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

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

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

The War Doctor wore a crimson scarf when he and Petrella escaped a Mark VIII Dalek ambush led by a Type E Supreme Dalek. (COMIC: Ambush ^[+]Loading...["Ambush (comic story)"])

The Tenth Doctor wore a crimson undershirt during the Revolution of the Ood. (TV: Planet of the Ood ^[+]Loading...["Planet of the Ood (TV story)"])

Ace wore a crimson blouse when she returned to 1989, and proceeded to encounter the Cheetah People and the Tremas Master's Survival Stratagem. (TV: Survival ^[+]Loading...["Survival (TV story)"])

Rose Tyler wore a crimson t-shirt when she helped the Doctor's eighth and eleventh incarnations deal with a parallel self, D'Pau, and some Sontarans around 2020. (COMIC: Empire of the Wolf ^[+]Loading...["Empire of the Wolf (comic story)"])

Amy Pond wore crimson scarves; such as when she met Vincent van Gogh in 1890, (TV: Vincent and the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)"]) and during the during the Total Collapse Event Incident. (TV: The Pandorica Opens ^[+]Loading...["The Pandorica Opens (TV story)"], The Big Bang ^[+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"])

Clara Oswald wore a crimson minidress when she and the Eleventh Doctor were caught in a time loop within the Doctor's TARDIS caused by the Van Baalen salvage crew's tampering with the TARDIS. (TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS ^[+]Loading...["Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)"]) Clara Oswin Oswald, her Victorian counterpart, was wearing a crimson dress when she met the Eleventh Doctor in London in 1892. (TV: The Snowmen ^[+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"])

Liz Shaw wore a crimnson turtle neck jumper during her first encounter with Early Silurians during the Wenley Moor Affair in 1973. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)"]) and when helping many versions of the Doctor and companions. (GAME: Lost in Time ^[+]Loading...["Lost in Time (video game)"])

Romana II wore a crimson cravat when she and the Fourth Doctor were in Paris in 1979, and ran into Duggan, Scaroth and the latter's plans to avert the human race to save his species. (TV: City of Death ^[+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"])

Li Shou Yuing was wearing a crimson shirt when she met the Seventh Doctor and Ace in 1989, when Morgaine brought forth the Destroyer. (TV: Battlefield ^[+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"])

Ruby Sunday wore a crimson safari jacket during a trip to Kastarion 3 in 5087. (TV: Boom ^[+]Loading...["Boom (TV story)"])

Some Late Silurian commanders wore dark red vests. (TV: Cold Blood ^[+]Loading...["Cold Blood (TV story)"], GAME: The Eternity Clock ^[+]Loading...["The Eternity Clock (video game)"])

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)"])

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

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

• Crimson Heart
• Red leech, also known as "The Crimson Horror".
• Crimson pirate
• Crimson Star beer and larger. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad ^[+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"], Walking to Babylon ^[+]Loading...["Walking to Babylon (novel)"]