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| '''Blue''' was a [[colour]] between [[Indigo (colour)|indigo]] and [[green]] on the [[visible spectrum]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]'')
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| [[File:PoliceBoxLogopolis.jpg|thumb|The Doctor's TARDIS took the form of a police box. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')]]
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| As noted by the [[Sixth Doctor]], it was the official colour of [[mourning]] on "a number of civilised worlds" including [[Necros]], but notably not [[Earth]]. As such, he wore a [[Sixth Doctor's coat|blue coat]] as a [[mourning suit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]''/[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Real Time (audio story)|Real Time]]'')
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| It was also associated with [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') as this was the colour of the [[police box]] [[outer plasmic shell|disguise]] of the TARDIS. The TARDIS was often referred to as a "(big) blue box", even by the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', ''[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]'', etc.) When the [[Eleventh Doctor]] sent a blue envelope to [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]], Amy knew he was the one who sent it, recognising the colour as "[[TARDIS blue]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') In the [[2020s]], [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] appeared on the bank of the [[River Thames]] in a [[pink]] paintjob, although one corner peeled away to reveal the original blue paintjob. ([[EXHIBIT]]: {{Cs|Come on TARDIS, let's go party (exhibit)}})
| | '''Lapis blue''' was a dark shade of blue named after a certain [[Lapis lazuli|substance]].{{fact}} |
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| Blue could also be an [[eye]] colour. Many of [[the Doctor]]’s [[incarnation]]s possessed blue eyes; more specifically the [[First Doctor|first]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]),'' [[Third Doctor|third]], ([[TV]]'':'' ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]])'' [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'') [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') [[Seventh Doctor|seventh]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') [[Eighth Doctor|eighth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') [[Ninth Doctor|ninth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') and [[Twelfth Doctor|twelfth]] incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') Many companions with blue eyes were [[Victoria Waterfield]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') [[Leela]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'') [[Romana I]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'') [[Flip Jackson]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster]]'') [[Constance Clarke]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The End of the Line (audio story)|The End of the Line]]'') [[Liv Chenka]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Robophobia (audio story)|Robophobia]]'') [[Grace Holloway]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') [[Charlotte Pollard]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]])'' [[Helen Sinclair]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Red Lady (audio story)|The Red Lady]])'' [[Jackson Lake]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]])'' and [[Ruby Sunday]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)|The Church on Ruby Road]]'')
| | The [[Twelfth Doctor]] wore a [[Covert coat|covert coat]] in lapis blue when facing the [[Hyperion (species)|Hyperions]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Hyperion Empire (comic story)}}) |
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| The eyepiece and vision of a [[Dalek eyestalk]] were often blue. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', etc.)
| | [[Peri Brown]] wore lapis blue [[culottes]] when she met [[King]] [[Yrcanos]], [[Mentor]] [[Sil]], and Mentor [[Lord]] [[Kiv]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mindwarp (TV story)}}) |
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| One of the two main suits the [[Tenth Doctor]] would wear was a blue suit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'')
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| Some incarnations of [[the Master]] possessed blue eyes; more specifically, his original incarnation as a child, ([[TV]]: [[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]) [[Tremas Master|Tremas]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'') [[War Master|war]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') [[Missy]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') and [[The Lumiat|Lumiat]] incarnations. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lumiat (audio story)|The Lumiat]]'')
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| The [[Sixth Corsair|sixth]] incarnation of [[the Corsair]] had blue eyes. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Old Friends (comic story)|Old Friends]]'')
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| [[Adolf Hitler]] had blue eyes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'')
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| [[Shona McCullough]] had blue eyes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'')
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| During her trip to [[New Earth]] with the Tenth Doctor, [[Rose Tyler]] wore a blue zip-up jacket, which she swiftly removed when she was possessed by the [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17|Lady Cassandra]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'')
