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[[File:War Doctor holding bananas.jpg|thumb|right|The War Doctor wearing an ebony black leather trenchcoat. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)}})]]
'''Ebony''' (sometimes '''ebony black''') was a material and also a colour, in colour form it was close to [[obsidian]] or [[black]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sometime Never… (novel)}}, {{cs|Emotional Chemistry (novel)}})
'''Ebony''' was a shade of [[black]] named after a form of [[wood]].{{Fact}}


The [[War Doctor]] wore a ebony [[leather]] double-breasted [[trenchcoat]] with peaked lapels when he used a [[molecular fruit bomb]] to transform the factories of [[Villengard]] into a [[banana]] grove to prevent it from supplying weapons to the [[Dalek Empire]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)}})
As a material it could be carved. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)}})


The [[Third Doctor]] wore an ebony [[cravat]] during his first encounter with the [[Nestene Consciousness]] and its [[Auton|Autons]] during their [[Black Thursday|first invasion of Earth]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spearhead from Space (TV story)}}) and his first encounter with [[Early Silurian|Silurians]] during the [[Wenley Moor Affair]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)}})
[[Fabric]] could be an ebony colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lucifer Rising (novel)}})


The [[Seventh Doctor]] tried a [[puce]] [[scarf]] with ebony black stripes before switching for a Clan Wallace [[tartan]] scarf which he lost when the [[First Rani]]'s base blew up. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}}) He also wore an ebony and [[Bronze (colour)|bronze]] zigzag [[tie]] up to his [[Seventh Doctor's regeneration|death]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}})
==Biology==
[[Nubian]]s had ebony coloured skin in the [[15th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Coming of the Queen (novel)}})


The [[Eighth Doctor]] wore an [[ascot tie]] of ebony black dupioni under his [[white]] [[shirt]]'s collar during his travels with [[Cass Fermazzi]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Meanwhile, Elsewhere (audio story)}} - {{cs|Previously, Next Time (audio story)}})
[[Shik]] were noted to have [[coal black]] skin and ebony arms when seen in [[2600]].([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld (novel)}})


The [[Ninth Doctor]] wore a double-breasted [[frock coat]] of ebony black [[moleskin]] with peaked lapels while at the launch of the [[RMS Titanic]] in [[1912]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})
[[Horse]]s could be ebony coloured in [[1492]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Masque of Mandragora (novelisation)}})


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] wore a single-breasted [[waistcoat]] with a notched collar done in ebony black with a light check pattern and a notched collar, carrying a double [[Fob watch|fob chain]] of gold, when he helps to foil the [[1562]]/[[2013]] [[Zygon invasion of Earth|Zygon Invasion of Earth]] and revisits the [[Fall of Gallifrey]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})
==Furniture==
Ebony was a material that cabinetry could be made from. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Growing Higher (short story)}}) And items for desks, desks themselves could also be made from ebony. ([[PROSE]]: {{{cs|Endgame (novel)}}, {{cs|Ghost Devices (novel)}})  


The [[Twelfth Doctor]] wore a single-breasted frock coat, waistcoat, and [[trousers]] of ebony black [[linen]] when he met the [[Saxon Master]] and [[Exodus Cyberman|Exodus Cybermen]] during the [[Battle of Floor 0507]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|World Enough and Time (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Doctor Falls (TV story)}}), and right up to his [[Twelfth Doctor's regeneration|death]] after helping the [[First Doctor]] and [[Captain]] [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|Archibald Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}}) His successor, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], wore it up to when she switched it for a [[Periwinkle (colour)|periwinkle]] [[trenchcoat]] as part of her new outfit. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)}})
Tables could also be made from it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Warlock (novel)}}, {{cs|World Game (novel)}})


The [[Fifteenth Doctor]] wore an ebony black [[safari jacket]] on his trip to [[Kastarion 3]] during [[5087]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Boom (TV story)}})
[[Cupboard]]s were inlaid with ebony in the 19th century. Cabinets were also made from ebony in the 19th century. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Wages of Sin (novel)}})


A [[The Doctor 1 (Rose)|feminine version of the Doctor with a bald head and dark skin wielding a flaming sword]] wore [[Tan (colour)|tan]] [[breeches]] with ebony black stripes. A [[The Doctor 2 (Rose)|child incarnation of the Doctor bound to a high-tech wheelchair]] wore [[Charcoal (colour)|charcoal]] and ebony [[tartan]] trousers. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})
The [[War Room]] on [[Gallifrey]] had an enormous ebony table within it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Engines of War (novel)}})


