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{{first pic|Petrella.jpg|The War Doctor's crimson scarf. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Ambush (comic story)}})}}
'''Crimson''' was a colour shade related to [[red]] and [[scarlet]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Caerdroia (audio story)}})
'''Crimson''' was a form of deep [[red]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Call Me Ishmael (audio story)}})


The [[War Doctor]] wore a crimson [[scarf]] when he and [[Petrella]] escaped a [[Bronze Dalek|Mark VIII Dalek]] ambush led by a [[Dalek Supreme Type E|Type E]] [[Dalek Supreme (Ambush)|Supreme Dalek]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Ambush (comic story)}})
[[File:DoctorsWife-Crimson.jpeg|thumb|[[Amy Pond]]'s visualisation of crimson. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Wife (TV story)}})]]
The passkey to get into the [[TARDIS control room#Coral console|backup TARDIS control room]] was "Crimson. [[Eleven (number)|Eleven]]. [[Delight]]. [[Petrichor]]." It had to be ''thought'' for the [[telepathic circuits]] to pick it up. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Wife (TV story)}})


The [[Sixth Doctor]] wore a crimson [[cravat]] with [[white]] polka dots, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mysterious Planet (TV story)}}, etc.) right up to his [[Sixth Doctor's regeneration|death]] caused by the [[First Rani]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Brink of Death (audio story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}})
Paint could be crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Northern Heights (short story)}}, {{cs|To the Slaughter (novel)}}) As could nail polish paint. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timeless (novel)}}) And [[graffiti]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadows of Weng-Chiang (novel)}})


The [[Seventh Doctor]] spent his first hours with the Sixth Doctor's crimson cravat before switching to a scarlet [[Paisley (design)|paisley]] [[tie]].  He also tried on a [[Napoleonic Wars|Napoleonic]] frock coat in [[Navy (colour)|navy]] and [[Ivory (colour)|ivory]] with [[Gold (colour)|gold]] [[Epaulette|epaulettes]] and a crimson trim before settling for a [[Silver (colour)|silver]] [[grey]] [[blazer]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}}) He also replaced his [[tartan]] scarf with a crimson [[Paisley (design)|paisley]] scarf, most notably when ending the [[Paradise Towers Massacre]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Paradise Towers (TV story)}}) when protecting [[Delta]] from [[Bannermen]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)}}) when meeting [[Ace]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dragonfire (TV story)}}) when foiling [[Davros]]'s [[Imperial Dalek|Imperial Daleks]] and the [[Black Dalek Leader|Supreme]]'s [[Renegade Dalek|Renegade Daleks]] during the [[Shoreditch Incident|Hand of Omega Incident]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}}) when resisting [[Helen A]] and the [[Kandyman]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Happiness Patrol (TV story)}}) when keeping [[Nemesis|the Nemesis]] from [[CyberIsomorph|Isomorph Cybermen]] and [[Neo-Nazi|Neo-Nazis]] as well as [[Peinforte]] during the [[Cyber-invasion (Silver Nemesis)|1988 Cyberman Invasion of Earth]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Silver Nemesis (TV story)}}) He also wore it when freeing the [[Psychic Circus]] from the [[Gods of Ragnarok]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)}}) and when dealing with [[Sontaran|Sontarans]] and [[Rutan|Rutans]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shakedown (novelisation)}})
Ink could also be crimson and used for printing in the [[20th century|20th]], and [[21st century]].  ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The City of the Dead (novel)}}, {{cs|Spoilsport (short story)}})


The [[First Doctor]] wore a crimson [[robe]] with [[Gold (colour)|gold]] symbols during an adventure in [[Avalon (planet)|Avalon]] during [[2991]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)}})
Carpets could be crimson in colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Walkin' City Blues (short story)}})


