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'''Army green '''was a dark shade of [[green]] which was used by military forces, similar to [[Olive (colour)|olive]].
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'''Green''' was a colour which sat between [[blue]] and [[yellow]] on the [[visible spectrum]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]'')


== Cultural associations ==
The [[War Doctor]] wore wore army green [[leather]] [[gaiters]] with some buttons missing right up to his [[War Doctor's regeneration|death]] after the [[1562]]/[[2013]] [[Zygon invasion of Earth|Zygon Invasion of Earth]] and the [[Fall of Gallifrey]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
Green was the official colour of [[mourning]] in [[Perfugium]], as it symbolised death and a return to nature. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'')  


Green was also the universal colour for medicine. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Confusion of Angels (comic story)|A Confusion of Angels]]'')
The [[Ninth Doctor]] wore an army green [[jumper]] with a v-neck collar under his [[black]] leather [[peacoat]] when joining forces with [[Queen]] [[Gruach]] to stop [[Fuath]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Lady Macbeth (audio story)|The Curse of Lady Macbeth]]'')


[[Time Lord]]s of the [[Arcalian Chapter]] wore green ceremonial robes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
[[Clara Oswald]] wore an army green [[parka]] during her first adventure with the [[Eleventh Doctor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]'') and when she and the [[Twelfth Doctor]] dealt with [[Kantrofarri|dream crabs]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'') She also wore an army green [[leather jacket]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'')


During the [[Middle Ages]], green was associated with [[witch]]es and was considered [[Luck|unlucky]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]'')
[[Donna Noble]] wore an army green [[overcoat]] during her adventures with the [[Fourteenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]], [[Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)|Wild Blue Yonder]], [[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'')


In ''[[Through the Eye of Eternity]]'', the Green [[Eye of Eternity]] generally symbolised that the week's episode would concern ecological themes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')[[File:Shrek poster.jpg|thumb|alt=|A [[poster]] for ''[[Shrek]]'', featuring [[Shrek (fictional character)|Shrek]], who had green [[skin]], and a [[Fiona (fictional character)|woman]] with [[Ginger (trait)|red hair]] wearing a green [[dress]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'')]]In an [[alternate timeline]] in which the [[First Doctor]] spent [[3 (number)|three]] [[month]]s on [[Urbinia]], his friend, [[Professor]] [[Feedlam]] discovered a new colour which was "a little bit green and a little bit [[black]]", creating "a sort of [[mauve]]". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Daughter of the Gods (audio story)|Daughter of the Gods]]'')
[[Romana II]] wore army green [[Boot|boots]] when she fell into the [[First Rani]]'s trap. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'')
A [[poster]] for ''[[Shrek]]'' featured [[Shrek (fictional character)|Shrek]], who had green [[skin]], and a [[Fiona (fictional character)|woman]] with [[Ginger (trait)|red hair]] wearing a green [[dress]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'')


== Astronomical objects ==
[[Tara Mishra]] wore an army green leather jacket when she meets [[Rose Tyler]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Bidding War (comic story)|The Bidding War]]'')
The [[sky]] of an [[Planet (The Sour Note)|Earth-like planet]] was green, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sour Note (short story)|The Sour Note]]'') as was the sky of [[Arcopolis]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eyeless (novel)|The Eyeless]]'')


== Clothing ==
[[Kate Stewart|Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]], [[Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Gordon]]'s daughter, wore a double-breasted overcoat in army green when she met [[Ruby Sunday]] in the [[2025]] of a [[Ruby's World|parallel timeline]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[73 Yards (TV story)|73 Yards]]'')
[[Amy Pond]] wore a scoop collar top done in green ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'')


[[Doctor]] [[Olivia Steele]] wore a pale green [[blouse]] underneath a [[white]] [[lab coat]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Exodus Code (novel)|Exodus Code]]'')
[[The Master]]'s [[Saxon Master|Saxon]] incarnation wore an army green [[shirt]], ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'') right up to his [[Saxon Master's regeneration|death]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')


[[The Master]]'s eighteenth incarnation wore a dark green shirt up to his death, ([[TV]]: ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World and Enough]]''|''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
Many members of [[UNIT]] wore army green [[Beret|berets]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]-[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'')  
 
[[Giles]] wore a green and [[grey]] [[sweatshirt]], [[jeans]], [[rucksack]], and a [[ponytail]] when he saw [[Lucifer (Lucifer)|Lucifer]] from across a road in what Lucifer called "[[United Kingdom|Kingdom United]]". ([[WC]]: {{cs|Mission: Find Lilith (webcast)}})
 
