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|t2=Colours of yellow with [[T:VS]] names within [[Tardis:Colour spectrum policy|colour spectrum policy]] | |||
|2= [[Beige]] • [[Brass (colour)|Brass]] • [[Cream (colour)|Cream]] • [[Gold (colour)|Gold]] • [[Ivory (colour)|Ivory]] • [[Mustard (colour)|Mustard]] • [[Ochre (colour)|Ochre]] • [[Yolk]] | |||
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Yellow sat between [[green]] and [[orange (colour)|orange]] on the [[visible spectrum]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Sky (TV story)}}) | '''Yellow''' was a colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|SLEEPY (novel)}}, {{cs|The Clockwise Man (novel)}}) Yellow sat between [[green]] and [[orange (colour)|orange]] on the [[visible spectrum]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Sky (TV story)}}) | ||
[[ | [[Yolk|Egg yolk]] was a particular kind of "brilliant yolky yellow". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}}) | ||
[[ | Chalk and sandstone could be yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head Games (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Thirteenth Stone (audio story)}}) | ||
The Doctor's houseboat the ''[[Dejah Thoris]]'' had a stuffed yellow three-eyed fish, which had come from his villa overlooking the Lake of Mutations on [[Skaro]]. It was mounted in the manner of a sculpture by [[Damian Hirst]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Crimson Dawn (short story)}}) | |||
As [[Mickey Smith]] claimed [[Rose Tyler]] told him, the [[Ninth Doctor]] once landed [[the TARDIS]] in a [[big yellow garden]] full of [[balloon]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}) | |||
[[File:TerroronTiro Carnivorous plant Amber.jpeg|thumb|The [[First Doctor]] trapped in a carnivorous plant with [[amber (colour)|amber]] veins and yellow walls. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Terror on Tiro (short story)}})]] | |||
[[Magma]] was red and yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sky Pirates! (novel)}}) | |||
Jo Grant painted her toenails yellow in the [[1970s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Switching (short story)}}) | |||
Red and yellow was the symbol [[McDonald's]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)}}) | |||
In [[1963]] [[Hertz]] Rentals' signage was yellow and red. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) | |||
Snooker had balls coloured; yellow, [[green]], [[brown]], [[blue]], [[pink]] and [[black]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Father Time (novel)}}) | |||
==Astronomical objects== | |||
There was a yellow sun which [[Spiridon]] orbited. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[The Sun]] was yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Set Piece (novel)}}, {{cs|Dead Romance (novel)}}) | |||
[[Zolfa-Thura]] had yellow sands. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Meglos (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Tythonus]] had red skies and yellow sulphuric acid clouds and indigo beaches. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit (novelisation)}}) | |||
Located on at a [[Mars]] colony there were external water dumps, used for evaporating the colony's waste water, the colonists attempted to used tailored [[bacteria]] to deal with the remnants which produced a mess with colours with stripes of bright [[sulphur]] yellow, [[cornflower (colour)|cornflower blue]], and a flocculent [[magenta (colour)|magenta]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dust (short story)}}) | |||
On the colony [[F-four]] the dust there that settled between the colony's domes was yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Exit (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1937]] the dawn lent the sky in Spain a yellow pink. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|History 101 (novel)}}) | |||
On [[Endpoint]] in the [[far future]] dawn was a sickly yellow light. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hope (novel)}}) | |||
Following his regeneration in [[1999]] the [[Eighth Doctor]] was recalling a memory of a [[meteor storm]] on [[Gallifrey]] to [[Grace Holloway]] and seeing colours of [[purple]], [[green]] and yellow. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) | |||
==Biology== | |||
[[Wasp]]s were yellow. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Mutant Phase (audio story)}}) | |||
The [[eye]]s of those exposed to [[zytron energy]] turned yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Ghosts of India (novel)}}) | The [[eye]]s of those exposed to [[zytron energy]] turned yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Ghosts of India (novel)}}) | ||
== | [[Pus]] and [[mucus]] could be yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monsters Inside (novel)}}, {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}}) Whilst [[phlegm]] was a yellowish colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mire and Clay (short story)}}) | ||
[[file:Yellow flowers (Closing Time).png|thumb|A [[vase]] of yellow [[flower]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}})]] | |||
[[ | When bruises formed, yellow was one of the colours that made them up. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Unnatural History (novelisation)}}) | ||
==Botany== | |||
Many flowers and blooms could be yellow including [[carnation]]s could be yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Speed of Flight (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}}) [[Gallifrey]] had several yellow flowing plants including; the [[Gallifreyan Flower of Remembrance]] had six petals and had bright yellow blooms. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}) And the [[Sarlain]], also native to Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)}}) | |||
[[file:Yellow flowers (Closing Time).png|thumb|A [[vase]] of yellow [[flower]]s in [[Craig Owens and Sophie's house]] in [[2011]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}})]] | |||
[[Corn]] was yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crooked World (novel)}}) | |||
On [[Tiro]] there was a carnivorous plant, large enough to eat a person. Within it the walls were cup shaped and yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Terror on Tiro (short story)}}) | |||
In [[2594]] [[Tempest (planet)|Tempest]] had red and yellow lichens growing on its surface. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tempest (novel)}}) | |||
[[Riverfruit]] on [[Alzarius]] had yellow seeds. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Full Circle (novelisation)}}) | |||
As [[grass]] dried out it turned yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Canvey Angels (short story)}}) | |||
==Books== | |||
A reproduction of the ''[[Codex Atlaca]]'' had a yellow cover, and was printed on glossy paper. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)}}) | |||
''[[Creation’s Echo Book Three: The Cartographer’s Song]]'' was 600 pages long and had a cover illustration in rich yellow, [[orange]] and [[black]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Suns of Caresh (novel)}}) | |||
==Building and furnishings== | |||
Bright yellow huts formed [[Antarctica Camp Three]] in the [[1970s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Wimpy Bar]]s had yellow rubber seats in the [[20th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dead Romance (novel)}}) | |||
==Cabling== | |||
The cables on [[Nerva Beacon]] for the oxygen valve servo-mechanism were yellow, black and green. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ark in Space (TV story)}}) | |||
In [[2503]] yellow and black cables controlled life support on a spacecraft in the Garazone system. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Sword of Orion (audio story)}}) | |||
==Clothing== | |||
Fluorescent yellow jackets were worn by police in the [[20th century|20th]] and [[21st century]] to appear more visible. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)}}) | |||
The [[Yellow Kang]]s had yellow [[hair]] and [[clothing]] in around the [[22nd century]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Paradise Towers (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Kusk]]s in [[3177]] wore yellow sashes which indicated combat duty. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Longest Day (novel)}}) | |||