[[Sarah Jane Smith]] wore an ebony black [[pencil skirt]] when helping to foil [[Voracian|Voracians]] in [[1998]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[System Shock (novel)|System Shock]]'') She also wore an ebony ribbon [[bow tie]] when braving the [[Game of Rassilon (The Five Doctors)|Game of Rassilon]] set up by [[President of the High Council|President]] [[Borusa (The Five Doctors)|Borusa]] in his quest for [[immortality]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)}})
[[Kublai Khan]] had in [[1289]] carved ebony chairs in his personal sitting room. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Marco Polo (novelisation)}})


[[Rose Tyler]] wore an ebony [[t-shirt]] during the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}, {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}})
==Materials==
Ebony could be a colour of fabric. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lucifer Rising (novel)}}, {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}})


[[Amy Pond]] wore ebony black [[tights]] when she first meets [[Late Silurian|Silurians]] during the [[Cwmtaff incident]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}}, {{cs|Cold Blood (TV story)}}) She also wore ebony black [[cowboy boots]] during the [[Total Collapse Event Incident|Total Collapse Event Incident.]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pandorica Opens (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}})  
[[Leela]] referred to ebony as a type of stone. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Zagreus (audio story)}})


The [[Sixth Doctor]] wore an ivory ascot tie with ebony black polka dots when he reunited with [[Peri Brown]] on the [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Tales of the TARDIS)|Memory TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)}})
==Objects==
Statues could be made out of solid ebony. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Setting Stone (short story)}})
Cigarette holders in the [[1930s]] were sometimes made from ebony. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Return to the Fractured Planet (novel)}})


The [[Tenth Doctor]] wore a [[Burgundy (colour)|burgundy]] [[tie]] with diagonal ebony black stripes before and when he met his daughter [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Poison Sky (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}})
[[Coffin]]s could also be made from ebony. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Last of the Gadarene (novel)}})


[[Charlotte Pollard]] wore a double-breasted military jacket in ebony. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Legacy (video game)}})
Some chess sets had their pieces carved from ebony and [[ivory]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]] had a set, supposedly from Sir [[Winston Churchill]] 'For Special Services'. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Deadstone Memorial (novel)}})


[[Martha Jones]] wore ebony [[ankle boots]] when she meets [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Chantho]] well as [[Yana|Professor Yana]], a [[human]] form of the [[War Master]]; ([[TV]]: {{cs|Utopia (TV story)}}) and when she learns [[Harold Saxon]] is the [[Saxon Master|new Master]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sound of Drums (TV story)}})
[[Clock]] cases were sometimes made out of ebony in the [[19th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Camera Obscura (novel)}}


[[Bill Potts]] wore a rainbow [[bodysuit]] in ebony black, [[crimson]], [[Sapphire (colour)|sapphire]] [[blue]], [[white]], [[burnt orange]], and [[Mustard (colour)|mustard]] [[yellow]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pilot (TV story)}}, {{cs|Smile (TV story)}}, {{cs|Thin Ice (TV story)}}, {{cs|Extremis (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Emancipation of the Daleks (audio story)}})  
Presentation daises were also sometimes made from ebony. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the Still (novel)}})


[[Rose Noble]] wore an ebony [[Paisley (design)|paisley]] [[skirt]] when she met the [[Fourteenth Doctor]], [[Beep the Meep]], and some [[Wrarth Warrior|Wrarth Warriors]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}})
Professor [[Eric Stahlman]] was going to use an ebony ruler to damage the computer's circuit board at the [[Inferno Project]] before the Third Doctor stopped him. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Inferno (novelisation)}})


[[Leela]] wore ebony black trousers during the [[Fang Rock incident]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)}})  
The [[First Doctor]] had an ebony cane. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nothing at the End of the Lane (short story)}})


[[Donna Noble]] wore ebony ankle boots during her adventures with the [[Fourteenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}, {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}})  
The [[Time Vector Generator]] was an ebony bar with golden knobs at each end. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Birthright (novel)}})


[[Ruby Sunday]] wore an ebony black [[leather jacket]] with a [[sheep]] fur lining during her first adventure with the [[Fifteenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) She also wore an ebony black tank-top when helping to defeat [[Sutekh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Empire of Death (TV story)|Empire of Death]]'')  
[[The Master's TARDIS]] console was ebony. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Quantum Archangel (novel)}})


