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'''Olive''' was a shade of [[green]], [[yellow]] and [[brown]], that shared its name with a certain [[Olive|fruit]].{{fact}}
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[[File:Robot1-Green corridors.jpeg|thumb|[[Fourth Doctor]] standing in UNIT's olive green and white corridors. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)}})]]
'''Olive green''' was a muddy [[green]] colour, related to the colour of [[olive]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monsters Inside (novel)}})


[[Sarah Jane Smith]] wore an olive shirt and vest with a [[Sky blue|sky-blue]] trim when she and the Fourth Doctor met [[Second Morbius|Morbius]], [[Mehendri Solon|Solon]], [[Condo]] and the [[Sisterhood of Karn]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Brain of Morbius (TV story)}})
The walls of UNIT HQ in the [[1970s]] were a depressing olive green. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)}})


The [[Fourth Doctor]] wore olive [[Wellington boot|wellington boots]] when he and [[Romana I]] defeated [[Kroll]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of Kroll (TV story)}})
[[File:WarriorsDeep1-Computer cabinets.jpeg|thumb|left|Olive green computer cabinets in [[Sea Base 4]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors of the Deep (TV story)}})]]
Computer cabinets in [[Sea Base 4]] in [[2084]] were painted olive green. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Warriors of the Deep (novelisation)}})


The [[Eighth Doctor]] wore a [[frock coat]] of olive [[velvet]] with peaked lapels when he and [[Izzy Sinclair]] first met [[Destrii|Destrii.]] ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Ophidius (comic story)}})
The environment of [[Justicia]] in [[2501]] was the colour of olives.


[[Diane Holmes]] wore olive [[trousers]] while adapting to the [[21st century]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Out of Time (TV story)}})
Alpha Centuri was olive green. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy (novel)}})


[[Liz Shaw]] wore an olive green [[duffle coat]] during the [[Wenley Moor Affair]] involving [[Early Silurian|Silurians]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)}}) and when helping many versions of the Doctor and companions. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Lost in Time (video game)}})  
[[Vervoid]]s had olive green leaves. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Terror of the Veroids (novelisation)}})


[[Clara Oswald]] wore an olive [[dress]] under a forest green velvet [[jacket]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Deep Breath (TV story)}})
==Military==
In the [[1970s]] [[Brigadier]] [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart]] wore an olive green UNIT uniform. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}})


[[Jenny]] wore an olive [[t-shirt]] when she was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}})
Military soldiers in [[2109]] dressed in dirty olive green uniforms. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Transit (novel)}}) Military vehicles like the [[Norton Big 4]] motorcycle and sidecar were also painted in military olive green. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crawling Terror (novel)}}
 
The [[Tenth Doctor]] wore an olive [[shirt]] when he met the [[Beast]] and the [[Ood]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Planet (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Satan Pit (TV story)}})
 
The [[Ninth Doctor]] wore an olive [[jumper]] when he met the [[Metaltron]] [[Bronze Dalek|Dalek]] during the [[Van Statten Incident]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}})
 
The [[Third Doctor]] wore an olive [[velvet]] [[blazer]] with peaked lapels when foiling a [[Gold Dalek|gold]] [[Dalek Supreme (Poison of the Daleks)|Supreme Dalek]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Poison of the Daleks}}) when helping [[Winston Churchill]] to stop [[Sir]] [[Davenport Finch]] and [[Daisy Chapel]] as well as [[Hegley]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Operation: Hellfire (audio story)}}) when facing [[Wetland Drashig|Wetland Drashigs]] in a [[miniscope]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Carnival of Monsters (TV story)}}) when foiling the [[Dalek Empire]]'s [[Operation Divide and Conquer|plan]] to start a war between [[Earth]] and [[Draconia]] through deceit and help from {{Delgado}}, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Frontier in Space (TV story)}}) and when working with Sarah Jane Smith to defeat the mad lord [[Irongron]] and [[Commander]] [[Jingo Linx|Linx]] of the [[Fifth Sontaran Army Space Fleet]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Warrior (TV story)}})
 
