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'''Bronze''' was a shade of [[brown]] so called after a certain [[Bronze|metal]].{{Fact}}
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'''Bronze''' was a type of [[metal]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mutation of Time (novelisation)}})


The [[Eighth Doctor]] wore a single-breasted [[waistcoat]] of bronze [[Paisley (design)|paisley]]-[[brocade]] up to his [[Eighth Doctor's regeneration|death]] on [[Karn]] during the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Empire of the Wolf (comic story)|Empire of the Wolf]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'')  
[[Copper]] was alloyed into bronze to prevent corrosion. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)}})


The [[Dalek]]s included [[Bronze Dalek|bronze members]] during and after the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', et al.) Among them were the [[Metaltron]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Emperor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') [[Dalek Jast]], [[Dalek Thay]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''-''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'') [[Dalek Caan]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''-''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') [[Rusty (Into the Dalek)|Rusty]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'') [[Dal (Echoes of War)|Dal]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Echoes of War (audio story)|Echoes of War]]'') some [[Vault Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]|[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') [[Oswin Oswald|Oswin]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'') some [[Assault Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]; [[PROSE]]: [[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') some [[Death Squad Dalek]]s including their [[Dalek leader (Revolution of the Daleks)|leader]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Revolution of the Daleks]]'') and some [[Dalek Executioner]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Eve of the Daleks (TV story)|Eve of the Daleks]]'') The [[Emperor's Personal Guard]] were bronze with [[black]] [[dome]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Legend (short story)|Birth of a Legend]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') Some [[Scientist Dalek|Dalek Scientists]] were bronze apart from their [[blue]] domes and [[sense globe]]s during the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Thing of Guile (audio story)|A Thing of Guile]]'')
There was a 78 per cent likelihood that a carbon cycle land-based sapient species would develop ceramic technology before bronze working. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Genius Loci (novel)}})


The [[War Doctor]] wore the Eighth Doctor's bronze waistcoat for some time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]; [[AUDIO]]: [[Light the Flame (audio story)|Light the Flame]]; [[WC]]: [[Doctors Assemble! (webcast)|Doctors Assemble]]'') He also wore a bronze [[scarf]] when he helped [[Voord]] to defy Daleks during the Last Great Time War. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'')
Bronze could be polished to the point that it served as a [[mirror]] in [[Mesopotamia]] in [[BC#3rd millennium B.C.|2700 BC]], and in [[120]] [[Rome]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)}}, {{cs|The Stone Rose (novel)}})


The [[Tenth Doctor]] wore a dark brown [[tie]] with semi-random floral design of [[blue]] flowers and bronze foliage when he helped to foil the [[1562]]/[[2013]] [[Zygon invasion of Earth|Zygon Invasion of Earth]] and when he revisted the [[Fall of Gallifrey]].. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
On [[Venedel]] in [[2600]] the culture there had a burnished bronze throne set atop a dais. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld (novel)}})


[[Yasmin Khan]] wore a [[cravat]] of bronze [[tartan]] during the year [[1904]], the [[2021 Sontaran invasion of Earth|2021 Sontaran Invasion of Earth]], and [[the Flux]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'', ''[[The Vanquishers (TV story)|The Vanquishers]]'')
[[Plastic]] could be a bronze colour in [[2609]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Predating the Predators (short story)}})


[[Jo Grant]] wore a bronze mini-[[dress]] with [[yellow]] stripes when she and the [[Third Doctor]] pursued {{Delgado}} during his [[Minoan Manoeuvre]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')
When [[Rose Tyler]] was at [[Jericho Street Junior School]] under 7s gymnastics she got a bronze medal in the [[1990s]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}})


[[Donna Noble]] wore a bronze dress when she and the [[Tenth Doctor]] worked with [[Agatha Christie]] to solve a murder mystery caused by a [[Vespiform]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'')
[[Leonard de Vries]] used a bronze bowl to contain blood for his [[Cessair of Diplos|the Cailleach]] sacrifices. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood (novelisation)}})