D-grade citizens of [[Megropolis One]] wore yellow coveralls in the [[far future]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Sun Makers (novelisation)}}) | |||
===Individuals' clothing history=== | |||
In the [[1190s]] Vicki Pallister dressed as a page, with long, dark-blue tights and pointed ankle-high shoes, and an extremely smart long-sleeve yellow vest and over it, a thigh-length grey tunic with short puffed sleeves. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Peri Brown]] wore an yellow [[justacorps]] when posing as [[Percy Blakeney]]'s wife in [[1793]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Plight of the Pimpernel (audio story)}}) | |||
[[File:This is so Bridgerton (Rogue).jpg|thumb|Ruby Sunday in wearing a yellow dress. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rogue (TV story)}}]] | |||
[[Ruby Sunday]] wore a yellow [[Evening dress|gown]] during an adventure in [[1813]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rogue (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Jackson Lake]] wore a single-breasted [[overcoat]] of yellow [[tweed]] with peaked lapels and a [[Burgundy (colour)|burgundy]] overcheck when he and [[Rosita Farisi]] also was wearing also was wearing a [[black]] [[corset]] with yellow and [[Rust (colour)|rust]] stripes when they were helped by the Tenth Doctor to defeat [[Cybusman|Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]] during the [[1851 incident|1851 Incident]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Next Doctor (TV story)}}) | |||
Arriving in [[19th century]] England Peri Brown was wearing an ankle-length gown; yellow with red trimmings, and shoes and parasol to match. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Franz Kafka]] wore a [[Bronze (colour)|bronze]] and yellow cheque [[tie]] when helping River Song solver a mystery in [[Vienna]] and [[107 Baker Street]] during the [[1920s]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Whodunnit? (audio story)}}) | |||
[[Romana II]] wore a yellow waistcoat when she met [[Zodaal]] in [[London]] during [[1930]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The English Way of Death (novel)}}) | |||
[[Melanie Bush]] was wearing a [[cornflower (colour)|cornflower]]-blue dress with yellow polka dots, white socks, black buckle-on shoes when [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] arrived in [[Pax Lucis]] during [[World War II]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Special Weapons (short story)}}) | |||
[[Jo Grant]] wore yellow [[boot]]s in the [[1970s]] when she and the [[Third Doctor]] chased [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|the Master]] during his [[Minoan Manoeuvre]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Monster (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Chronotis|Professor Chronotis]] wore a yellow waistcoat in [[1979]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Shada (webcast)}}) | |||
[[Neil (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Neil]] wore a yellow [[sports shirt]] when he tried to kill [[Carol (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Carol]] and [[Danny (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Danny]] in the mid-[[2000s]].([[TV]]: {{cs|Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Rose Tyler]] wore a yellow [[Tank-top|tank top]] when she first met [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Krillitane]]s in [[2007]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|School Reunion (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Ursula Blake]] wore a yellow [[trenchcoat]] up to being absorbed by [[Abzorbaloff]] in [[2007]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Love & Monsters (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Ruby Duvall]] wore a yellow t-shirt at [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]]'s [[Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane's wedding|wedding]] in [[Cheldon Bonniface]] on [[24 April]] [[2010]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happy Endings (novel)}}) | |||
Alpha Centauri wore a yellow gown to Bernice Summerfield's wedding in [[2010]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happy Endings (novel)}}) | |||
[[Rose Tyler]] wore a yellow [[t-shirt]] under her [[blue]] [[denim]] jacket during the incident with the [[Isolus]] possessing [[Chloe Webber|Chloe]] in [[2012]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fear Her (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Amy Pond]] wore a yellow [[blouse]] with [[white]] [[polka dot]]s when dealing with the [[Shakri cube]]s during the [[The Year of the Slow Invasion|Year of the Slow Invasion]] ([[2012]]-[[2013]]). ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Leela]] wore a yellow mini-[[dress]] when she met the [[Seventh Doctor]] in the [[First Rani]]'s traps in [[2013]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dimensions in Time (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Clara Oswald]] wore yellow [[jumper]]s, one with a black collar in the [[21st century]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}) and one with a polo collar. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Under the Lake (TV story)}}, {{cs|Before the Flood (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Bill Potts]] wore a rainbow [[bodysuit]] done in black, [[crimson]], [[Sapphire (colour)|sapphire]] [[blue]], [[white]], [[burnt orange]], and yellow initially in [[2017]]. ([[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)}}) | |||
[[The Curator]] wore a [[black]] waistcoat with yellow stripes and yellow trims during his [[Sixth Doctor]] form in [[2020]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Crossed Lines (audio story)}}) | |||
[[File:Graham & Ryan see Grace (ROTD).jpg|thumb|Ryan Sinclair wearing a yellow beanie. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)}})]] | |||
The Thirteenth Doctor commented that not everyone could pull off a yellow beanie, although [[Ryan Sinclair]] could in [[2021]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | |||
[[File:Mel2.JPG|thumb|Melanie Bush in her yellow jumper and trousers as the TARDIS materialised on board the ''[[Hyperion III]]'' in [[2986]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)}})]] | |||
[[Melanie Bush]] wore a yellow yellow jacket and trousers over a [[teal]] [[blouse]] whilst on the ''[[Hyperion III]]'' in [[2986]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)}}) | |||
When [[Trevor Sigma]] was on [[Terra Alpha]] in the [[25th century]] he was dressed soberly aside from a yellow tie. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Happiness Patrol (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Peri Brown]] wore a yellow [[blouse]] under her [[blazer]] when she and the Sixth Doctor arrived on [[Ravolox]] in [[2000000|2,000,000]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mysterious Planet (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Banto Zame]] wore a yellow yellow [[shirt]] when posing as the Doctor at the [[Far future|vulgar end of time]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The One Doctor (audio story)}}) | |||
====Undated==== | |||
Adric wore a yellow tunic at first on [[Alzarius]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Kinda (novelisation)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Full Circle (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[War Master]] wore a single-breasted waistcoat of yellow moleskin with his [[green]] [[tweed]] [[jacket]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Sincerest Form of Flattery (audio story)}}, {{cs|A Quiet Night In (audio story)}}, {{cs|The Orphan (audio story)}}, {{cs|Unfinished Business (audio story)}}) | |||
[[Bellboy]] wore a yellow jacket. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (novelisation)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)}}) | |||
Whilst on [[Hyspero]] [[Iris Wildthyme]] gave [[Sam Jones]] some yellow silk pyjamas from within [[Celestial Omnibus|her TARDIS]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Scarlet Empress (novel)}}) | |||