The [[Fourth Doctor]] wore a crimson scarf with [[violet]] [[purple]] stripes; most notably when foiling [[Pangol]] on [[Argolis]] during [[2290]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Leisure Hive (TV story)}}) during his encounter with [[Meglos]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Meglos (TV story)}}) when dealing with [[Sartia]]'s betrayal on [[Funderell]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Skin of the Sleek (audio story)}}, {{cs|The Thief Who Stole Time (audio story)}}) when he met [[Adric]] and the [[Marshman|Marshmen]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Full Circle (TV story)}}) during his first encounter with [[Great Vampire|Great Vampires]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|State of Decay (TV story)}}) when helping [[Tharil]] free from enslavement, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors' Gate (TV story)}}) when he first meets [[Nyssa]] and works with her to defeat the [[Decayed Master]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Keeper of Traken (TV story)}}) when dealing with [[Grey Dalek|Mark IV Daleks]] within the [[Time Vortex]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Watchers (audio story)}}) and right up to his [[Fourth Doctor's regeneration|death]] after the [[Tremas Master]]'s [[Entropic Enterprise]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Logopolis (TV story)}})
[[Cloth]] could be crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The City of the Dead (novel)}}) [[Satin]] could also be crimson coloured. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)}})


The [[Fifteenth Doctor]] wore a [[Navy (colour)|navy]] and crimson [[tartan]] [[kilt]] when dancing in a [[Club (The Church on Ruby Road)|nightclub]], and when hunting [[Goblins (The Church on Ruby Road)|goblins]] in [[2023]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}})  
[[Blackcurrant]]s had crimson juice. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Deadstone Memorial (novel)}})


[[Rose Tyler]] wore a crimson [[hoodie]] over a [[white]] [[t-shirt]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Endgame (POT comic story)}}) She also wore a crimson t-shirt when she helped [[The Doctor|the Doctor's]] [[Eighth Doctor|eighth]] and [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh]] incarnations deal with a [[Rose Tyler (Sea Devil Earth)|parallel self]], [[D'Pau]], and some Sontarans. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Empire of the Wolf (comic story)}})
[[Lipstick]] was available in crimson in [[2006]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}})
[[File:Loose Wire (short story).jpg|thumb|Crimson energy around the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Alice Wu]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Loose Wire (short story)}})]]
[[Blood]] was a crimson colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Project Valhalla (novel)}}, {{cs|The Coming of the Queen (novel)}}, {{cs|Mordieu (short story)}}) Diffused through water blood would make the water appear crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mire and Clay (short story)}}) [[Silurian]] blood was crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Head (novel)}})


[[Sarah Jane Smith]] wore a crimson [[jumper]] during her last adventure with the [[Fourth Doctor]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Hand of Fear (TV story)}}) and her reunion with the [[Third Doctor]] in the [[First Rani]]'s trap. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dimensions in Time (TV story)}}) She also wore a crimson [[leather jacket]] when dealing with [[Harris (Comeback)|Harris]] and [[Hilda Winters]] in the [[London Underground|Tube]] and [[Cloots Coombe]] on [[2002]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Test of Nerve (audio story)}})
Once activated the [[Krivani]] goblet began to give off a deep angry crimson light and emitting a high pitched hum just prior to the [[Seventh Doctor]] throwing it into the [[time vortex]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Ante Bellum (short story)}})


[[Ace]] wore a crimson [[blouse]] when she met [[Cheetah Person|Cheetah People]] and survived the [[Tremas Master]]'s [[Survival Stratagem]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Survival (TV story)}})
Under strain people's faces could turn crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (short story)}}) Or under embarrassment or sunburn people's faces could turn crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Siege Mentality (short story)}}, {{cs|The Death of Art (novel)}}) Or anger. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The War Games (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters (novelisation)}}) Or fury. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crooked World (novel)}})
[[Alpha Centauri]] too also would turn a crimson colour in times of conflict. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy (novel)}})


[[Barbara Wright]] wore a blouse of [[Sapphire (colour)|sapphire]] and crimson [[brocade]] when visiting [[Kublai Khan]] in [[1289]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Marco Polo (TV story)}})  
[[Benek Chaloupka]] had a mostly shaved head however he had a central top-knot, which hung down to his shoulders in a crimson ponytail, and two long, thin moustaches of similar tinge in [[2221]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Spoilsport (short story)}})


