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'''Ivory''' was a shade of [[white]] and [[yellow]] with a hint of [[cream]]; so called after a [[Ivory|substance]] which makes up the tusks of animals including [[Elephant|elephants]] and [[Walrus|walruses]].
{{first pic|Imperial Daleks.jpg|Type 2 Imperial Daleks. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Survival Guide (novel)}})}}
'''Ivory''' was a white colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tears of the Oracle (novel)}}, {{cs|It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (short story)}}) It was a pale colour skin to bone's colouring. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Foreign Devils (novel)}}) It could also be a pale yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)}})


The [[War Doctor]] wore a [[herringbone]] [[scarf]] done in [[Burgundy (colour)|burgundy]] and ivory when he and Skole faced Valmoria during the [[Last Great Time War]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[In Name Only (audio story)|In Name Only]]'') when he and [[Rejoice]] dealt with [[Bronze Dalek|Mark VIII Daleks]] including a [[Prime Dalek (The Thousand Worlds)|Prime]] and [[Taalyen|Taalyens]] on [[Keska]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Innocent (audio story)|The Innocent]]''-''[[The Heart of the Battle (audio story)|The Heart of the Battle]]'') during his encounter with the [[Technomancer|Technomancers]], ([[AUDIO|AUDIO:]] ''[[Legion of the Lost (audio story)|Legion of the Lost]])'' when foiling rogue members of the [[Dalek Scientific Division]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Thing of Guile (audio story)|A Thing of Guile]]'') during his campaign on [[Neverwhen]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Neverwhen (audio story)|The Neverwhen]]'') when stopping [[Lara Zannis]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow Vortex (audio story)|The Shadow Vortex]]'') when getting involved with [[General]] [[Fesk]] of the [[Eighth Battle Fleet|Eighth Sontaran Battle Fleet]] in his campaign to use the [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]] and [[Ollistra]]'s [[War Ollistra|war]] incarnation as hostages, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eternity Cage (audio story)|The Eternity Cage]]'') during [[Heleyna]]'s [[betrayal]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eye of Harmony (audio story)|Eye of Harmony]]'') during his encounter with [[Schandel (Pretty Lies)|Schandel]] and a [[Dalek Taskforce Commander]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Pretty Lies (audio story)|Pretty Lies]]'') during his reunion with [[Leela]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lady of Obsidian (audio story)|The Lady of Osidian]]-[[The Enigma Dimension (audio story)|The Enigma Dimension]]'') during the [[Battle for the Tantalus Eye]], ([[PROSE]]: [[Engines of War (novel)|''Engines of War'']]) and right up to his [[War Doctor's regeneration|death]] after the [[1562]]/[[2013]] [[Zygon invasion of Earth|Zygon Invasion of Earth]] and the [[Fall of Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: [[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|''The Day of the Doctor'']])
Sand could be an ivory colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Project Valhalla (novel)}})


[[Sarah Jane Smith]] wore an ivory lace [[dress]] which once belonged to [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'')  
Clothing such as dresses could be an ivory colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sorrows of Vienna (short story)}})  


[[Yasmin Khan]] wore an ivory [[shirt]] under her [[beige]] [[waistcoat]] 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]]'')
Sheets could also be ivory coloured. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)}})


[[Emily Morris]] wore an ivory [[cravat]] with [[black]] marks when she met Sarah Jane Smith. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'')
If an individual was quite pale they could be described as having ivory skin. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sting of the Zygons (novel)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)}})


The [[Sixth Doctor]] wore an ivory [[ascot tie]] with [[Ebony (colour)|ebony]] [[black]] polka dots when he reunited with [[Peri Brown]] on the [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Tales of the TARDIS)|Memory TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'')
When in the Lake District in [[1909]] Martha Jones wore a ivory coloured silk kimono. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sting of the Zygons (novel)}})


The [[Sixth Corsair|sixth]] incarnation of [[the Corsair]] wore an ivory shirt with frilly sleeves. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Old Friends (comic story)|Old Friends]]'')
Cho-Je had a ivory-coloured face in the 1970s when he met Lupton. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders (novelisation)}})


