'''Charcoal''' was a dark shade of [[grey]]. {{Fact}}
'''Charcoal''' was a [[grey]], [[slate#Colour|slate]] or [[black]] colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Purpura Pawn (short story)}}, {{cs|The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)}}, {{cs|Venusian Lullaby (novel)}}) It was a bleak colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Parasite (novel)}})
The [[War Doctor]] wore charcoal [[leather]] [[gaiters]] when working with [[Alice Obiefune|Alice Obifune]] and the [[Child Master (The Then and the Now)|Child Master]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[First Rule (comic story)|First Rule]]'', ''[[The Organ Grinder (comic story)|The Organ Grinder]]'', ''[[Kill God (comic story)|Kill God]]'', ''[[Fast Asleep (comic story)|Fast Asleep]])''
On a spacecraft in [[2553]] it had charcoal coloured walls, mostly from dirt and grime. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Jupiter (short story)}})
The [[Fourteenth Doctor]] wore a charcoal and [[Silver (colour)|silver]] [[knit tie]] from the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s [[Thirteenth Doctor's regeneration|death]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'') It was passed to the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] upon [[bi-generation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'')
The sky in [[Toronto]] at [[Christmas]] in [[1966]] had a charcoal colour to it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas in Toronto (short story)}})
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] wore a charcoal [[waistcoat]] when he took [[Clara Oswald]] to [[Akhaten]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'') when meeting [[Grand Marshall|Grand Marshal]] [[Skaldak]] of the [[Ice Warrior|Ice Warriors]] on [[1983]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'') when meeting [[Professor]] [[Alec Palmer]] and his assistant [[Emma Grayling]] on [[Caliburn House]] during [[1974]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]''). when dealing with the destructive consequences of the [[Van Baalen salvage ship|Van Baalen salvage crew's]] tampering with the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'') and when checking a [[The Question|message]] around [[Trenzalore]] before the [[Siege of Trenzalore]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')
The clouds in the sky above [[New York]] in [[2014]] were charcoal. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Warlock (novel)}})
The [[Ninth Doctor]] wore a charcoal [[jumper]] when he went to [[Nomicae]] in [[54th century]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Bidding War (comic story)|The Bidding War]]'')
In [[London]] circa [[2030]] the winter afternoon skies were charcoal grey. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Warchild (novel)}})
The [[Third Doctor]] wore a [[blazer]] of charcoal [[velvet]] with peaked lapels up to his [[Third Doctor's regeneration|death]] after saving many from the [[Eight Legs|giant spiders]] of [[Metebelis III]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
==Biology==
[[Stuart Sutcliffe (Slow Decay)|Stuart Sutcliffe]] was an [[alien tapeworm]] [[embryo]]; it was a centimetre long, and curled up into a comma. It was charcoal in colour, with irregular [[blue]] stripes and looked like three very small worms joined together at one end. Thousands of minute , translucent [[tendril|fibres]] surrounded the free ends. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Slow Decay (novel)}})
The [[Fourth Doctor]] wore the Third Doctor's charcoal blazer in his first hours. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]], [[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'') He also wore charcoal [[tweed]] [[trousers]] as part of his [[Fourth Doctor's detective outfit|detective outfit]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nanomorphosis (short story)}}, {{cs|Evolution (novel)}}; [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Merfolk Murders (audio story)}}; [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Gaze of the Medusa (comic story)}}; [[TV]]: {{cs|The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)}})
==Clothing==
In [[World War II]] Nazi stormtroopers wore charcoal trench coats. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cabinets of Curiosities (short story)}})
When posing as [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] wore a suit of charcoal tweed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')
Robes or cloaks could be made of a material rendered charcoal. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Coldheart (novel)}})
A [[The Doctor 2 (Rose)|child incarnation of the Doctor bound to a high-tech wheelchair]] wore [[trousers]] of charcoal and [[Ebony (colour)|ebony]] [[tartan]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')
A charcoal grey suit could be seen as anonymous. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Zero (novel)}})
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] gained a charcoal [[jumper]] when she, the Fourth Doctor, and [[Harry Sullivan|Harry]] left the [[Nerva Beacon|Ark]] to check [[Earth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') met the Sontaran [[Field Major]] [[Styre]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]'') and when she first sees [[Davros]] and some [[Grey Dalek|Mark IV Daleks]] on [[Skaro]] during the [[Dalek]]'s [[Genesis Incident|origins]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
Three piece charcoal suits were available to purchase on [[Mars]] in [[2595]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beige Planet Mars (novel)}})