[[Amy Pond]] wore crimson scarfs; such as when she met [[Vincent van Gogh]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)}}) and during the during the [[Total Collapse Event Incident]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pandorica Opens (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}})
[[File:K9 in the TARDIS.jpg|thumb|The crimson front light of K9, within the Doctor's TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|State of Decay (TV story)}})]]
The light on the from of [[K9 Mark II]] was crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|All Snug in Their Beds (short story)}})


[[Clara Oswald]] wore a crimson minidress when she and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] dealt with the destructive consequences of the [[Van Baalen salvage ship|Van Baalen salvage crew's]] tampering with the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)}}) and also a crimson and [[Navy (colour)|navy]] [[tartan]] [[shirt]] when posing as a Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Flatline (TV story)}}) Her [[Clara Oswin Oswald|Victorian counterpart]] wore a crimson dress when she met the Eleventh Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}})
In an event of an emergency the [[TARDIS control room#Copper console|TARDIS control room]] could change the lighting crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nuclear Time (novel)}})


[[Rose Noble]] wore a crimson and [[Peach (colour)|peach]] [[brocade]] blouse during a dinner party. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}})
[[File:KeeperTraken1-Melkurs arrival.jpeg|thumb|Melkur's arrival on Traken. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Keeper of Traken (TV story)}})]]
When [[Melkur (The Keeper of Traken)|Melkur]] arrived on [[Traken]] it was in a crimson fireball. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Keeper of Traken (novelisation)}})


The [[Tenth Doctor]] wore a [[tie]] in [[Navy (colour)|navy]] [[blue]] with a crimson flora random design during the [[Invasion of Manhattan|Human Dalek Incident]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)}}, {{cs|Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)}}) before meeting [[Richard Lazarus]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)}}) after the [[Toclafane invasion|Toclafane Invasion of Earth]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Last of the Time Lords (TV story)}}) when meeting his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]] incarnation, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time Crash (TV story)}}) when going on board the [[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Voyage of the Damned (TV story)}}) when meeting [[Agatha Christie]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}}) when meeting [[River Song]] and some [[Vashta Nerada]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Silence in the Library (TV story)}}, {{cs|Forest of the Dead (TV story)}}) and during a trip to [[Bowie Base One]] on [[Mars]] in the  [[2050s]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Waters of Mars (TV story)}}) He also wore a crimson undershirt during the [[Revolution of the Ood]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Ood (TV story)}})
One of the weapons testing rooms in the [[Cybermen]]'s tomb on [[Telos]] encountered by [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Peter Haydon]] in the [[26th century]] which flashed several colours at them including; [[crimson]], [[rose (colour)|rose]], scarlet, [[vermilion]], [[orange (colour)|orange]], [[yellow]], [[green]], [[blue]], [[royal blue]], [[ultramarine]], [[violet]] and [[purple]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)}})


The [[Third Doctor]] wore a crimson [[velvet]] [[waistcoat]] with a single-chained [[fob watch]] of [[gold]] when dealing with [[BOSS]] and [[Giant maggot|giant maggots]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Green Death (TV story)}}) also when confronting [[Type V Dalek|Mark V Daleks]] during their [[Exxilon Gambit]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death to the Daleks (TV story)}}) when confronting Sokolov in [[1970s|1970's]] [[Siberia]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Kaleidoscope (audio story)}}) when defying [[Maximilian Vilmius]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ghosts of N-Space (novelisation)}}) and during his adventures with an older Jo. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Supernature (audio story)}} - {{cs|The Iron Shore (audio story)}})
As the volcano erupted on [[Dulkis]] it resulted in white, orange and crimson clouds swirling in every direction around it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (novelisation)}})


The [[Ninth Doctor]] wore a crimson jumper with a v-neck collar. when helping his past and future incarnations foil the [[Tremas Master]] and when he witnessed [[Adam Mitchell]]'s death. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Endgame (POT comic story)}})
The "mark of the Rani" – evidence of the [[First Rani]]'s experiments on humans in the [[19th century]] left a crimson mark on the neck. It could spread leading to death. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)}})