The [[Third Doctor]] wore an ivory [[bow tie]] when he helped his past and future incarnations. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'')
The results of the First Rani's traps when a humanoid was caught within them left only an ivory skeleton on Lakertya. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (novelisation)}})


The [[First Doctor]] wore a cream [[ascot tie]] with [[Ivory (colour)|ivory]] stripes when he met [[Vicki]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rescue (TV story)|The Rescue]]'') and when helping the [[Menoptera]] in defying the [[The Animus|Animus]] and [[Zarbi]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]'')
Cheap magazines used yellow paper, but opted for ivory-toned pages for colour illustrations in the 21st century. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)}})


Whilst at the launch of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] in [[1912]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] wore an ivory shirt. ([[TV]]: [[Rose (TV story)|''Rose'']] <sup>[+]</sup>, [[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'')
Environment suits were ivory-white in [[2592]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cold Fusion (novel)}})


[[Diane Holmes]] wore an ivory shirt when she landed on the [[21st century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'')
In [[3177]] computer touchpads were ivory coloured. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Longest Day (novel)}})


[[Romana II]] wore an ivory scarf during the [[Movellan Incident]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'') and when helping to foil the [[Tremas Master]] and [[Auton|Autons]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Endgame (POT comic story)|Endgame]]'') She sometimes wore an ivory [[stock tie]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]];'' [[COMIC]]: ''[[Time Lady of Means (comic story)|Time Lady of Means]]'')
The internal structures and control interfaces of [[The Edifice (The Ancestor Cell)|The Edifice]] were ivory in colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}})


[[Nyssa]] wore an ivory underdress with her [[steel blue]] mini-dress. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]''-''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'')
The ''[[Dalek Survival Guide]]'' identified both the [[Necros Dalek|Type 1]] and [[Imperial Dalek|Type 2 Imperial Dalek]]s as ivory whilst acknowledging that some observers described the general colour scheme of the Type 1 Imperial Daleks as cream, a designation which was discouraged by the [[Dalek]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Survival Guide (novel)}})


The [[Seventh Doctor]] spent his first hours in the Sixth Doctor's patchwork frock coat. He tried on a [[Napoleonic Wars|Napoleonic]] [[frock coat]] in [[Navy (colour)|navy]] and ivory with [[Gold (colour)|gold]] [[Epaulette|epaulettes]] and a [[crimson]] trim before switching for a [[Silver (colour)|silver]] [[grey]] [[safari jacket]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') He also wore an ivory shirt up to his [[Seventh Doctor's regeneration|death]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
==Buildings and fixtures==
The Doctor's house had in the 21st century a massive bathtub, its surface a pale ivory yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)}})


The [[Fourth Doctor]] wore an ivory cravat during the [[Sontaran invasion of Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'')
Ceilings in buildings could be painted or rendered to a colour of ivory. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld (novel)}})