The [[Dream Lord]] wears a yellow [[tie]] with [[Caramel (colour)|caramel]] [[brown]] symbols when he taunts the [[Eleventh Doctor]], Amy Pond, and [[Rory Williams]] during the beginning of the [[Eknodine]] assault. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Amy's Choice (TV story)}}) | |||
Peri Brown wore a yellow and black [[pinstripe]] [[blazer]] when she encountered a [[Dalek Supreme (Emissary of the Daleks)|Dalek Supreme]] and the [[Watchers of the Law]] on [[Omnia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Emissary of the Daleks (audio story)}}) | |||
===The Doctor's clothing=== | |||
The [[Sixth Doctor]] wore yellow [[trousers]] with [[black]] stripes. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Twin Dilemma (TV story)}}) | |||
The Sixth Doctor typically wore yellow [[trousers]] with black stripes. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Piece of Mind (audio story)}}) | |||
The Sixth Doctor was wearing a yellow [[cravat]] with [[purple]] stars when he and [[Melanie Bush]] arrived on board the ''[[Hyperion III]]'' in [[2986]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)}}) And when he met [[Banto Zame]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The One Doctor (audio story)}}) He also wore it during and encounter during [[World War I]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Fortunes of War (audio story)}}) and during an encounter with [[Davros]] and some [[Imperial Dalek|Imperial Daleks]] as well as the [[Tremas Master]] and [[CyberNeomorph|Neomorph Cybermen]] including a [[Cyber-Leader (The Trials of A Time Lord)|Cyber-Leader]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Trials of a Time Lord (audio story)}}) | |||
Additionally {{Ainley}} described the [[Sixth Doctor]] as wearing yellow trousers and a "vulgarly coloured coat" when he was in the [[19th century]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mark of the Rani (TV story)}}) | |||
The Sixth Doctor wore striped yellow trousers when he and Peri Brown were in Belgium in [[1913]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Year of the Pig (audio story)}}) | |||
He wore yellow trousers up to his [[Sixth Doctor's regeneration|death]], the Seventh Doctor continued to wear this clothing whilst within the Rani's base on Lakertya before changing in his TARDIS into [[beige]] jacket with a jumper and [[Braces (clothing)|braces]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] wore a yellow and [[maroon]] [[Paisley (design)|paisley]] [[scarf]] when helping his past incarnations and companions to defeat the [[First Rani]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dimensions in Time (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] wore a yellow [[ascot tie]] of dupioni under the collar of his [[white]] [[shirt]] when he met [[Josie Day|Josephine Day]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Pictures of Josephine Day (comic story)}}) | |||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] wore a double-breasted waistcoat of yellow [[Paisley (design)|paisley]] with a shawl collar and a [[gold]] [[fob watch]] when he and [[Charley Pollard]] went to [[Venice]] in [[2294]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Stones of Venice (audio story)}}) | |||
[[File:Eighth Doctor issue 1 the art of josie.jpg|thumb|right|The Eighth Doctor wearing a pale yellow waistcoat. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Pictures of Josephine Day (comic story)}})]] | |||
The Eighth Doctor wore a single-breasted [[waistcoat]] of yellow [[velvet]] with a shawl collar and a [[gold]] [[fob watch]] when he first met [[Josephine Day]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Pictures of Josephine Day (comic story)}}) | |||
The [[War Doctor]] wore a double-breast waistcoat of yellow [[moleskin]] with a shawl collar and a double fob chain of when working with [[Alice Obiefune]] and the [[The Master|Child Master]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|First Rule (comic story)}}, {{cs|The Organ Grinder (comic story)}}, {{cs|Kill God (comic story)}}, {{cs|Fast Asleep (comic story)}}) He also wore this coat 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)}}) | |||
The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] wore yellow [[Braces (clothing)|braces]] to hold up her [[teal]] [[culottes]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)}}-{{cs|Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Many Lives of Doctor Who}}, et al.) | |||
[[ | The [[Fifteenth Doctor]] wore a [[green]] [[cardigan]] with a [[beige]] trim and stripes done in yellow, [[scarlet]], and [[black]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) | ||
The Fifteenth Doctor also wore a yellow [[Tank-top|tank top]] when protecting [[Hans Christian Andersen]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Hans of Fear (comic story)}}) | |||
Arriving on the cliffs near [[Glyngatwg]] the Fifteenth Doctor was wearing a yellow duffle coat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|73 Yards (TV story)}}) | |||
[[ | The [[The Doctor (Battlefield)|Doctor who posed as Merlin]] wore a yellow waistcoat under his [[Afghan coat]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Good Companions (short story)}}, {{cs|Revenants (short story)}}) | ||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
[[Ace]] likened fitting into a temporal period as getting rid of all colours except yellow, and then lamented wanting interesting colours like "velociraptor [[violet]]" or "[[Mondasian]] silver". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Death in the Family (audio story)}}) | |||
The term "yellow" had two connotations on [[Earth]]: as a sign of [[cowardice]], and as a [[Racism|racial slur]] against [[Asian]]s. While convincing an Asian friend to help her break in somewhere, [[Ace]] told him "don't be so yellow," before realising and regretting the expression. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Hollow Men (novel)}}) Whilst under the influence of [[Morgaine]], Ace called [[Shou Yuing]] a "yellow, slant-[[eye]]d..." before stopping herself. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Battlefield (TV story)}} | The term "yellow" had two connotations on [[Earth]]: as a sign of [[cowardice]], and as a [[Racism|racial slur]] against [[Asian]]s. While convincing an Asian friend to help her break in somewhere, [[Ace]] told him "don't be so yellow," before realising and regretting the expression. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Hollow Men (novel)}}) Whilst under the influence of [[Morgaine]], Ace called [[Shou Yuing]] a "yellow, slant-[[eye]]d..." before stopping herself. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Battlefield (TV story)}} | ||
In comparison to other colours like [[red]] or [[black]], yellow and [[purple]] were inferior psychological triggers in [[human]]s. As such, a Yellow [[Eye of Eternity]] never appeared in ''[[Through the Eye of Eternity]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}) | In comparison to other colours like [[red]] or [[black]], yellow and [[purple]] were inferior psychological triggers in [[human]]s. As such, a Yellow [[Eye of Eternity]] never appeared in ''[[Through the Eye of Eternity]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}) | ||
[[Demons Run]] was placed on [[yellow alert]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]] assembled an army from across [[time]] and [[space]] to rescue his [[companion]] [[Amy Pond]] and her [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|baby daughter]]. This period of yellow alert lasted three weeks which climaxed with the [[Battle of Demons Run]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}) | [[Demons Run]] was placed on [[yellow alert]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]] assembled an army from across [[time]] and [[space]] to rescue his [[companion]] [[Amy Pond]] and her [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|baby daughter]]. This period of yellow alert lasted three weeks which climaxed with the [[Battle of Demons Run]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}) | ||