A [[The Doctor 2 (Rose)|child incarnation of the Doctor bound to a high-tech wheelchair]] wore a crimson [[t-shirt]] with [[Coal (colour)|coal]] [[black]] stripes. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})
[[Iris Wildthyme]]'s [[Celestial Omnibus|TARDIS]] was crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Scarlet Empress (novel)}} {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}}, {{cs|The Blue Angel (novel)}})


[[Melanie Bush]] wore a crimson [[bandana]] with [[Ivory (colour)|ivory]] paisley symbols. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)}})
[[Imorkal]] third eye would glow crimson when in use. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood Heat (novel)}})


[[Peri Brown]] wore crimson [[trousers]] when she joined the Fifth Doctor in the [[First Rani]]'s trap. [[Victoria Waterfield]] wore a crimson [[skirt]] when she joined the Third Doctor in the First Rani's trap. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dimensions in Time (TV story)}})
==Astronomical objects==
Red giants were dying suns, they bathed planets nearby in a crimson light. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beyond the Sun (novel)}})


[[Ruby Sunday]] wore a crimson [[safari jacket]] during a trip to [[Kastarion 3]] in [[5087]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Boom (TV story)}})
The twin suns of [[Rearbus]] and [[Selynx]] gave [[Karfel]] a crimson skyline. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timelash (novelisation)}})


[[Romana II]] wore a crimson [[cravat]] when she and the [[Fourth Doctor]] teamed up with [[Detective]] [[Duggan]] to save Earth from [[Scaroth]],  ([[TV]]: {{cs|City of Death (TV story)}})  
[[Eros (planet)|Eros']] sun lent the planet's sky a vibrant crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Queen of Eros (short story)}})


[[Gwen Cooper]] wore a crimson [[blouse]] during and after an encounter with [[Dale (Meat)|Dale]] and a mutant [[space whale]] known as the [[Cash Cow]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Meat (TV story)}})
[[Tír na n-Óg]] had a red sun that lent gave the sky a hellish crimson streak. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)}})


The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] wore an [[Azure (colour)|azure]] and crimson brocade blouse with [[frog]] buttons when she, [[Yasmin Khan]], and [[Dan Lewis]] teamed up with [[Zheng Yi Sao|Madam Ching]] and [[Sin Ji-Hun|Ji-Hun]] to defeat [[Pirate Sea Devil|Pirate Sea Devils]] including [[Marsissus]] round [[China]] during [[1807]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)}})
[[Macha]] was one of three suns in a trinary star system, it was crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Predating the Predators (short story)}})


Some [[Late Silurian]] commanders wore crimson vests. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cold Blood (TV story)}}, [[GAME]]: {{cs|The Eternity Clock (video game)}}) [[Eldane]], the Silurian leader, wore a [[black]] robe with some [[beige]] and crimson. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cold Blood (TV story)}})
Sunsets on Earth in [[1968]] appeared crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}})


[[Bonnie (The Zygon Invasion)|Bonnie]] wore a crimson paisley scarf similar to the Seventh Doctor's when taking [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]]'s form. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Zygon Inversion (TV story)}})
In the [[1970s]] the [[Third Doctor]] showed [[Elizabeth Shaw]] sunrise from orbit, the sun revealed a crimson flare as it rose. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas (short story)}})


[[Lucie Miller]] wore a crimson and [[white]] [[tartan]] [[shirt]] up to her death. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Lucie Miller (audio story)}}, {{cs|To the Death (audio story)}})
[[Lucifer (planet)|Lucifer]] cast a crimson glare on [[Moloch (moon)|Moloch]] in the [[2150s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lucifer Rising (novel)}})


[[Liz Shaw]] wore a crimson turtle neck [[jumper]] during her first encounter with [[Early Silurian|Early Silurians]] during the [[Wenley Moor Affair]]. ([[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)}})
The sky on [[Mars]] in [[2157]] darkened at the horizon turning from a [[salmon pink]] to a deep crimson as it met the ground. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|GodEngine (novel)}}) The sky still appeared crimson in [[2595]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beige Planet Mars (novel)}})


