2670 Arden had crimson sunsets. (PROSE: Shadowmind [+]Loading...["Shadowmind (novel)"])
Botany[[edit] | [edit source]]
Plants' blossoms or flowers could be a crimson colour. (PROSE: The Dalek Factor [+]Loading...["The Dalek Factor (novel)"], The Sleep of Reason [+]Loading...["The Sleep of Reason (novel)"])
Crimson roses grew in gardens on Traken. (PROSE: The Astronomer's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)"])
In [Napier]] in December 1980 there were pohutukawa trees in full crimson bloom when Sarah Jane Smith and the Fourth Doctor visited. (PROSE: Autaia Pipipi Pia [+]Loading...["Autaia Pipipi Pia (short story)"])
Clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]
Crimson robes were worn on Hyspero. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress [+]Loading...["The Scarlet Empress (novel)"])
Gowns also be made of crimson fabric. (PROSE: Managra [+]Loading...["Managra (novel)"])
Adric observed that the Fourth Doctor's coat was crimson. (PROSE: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (novelisation)"]) Although according to other accounts it was burgundy. (PROSE: Into the Silent Land [+]Loading...["Into the Silent Land (short story)"])
In the far future in the City of Hope at Endpoint Silver's staff wore crimson uniforms. (PROSE: Hope [+]Loading...["Hope (novel)"])
When the Seventh Doctor met Helen A on Terra Alpha in the 25th century she was wearing a deep crimson velvet suit with a matching crimson feather hat. (PROSE: The Happiness Patrol [+]Loading...["The Happiness Patrol (novelisation)"])
Darkel wore a crimson sash during the Sixth Doctor's trial. (PROSE: Terror of the Veroids [+]Loading...["Terror of the Veroids (novelisation)"])
Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]
Crimson could a colour used in helmet-based displays for glyphs. (PROSE: Monitor [+]Loading...["Monitor (short story)"])
In the 20th century, Torchwood Three found a deep-lavender emotional amplifier. It pulsed crimson when it detected anger, amplifying it into rage. (PROSE: Slow Decay [+]Loading...["Slow Decay (novel)"])
See also[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Crimson Heart
- Red leech, also known as "The Crimson Horror".
- Crimson pirate
- Crimson Star beer and larger. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"], Walking to Babylon [+]Loading...["Walking to Babylon (novel)"]