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The [[Fragile Yellow Arc]] was one of two epochs in the lives of the residents of the [[planet]] [[Fragrance]]. It was the time from which a person fell in love until the time they died. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance (audio story)}}) | The [[Fragile Yellow Arc]] was one of two epochs in the lives of the residents of the [[planet]] [[Fragrance]]. It was the time from which a person fell in love until the time they died. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance (audio story)}}) | ||
== | ==Daleks== | ||
[[Eternal Dalek]]s had yellow casings. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Examiner Dalek]] could fire blue and yellow rays. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Manhunt (short story)}}) | |||
==Drugs== | |||
[[Cigarette]] smoke stained walls yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Deadstone Memorial (novel)}}) | |||
[[Nicotine]] oil capsules were available in the 21st century and were used as an alternative to smoking, they were yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Trading Futures (novel)}}) | |||
==Foods and beverages== | |||
In [[Bombay]] in [[1887]] [[John Watson]] ate yellow, red, [[green]] and [[purple]] [[rice]]s, along with various spiced meats which were served swimming in [[butter]] and garnished with [[sultana]]s and [[almond]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|All-Consuming Fire (novel)}}) | |||
Part of the [[Tibet|Tibetan]] food served in [[1935]] at the [[Det-Sen Monastery]] included a pile of yellow rice, covered with meats and [[vegetable]]s. Along with unsweetened tea with Yak butter floating in it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen (novelisation)}}) | |||
Rose [[pink]] and yellow were the colours of [[Turkish Delight]] in the [[1960s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mad Dogs and English Men (novel)}}) | |||
Instant [[tea]] available in [[2562]] was a yellow colour. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Genius Loci (novel)}}) | |||
On [[Haven (planet)|Haven]] in the [[28th century]] the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Catherine Broome]] breakfasted on hot spicy [[bread]], a rich yellow [[yoghurt]] and a strong [[cinnamon]] flavoured beverage. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Companion Piece (novel)}}) | |||
In [[3177]] [[narcomilk]] was an intoxicating beverage that was a thick yellow syrup. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Longest Day (novel)}}) | |||
Some [[cheese]]s were yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Warlock (novel)}}) | |||
[[God (The Also People)|God]] insisted on sending a suspicious yellow dip to every party on the [[Worldsphere]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Also People (novel)}}) | |||
==Individuals== | |||
Two [[robot]]s, a yellow one and a [[red robot|red one]], were sent to [[Earth]] to find the heir to the throne of [[Planet (The Empty Planet)|a planet]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Empty Planet (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Fifth Doctor]] was sometimes described as having yellow hair. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Boy That Time Forgot (audio story)}}) | |||
[[Fadros Pallujikaa]] of the [[Sycorax]] identified the [[blonde]]-[[hair]]ed Rose as the "yellow girl" in [[2006]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}) | |||
Two [[posthuman]]s at the [[First Auction in Heaven]], the [[Baron of Trilermeriaq]] and [[Baron of Trilermeriaq's lover|his lover]], were mostly made of yellow [[coral]], with "swaying sacks of [[brain]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Going Once, Going Twice (short story)}}) | |||
When [[Davros]] was retrieved by [[Thal]]s from the ''[[Quetzel]]'' and removed from a stasis pod he had yellow-[[green]] skin. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}) | |||
==Law enforcement== | |||
Police cordon tape in [[Los Angeles]] in [[1947]] was bright yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dying in the Sun (novel)}}) | |||
A double yellow line signified "no parking" in the [[1970s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)}}) | |||
Police tape in the [[1980s]] was yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Damaged Goods (novel)}}) | |||
Police tape in [[2109]] was black and yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Transit (novel)}}) | |||
On Mars in the [[25th century]] police tape was [[blue]] and yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Crimson Dawn (short story)}}) | |||
==Lightning== | |||
[[Oil lamp]]s gave off a yellow light. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Death to the Daleks (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock (novelisation)}}, {{cs|All-Consuming Fire (novel)}}) | |||
[[Gaslight]] also produced a yellow light. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|All-Consuming Fire (novel)}}) | |||
Street lamps or streetlights gave off a yellow light in the [[20th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)}}, {{cs|Damaged Goods (novel)}}) | |||
Electric globes gave spaces they illuminated a yellow light. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)}}) | |||
==Objects== | |||
The [[Auton]] [[Auto-jet]] had delicate yellow petals in the [[1970s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Rubber duck|Plastic or rubber ducks]] were commonly yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)}}) | |||
Skip bins in the [[1990s]] were yellow in the United Kingdom. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}}) | |||
Sarah Jane Smith had a yellow teapot in the [[2009]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Day of the Clown (novelisation)}}) | |||
In [[2109]] fluorescent yellow gaffa tape was available. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Transit (novel)}}) | |||
On [[Peladon]] in [[3984]] there were yellowing tapestry with the image of Aggedor's visage. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy (novel)}}) | |||
==Paper== | |||
At the [[Cowbridge Overflow Camp]] during [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]] in [[2011]] complaint forms were coloured yellow. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Categories of Life (TV story)}}) | |||
Aging paper in books made it turn yellow. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Time of the Daleks (audio story)}}, {{cs|The Rani Elite (audio story)}}) Wallpaper too yellowed with age. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wonderland (novel)}}) | |||
==Science== | |||
[[Vapour]] could be yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dalek Factor (novel)}}) | |||
[[Sulphur]] within crumbly rock was yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Krotons (novelisation)}}) | |||
The fog in [[London]] in [[1894]] was yellow. It was yellow due to thousands of [[coal]] fires which produced sulphur. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Bodysnatchers (novel)}}) | |||
In the [[20th century]] exhaust fumes gave the air a yellow shimmer. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)}}) | |||
[[Sodium]] in space when lit up by the sun appeared [[yellow]], it was used by [[Moonbase Laika|the Moonbase]] in [[2070]] as a distress rocked signal. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Moonbase (TV story)}}) | |||
==Species== | |||
[[Taran wood beast]]s had yellow pointed teeth. ({{cs|Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Ogron]]s had yellow teeth and fangs. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Tzun]] had yellowish [[blood]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|First Frontier (novel)}}) | |||
[[Canary|Canaries]] were yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Transit (novel)}}) | |||
Many species had yellow skin the [[Doradan]]s of [[Dorada]] had yellow skin with white hair. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dream Masters (short story)}}) | |||
Native to the [[Zeta Four Sector]] [[Megallan]]s also had yellow skin. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|K9 and the Zeta Rescue (novel)}}) | |||