[[Liz Shaw]] wore a bronze [[coat]] and mini dress during her first adventure with the Third Doctor and [[UNIT]]; as well as during [[Black Thursday]], the first time the [[Nestene Consciousness]] and its [[Auton|Autons]] invaded [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'')
[[Candlestick]]s could be made out of bronze. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Where Angels Fear (novel)}})


The [[Ninth Doctor]] wore a bronze v-neck [[jumper]] during the [[Kotturuh crisis]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'')
[[Coin]]s could be bronze, one [[plaudit]] pieces were bronze. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Demontage (novel)}})


[[Emma Grayling]] wore a bronze brown [[shirt]] on [[1974]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'')
In [[Silver (Hope)|Silver]]'s palace in the [[far future]] on [[Hope (planet)|Hope]] he had rough grass that was bronze in appearance. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hope (novel)}})


[[John Riddell]], an [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] [[Big-game hunting|hunter]], wore a bronze [[bandana]] when he met [[Nefertiti|Queen Nefertiti]] and helped rescue [[Dinosaur|dinosaurs]] on a [[Silurian Ark]] during [[2367]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'')
[[George Litefoot]] thought that the [[time cabinet]] was made of lacquered bronze, but the [[Fourth Doctor]] recognised that it was actually made of fused molecules. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)}})


In his [[Sixth Doctor]] form, [[the Curator]] wore a single-breasted waistcoat of [[Amber (colour)|amber]] and bronze [[brocade]] with a [[fob watch]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Artist at the End of Time (audio story)|The Artist at the End of Time]]'')
==Architectural==
[[Australia House]] in [[London]] had a frontage of steel columns and bronze horses. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The English Way of Death (novel)}})


[[Oscar Botcherby]] wore an [[ascot tie]] of bronze [[Paisley (design)|paisley]] when he and [[Anita (The Two Doctors)|Anita]] met the [[Sixth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] after seeing [[Sontaran]] [[Group Marshal]] [[Stike]]'s [[Sontaran scout ship|scoutship]] flyover. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'')
The [[Det-Sen Monastery]] had an ornately carved bronze bell, bronze lamps throughout, and massive bronze doors in [[1935]]. [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen (novelisation)}})


[[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]] wore a bronze [[blouse]] when she helped the [[Seventh Doctor]] during the [[Hand of Omega Incident]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
The headquarters of [[International Electromatics|International Electromatix]] was a tall slim tower of steel and glass with a huge bronze plaque above the entrance, with a symbolic zig-zag spark gripped in a giant fist in the [[20th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Invasion (novelisation)}})


[[Wrack]], the leader of the [[Eternal]]s on the ''[[Buccaneer (Enlightenment)|Buccaneer]]'', wore a bronze brocade vest. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'')
The council chambers on [[Gallifrey]] were bronze. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}})
[[File:BrainMorbius3-Sacred flame door.jpeg|thumb|Door protecting the Sacred Flame on Karn. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Brain of Morbius (TV story)}})]]
The [[Sacred Flame]] on [[Karn]] was protected by bronze gates or door. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Brain of Morbius (TV story)}})


[[Theodore Maxtible]] wore a bronze cravat. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'')
In [[Omega]]'s anti-matter palace the walls were of bronze. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Three Doctors (novelisation)}})


[[The Valeyard]] wore a copy of the Eighth Doctor's bronze waistcoat. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The War Valeyard (audio story)|The War Valeyard]]'')
[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] during his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]] had many surfaces covered in polished wood and bronze. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)}})