A [[The Doctor 1 (Rose)|feminine version of the Doctor with a bald head and dark skin wielding a flaming sword]] wore an ivory shirt under a [[Raven (colour)|raven]] [[black]] [[waistcoat]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')
[[Ace]], [[Gwendoline Pritchard|Gwendoline]] and [[Nimrod]] wore ivory bow ties with [[Tuxedo|tuxedos]] within [[Gabriel Chase]] on [[1883]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
[[Liz Shaw]] wore an ivory shirt over a [[Plum (colour)|plum]] [[purple]] [[Tank-top|tank top]] when she risked her own life to save the Third Doctor from the [[First Rani]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'')
[[Jo Grant]] wore ivory [[Boot|boots]] when she first met [[Grey Dalek|Mark IV Daleks]] including a [[Gold Dalek (Day of the Daleks)|gold leader]] as well as their [[Controller (Day of the Daleks)|Controller]] and [[Ogron|Ogrons]] during the [[Time Paradox Incident]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'') and when helping many versions of the Doctor and companions. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Lost in Time (video game)|Lost in Time]]'') She also wore ivory [[trousers]] when she first meet [[Sea Devil|Sea Devils]] during the [[Seaspite Incident]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'') Long after, she wore an [[Emerald (colour)|emerald]] and ivory [[ikat]] scarf with [[Rust (colour)|rust]] [[orange]] symbols when she reunited with [[Clyde Langer]] on the [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Tales of the TARDIS)|Memory TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'')
[[Oscar Botcherby]] wore an ivory [[fedora]] when he and [[Anita (The Two Doctors)|Anita]] met [[Sixth Doctor|the Sixth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown]], and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] after seeing Sontaran [[Group Marshal]] [[Stike]]'s [[Sontaran scout ship|scoutship]] fly over. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'')
[[Bill Potts]] wore an ivory cravat when visiting the [[1814 frost fair]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'')
[[Charles Dickens]] wore an ivory bow tie when he met the [[Ninth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler]], [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]], and the [[Gelth]] in [[Cardiff]] during [[1869]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'')
[[John Riddell]], an [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] [[Big-game hunting|hunter]], wore an ivory shirt 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]]'')
[[Professor]] [[Jeremiah Kettlewell|Jeremiah P. Kettlewell]] wore an ivory and [[Ebony (colour)|ebony]] [[Tattersall (design)|tattersall]] shirt. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
[[Melody Pond]] wore a burgundy tie with ivory stripes as [[Mels Zucker]] during her time as a student. ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') As  [[River Song]], she wore an ivory [[leather jacket]] during the [[Total Collapse Event Incident|Total Collapse Event Incident.]] ([[TV]]: [[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|''The Pandorica Opens'']] <sup>[+]</sup>/[[The Big Bang (TV story)|''The Big Bang'']] <sup>[+]</sup>)
[[Robert Muir]] and [[Charles Cranleigh]] wore ivory cravats as part of their [[Georgian era|Georgian]] costumes in a party round [[Cranleigh Hall]] on [[1925]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'')
The [[Fifteenth Doctor]] wore an ivory cravat during an adventure in [[1813]]. Many guests wore ivory cravats including [[Lord]] [[Barton (Rogue)|Barton]] and the [[Galpin (Rogue)|member]] of the [[Chuldur|Chulder]] who took his place on the same year. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rogue (TV story)}})([[TV]]: ''[[Rogue (TV story)|Rogue]]'')
[[Lieutenant]] [[Harry Sullivan]], a [[doctor]] from [[UNIT]], wore an ivory and [[Bronze (colour)|bronze]] [[pinstripe]] shirt when posing as a member of the [[Ministry of Defence]] to question the [[National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'')
[[The Warrior]] wore a burgundy and ivory herringbone scarf similar to the one worn by the War Doctor on [[N-Space]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Difference Office (audio story)|The Difference Office]]'')
[[The Master]]'s [[Tremas Master|Tremas]] incarnation wore a [[Navy (colour)|navy]] [[blue]] shirt with an ivory collar during his [[Survival Stratagem]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') His [[War Master|war]] incarnation sometimes wore an ivory shirt.  ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sincerest Form of Flattery (audio story)|The Sincerest Form of Flattery]]'', ''[[A Quiet Night In (audio story)|A Quiet Night In]]'', ''[[The Orphan (audio story)|The Orphan]]'', ''[[Unfinished Business (audio story)|Unfinished Business]]'') [[Missy]], his gender-switched incarnation, wore an ivory [[blouse]] with her walking suit; ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'', etc.) right to her [[Missy's regeneration|death]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
[[The Toymaker]] wore a burgundy bow tie with ivory polka dots in [[Soho]] during [[1925]]. He also wore a [[shako]] and frock coat done in [[scarlet]] and ivory with [[Gold (colour)|gold]] trims when he plays the [[Spice Girls]] song ''[[Spice Up Your Life]]'' while messing with [[UNIT]] in [[London]] during [[2023]]; and also an ivory scarf up to his defeat. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'')
[[Marriner]] wore an ivory bow tie as part of his tuxedo. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'')
[[De Flores]] wore an ivory ascot tie when he met the Seventh Doctor, Ace, and [[CyberIsomorph|Isomorph Cybermen]] on [[England]] during the [[Cyber-invasion (Silver Nemesis)|1988 Cyber-Invasion of Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'') 
[[Christopher (The Unicorn and the Wasp)|Christopher]], a [[Vespiform]] posing as a human to study humans, wore an ivory bow tie as part of his tuxedo on [[Delhi]] during the [[Victorian era]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'') 
[[Janice (Wild Thymes on the 22)|Janice]] wore a [[beige]] shirt with [[Peach (colour)|peach]] stripes and an ivory collar.  ([[GRAPHIC]]: ''[[Janice (illustration)|Janice]]'') 
[[Wilfred Mott|Wilf Mott]] wore an ivory and ebony tattersall shirt during the [[Planetary Relocation Incident]] done by [[Davros]] and the [[New Dalek Empire]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]|[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') 
[[John Ellis]] wore a burgundy [[tie]] with ivory polka dots when he landed in [[21st century]] [[Cardiff]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'')   
The ''[[Dalek Survival Guide]]'' identified both the [[Necros Dalek|Type 1]] and [[Imperial Dalek|Type 2 Imperial Dalek]]s as ivory whilst acknowledging that some observers described the general colour scheme of the Type 1 Imperial Daleks as cream, a designation which was discouraged by the [[Dalek]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Survival Guide (novel)|Dalek Survival Guide]]'') 
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Type 2 Imperial Daleks. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"], PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide [+]Loading...["Dalek Survival Guide (novel)"])