[[file:Doctor Who The Bedtime Story Bugbie.jpg|thumb||A [[Bugbie (Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story)|Bugbie]] on [[Planet Bedtime Stories]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story (TV story)}})]] | |||
Some species had yellow [[fur]] such as the [[Arunde]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Fifth Traveller (audio story)}}) | |||
Although most [[Time Lord]]s had skin tones comparable to humanoids, one encountered by [[K9 Mark I]] had bright yellow skin. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|K9 and the Zeta Rescue (novel)}}) | |||
Some [[frog]]s on Earth were yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Eye of the Tyger (novel)}}) | |||
[[Bugbie]]s had yellow [[skin]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story (TV story)}}) | |||
==TARDISes== | |||
[[The Master's TARDIS]] sometimes took on the appearance of a yellow Corinthian column pillar. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Planet of Fire (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] had a yellow lamp on top. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dark Path (novel)}}) | |||
==Vehicles== | |||
The United States had yellow [[taxi]] cabs in [[1970]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)}}) | |||
[[Bessie]] was yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Out of the Green Mist (short story)}}, {{cs|Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Amsterdam]] had yellow [[tram]]s in the [[1980s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Arc of Infinity (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] had a yellow [[Mini Metro]] in the [[1990s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Moving On (short story)}}) | |||
[[File:Luke Beetle.jpg|thumb|[[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s Volkswagen Beetle, given to [[Luke Smith|Luke]] upon his departure for the [[University of Oxford]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Nightmare Man (TV story)}})]] | |||
In [[2001]] taxis in [[Belgium]] were yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Escape Velocity (novel)}}) | |||
[[Mickey Smith]] drove a yellow [[Volkswagen Beetle]] in [[2005]], but had replaced it with a [[Mini]] by [[2006]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}}) | |||
Some [[Mini Moke]]s were painted yellow. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Bounty (audio story)}}) | |||
Mickey Smith drove [[Rodrigo (The Parting of the Ways)|Rodrigo]]'s tow truck to help [[Rose Tyler]] break into the heart of the TARDIS in [[2006]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Age of Steel (TV story)}}) | |||
Bulldozers, also referred to as "JCBs" were painted yellow in the [[20th century|20th]] and [[21st century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)}}, {{cs|Damaged Goods (novel)}}) | |||
In [[2010]] [[Hamlet Macbeth]] was driving a yellow [[2CV]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happy Endings (novel)}}) | |||
[[Vespa]]s could come in yellow in the 21st century. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)}}) | |||
[[Hispano-Suiza]]s could be painted yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Two Doctors (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Fiat]]s were available in yellow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Warchild (novel)}}) | |||
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Yellow was a colour. (PROSE: SLEEPY [+]Loading...["SLEEPY (novel)"], The Clockwise Man [+]Loading...["The Clockwise Man (novel)"]) Yellow sat between green and orange on the visible spectrum. (TV: Sky [+]Loading...["Sky (TV story)"])
Egg yolk was a particular kind of "brilliant yolky yellow". (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])
Chalk and sandstone could be yellow. (PROSE: Head Games [+]Loading...["Head Games (novel)"], AUDIO: The Thirteenth Stone [+]Loading...["The Thirteenth Stone (audio story)"])
The Doctor's houseboat the Dejah Thoris had a stuffed yellow three-eyed fish, which had come from his villa overlooking the Lake of Mutations on Skaro. It was mounted in the manner of a sculpture by Damian Hirst. (PROSE: Crimson Dawn [+]Loading...["Crimson Dawn (short story)"])
As Mickey Smith claimed Rose Tyler told him, the Ninth Doctor once landed the TARDIS in a big yellow garden full of balloons. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"])
Magma was red and yellow. (PROSE: Sky Pirates! [+]Loading...["Sky Pirates! (novel)"])
Jo Grant painted her toenails yellow in the 1970s. (PROSE: The Switching [+]Loading...["The Switching (short story)"])
Red and yellow was the symbol McDonald's. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"])
In 1963 Hertz Rentals' signage was yellow and red. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
Snooker had balls coloured; yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black. (PROSE: Father Time [+]Loading...["Father Time (novel)"])
Astronomical objects[[edit] | [edit source]]
There was a yellow sun which Spiridon orbited. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks (novelisation)"])
The Sun was yellow. (PROSE: Set Piece [+]Loading...["Set Piece (novel)"], Dead Romance [+]Loading...["Dead Romance (novel)"])
Zolfa-Thura had yellow sands. (PROSE: Meglos [+]Loading...["Meglos (novelisation)"])
Tythonus had red skies and yellow sulphuric acid clouds and indigo beaches. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit (novelisation)"])
Located on at a Mars colony there were external water dumps, used for evaporating the colony's waste water, the colonists attempted to used tailored bacteria to deal with the remnants which produced a mess with colours with stripes of bright sulphur yellow, cornflower blue, and a flocculent magenta. (PROSE: Dust [+]Loading...["Dust (short story)"])
On the colony F-four the dust there that settled between the colony's domes was yellow. (PROSE: No Exit [+]Loading...["No Exit (short story)"])
In 1937 the dawn lent the sky in Spain a yellow pink. (PROSE: History 101 [+]Loading...["History 101 (novel)"])
On Endpoint in the far future dawn was a sickly yellow light. (PROSE: Hope [+]Loading...["Hope (novel)"])
Following his regeneration in 1999 the Eighth Doctor was recalling a memory of a meteor storm on Gallifrey to Grace Holloway and seeing colours of purple, green and yellow. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])
Biology[[edit] | [edit source]]
Wasps were yellow. (AUDIO: The Mutant Phase [+]Loading...["The Mutant Phase (audio story)"])
The eyes of those exposed to zytron energy turned yellow. (PROSE: Ghosts of India [+]Loading...["Ghosts of India (novel)"])
Pus and mucus could be yellow. (PROSE: The Monsters Inside [+]Loading...["The Monsters Inside (novel)"], Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"]) Whilst phlegm was a yellowish colour. (PROSE: Mire and Clay [+]Loading...["Mire and Clay (short story)"])
When bruises formed, yellow was one of the colours that made them up. (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novelisation)"])
Botany[[edit] | [edit source]]
Many flowers and blooms could be yellow including carnations could be yellow. (PROSE: Speed of Flight [+]Loading...["Speed of Flight (novel)"], TV: Closing Time [+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"]) Gallifrey had several yellow flowing plants including; the Gallifreyan Flower of Remembrance had six petals and had bright yellow blooms. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell [+]Loading...["The Ancestor Cell (novel)"]) And the Sarlain, also native to Gallifrey. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)"])
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Corn was yellow. (PROSE: The Crooked World [+]Loading...["The Crooked World (novel)"])
On Tiro there was a carnivorous plant, large enough to eat a person. Within it the walls were cup shaped and yellow. (PROSE: Terror on Tiro [+]Loading...["Terror on Tiro (short story)"])
In 2594 Tempest had red and yellow lichens growing on its surface. (PROSE: Tempest [+]Loading...["Tempest (novel)"])
Riverfruit on Alzarius had yellow seeds. (PROSE: Full Circle [+]Loading...["Full Circle (novelisation)"])
As grass dried out it turned yellow. (PROSE: The Canvey Angels [+]Loading...["The Canvey Angels (short story)"])