In the Doctor's TARDIS there was a huge old-fashioned [[bath]] waist-high with little bronze animal legs. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Seeing I (novel)}})
==Colour==
Bronze could also refer to a colour. When the sun was just setting it turned everything into colours of golds, bronzes and coppers. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Came to Believe (short story)}})
Hair could be described as bronze in colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Illuminated Man (short story)}})
===Cultural===
Skin burnt under the sun, causing human's skin to take on a bronze appearance. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)}}) To get a [[sun tan]] or be "bronzed" was seen as healthy in some [[20th century]] societies. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Wreck of the Titan (audio story)}}, {{cs|The Crusades (novelisation)}}, )
[[Ian Chesterton]] considered [[Temmosus]] to be "very bronzed" when he saw him enter the Daleks' city on [[Skaro]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)}})
===Clothing===
[[Donna Noble]] wore a dress with bronze metallic decoration when she and the Tenth Doctor arrived in [[1926]] on [[8 December]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}})
In the [[51st century]] rich bronze garments denoted the highest executive rank of the [[Sirius Conglomerate]] located on [[Androzani Major]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Caves of Andronzani (novelisation)}})
Bronze shoulder plates was part of [[Draconian]] clothing. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Paper Cuts (audio story)}})
The [[Eighth Doctor]] wore a bronze pin on his [[Battleship (colour)|battleship]] [[grey]] [[cravat]] after his [[Seventh Doctor's regeneration|regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}})
===Daleks===
{{main|Bronze Dalek}}
Though constructed from [[Dalekanium]], the casings of [[Dalek drone]]s of the several Dalek conflicts, most notably during the [[Last Great Time War]] and beyond were associated with bronze; a Dalek on ancient [[Earth]] became known as the "[[Bronze God]]". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Living History (audio story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Engines of War (novel)}})
==Sculptures==
Statues could be made out of bronze. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Losing Track of Time (short story)}}, {{cs|Flashpoint (short story)}})
In the Chou dynasty bronze figurines were constructed of animals like a a crouching tiger. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Falling from Xi'an (short story)}}
The Zhou dynasty constructed bronze drinking flagons. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ice Garden (short story)}})
==Weaponry==
In [[Egypt]] circa [[BC#3rd Millennium B.C.|2200 BC]] soldiers used bronze daggers. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mutation of Time (novelisation)}})
[[Coyn]] owned a bronze [[dagger]] and [[axe]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The People's Temple (short story)}})
[[Hippopotamus guard|Hippopotamus guards]] wore bronze armour with rope to keep them standing when asleep, which kept them standing even as they slept. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Secret of Novice Hame (webcast)}})
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Latest revision as of 06:49, 21 October 2024

Bronze

Bronze was a type of metal. (PROSE: The Mutation of Time [+]Loading...["The Mutation of Time (novelisation)"])

Copper was alloyed into bronze to prevent corrosion. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"])

There was a 78 per cent likelihood that a carbon cycle land-based sapient species would develop ceramic technology before bronze working. (PROSE: Genius Loci [+]Loading...["Genius Loci (novel)"])

Bronze could be polished to the point that it served as a mirror in Mesopotamia in 2700 BC, and in 120 Rome. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"], The Stone Rose [+]Loading...["The Stone Rose (novel)"])

On Venedel in 2600 the culture there had a burnished bronze throne set atop a dais. (PROSE: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld [+]Loading...["Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld (novel)"])

Plastic could be a bronze colour in 2609. (PROSE: Predating the Predators [+]Loading...["Predating the Predators (short story)"])

When Rose Tyler was at Jericho Street Junior School under 7s gymnastics she got a bronze medal in the 1990s. (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])

Leonard de Vries used a bronze bowl to contain blood for his the Cailleach sacrifices. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood (novelisation)"])

Candlesticks could be made out of bronze. (PROSE: Where Angels Fear [+]Loading...["Where Angels Fear (novel)"])

Coins could be bronze, one plaudit pieces were bronze. (PROSE: Demontage [+]Loading...["Demontage (novel)"])

In Silver's palace in the far future on Hope he had rough grass that was bronze in appearance. (PROSE: Hope [+]Loading...["Hope (novel)"])

George Litefoot thought that the time cabinet was made of lacquered bronze, but the Fourth Doctor recognised that it was actually made of fused molecules. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)"])

Architectural[[edit] | [edit source]]

Australia House in London had a frontage of steel columns and bronze horses. (PROSE: The English Way of Death [+]Loading...["The English Way of Death (novel)"])

The Det-Sen Monastery had an ornately carved bronze bell, bronze lamps throughout, and massive bronze doors in 1935. PROSE: Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen (novelisation)"])