Ivory was a white colour. (PROSE: Tears of the Oracle [+]Loading...["Tears of the Oracle (novel)"], It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow [+]Loading...["It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (short story)"]) It was a pale colour skin to bone's colouring. (PROSE: Foreign Devils [+]Loading...["Foreign Devils (novel)"]) It could also be a pale yellow. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"])

Sand could be an ivory colour. (PROSE: Project Valhalla [+]Loading...["Project Valhalla (novel)"])

Clothing such as dresses could be an ivory colour. (PROSE: The Sorrows of Vienna [+]Loading...["The Sorrows of Vienna (short story)"])

Sheets could also be ivory coloured. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"])

If an individual was quite pale they could be described as having ivory skin. (PROSE: Sting of the Zygons [+]Loading...["Sting of the Zygons (novel)"], Doctor Who and the Crusaders [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)"])

When in the Lake District in 1909 Martha Jones wore a ivory coloured silk kimono. (PROSE: Sting of the Zygons [+]Loading...["Sting of the Zygons (novel)"])

Cho-Je had a ivory-coloured face in the 1970s when he met Lupton. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders (novelisation)"])

The results of the First Rani's traps when a humanoid was caught within them left only an ivory skeleton on Lakertya. (PROSE: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (novelisation)"])

Cheap magazines used yellow paper, but opted for ivory-toned pages for colour illustrations in the 21st century. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"])

Environment suits were ivory-white in 2592. (PROSE: Cold Fusion [+]Loading...["Cold Fusion (novel)"])

In 3177 computer touchpads were ivory coloured. (PROSE: Longest Day [+]Loading...["Longest Day (novel)"])

The internal structures and control interfaces of The Edifice were ivory in colour. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell [+]Loading...["The Ancestor Cell (novel)"])

The Dalek Survival Guide identified both the Type 1 and Type 2 Imperial Daleks as ivory whilst acknowledging that some observers described the general colour scheme of the Type 1 Imperial Daleks as cream, a designation which was discouraged by the Daleks. (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide [+]Loading...["Dalek Survival Guide (novel)"])

Buildings and fixtures

The Doctor's house had in the 21st century a massive bathtub, its surface a pale ivory yellow. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"])

Ceilings in buildings could be painted or rendered to a colour of ivory. (PROSE: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld [+]Loading...["Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld (novel)"])