Books[[edit] | [edit source]]
A reproduction of the Codex Atlaca had a yellow cover, and was printed on glossy paper. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird [+]Loading...["The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)"])
Creation’s Echo Book Three: The Cartographer’s Song was 600 pages long and had a cover illustration in rich yellow, orange and black. (PROSE: The Suns of Caresh [+]Loading...["The Suns of Caresh (novel)"])
Building and furnishings[[edit] | [edit source]]
Bright yellow huts formed Antarctica Camp Three in the 1970s. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom (novelisation)"])
Wimpy Bars had yellow rubber seats in the 20th century. (PROSE: Dead Romance [+]Loading...["Dead Romance (novel)"])
Cabling[[edit] | [edit source]]
The cables on Nerva Beacon for the oxygen valve servo-mechanism were yellow, black and green. (TV: The Ark in Space [+]Loading...["The Ark in Space (TV story)"])
In 2503 yellow and black cables controlled life support on a spacecraft in the Garazone system. (AUDIO: Sword of Orion [+]Loading...["Sword of Orion (audio story)"])
Clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]
Fluorescent yellow jackets were worn by police in the 20th and 21st century to appear more visible. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)"])
The Yellow Kangs had yellow hair and clothing in around the 22nd century. (TV: Paradise Towers [+]Loading...["Paradise Towers (TV story)"])
Kusks in 3177 wore yellow sashes which indicated combat duty. (PROSE: Longest Day [+]Loading...["Longest Day (novel)"])
D-grade citizens of Megropolis One wore yellow coveralls in the far future. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Sun Makers [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Sun Makers (novelisation)"])
Individuals' clothing history[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the 1190s Vicki Pallister dressed as a page, with long, dark-blue tights and pointed ankle-high shoes, and an extremely smart long-sleeve yellow vest and over it, a thigh-length grey tunic with short puffed sleeves. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Crusaders [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)"])
Peri Brown wore an yellow justacorps when posing as Percy Blakeney's wife in 1793. (AUDIO: Plight of the Pimpernel [+]Loading...["Plight of the Pimpernel (audio story)"])
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Ruby Sunday wore a yellow gown during an adventure in 1813. (TV: Rogue [+]Loading...["Rogue (TV story)"])
Jackson Lake wore a single-breasted overcoat of yellow tweed with peaked lapels and a burgundy overcheck when he and Rosita Farisi also was wearing also was wearing a black corset with yellow and rust stripes when they were helped by the Tenth Doctor to defeat Cybermen from Pete's World during the 1851 Incident. (TV: The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"])
Arriving in 19th century England Peri Brown was wearing an ankle-length gown; yellow with red trimmings, and shoes and parasol to match. (PROSE: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (novelisation)"])
Franz Kafka wore a bronze and yellow cheque tie when helping River Song solver a mystery in Vienna and 107 Baker Street during the 1920s, (AUDIO: Whodunnit? [+]Loading...["Whodunnit? (audio story)"])
Romana II wore a yellow waistcoat when she met Zodaal in London during 1930. (PROSE: The English Way of Death [+]Loading...["The English Way of Death (novel)"])
Melanie Bush was wearing a cornflower-blue dress with yellow polka dots, white socks, black buckle-on shoes when the Doctor's TARDIS arrived in Pax Lucis during World War II. (PROSE: Special Weapons [+]Loading...["Special Weapons (short story)"])
Jo Grant wore yellow boots in the 1970s when she and the Third Doctor chased the Master during his Minoan Manoeuvre. (TV: The Time Monster [+]Loading...["The Time Monster (TV story)"])
Professor Chronotis wore a yellow waistcoat in 1979. (WC: Shada [+]Loading...["Shada (webcast)"])
Neil wore a yellow sports shirt when he tried to kill Carol and Danny in the mid-2000s.(TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts [+]Loading...["Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)"])
Rose Tyler wore a yellow tank top when she first met Sarah Jane Smith and Krillitanes in 2007. (TV: School Reunion [+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"])
Ursula Blake wore a yellow trenchcoat up to being absorbed by Abzorbaloff in 2007. (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"])
Ruby Duvall wore a yellow t-shirt at Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane's wedding in Cheldon Bonniface on 24 April 2010. (PROSE: Happy Endings [+]Loading...["Happy Endings (novel)"])
Alpha Centauri wore a yellow gown to Bernice Summerfield's wedding in 2010. (PROSE: Happy Endings [+]Loading...["Happy Endings (novel)"])
Rose Tyler wore a yellow t-shirt under her blue denim jacket during the incident with the Isolus possessing Chloe in 2012. (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"])
Amy Pond wore a yellow blouse with white polka dots when dealing with the Shakri cubes during the Year of the Slow Invasion (2012-2013). (TV: The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"])
Leela wore a yellow mini-dress when she met the Seventh Doctor in the First Rani's traps in 2013. (TV: Dimensions in Time [+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"])
Clara Oswald wore yellow jumpers, one with a black collar in the 21st century (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"]) and one with a polo collar. (TV: Under the Lake [+]Loading...["Under the Lake (TV story)"], Before the Flood [+]Loading...["Before the Flood (TV story)"])
Bill Potts wore a rainbow bodysuit done in black, crimson, sapphire blue, white, burnt orange, and yellow initially in 2017. (TV: The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"], Smile [+]Loading...["Smile (TV story)"], Thin Ice [+]Loading...["Thin Ice (TV story)"], Extremis [+]Loading...["Extremis (TV story)"], AUDIO: Emancipation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Emancipation of the Daleks (audio story)"])
The Curator wore a black waistcoat with yellow stripes and yellow trims during his Sixth Doctor form in 2020. (AUDIO: Crossed Lines [+]Loading...["Crossed Lines (audio story)"])
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The Thirteenth Doctor commented that not everyone could pull off a yellow beanie, although Ryan Sinclair could in 2021. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Melanie Bush wore a yellow yellow jacket and trousers over a teal blouse whilst on the Hyperion III in 2986. (TV: Terror of the Vervoids [+]Loading...["Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)"])
When Trevor Sigma was on Terra Alpha in the 25th century he was dressed soberly aside from a yellow tie. (PROSE: The Happiness Patrol [+]Loading...["The Happiness Patrol (novelisation)"])
Peri Brown wore a yellow blouse under her blazer when she and the Sixth Doctor arrived on Ravolox in 2,000,000. (TV: The Mysterious Planet [+]Loading...["The Mysterious Planet (TV story)"])
Banto Zame wore a yellow yellow shirt when posing as the Doctor at the vulgar end of time (AUDIO: The One Doctor [+]Loading...["The One Doctor (audio story)"])
Undated[[edit] | [edit source]]
Adric wore a yellow tunic at first on Alzarius (PROSE: Four to Doomsday [+]Loading...["Four to Doomsday (novelisation)"], Kinda [+]Loading...["Kinda (novelisation)"], TV: Full Circle [+]Loading...["Full Circle (TV story)"])
The War Master wore a single-breasted waistcoat of yellow moleskin with his green tweed jacket. (AUDIO: The Sincerest Form of Flattery [+]Loading...["The Sincerest Form of Flattery (audio story)"], A Quiet Night In [+]Loading...["A Quiet Night In (audio story)"], The Orphan [+]Loading...["The Orphan (audio story)"], Unfinished Business [+]Loading...["Unfinished Business (audio story)"])
Bellboy wore a yellow jacket. (PROSE: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy [+]Loading...["The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (novelisation)"], TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy [+]Loading...["The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)"])