[[Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson]] wore a crimson dress when the Tenth Doctor saved her from a [[Clockwork Droid]] in the [[1700s]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)}})
One of the Seven Planets of the [[Althosian system]] had a crimson hue to its surface in [[2400]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Pit (novel)}})


[[Rosita Farisi]] wore a crimson [[shawl]] when she helped the Tenth Doctor and [[Jackson Lake]] foil [[Cybusman|Cybus Cybermen]] during the [[1851 incident]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Next Doctor (TV story)}})
On [[Jupiter]] in [[2553]] it had [[ochre]] and crimson clouds. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Jupiter (short story)}})


[[Bill Potts]] wore a rainbow [[bodysuit]] that was [[Ebony (colour)|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)}})
In [[2670]] [[Arden (planet)|Arden]] had crimson sunsets. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shadowmind (novel)}})


[[Jo Grant]] wore a crimson [[jumper]] when helping to end a war on [[Nooma]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Speed of Flight (novel)}})
==Botany==
Plants' blossoms or flowers could be a crimson colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dalek Factor (novel)}}, {{cs|The Sleep of Reason (novel)}})


[[Li Shou Yuing]] wore crimson [[tights]] when she met the Seventh Doctor and Ace during their encounter with [[Morgaine]] and the [[Destroyer]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Battlefield (TV story)}})
Crimson [[rose]]s grew in gardens on [[Traken]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)}})


[[Charles Cranleigh]] wore a crimson [[tailcoat]] as part of his [[Georgian era|Georgian]] costume in a party round [[Cranleigh Hall]] on [[1925]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (TV story)}})  
In [Napier]] in [[December]] [[1980]] there were [[pohutukawa]] trees in full crimson bloom when [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and the [[Fourth Doctor]] visited. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Autaia Pipipi Pia (short story)}})


[[Albert Dumfries]], a senior member of the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] of [[Harold Saxon]], wore a crimson tie with navy stripes up to when he was killed by the [[Saxon Master]] before the [[Toclafane invasion|Toclafane Invasion of Earth]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sound of Drums (TV story)}})  
==Clothing==
Crimson robes were worn on [[Hyspero]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Scarlet Empress (novel)}})


The [[Ringmaster]] of the [[Psychic Circus]] wore a crimson [[top hat]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)}})
Gowns also be made of crimson fabric. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Managra (novel)}})
[[File:The Inquisitor.jpg|thumb|Inquisitor Darkel wearing a crimson sash. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mysterious Planet (TV story)}})]]


The [[Dream Lord]] wore a crimson [[bow tie]] when he appeared in the Eleventh Doctor's [[TARDIS control room|console room]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Amy's Choice (TV story)}})
[[Adric]] observed that the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s coat was crimson. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Logopolis (novelisation)}}) Although according to other accounts it was [[Burgundy (colour)|burgundy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Into the Silent Land (short story)}})


[[Allison Williams]] wore an [[Alabaster (colour)|alabaster]] scarf with crimson and navy stripes when she helped the Seventh Doctor during the [[Hand of Omega Incident]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}})
In the [[far future]] in the [[Hope (city)|City of Hope]] at [[Endpoint]] [[Silver (Hope)|Silver]]'s staff wore crimson uniforms. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hope (novel)}})


[[Rhys Williams]] wore a crimson and [[Gold (colour)|gold]] [[brocade]] [[waistcoat]] when he [[Marriage|married]] [[Gwen Cooper]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Something Borrowed (TV story)}})
When the [[Seventh Doctor]] met [[Helen A]] on [[Terra Alpha]] in the [[25th century]] she was wearing a deep crimson velvet suit with a matching crimson feather hat. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Happiness Patrol (novelisation)}})


[[Artie Berger]], a [[piano]] [[musician]], wore a crimson tie with [[Gold (colour)|gold]] stripes when helping to capture a [[Sound creature (Fright Motif)|sound monster]] on [[1946]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Fright Motif (audio story)}})  
[[Darkel]] wore a crimson sash during the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s trial. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Terror of the Veroids (novelisation)}})