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| Many [[silver Dalek]]s had blue [[sense globe]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', etc) Some of the [[Humanised Dalek]]s who lived in [[Alpha (The Evil of the Daleks)|Alpha]]'s colony on the planet [[Kyrol]] following the [[Dalek Civil War]] were Blue Daleks. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Children of the Revolution (comic story)|Children of the Revolution]]'') The [[Blue Dalek]]s were the equivalent of [[sergeant]]s and [[corporal]]s. ([[PROSE]]: [[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]) The [[Dalek Time Controller]] had a blue casing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[To the Death (audio story)|To the Death]]'', ''[[X and the Daleks (audio story)|X and the Daleks]]'') During the [[Last Great Time War]], the [[Bronze Dalek|Dalek]] members of the [[Eternity Circle]] were mostly blue, with [[silver]] domes and globes. Other Daleks present at the Daleks' temporary base in the city of [[Andor (city)|Andor]] on [[Moldox]] were [[silver]] with blue [[dome]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') During the war, the [[Dalek Scientific Division]] were [[Bronze (colour)|bronze]] with blue domes and sense globes. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Thing of Guile (audio story)|A Thing of Guile]]'')
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| In ''[[Through the Eye of Eternity]]'', the Blue [[Eye of Eternity]] generally symbolised that the week's episode would be a [[spy]] drama. This was a reference to the [[Cold War|"Cold" War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
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| [[Metebelis III]] was the famous blue planet of the [[Acteon Galaxy]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]'', ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
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| On the [[Blue Planet]], almost everything was blue, including the natives. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dr. Sixth (novel)|Dr. Sixth]]'')
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| The [[sun]] briefly turned blue when the [[Slitheen]] began draining its power. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'')
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| [[Blue Dalek]]s and [[Strategist Dalek]]s were identified by their blue [[Casing|casings]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') [[Humanoid Dalek]]s, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'') [[Vogan (The Vogan Slaves)|Vogans]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Vogan Slaves (comic story)|The Vogan Slaves]]'') [[Monstron]]s, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Menace of the Monstrons (comic story)|The Menace of the Monstrons]]'') [[Fodoran]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Kursaal (novel)|Kursaal]]'') [[Crespallion (species)|Crespallions]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') and [[Zerovian]]s ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Impasse (comic story)|Impasse]]'') had blue [[skin]]. [[Dahh-Ren]] was blue, ([[TV]]: ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]'') as was [[Jorj]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') [[Arun]]'s skin had a blue tint after the [[Panjistri]] experimented on her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'')
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| [[Nardole]] recalled being blue at some point, and suggested that he should "go back" to it. ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'')
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| The [[ear]]s of a [[Fostarone]] turned blue when they lied. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghosts of India (novel)|Ghosts of India]]'')
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| In the [[spring]] of [[2007]], while facing a [[Hoix]] with the Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler threw a blue [[bucket]] of [[liquid]] at the Hoix. This was the wrong bucket, Rose had thought the Doctor said blue, but as the Doctor noted, he had said "not blue". This enraged the Hoix who chased Rose and the Doctor until Rose found the correct [[red]] bucket. ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'')
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| [[Dan Lewis]]' [[horoscope]] for [[2021]] foretold that the colour blue would be important, among other things. ([[TV]]: ''[[Welcome to the TARDIS... (TV story)|Welcome to the TARDIS...]]'')
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| While searching for a [[Distress call|distress signal]] at the [[1966 World Cup Final]], the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] noticed blue [[fringing]] emanating from a group of four [[time tourist]]s as a result of his [[sonic screwdriver]] interacting with their [[psychic shield]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)|Liberation of the Daleks]]'')
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| The [[Governor of Varos (Vengeance on Varos)|45th Governor of Varos]]'s favourite [[drink]] was a sparkling blue [[wine]] from the [[vineyard]]s of the [[planet]] [[Emsidium]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (novelisation)|Vengeance on Varos]]'')
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| [[Cosmos blue]] was a shade of blue [[paint]] sold by [[B&Q]] by [[2005]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'')
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| The [[Fifteenth Doctor]] wore blue [[trousers]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse (reference book)|namedpart=Heroes of Time}})
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| == Other references ==
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| "Out of the blue" was a [[saying]] used both by [[Tish Jones]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') and her [[sister]] [[Martha Jones]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'')
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