Bronze

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Bronze was a type of metal. (PROSE: The Mutation of Time ^[+]Loading...["The Mutation of Time (novelisation)"])

Copper was alloyed into bronze to prevent corrosion. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"])

There was a 78 per cent likelihood that a carbon cycle land-based sapient species would develop ceramic technology before bronze working. (PROSE: Genius Loci ^[+]Loading...["Genius Loci (novel)"])

Bronze could be polished to the point that it served as a mirror in Mesopotamia in 2700 BC, and in 120 Rome. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"], The Stone Rose ^[+]Loading...["The Stone Rose (novel)"])

On Venedel in 2600 the culture there had a burnished bronze throne set atop a dais. (PROSE: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld ^[+]Loading...["Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld (novel)"])

Plastic could be a bronze colour in 2609. (PROSE: Predating the Predators ^[+]Loading...["Predating the Predators (short story)"])

When Rose Tyler was at Jericho Street Junior School under 7s gymnastics she got a bronze medal in the 1990s. (TV: Rose ^[+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])

Leonard de Vries used a bronze bowl to contain blood for his the Cailleach sacrifices. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood (novelisation)"])

Candlesticks could be made out of bronze. (PROSE: Where Angels Fear ^[+]Loading...["Where Angels Fear (novel)"])

Coins could be bronze, one plaudit pieces were bronze. (PROSE: Demontage ^[+]Loading...["Demontage (novel)"])

In Silver's palace in the far future on Hope he had rough grass that was bronze in appearance. (PROSE: Hope ^[+]Loading...["Hope (novel)"])

George Litefoot thought that the time cabinet was made of lacquered bronze, but the Fourth Doctor recognised that it was actually made of fused molecules. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang ^[+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)"])

Architectural

Australia House in London had a frontage of steel columns and bronze horses. (PROSE: The English Way of Death ^[+]Loading...["The English Way of Death (novel)"])

The Det-Sen Monastery had an ornately carved bronze bell, bronze lamps throughout, and massive bronze doors in 1935. PROSE: Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen (novelisation)"])

The headquarters of International Electromatix was a tall slim tower of steel and glass with a huge bronze plaque above the entrance, with a symbolic zig-zag spark gripped in a giant fist in the 20th century. (PROSE: The Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Invasion (novelisation)"])

The council chambers on Gallifrey were bronze. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell ^[+]Loading...["The Ancestor Cell (novel)"])

The Sacred Flame on Karn was protected by bronze gates or door. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)"], TV: The Brain of Morbius ^[+]Loading...["The Brain of Morbius (TV story)"])

In Omega's anti-matter palace the walls were of bronze. (PROSE: The Three Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (novelisation)"])

The Doctor's TARDIS during his eighth incarnation had many surfaces covered in polished wood and bronze. (PROSE: The Taking of Planet 5 ^[+]Loading...["The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)"])

In the Doctor's TARDIS there was a huge old-fashioned bath waist-high with little bronze animal legs. (PROSE: Seeing I ^[+]Loading...["Seeing I (novel)"])

Colour

Bronze could also refer to a colour. When the sun was just setting it turned everything into colours of golds, bronzes and coppers. (PROSE: Came to Believe ^[+]Loading...["Came to Believe (short story)"]

Hair could be described as bronze in colour. (PROSE: The Illuminated Man ^[+]Loading...["The Illuminated Man (short story)"])

Cultural

Skin burnt under the sun, causing human's skin to take on a bronze appearance. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"]) To get a sun tan or be "bronzed" was seen as healthy in some 20th century societies. (AUDIO: Wreck of the Titan ^[+]Loading...["Wreck of the Titan (audio story)"], The Crusades ^[+]Loading...["The Crusades (novelisation)"], )

Ian Chesterton considered Temmosus to be "very bronzed" when he saw him enter the Daleks' city on Skaro. (PROSE: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)"])

Clothing

Donna Noble wore a dress with bronze metallic decoration when she and the Tenth Doctor arrived in 1926 on 8 December. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp ^[+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"])

In the 51st century rich bronze garments denoted the highest executive rank of the Sirius Conglomerate located on Androzani Major. (PROSE: The Caves of Andronzani ^[+]Loading...["The Caves of Andronzani (novelisation)"])

Bronze shoulder plates was part of Draconian clothing. (AUDIO: Paper Cuts ^[+]Loading...["Paper Cuts (audio story)"])

The Eighth Doctor wore a bronze pin on his battleship grey cravat after his regeneration. (TV: Doctor Who ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])

The War Doctor wore the Eighth Doctor's bronze brocade waistcoat for some time. (TV: The Night of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Night of the Doctor (TV story)"], AUDIO: Light the Flame ^[+]Loading...["Light the Flame (audio story)"], WC: Doctors Assemble! ^[+]Loading...["Doctors Assemble! (webcast)"]) He also wore a bronze scarf when he helped Voord during the Last Great Time War. (COMIC: Four Doctors ^[+]Loading...["Four Doctors (comic story)"])

The Ninth Doctor wore a bronze jumper with a v-neck collar during an epic football game. (AUDIO: The Beautiful Game ^[+]Loading...["The Beautiful Game (audio story)"])

Daleks

Main article: Bronze Dalek

Though constructed from Dalekanium, the casings of Dalek drones of the several Dalek conflicts, most notably during the Last Great Time War and beyond were associated with bronze; a Dalek on ancient Earth became known as the "Bronze God". (AUDIO: Living History ^[+]Loading...["Living History (audio story)"], PROSE: Engines of War ^[+]Loading...["Engines of War (novel)"])

Sculptures

Statues could be made out of bronze. (PROSE: Losing Track of Time ^[+]Loading...["Losing Track of Time (short story)"], Flashpoint ^[+]Loading...["Flashpoint (short story)"])

In the Chou dynasty bronze figurines were constructed of animals like a a crouching tiger. (PROSE: Falling from Xi'an ^[+]Loading...["Falling from Xi'an (short story)"]

The Zhou dynasty constructed bronze drinking flagons. (PROSE: The Ice Garden ^[+]Loading...["The Ice Garden (short story)"])

Weaponry

In Egypt circa 2200 BC soldiers used bronze daggers. (PROSE: The Mutation of Time ^[+]Loading...["The Mutation of Time (novelisation)"])

Coyn owned a bronze dagger and axe. (PROSE: The People's Temple ^[+]Loading...["The People's Temple (short story)"])

Hippopotamus guards wore bronze armour with rope to keep them standing when asleep, which kept them standing even as they slept. (WC: The Secret of Novice Hame ^[+]Loading...["The Secret of Novice Hame (webcast)"])