[[The Curator]], a future version of the Doctor, wore an [[ascot tie]] of [[Navy (colour)|navy]] and crimson paisley under his [[Tattersall (design)|tattersall]] [[shirt]]'s collar when taking the form of an older Fourth Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}})
==Technology==
 
Crimson could a colour used in helmet-based displays for glyphs. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Monitor (short story)}})
{{Delgado|c}} wore a crimson blazer. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Terror of the Master (audio story)}})
 
[[Marcus Scarman]] wore a crimson and navy striped cravat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Pyramids of Mars (TV story)}})
 
Leading members on [[Gallifrey]] wore crimson [[Robe|robes]] with gold symbols during and after the [[Last Great Time War]]. They included [[President of the High Council|President]] [[Rassilon]] in four incarnations: an [[Rassilon (Desperate Measures)|old one]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Desperate Measures (audio story)}}) a [[Rassilon (Deception)|younger one with a beard]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Deception (audio story)}}) a [[Rassilon (The End of Time)|menacing one with a crew cut]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) and an [[Rassilon (Hell Bent)|aging one]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}}) They also included his [[Chancellor (The End of Time)|Chancellor]], [[the Partisan]], [[the Visionary]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}) and [[Cardinal (religious title)|Cardinal]] [[War Ollistra|Ollistra]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Innocent (audio story)}}) [[Leela]] also wore a crimson robe with gold symbols to symbolize her connection to Gallifrey. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Final Battle (webcast)}})
 
[[The Toymaker]] wore [[Ebony (colour)|ebony]] [[black]] [[boots]] with crimson laces when he plays the [[Spice Girls]] Spice Up Your Life while messing with [[UNIT]] in [[London]] during [[2023]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}})
 
[[Last Great Time War|Time Lord soldiers]] wore crimson [[armour]] over [[maroon]] uniforms. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Last Day (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Ambush (comic story)}}, etc.)
 
The [[Harrigain]] wore crimson armour. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Devil in the Mist (audio story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Bidding War (comic story)}})
 
Members of [[UNIT]] wore crimson [[Beret|berets]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Poison Sky (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}}, etc.)  


In the [[20th century]], [[Torchwood Three]] found a [[lavender (colour)|deep-lavender]] [[emotional amplifier]]. It pulsed crimson when it detected [[anger]], amplifying it into [[rage]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Slow Decay (novel)}})
In the [[20th century]], [[Torchwood Three]] found a [[lavender (colour)|deep-lavender]] [[emotional amplifier]]. It pulsed crimson when it detected [[anger]], amplifying it into [[rage]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Slow Decay (novel)}})


During the [[War in Heaven]], [[Inquisitor]] [[Ishmael]] of the [[Order of Tarth'Rioshim]] wore crimson clothing, including an [[overcoat]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Call Me Ishmael (audio story)}})
==See also==
*[[Crimson Heart]]
*[[Red leech]], also known as "The Crimson Horror".
*[[Crimson pirate]]
*[[Crimson Star]] beer and larger. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Return of the Living Dad (novel)}}, {{cs|Walking to Babylon (novel)}}


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Latest revision as of 12:51, 12 October 2024

Crimson

Crimson was a colour shade related to red and scarlet. (AUDIO: Caerdroia [+]Loading...["Caerdroia (audio story)"])

Amy Pond's visualisation of crimson. (TV: The Doctor's Wife [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Wife (TV story)"])

The passkey to get into the backup TARDIS control room was "Crimson. Eleven. Delight. Petrichor." It had to be thought for the telepathic circuits to pick it up. (TV: The Doctor's Wife [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Wife (TV story)"])

Paint could be crimson. (PROSE: The Northern Heights [+]Loading...["The Northern Heights (short story)"], To the Slaughter [+]Loading...["To the Slaughter (novel)"]) As could nail polish paint. (PROSE: Timeless [+]Loading...["Timeless (novel)"]) And graffiti. (PROSE: The Shadows of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Shadows of Weng-Chiang (novel)"])