[[Kyle (Earthshock)|Kyle]] wore an asymmetrical shirt in olive green, right up to when she was killed by a [[CyberNeomorph|Neomorph Cyberman]] during the [[Cyber-invasion (Earthshock)|2526 Cyber-Invasion of Earth]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TV story)}})
 
[[Vastra]], a [[Silurian Hunter|Silurian Warrior]], wore an olive green [[Paisley (design)|paisley]] [[waistcoat]] during the [[Battle of Demons Run]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}})
 
[[Tara Mishra]] wore olive trousers when she meets [[Rose Tyler]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Bidding War (comic story)}})
 
[[Li Shou Yuing]] wore an olive [[leather jacket]] when she met the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] during their encounter with [[Morgaine]] and the [[Destroyer]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Battlefield (TV story)}})
 
[[Alice Obiefune]] wore a [[Magenta (colour)|magenta]] [[kurta]] with olive green trims when working with the [[War Doctor]] and the [[Child Master (The Then and the Now)|Child Master]] during the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|First Rule (comic story)}}, {{cs|The Organ Grinder (comic story)}}, {{cs|Kill God (comic story)}}, {{cs|Fast Asleep (comic story)}})
 
[[Albertine]], a [[nurse]], wore an olive green overcoat when she met the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]] in [[1913]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Year of the Pig (audio story)}})
 
[[Cinder]] had olive [[Eye|eyes]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Engines of War (novel)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Bidding War (comic story)}}, {{cs|Relative Dimensions (comic story)}})
 
[[Ruby Sunday]] wore an olive green [[parka]] when she went to [[Wales]] in [[2024]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|73 Yards (TV story)}})
 
[[Petronella Osgood]] wore an olive blazer when working with [[Jo Grant|Jo Jones]] and [[Krelix]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Tidal Wave (audio story)}})
 
[[Professor]] [[Jeremiah Kettlewell|Jeremiah P. Kettlewell]] wore an olive waistcoat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)}})
 
The [[War Master]] wore a blazer of olive [[tweed]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Sincerest Form of Flattery (audio story)}})
 
[[De Flores|Flores]] wore an olive [[safari jacket]] 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]]: {{cs|Silver Nemesis (TV story)}})   
 
Olive was a colour used by military forces on worlds including [[Earth]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Earthshock (TV story)}}) [[Messaline]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}}) and [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}})


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Latest revision as of 07:30, 25 September 2024

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Fourth Doctor standing in UNIT's olive green and white corridors. (TV: Robot [+]Loading...["Robot (TV story)"])

Olive green was a muddy green colour, related to the colour of olives. (PROSE: The Monsters Inside [+]Loading...["The Monsters Inside (novel)"])

The walls of UNIT HQ in the 1970s were a depressing olive green. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Giant Robot [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Giant Robot (novelisation)"])

Olive green computer cabinets in Sea Base 4. (TV: Warriors of the Deep [+]Loading...["Warriors of the Deep (TV story)"])

Computer cabinets in Sea Base 4 in 2084 were painted olive green. (PROSE: Warriors of the Deep [+]Loading...["Warriors of the Deep (novelisation)"])

The environment of Justicia in 2501 was the colour of olives.

Alpha Centuri was olive green. (PROSE: Legacy [+]Loading...["Legacy (novel)"])

Vervoids had olive green leaves. (PROSE: Terror of the Veroids [+]Loading...["Terror of the Veroids (novelisation)"])

Military[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the 1970s Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart wore an olive green UNIT uniform. (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])

Military soldiers in 2109 dressed in dirty olive green uniforms. (PROSE: Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"]) Military vehicles like the Norton Big 4 motorcycle and sidecar were also painted in military olive green. (PROSE: The Crawling Terror [+]Loading...["The Crawling Terror (novel)"]