[[Amy Pond]] wore a charcoal [[leather jacket]] during the [[Total Collapse Event Incident|Total Collapse Event Incident.]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''/''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
===Individuals' clothing history===
Princess [[Margaret (Mad Dogs and Englishmen)|Margaret]] had charcoal grey eyes. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)}})
[[Donna Noble]] wore a charcoal [[scarf]] when she met [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'') She also wore a charcoal jumper during her final adventures with the [[Tenth Doctor]] including the [[Planetary Relocation Incident]] caused by [[Davros]] and the [[New Dalek Empire]]; and also during the Tenth Doctor's [[Tenth Doctor's siphoned regeneration|siphoned regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'', ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'', [[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]|''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
Sir [[John Sudbury]] dressed in a formal black jacket and grey tie, pinstriped charcoal trousers and gold cufflinks in the 1970s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Scales of Injustice (novel)}})
[[Clara Oswald]] wore a charcoal leather jacket during her first encounter with [[Weapons-grade Cyberman|Weapons-Grade Cybermen]] during the [[Battle of Hedgewick's World of Wonders]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'') Her [[Clara Oswin Oswald|Victorian counterpart]] wore a charcoal grey waist [[apron]] when she met the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'')
[[Tommy Ramsey]] had a charcoal Saville Row suit in the 1970s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Amorality Tale (novel)}})
[[Jo Grant]] wore charcoal [[trousers]] when she first met [[Draconian]]s during the [[Dalek]]'s [[Operation Divide and Conquer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')
In [[1998]] [[Norton Silver]] had a charcoal grey umbrella. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Option Lock (novel)}})
[[Martha Jones]] wore a double-breasted [[trenchcoat]] of charcoal leather with her [[mauve]] [[Tank-top|tank top]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'')
When she first met [[James Stevens]] [[Dodo Chaplet]] was wearing a charcoal blue dress with a delicate lace blouse underneath. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}})
[[Yasmin Khan]] wore a charcoal [[skirt]] with [[Japan|Japanese]] wave symbols as part of her [[pirate]] outfit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)|Legend of the Sea Devils]]'')
[[Anji Kapoor]] dressed in a charcoal coloured jacket when the TARDIS arrived on an alternative Earth indicating 2003. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Last Resort (novel)}})
[[Tegan Jovanka]] wore a double-breasted trenchcoat done in charcoal grey with a [[steel blue]] trim. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]];'' [[WC]]: ''[[The Passenger (webcast)|The Passenger]];'' [[GAME]]: ''[[Lost in Time (video game)|Lost in Time]]'')
The [[Tremas Master]] wore a white "Pink" shirt, charcoal Paul Smith suit and the burgundy [[Armani]] tie in London in 2003. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}})
[[Romana II]] wore a charcoal [[shirt]] when she fell into the [[First Rani]]'s trap. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'')
[[Paulie Keaton]] dressed in a charcoal suit with a red tie in [[2014]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Warlock (novel)}})
[[Rogue (Rogue)|Rogue]], a [[bounty hunter]], wore charcoal [[breeches]] in [[1813]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rogue (TV story)|Rogue]]'')
The [[Sunless]] wore loose one piece charcoal grey clothes in [[2593]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beyond the Sun (novel)}})
[[Jenny Flint]] wore a charcoal [[waistcoat]] when she and the [[Late Silurian|Silurian]] [[warrior]] [[Vastra]] helped many of [[the Doctor]]'s [[List of incarnations of the Doctor|incarnations]], and when they met a [[colony]] of [[Early Silurian|Silurian]] [[Scholar|scholars]] including [[Horlak]] who first met the Doctor in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]] incarnation prior to [[1886]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Lost Dimension (comic story)|The Lost Dimension]]'')
Visiting Earth in the [[26th century]] Irving Braxiatel once wore an immaculate charcoal grey suit and a collarless [[white]] [[shirt]] with [[diamond]] studs at the cuffs. On his lapel was pinned, almost inconspicuously, a small, exotic yellow bloom. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Purpura Pawn (short story)}}
A [[Unbound Doctor|parallel version of the Doctor]] wore a single-breasted waistcoat of charcoal and [[Sapphire (colour)|sapphire]] [[tartan]] when he and [[Bernice Summerfield]] fought [[CyberFaction|Faction]] [[Cybermen]] on [[Nazi]] [[Germany]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood & Steel (audio anthology)|Blood and Steel]]'')
In the 26th century [[Bev Tarrant]] had a charcoal suit along with a cream coloured v-neck. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cost for a Collection (short story)}})
[[Harriet Arbinger]], [[Sutekh]]'s harbinger, wore a charcoal waistcoat. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)|The Legend of Ruby Sunday]]'')
===Undated===
The Sixth Doctor once dressed in a costume of black [[jeans]], black polo-neck sweater and charcoal blazer. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Gone Too Soon (short story)}})