Ink could also be crimson and used for printing in the 20th, and 21st century. (PROSE: The City of the Dead [+]Loading...["The City of the Dead (novel)"], Spoilsport [+]Loading...["Spoilsport (short story)"])

Carpets could be crimson in colour. (PROSE: Walkin' City Blues [+]Loading...["Walkin' City Blues (short story)"])

Cloth could be crimson. (PROSE: The City of the Dead [+]Loading...["The City of the Dead (novel)"]) Satin could also be crimson coloured. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern [+]Loading...["The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)"])

Blackcurrants had crimson juice. (PROSE: The Deadstone Memorial [+]Loading...["The Deadstone Memorial (novel)"])

Lipstick was available in crimson in 2006. (PROSE: Iceberg [+]Loading...["Iceberg (novel)"])

Crimson energy around the Tenth Doctor and Alice Wu. (PROSE: Loose Wire [+]Loading...["Loose Wire (short story)"])

Blood was a crimson colour. (PROSE: Project Valhalla [+]Loading...["Project Valhalla (novel)"], The Coming of the Queen [+]Loading...["The Coming of the Queen (novel)"], Mordieu [+]Loading...["Mordieu (short story)"]) Diffused through water blood would make the water appear crimson. (PROSE: Mire and Clay [+]Loading...["Mire and Clay (short story)"]) Silurian blood was crimson. (PROSE: Blood Head [+]Loading...["Blood Head (novel)"])

Once activated the Krivani goblet began to give off a deep angry crimson light and emitting a high pitched hum just prior to the Seventh Doctor throwing it into the time vortex. (PROSE: Ante Bellum [+]Loading...["Ante Bellum (short story)"])

Under strain people's faces could turn crimson. (PROSE: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back [+]Loading...["One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (short story)"]) Or under embarrassment or sunburn people's faces could turn crimson. (PROSE: Siege Mentality [+]Loading...["Siege Mentality (short story)"], The Death of Art [+]Loading...["The Death of Art (novel)"]) Or anger. (PROSE: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (novelisation)"], Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters (novelisation)"]) Or fury. (PROSE: The Crooked World [+]Loading...["The Crooked World (novel)"]) Alpha Centauri too also would turn a crimson colour in times of conflict. (PROSE: Legacy [+]Loading...["Legacy (novel)"])

Benek Chaloupka had a mostly shaved head however he had a central top-knot, which hung down to his shoulders in a crimson ponytail, and two long, thin moustaches of similar tinge in 2221. (PROSE: Spoilsport [+]Loading...["Spoilsport (short story)"])

The crimson front light of K9, within the Doctor's TARDIS. (TV: State of Decay [+]Loading...["State of Decay (TV story)"])

The light on the from of K9 Mark II was crimson. (PROSE: All Snug in Their Beds [+]Loading...["All Snug in Their Beds (short story)"])

In an event of an emergency the TARDIS control room could change the lighting crimson. (PROSE: Nuclear Time [+]Loading...["Nuclear Time (novel)"])

Melkur's arrival on Traken. (TV: The Keeper of Traken [+]Loading...["The Keeper of Traken (TV story)"])

When Melkur arrived on Traken it was in a crimson fireball. (PROSE: The Keeper of Traken [+]Loading...["The Keeper of Traken (novelisation)"])

One of the weapons testing rooms in the Cybermen's tomb on Telos encountered by Jamie McCrimmon and Peter Haydon in the 26th century which flashed several colours at them including; crimson, rose, scarlet, vermilion, orange, yellow, green, blue, royal blue, ultramarine, violet and purple. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen (novelisation)"])

As the volcano erupted on Dulkis it resulted in white, orange and crimson clouds swirling in every direction around it. (PROSE: The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (novelisation)"])

The "mark of the Rani" – evidence of the First Rani's experiments on humans in the 19th century left a crimson mark on the neck. It could spread leading to death. (PROSE: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)"])

Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS was crimson. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress [+]Loading...["The Scarlet Empress (novel)"] Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"], The Blue Angel [+]Loading...["The Blue Angel (novel)"])

Imorkal third eye would glow crimson when in use. (PROSE: Blood Heat [+]Loading...["Blood Heat (novel)"])