Whilst on Hyspero Iris Wildthyme gave Sam Jones some yellow silk pyjamas from within her TARDIS. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress [+]Loading...["The Scarlet Empress (novel)"])
The Dream Lord wears a yellow tie with caramel brown symbols when he taunts the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, and Rory Williams during the beginning of the Eknodine assault. (TV: Amy's Choice [+]Loading...["Amy's Choice (TV story)"])
Peri Brown wore a yellow and black pinstripe blazer when she encountered a Dalek Supreme and the Watchers of the Law on Omnia. (AUDIO: Emissary of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Emissary of the Daleks (audio story)"])
The Doctor's clothing[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Sixth Doctor wore yellow trousers with black stripes. (TV: The Twin Dilemma [+]Loading...["The Twin Dilemma (TV story)"])
The Sixth Doctor typically wore yellow trousers with black stripes. (AUDIO: Piece of Mind [+]Loading...["Piece of Mind (audio story)"]) The Sixth Doctor was wearing a yellow cravat with purple stars when he and Melanie Bush arrived on board the Hyperion III in 2986. (TV: Terror of the Vervoids [+]Loading...["Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)"]) And when he met Banto Zame, (AUDIO: The One Doctor [+]Loading...["The One Doctor (audio story)"]) He also wore it during and encounter during World War I, (AUDIO: Fortunes of War [+]Loading...["Fortunes of War (audio story)"]) and during an encounter with Davros and some Imperial Daleks as well as the Tremas Master and Neomorph Cybermen including a Cyber-Leader. (AUDIO: The Trials of a Time Lord [+]Loading...["The Trials of a Time Lord (audio story)"]) Additionally the Tremas Master described the Sixth Doctor as wearing yellow trousers and a "vulgarly coloured coat" when he was in the 19th century. (TV: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (TV story)"]) The Sixth Doctor wore striped yellow trousers when he and Peri Brown were in Belgium in 1913. (AUDIO: Year of the Pig [+]Loading...["Year of the Pig (audio story)"]) He wore yellow trousers up to his death, the Seventh Doctor continued to wear this clothing whilst within the Rani's base on Lakertya before changing in his TARDIS into beige jacket with a jumper and braces. (TV: Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"])
The Seventh Doctor wore a yellow and maroon paisley scarf when helping his past incarnations and companions to defeat the First Rani. (TV: Dimensions in Time [+]Loading...["Dimensions in Time (TV story)"])
The Eighth Doctor wore a yellow ascot tie of dupioni under the collar of his white shirt when he met Josephine Day. (COMIC: The Pictures of Josephine Day [+]Loading...["The Pictures of Josephine Day (comic story)"]) The Eighth Doctor wore a double-breasted waistcoat of yellow paisley with a shawl collar and a gold fob watch when he and Charley Pollard went to Venice in 2294. (AUDIO: The Stones of Venice [+]Loading...["The Stones of Venice (audio story)"])
The Eighth Doctor wore a single-breasted waistcoat of yellow velvet with a shawl collar and a gold fob watch when he first met Josephine Day. (COMIC: The Pictures of Josephine Day [+]Loading...["The Pictures of Josephine Day (comic story)"])
The War Doctor wore a double-breast waistcoat of yellow moleskin with a shawl collar and a double fob chain of when working with Alice Obiefune and the Child Master. (COMIC: First Rule [+]Loading...["First Rule (comic story)"], The Organ Grinder [+]Loading...["The Organ Grinder (comic story)"], Kill God [+]Loading...["Kill God (comic story)"], Fast Asleep [+]Loading...["Fast Asleep (comic story)"]) He also wore this coat 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: The Whole Thing's Bananas [+]Loading...["The Whole Thing's Bananas (comic story)"])
The Thirteenth Doctor wore yellow braces to hold up her teal culottes. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth [+]Loading...["The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)"]-Revolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)"], COMIC: The Many Lives of Doctor Who [+]Loading...["The Many Lives of Doctor Who"], et al.)
The Fifteenth Doctor wore a green cardigan with a beige trim and stripes done in yellow, scarlet, and black. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])
The Fifteenth Doctor also wore a yellow tank top when protecting Hans Christian Andersen. (COMIC: The Hans of Fear [+]Loading...["The Hans of Fear (comic story)"])
Arriving on the cliffs near Glyngatwg the Fifteenth Doctor was wearing a yellow duffle coat. (TV: 73 Yards [+]Loading...["73 Yards (TV story)"])
The Doctor who posed as Merlin wore a yellow waistcoat under his Afghan coat. (PROSE: Good Companions [+]Loading...["Good Companions (short story)"], Revenants [+]Loading...["Revenants (short story)"])
Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]
Ace likened fitting into a temporal period as getting rid of all colours except yellow, and then lamented wanting interesting colours like "velociraptor violet" or "Mondasian silver". (AUDIO: A Death in the Family [+]Loading...["A Death in the Family (audio story)"])
The term "yellow" had two connotations on Earth: as a sign of cowardice, and as a racial slur against Asians. While convincing an Asian friend to help her break in somewhere, Ace told him "don't be so yellow," before realising and regretting the expression. (PROSE: The Hollow Men [+]Loading...["The Hollow Men (novel)"]) Whilst under the influence of Morgaine, Ace called Shou Yuing a "yellow, slant-eyed..." before stopping herself. (TV: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"]
In comparison to other colours like red or black, yellow and purple were inferior psychological triggers in humans. As such, a Yellow Eye of Eternity never appeared in Through the Eye of Eternity. (PROSE: The Book of the War [+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"])
Demons Run was placed on yellow alert as the Eleventh Doctor assembled an army from across time and space to rescue his companion Amy Pond and her baby daughter. This period of yellow alert lasted three weeks which climaxed with the Battle of Demons Run. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"])
The Fragile Yellow Arc was one of two epochs in the lives of the residents of the planet Fragrance. It was the time from which a person fell in love until the time they died. (AUDIO: The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance [+]Loading...["The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance (audio story)"])
Daleks[[edit] | [edit source]]
Eternal Daleks had yellow casings. (TV: Victory of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)"])
The Examiner Dalek could fire blue and yellow rays. (PROSE: Manhunt [+]Loading...["Manhunt (short story)"])
Drugs[[edit] | [edit source]]
Cigarette smoke stained walls yellow. (PROSE: The Deadstone Memorial [+]Loading...["The Deadstone Memorial (novel)"])
Nicotine oil capsules were available in the 21st century and were used as an alternative to smoking, they were yellow. (PROSE: Trading Futures [+]Loading...["Trading Futures (novel)"])
Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]
In Bombay in 1887 John Watson ate yellow, red, green and purple rices, along with various spiced meats which were served swimming in butter and garnished with sultanas and almonds. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"])
Part of the Tibetan food served in 1935 at the Det-Sen Monastery included a pile of yellow rice, covered with meats and vegetables. Along with unsweetened tea with Yak butter floating in it. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen (novelisation)"])
Rose pink and yellow were the colours of Turkish Delight in the 1960s. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and English Men [+]Loading...["Mad Dogs and English Men (novel)"])
Instant tea available in 2562 was a yellow colour. (PROSE: Genius Loci [+]Loading...["Genius Loci (novel)"])
On Haven in the 28th century the Seventh Doctor and Catherine Broome breakfasted on hot spicy bread, a rich yellow yoghurt and a strong cinnamon flavoured beverage. (PROSE: Companion Piece [+]Loading...["Companion Piece (novel)"])