[[Henry van Statten|Henry Van Statten]] wore a [[Charcoal (colour)|charcoal]] and [[white]] [[pinstripe]] [[shirt]] under a black blazer during the [[Van Statten Incident]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
[[John Lumic]] wore a charcoal shirt up to becoming a [[Cyber-Controller|Controller]] of the [[Cybusman|Cybus Cybermen]]. (TV: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]''|''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'')
[[Verity Newman]] wore a charcoal waistcoat with her [[Lavender (colour)|lavender]] [[blouse]] when she met the Tenth Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
[[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]] wore a charcoal [[t-shirt]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Ood (audio story)|Prisoner of the Ood]]'', ''[[The Artist at the End of Time (audio story)|The Artist at the End of Time]]'')
[[Jamie McCrimmon]] wore a charcoal waistcoat when he reunited with [[Zoe Heriot]] in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Tales of the TARDIS)|Memory TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TotT TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'')
[[Captain]] [[Captain Latimer|Latimer]] wore a charcoal double-breasted [[frock coat]] with peaked lapels. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}})
[[Eustacius Jericho|Professor Jericho]] wore a charcoal [[suit]] under his [[Ebony (colour)|ebony]] [[black]] overcoat during the early [[1900s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]''|''[[The Vanquishers (TV story)|The Vanquishers]]'')
The [[Abzorbaloff|Abzorboloff]] wore a charcoal pinstripe blazer when posing as Victor Kennedy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'')
[[John Ellis]] wore a charcoal waistcoat when he landed in [[21st century]] [[Cardiff]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'')
Some [[Sontarans]] wore charcoal [[Sontaran space armour|space armour]] with [[black]] [[helmet]]s and pauldrons. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Empire of the Wolf (comic story)|Empire of the Wolf]]'')
[[George Ratcliffe]], leader of [[the Association]]. wore a charcoal [[overcoat]] when he and his men dug up the [[Hand of Omega]] for the [[Renegade Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
The [[Dream Lord]] wore a charcoal tweed [[jacket]] when he appeared in the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[TARDIS control room|console room]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'')
[[Diagoras]] wore a charcoal overcoat when he was getting recruits from [[Hooverville]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'')
[[The Master]] wore a charcoal waistcoat as [[John Smith (Master)|John Smith]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'') During his [[Reborn Master|bald incarnation]], he wore a charcoal velvet [[blazer]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eyes of the Master (audio story)|Eyes of the Master]]'') During his [[War Master|war]] incarnation, he wore a charcoal tweed blazer. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Master (audio story)|Day of the Master]]'', ''[[The Heavenly Paradigm (audio story)|The Heavenly Paradigm]]'') During his [[Spy Master|Spy incarnation]], he wore a charcoal frock coat, ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') a [[tweed]] suit done in charcoal. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'')
[[Artie Berger]], a [[piano]] [[musician]], wore a charcoal blazer under his [[Chestnut (colour)|chestnut]] [[brown]] [[trenchcoat]] when helping to capture a [[Sound creature (Fright Motif)|sound monster]] on [[1946]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fright Motif (audio story)|Fright Motif]]'')
The [[Half-Face Man]] wore charcoal pinstripe [[trousers]] during the [[1890s]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'')
[[Theodore Maxtible]] wore a charcoal [[frock coat]] during the [[Dalek Empire]]'s [[Operation Human Factor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'')
Stuart Sutcliffe was an alien tapewormembryo; it was a centimetre long, and curled up into a comma. It was charcoal in colour, with irregular blue stripes and looked like three very small worms joined together at one end. Thousands of minute , translucent fibres surrounded the free ends. (PROSE: Slow Decay[+]Loading...["Slow Decay (novel)"])
Sir John Sudbury dressed in a formal black jacket and grey tie, pinstriped charcoal trousers and gold cufflinks in the 1970s. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice[+]Loading...["The Scales of Injustice (novel)"])
Anji Kapoor dressed in a charcoal coloured jacket when the TARDIS arrived on an alternative Earth indicating 2003. (PROSE: The Last Resort[+]Loading...["The Last Resort (novel)"])
The Tremas Master wore a white "Pink" shirt, charcoal Paul Smith suit and the burgundy Armani tie in London in 2003. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel[+]Loading...["The Quantum Archangel (novel)"])
The Sunless wore loose one piece charcoal grey clothes in 2593. (PROSE: Beyond the Sun[+]Loading...["Beyond the Sun (novel)"])
Visiting Earth in the 26th century Irving Braxiatel once wore an immaculate charcoal grey suit and a collarless whiteshirt with diamond studs at the cuffs. On his lapel was pinned, almost inconspicuously, a small, exotic yellow bloom. (PROSE: The Purpura Pawn[+]Loading...["The Purpura Pawn (short story)"]
In the 26th century Bev Tarrant had a charcoal suit along with a cream coloured v-neck. (PROSE: The Cost for a Collection[+]Loading...["The Cost for a Collection (short story)"])
The Sixth Doctor once dressed in a costume of black jeans, black polo-neck sweater and charcoal blazer. (PROSE: Gone Too Soon[+]Loading...["Gone Too Soon (short story)"])