Astronomical objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

Red giants were dying suns, they bathed planets nearby in a crimson light. (PROSE: Beyond the Sun [+]Loading...["Beyond the Sun (novel)"])

The twin suns of Rearbus and Selynx gave Karfel a crimson skyline. (PROSE: Timelash [+]Loading...["Timelash (novelisation)"])

Eros' sun lent the planet's sky a vibrant crimson. (PROSE: The Queen of Eros [+]Loading...["The Queen of Eros (short story)"])

Tír na n-Óg had a red sun that lent gave the sky a hellish crimson streak. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)"])

Macha was one of three suns in a trinary star system, it was crimson. (PROSE: Predating the Predators [+]Loading...["Predating the Predators (short story)"])

Sunsets on Earth in 1968 appeared crimson. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])

In the 1970s the Third Doctor showed Elizabeth Shaw sunrise from orbit, the sun revealed a crimson flare as it rose. (PROSE: UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas [+]Loading...["UNIT Christmas Parties: First Christmas (short story)"])

Lucifer cast a crimson glare on Moloch in the 2150s. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising [+]Loading...["Lucifer Rising (novel)"])

The sky on Mars in 2157 darkened at the horizon turning from a salmon pink to a deep crimson as it met the ground. (PROSE: GodEngine [+]Loading...["GodEngine (novel)"]) The sky still appeared crimson in 2595. (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars [+]Loading...["Beige Planet Mars (novel)"])

One of the Seven Planets of the Althosian system had a crimson hue to its surface in 2400. (PROSE: The Pit [+]Loading...["The Pit (novel)"])

On Jupiter in 2553 it had ochre and crimson clouds. (PROSE: Jupiter [+]Loading...["Jupiter (short story)"])

In 2670 Arden had crimson sunsets. (PROSE: Shadowmind [+]Loading...["Shadowmind (novel)"])

Botany[[edit] | [edit source]]

Plants' blossoms or flowers could be a crimson colour. (PROSE: The Dalek Factor [+]Loading...["The Dalek Factor (novel)"], The Sleep of Reason [+]Loading...["The Sleep of Reason (novel)"])

Crimson roses grew in gardens on Traken. (PROSE: The Astronomer's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Astronomer's Apprentice (short story)"])

In [Napier]] in December 1980 there were pohutukawa trees in full crimson bloom when Sarah Jane Smith and the Fourth Doctor visited. (PROSE: Autaia Pipipi Pia [+]Loading...["Autaia Pipipi Pia (short story)"])

Clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crimson robes were worn on Hyspero. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress [+]Loading...["The Scarlet Empress (novel)"])

Gowns also be made of crimson fabric. (PROSE: Managra [+]Loading...["Managra (novel)"])

Inquisitor Darkel wearing a crimson sash. (TV: The Mysterious Planet [+]Loading...["The Mysterious Planet (TV story)"])

Adric observed that the Fourth Doctor's coat was crimson. (PROSE: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (novelisation)"]) Although according to other accounts it was burgundy. (PROSE: Into the Silent Land [+]Loading...["Into the Silent Land (short story)"])

In the far future in the City of Hope at Endpoint Silver's staff wore crimson uniforms. (PROSE: Hope [+]Loading...["Hope (novel)"])

When the Seventh Doctor met Helen A on Terra Alpha in the 25th century she was wearing a deep crimson velvet suit with a matching crimson feather hat. (PROSE: The Happiness Patrol [+]Loading...["The Happiness Patrol (novelisation)"])

Darkel wore a crimson sash during the Sixth Doctor's trial. (PROSE: Terror of the Veroids [+]Loading...["Terror of the Veroids (novelisation)"])

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crimson could a colour used in helmet-based displays for glyphs. (PROSE: Monitor [+]Loading...["Monitor (short story)"])

In the 20th century, Torchwood Three found a deep-lavender emotional amplifier. It pulsed crimson when it detected anger, amplifying it into rage. (PROSE: Slow Decay [+]Loading...["Slow Decay (novel)"])

See also[[edit] | [edit source]]

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