[[Nyssa]] wore an ebony and [[Silver (colour)|silver]] [[brocade]] waistcoat when she joined the [[Fifth Doctor]] in the [[First Rani]]'s trap. Liz Shaw wore ebony trousers when she risked her own life to save the [[Third Doctor]] from the First Rani. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dimensions in Time (TV story)}})  
==Weaponry==
Prefect [[Zevron]] had a knife with an ebony handle which he'd intended to use to kill [[Miranda Dawkins]] in the [[1980s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Father Time (novel)}})


[[Romana II]] wore ebony black boots. ([[TV]]: [[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|''The Horns of Nimon'']] [+], [[COMIC]]: [[Time Lady of Means (comic story)|''Time Lady of Means'']] [+]; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Planet of Witches (audio story)|The Planet of Witches]]'')
Whilst tidying away things in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] the [[Eighth Doctor]] found in the back of a wardrobe a medium-sized, battered yellow umbrella with a handle curved into a small ebony question mark. By twisting the question mark handle it revealed a length of tempered bladed steel fully half as long again as the umbrella. According to the Doctor it had never been drawn. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Slow Empire (novel)}})


[[Gwen Cooper]] wore an ebony [[blouse]] when she worked to free [[Carys Fletcher]] from [[Sex Gas|hormone gas]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day One (TV story)}})  
{{Delgado|c}} had a knife with a carved black ebony handle that he was going to use as part of a sacrifice to [[Azal]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)}})


[[Christina de Souza]] wore an ebony black [[t-shirt]] . ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]];'' [[AUDIO]]'': [[Last Chance (audio story)|Last Chance]], [[It Takes a Thief (audio story)|It Takes a Thief]]-[[Long Shot (audio story)|Long Shot]], [[Prism (audio story)|Prism]])''
[[Ace]] had smart missiles that were voice controlled, they were ebony black. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|All-Consuming Fire (novel)}})
 
[[Rogue (Rogue)|Rogue]], a [[bounty hunter]], wore ebony boots in [[1813]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rogue (TV story)}})  
 
[[Charles Dickens]] wore a single breasted waistcoat of ebony and [[Gold (colour)|gold]] brocade when he met the Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler, [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]], and the [[Gelth]] in [[Cardiff]] during [[1869]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unquiet Dead (TV story)}})  
 
[[Captain]] [[Captain Latimer|Latimer]] wore an ebony black single-breasted waistcoat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}})
 
[[Winston Churchill]] who was [[prime minister]] for [[Great Britain|Britain]] during [[World War II|World War 2]] wore an ebony bow tie, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}}) as did his [[Winston Churchill (River Song's World)|parallel counterpart]] who was [[Holy Roman Emperor]] on [[River Song's World]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Wedding of River Song (TV story)}})  
 
[[Ianto Jones]] wore an ebony leather trenchcoat when helping [[Abigail Forehill]] to stop the [[Life-optimisation engine|Life-Optimisation Machine]] in [[Cardiff]] during [[2007]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ex Machina (audio story)|Ex Machina]]'')
 
[[Adelphi]] from [[Pandad IV]]'s [[High Council]] wore an ebony black waistcoat as part of his disguise when he appeared to the [[Third Doctor]] to warn him of the [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|UNIT Master]]; ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Autons (TV story)}}) who he'd had released to keep him busy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoners of the Sun (short story)|Prisoners of the Sun]]'')
 
[[Kamishi (I Went to a Marvellous Party)|Mr Song]] wore a double-breasted frock coat in ebony black with peaked lapels when he met [[River Song]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Signs (audio story)|Signs]]'')
 
[[Brian the Ood|Brian]], an [[Ood]] [[Assassination|assassin]], wore an ebony [[bow tie]] as part of his [[tuxedo]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)}}, {{cs|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)}})
 
[[Kate Stewart]] wore an ebony black [[scarf]] with polka dots during the [[The Year of the Slow Invasion|Year of the Slow Invasion]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}})
 
[[Graham O'Brien]] and [[Ryan Sinclair]] wore ebony black cravats when they met [[Mary Shelley]], Lord [[George Gordon Byron]], [[John Polidori]], [[Claire Clairmont]], and [[Ashad]] on [[1816]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)}})
 