== Biological characteristics ==
[[Sontaran]]s had green [[blood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'', ''[[The Last Sontaran (TV story)|The Last Sontaran]]''; [[AUDIO]] {{cs|Heroes of Sontar (audio story)}})
 
[[Skaro]]'s life including [[Kaled|Kaleds]] own green blood ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Juggernauts (audio story)|The Juggernauts]]'')
 
Historians who had been allowed access to the "[[Monster Vaults]]" of the [[TARDIS information system|databanks]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] observed that the [[Abzorbalovian|Abzorbaloff]]s were bright green. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Monster Vault (novel)|The Monster Vault]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'') [[Victor Kennedy]]'s green skin was saggy and not unlike the Slitheen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Creatures and Demons (reference book)|Creatures and Demons]]'')
 
=== Skin ===
Many species had green [[skin]], including [[Alpha Centauran]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'') [[Etydion]]s, [[Foamasi]], [[Ice Warrior]]s, ([[TV]]:  ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'') [[Jadean]]s, [[Jagaroth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') [[Klepton]]s, [[Uxariean|Primitives]], [[Rutan]]s, ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Gunpowder Plot (video game)|The Gunpowder Plot]]'') [[late Silurian]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'') [[Swampie]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'') [[Urbankan]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]]s such as the [[Slitheen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') [[Vinvocci]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') and [[Waterman (Dr. Who Meets the Watermen)|Watermen]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Dr. Who Meets the Watermen (comic story)|Dr. Who Meets the Watermen]]'') Infant [[Chimeron]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'') and larval [[Wirrn]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') were also green.
 
=== Eyes ===
Green was an eye colour. [[The Doctor]] had green eyes in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]] incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]'')
 
Companions of the Doctor with green eyes including [[Ace]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') [[Lucie Miller]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'') and [[Donna Noble]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') [[Georgette Gold]] had green eyes as did her [[avatar]], [[Georgy Gold]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)}})
 
== Species' associations ==
Green [[Dalek]]s were at the [[Gallifreyan]] warship ''[[Starbane]]''. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Doctor and the Dalek (video game)|The Doctor and the Dalek]]'')
 
== Substances ==
[[Stahlman's ooze]] was green. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') The waste from [[Global Chemicals]]' [[oil]]-refining process was green. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'')
 
Instead of the typical [[silver (colour)|silver]], the [[Cyberon (drug)|Cyberon drug]] produced by the [[Cyberwolf]] [[Abigail (A Worthy Successor)|Abigail]] was green. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Worthy Successor (short story)|A Worthy Successor]]'')
 
== Variants of green ==
Verdant/forest green were two names for a certain shade of green. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
[[File:Tardis green.jpg|thumb|The green TARDIS travels through time.]]
In the comic adaptation of the film ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (comic story)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', the [[police box]]-shaped [[TARDIS (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|TARDIS]] is erroneously coloured green as opposed to [[TARDIS blue]].
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Revision as of 01:54, 6 June 2024

Army green was a dark shade of green which was used by military forces, similar to olive.

The War Doctor wore wore army green leather gaiters with some buttons missing right up to his death after the 1562/2013 Zygon Invasion of Earth and the Fall of Gallifrey. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)

The Ninth Doctor wore an army green jumper with a v-neck collar under his black leather peacoat when joining forces with Queen Gruach to stop Fuath. (AUDIO: The Curse of Lady Macbeth)

Clara Oswald wore an army green parka during her first adventure with the Eleventh Doctor, (TV: The Bells of Saint John) and when she and the Twelfth Doctor dealt with dream crabs. (TV: Last Christmas) She also wore an army green leather jacket. (TV: Flatline)

Donna Noble wore an army green overcoat during her adventures with the Fourteenth Doctor. (TV: The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder, The Giggle)

Romana II wore army green boots when she fell into the First Rani's trap. (TV: Dimensions in Time)

Tara Mishra wore an army green leather jacket when she meets Rose Tyler and the Ninth Doctor. (COMIC: The Bidding War)

Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, Gordon's daughter, wore a double-breasted overcoat in army green when she met Ruby Sunday in the 2025 of a parallel timeline. (TV: 73 Yards)

The Master's Saxon incarnation wore an army green shirt, (TV: World Enough and Time) right up to his death. (TV: The Doctor Falls)

Many members of UNIT wore army green berets. (TV: Terror of the Autons-Terror of the Zygons)