The headquarters of International Electromatix was a tall slim tower of steel and glass with a huge bronze plaque above the entrance, with a symbolic zig-zag spark gripped in a giant fist in the 20th century. (PROSE: The Invasion [+]Loading...["The Invasion (novelisation)"])

The council chambers on Gallifrey were bronze. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell [+]Loading...["The Ancestor Cell (novel)"])

Door protecting the Sacred Flame on Karn. (TV: The Brain of Morbius [+]Loading...["The Brain of Morbius (TV story)"])

The Sacred Flame on Karn was protected by bronze gates or door. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)"], TV: The Brain of Morbius [+]Loading...["The Brain of Morbius (TV story)"])

In Omega's anti-matter palace the walls were of bronze. (PROSE: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (novelisation)"])

The Doctor's TARDIS during his eighth incarnation had many surfaces covered in polished wood and bronze. (PROSE: The Taking of Planet 5 [+]Loading...["The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)"])

In the Doctor's TARDIS there was a huge old-fashioned bath waist-high with little bronze animal legs. (PROSE: Seeing I [+]Loading...["Seeing I (novel)"])

Colour[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bronze could also refer to a colour. When the sun was just setting it turned everything into colours of golds, bronzes and coppers. (PROSE: Came to Believe [+]Loading...["Came to Believe (short story)"])

Hair could be described as bronze in colour. (PROSE: The Illuminated Man [+]Loading...["The Illuminated Man (short story)"])

Cultural[[edit] | [edit source]]

Skin burnt under the sun, causing human's skin to take on a bronze appearance. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"]) To get a sun tan or be "bronzed" was seen as healthy in some 20th century societies. (AUDIO: Wreck of the Titan [+]Loading...["Wreck of the Titan (audio story)"], The Crusades [+]Loading...["The Crusades (novelisation)"], )

Ian Chesterton considered Temmosus to be "very bronzed" when he saw him enter the Daleks' city on Skaro. (PROSE: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks [+]Loading...["Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)"])

Clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]

Donna Noble wore a dress with bronze metallic decoration when she and the Tenth Doctor arrived in 1926 on 8 December. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"])

In the 51st century rich bronze garments denoted the highest executive rank of the Sirius Conglomerate located on Androzani Major. (PROSE: The Caves of Andronzani [+]Loading...["The Caves of Andronzani (novelisation)"])

Bronze shoulder plates was part of Draconian clothing. (AUDIO: Paper Cuts [+]Loading...["Paper Cuts (audio story)"])

The Eighth Doctor wore a bronze pin on his battleship grey cravat after his regeneration. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])

Daleks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Bronze Dalek

Though constructed from Dalekanium, the casings of Dalek drones of the several Dalek conflicts, most notably during the Last Great Time War and beyond were associated with bronze; a Dalek on ancient Earth became known as the "Bronze God". (AUDIO: Living History [+]Loading...["Living History (audio story)"], PROSE: Engines of War [+]Loading...["Engines of War (novel)"])

Sculptures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Statues could be made out of bronze. (PROSE: Losing Track of Time [+]Loading...["Losing Track of Time (short story)"], Flashpoint [+]Loading...["Flashpoint (short story)"])

In the Chou dynasty bronze figurines were constructed of animals like a a crouching tiger. (PROSE: Falling from Xi'an [+]Loading...["Falling from Xi'an (short story)"]

The Zhou dynasty constructed bronze drinking flagons. (PROSE: The Ice Garden [+]Loading...["The Ice Garden (short story)"])

Weaponry[[edit] | [edit source]]

In Egypt circa 2200 BC soldiers used bronze daggers. (PROSE: The Mutation of Time [+]Loading...["The Mutation of Time (novelisation)"])

Coyn owned a bronze dagger and axe. (PROSE: The People's Temple [+]Loading...["The People's Temple (short story)"])

Hippopotamus guards wore bronze armour with rope to keep them standing when asleep, which kept them standing even as they slept. (WC: The Secret of Novice Hame [+]Loading...["The Secret of Novice Hame (webcast)"])

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