[[Jackson Lake]] wore ebony black trousers and [[Rosita Farisi]] wore ebony ankle boots when they helped the [[Tenth Doctor]] to defeat [[Cybusman|Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]] during the [[1851 incident|1851 Incident]]. [[Scoones|Mr Scoones]], [[Cole (The Next Doctor)|Mr Cole]], [[Fetch (The Next Doctor)|Mr Fetch]] and [[Milligan|Mr Milligan]] wore ebony [[Cravat|cravats]] during the same incident. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Next Doctor (TV story)}})  
 
[[Jenny Flint]] wore an ebony cravat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Deep Breath (TV story)}})
 
[[Toshiko Sato]] wore an ebony black [[t-shirt]] when she and her colleagues in [[Torchwood Three]] meet [[Lisa Hallett]], a partially [[Cyber-conversion|cyber-converted]] survivor of the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cyberwoman (TV story)}})
 
[[Diane Holmes]] wore an ebony leather jacket for flight. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Out of Time (TV story)}})
 
[[Eustacius Jericho|Professor Jericho]] wore a double-breasted overcoat done in ebony black during the year [[1904]], the [[2021 Sontaran invasion of Earth|2021 Sontaran Invasion of Earth]], and [[the Flux]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Survivors of the Flux (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Vanquishers (TV story)}})
 
[[Wilfred Mott|Wilf Mott]] wore an ivory and ebony [[Tattersall (design)|tattersall]] shirt during the [[Planetary Relocation Incident]] done by [[Davros]] and the [[New Dalek Empire]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}}, {{cs|Journey's End (TV story)}})
 
[[Lieutenant]] [[Harry Sullivan]], a [[doctor]] from [[UNIT]], wore ebony leather [[Glove|gloves]] when posing as a member of the [[Ministry of Defence]] to question the [[National Institute for Advanced Scientific Research]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Robot (TV story)}})
 
[[The Master]] wore a [[Chocolate (colour)|chocolate]] and ebony [[tartan]] [[Inverness cape]] in his [[War Master|war]] incarnation's trip to the [[Land of Fiction]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor (audio story)}}) [[Missy]], his feminine incarnation, wore an ebony [[riding habit]] during the during the [[3W Institute Affair]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dark Water (TV story)}}, {{cs|Death in Heaven (TV story)}})
 
[[Vienna Salvatori]] wore leather trenchcoats done in navy during the [[2223 Dalek invasion of Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Shadow Heart (audio story)}} - {{cs|Vengeance (audio story)}})
 
The [[Half-Face Man]] wore a single breasted waistcoat of ebony black moleskin with a [[Mahogany (colour)|mahogany]] [[brown]] trim and a fob watch during the [[1890s]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Deep Breath (TV story)}})  
 
[[Popplewick]], the [[human]] disguise of [[the Valeyard]], wore a double-breasted [[tailcoat]] in ebony. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Foe (TV story)}})
 
[[Harriet Jones]] wore ebony black trousers when she [[Sacrifice|sacrificed]] herself to bring the [[Tenth Doctor]] to where the New Dalek Empire hid [[Earth]] during the Planetary Relocation Incident. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}})
 
[[Diagoras]] wore an ebony tie as did [[Dalek Sec]] when he fused with him to become a [[Human Dalek]] during the [[Invasion of Manhattan|Human Dalek Incident]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)}}, ''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]])''
 
[[Julius Grayle|Grayle]] wore a double-breasted [[blazer]] and trousers of ebony [[pinstripe]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}})
 
[[The Toymaker]] wore a [[white]] and ebony pinstripe shirt in [[Soho]] during [[1925]]. He also wore ebony [[Boot|boots]] with [[crimson]] laces when playing the [[Spice Girls]] song ''[[Spice Up Your Life]]'' while messing with [[UNIT]] in [[London]] during [[2023]], and also wore an ebony [[leather jacket]] up to his defeat. [[Melanie Bush]] wore an asymmetrical [[overcoat]] of [[beige]] and ebony [[tartan]] when she witnessed his defeat and the Fifteenth Doctor’s [[Bi-generation|birth]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}})
 
The [[Abzorbaloff|Abzorboloff]] wore a double breasted overcoat in ebony black with [[Raven (colour)|raven]] black fur on the collar when posing as Victor Kennedy. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Love & Monsters (TV story)}})  


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Latest revision as of 09:10, 17 November 2024