In 3177 narcomilk was an intoxicating beverage that was a thick yellow syrup. (PROSE: Longest Day [+]Loading...["Longest Day (novel)"])
Some cheeses were yellow. (PROSE: Warlock [+]Loading...["Warlock (novel)"])
God insisted on sending a suspicious yellow dip to every party on the Worldsphere. (PROSE: The Also People [+]Loading...["The Also People (novel)"])
Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
Two robots, a yellow one and a red one, were sent to Earth to find the heir to the throne of a planet. (TV: The Empty Planet [+]Loading...["The Empty Planet (TV story)"])
The Fifth Doctor was sometimes described as having yellow hair. (AUDIO: The Boy That Time Forgot [+]Loading...["The Boy That Time Forgot (audio story)"])
Fadros Pallujikaa of the Sycorax identified the blonde-haired Rose as the "yellow girl" in 2006. (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"])
Two posthumans at the First Auction in Heaven, the Baron of Trilermeriaq and his lover, were mostly made of yellow coral, with "swaying sacks of brain". (PROSE: Going Once, Going Twice [+]Loading...["Going Once, Going Twice (short story)"])
When Davros was retrieved by Thals from the Quetzel and removed from a stasis pod he had yellow-green skin. (PROSE: War of the Daleks [+]Loading...["War of the Daleks (novel)"])
Law enforcement[[edit] | [edit source]]
Police cordon tape in Los Angeles in 1947 was bright yellow. (PROSE: Dying in the Sun [+]Loading...["Dying in the Sun (novel)"])
A double yellow line signified "no parking" in the 1970s. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (novelisation)"])
Police tape in the 1980s was yellow. (PROSE: Damaged Goods [+]Loading...["Damaged Goods (novel)"])
Police tape in 2109 was black and yellow. (PROSE: Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"])
On Mars in the 25th century police tape was blue and yellow. (PROSE: Crimson Dawn [+]Loading...["Crimson Dawn (short story)"])
Lightning[[edit] | [edit source]]
Oil lamps gave off a yellow light. (PROSE: Death to the Daleks [+]Loading...["Death to the Daleks (novelisation)"], Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock (novelisation)"], All-Consuming Fire [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"])
Gaslight also produced a yellow light. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"])
Street lamps or streetlights gave off a yellow light in the 20th century. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"], Damaged Goods [+]Loading...["Damaged Goods (novel)"])
Electric globes gave spaces they illuminated a yellow light. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird [+]Loading...["The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)"])
Objects[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Auton Auto-jet had delicate yellow petals in the 1970s. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons (novelisation)"])
Plastic or rubber ducks were commonly yellow. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"])
Skip bins in the 1990s were yellow in the United Kingdom. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])
Sarah Jane Smith had a yellow teapot in the 2009. (PROSE: Day of the Clown [+]Loading...["Day of the Clown (novelisation)"])
In 2109 fluorescent yellow gaffa tape was available. (PROSE: Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"])
On Peladon in 3984 there were yellowing tapestry with the image of Aggedor's visage. (PROSE: Legacy [+]Loading...["Legacy (novel)"])
Paper[[edit] | [edit source]]
At the Cowbridge Overflow Camp during the Miracle in 2011 complaint forms were coloured yellow. (TV: The Categories of Life [+]Loading...["The Categories of Life (TV story)"])
Aging paper in books made it turn yellow. (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Time of the Daleks (audio story)"], The Rani Elite [+]Loading...["The Rani Elite (audio story)"]) Wallpaper too yellowed with age. (PROSE: Wonderland [+]Loading...["Wonderland (novel)"])
Science[[edit] | [edit source]]
Vapour could be yellow. (PROSE: The Dalek Factor [+]Loading...["The Dalek Factor (novel)"])
Sulphur within crumbly rock was yellow. (PROSE: The Krotons [+]Loading...["The Krotons (novelisation)"])
The fog in London in 1894 was yellow. It was yellow due to thousands of coal fires which produced sulphur. (PROSE: The Bodysnatchers [+]Loading...["The Bodysnatchers (novel)"])
In the 20th century exhaust fumes gave the air a yellow shimmer. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird [+]Loading...["The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)"])
Sodium in space when lit up by the sun appeared yellow, it was used by the Moonbase in 2070 as a distress rocked signal. (TV: The Moonbase [+]Loading...["The Moonbase (TV story)"])
Species[[edit] | [edit source]]
Taran wood beasts had yellow pointed teeth. (Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara (novelisation)"])
Ogrons had yellow teeth and fangs. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)"])
Tzun had yellowish blood. (PROSE: First Frontier [+]Loading...["First Frontier (novel)"])
Canaries were yellow. (PROSE: Transit [+]Loading...["Transit (novel)"])
Many species had yellow skin the Doradans of Dorada had yellow skin with white hair. (PROSE: The Dream Masters [+]Loading...["The Dream Masters (short story)"])
Native to the Zeta Four Sector Megallans also had yellow skin. (PROSE: K9 and the Zeta Rescue [+]Loading...["K9 and the Zeta Rescue (novel)"])
Some species had yellow fur such as the Arunde. (AUDIO: The Fifth Traveller [+]Loading...["The Fifth Traveller (audio story)"])
Although most Time Lords had skin tones comparable to humanoids, one encountered by K9 Mark I had bright yellow skin. (PROSE: K9 and the Zeta Rescue [+]Loading...["K9 and the Zeta Rescue (novel)"])
Some frogs on Earth were yellow. (PROSE: The Eye of the Tyger [+]Loading...["The Eye of the Tyger (novel)"])
Bugbies had yellow skin. (TV: Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story (TV story)"])
TARDISes[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Master's TARDIS sometimes took on the appearance of a yellow Corinthian column pillar. (PROSE: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (novelisation)"], Planet of Fire [+]Loading...["Planet of Fire (novelisation)"])
The Doctor's TARDIS had a yellow lamp on top. (PROSE: The Dark Path [+]Loading...["The Dark Path (novel)"])
Vehicles[[edit] | [edit source]]
The United States had yellow taxi cabs in 1970. (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men [+]Loading...["1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)"])
Bessie was yellow. (PROSE: Out of the Green Mist [+]Loading...["Out of the Green Mist (short story)"], Doctor Who and the Dæmons [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)"])
Amsterdam had yellow trams in the 1980s. (PROSE: Arc of Infinity [+]Loading...["Arc of Infinity (novelisation)"])
Sarah Jane Smith had a yellow Mini Metro in the 1990s. (PROSE: Moving On [+]Loading...["Moving On (short story)"])
In 2001 taxis in Belgium were yellow. (PROSE: Escape Velocity [+]Loading...["Escape Velocity (novel)"])
Mickey Smith drove a yellow Volkswagen Beetle in 2005, but had replaced it with a Mini by 2006. (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"], The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"])
Some Mini Mokes were painted yellow. (AUDIO: Bounty [+]Loading...["Bounty (audio story)"])
Mickey Smith drove Rodrigo's tow truck to help Rose Tyler break into the heart of the TARDIS in 2006. (TV: The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"], The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"])
Bulldozers, also referred to as "JCBs" were painted yellow in the 20th and 21st century. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"], Damaged Goods [+]Loading...["Damaged Goods (novel)"])
In 2010 Hamlet Macbeth was driving a yellow 2CV. (PROSE: Happy Endings [+]Loading...["Happy Endings (novel)"])
Vespas could come in yellow in the 21st century. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"])
Hispano-Suizas could be painted yellow. (PROSE: The Two Doctors [+]Loading...["The Two Doctors (novelisation)"])
Fiats were available in yellow. (PROSE: Warchild [+]Loading...["Warchild (novel)"])