Ebony

Ebony (sometimes ebony black) was a material and also a colour, in colour form it was close to obsidian or black. (PROSE: Sometime Never… [+]Loading...["Sometime Never… (novel)"], Emotional Chemistry [+]Loading...["Emotional Chemistry (novel)"])

As a material it could be carved. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)"])

Fabric could be an ebony colour. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising [+]Loading...["Lucifer Rising (novel)"])

Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Nubians had ebony coloured skin in the 15th century. (PROSE: The Coming of the Queen [+]Loading...["The Coming of the Queen (novel)"])

Shik were noted to have coal black skin and ebony arms when seen in 2600.(PROSE: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld [+]Loading...["Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld (novel)"])

Horses could be ebony coloured in 1492. (PROSE: The Masque of Mandragora [+]Loading...["The Masque of Mandragora (novelisation)"])

Furniture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ebony was a material that cabinetry could be made from. (PROSE: Growing Higher [+]Loading...["Growing Higher (short story)"]) And items for desks, desks themselves could also be made from ebony. (PROSE: {Endgame [+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"], Ghost Devices [+]Loading...["Ghost Devices (novel)"])

Tables could also be made from it. (PROSE: Warlock [+]Loading...["Warlock (novel)"], World Game [+]Loading...["World Game (novel)"])

Cupboards were inlaid with ebony in the 19th century. Cabinets were also made from ebony in the 19th century. (PROSE: The Wages of Sin [+]Loading...["The Wages of Sin (novel)"])

The War Room on Gallifrey had an enormous ebony table within it. (PROSE: Engines of War [+]Loading...["Engines of War (novel)"])

Kublai Khan had in 1289 carved ebony chairs in his personal sitting room. (PROSE: Marco Polo [+]Loading...["Marco Polo (novelisation)"])

Materials[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ebony could be a colour of fabric. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising [+]Loading...["Lucifer Rising (novel)"], Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (novel)"])

Leela referred to ebony as a type of stone. (AUDIO: Zagreus [+]Loading...["Zagreus (audio story)"])

Objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

Statues could be made out of solid ebony. (PROSE: Setting Stone [+]Loading...["Setting Stone (short story)"]) Cigarette holders in the 1930s were sometimes made from ebony. (PROSE: Return to the Fractured Planet [+]Loading...["Return to the Fractured Planet (novel)"])

Coffins could also be made from ebony. (PROSE: Last of the Gadarene [+]Loading...["Last of the Gadarene (novel)"])

Some chess sets had their pieces carved from ebony and ivory. The Eighth Doctor had a set, supposedly from Sir Winston Churchill 'For Special Services'. (PROSE: The Deadstone Memorial [+]Loading...["The Deadstone Memorial (novel)"])

Clock cases were sometimes made out of ebony in the 19th century. (PROSE: Camera Obscura [+]Loading...["Camera Obscura (novel)"]

Presentation daises were also sometimes made from ebony. (PROSE: The Book of the Still [+]Loading...["The Book of the Still (novel)"])

Professor Eric Stahlman was going to use an ebony ruler to damage the computer's circuit board at the Inferno Project before the Third Doctor stopped him. (PROSE: Inferno [+]Loading...["Inferno (novelisation)"])

The First Doctor had an ebony cane. (PROSE: Nothing at the End of the Lane [+]Loading...["Nothing at the End of the Lane (short story)"])

The Time Vector Generator was an ebony bar with golden knobs at each end. (PROSE: Birthright [+]Loading...["Birthright (novel)"])

The Master's TARDIS console was ebony. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel [+]Loading...["The Quantum Archangel (novel)"])

Weaponry[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prefect Zevron had a knife with an ebony handle which he'd intended to use to kill Miranda Dawkins in the 1980s. (PROSE: Father Time [+]Loading...["Father Time (novel)"])

Whilst tidying away things in his TARDIS the Eighth Doctor found in the back of a wardrobe a medium-sized, battered yellow umbrella with a handle curved into a small ebony question mark. By twisting the question mark handle it revealed a length of tempered bladed steel fully half as long again as the umbrella. According to the Doctor it had never been drawn. (PROSE: The Slow Empire [+]Loading...["The Slow Empire (novel)"])

The Master had a knife with a carved black ebony handle that he was going to use as part of a sacrifice to Azal. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Dæmons [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)"])

Ace had smart missiles that were voice controlled, they were ebony black. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"])