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[[File:Silurian Leaders.png|thumb|Silurians had green skin. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'')]]
'''Green''' was a colour which sat between [[blue]] and [[yellow]] on the [[visible spectrum]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]'')
'''Green''' was a colour which sat between [[blue]] and [[yellow]] on the [[visible spectrum]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]'')
== Cultural associations ==
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]]'')
[[Time Lord]]s of the [[Arcalian Chapter]] wore green ceremonial robes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
During the [[Middle Ages]], green was associated with [[witch]]es and was considered [[Luck|unlucky]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]'')
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]]'')
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 ==
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 ==
[[Doctor]] [[Olivia Steele]] wore a pale green [[blouse]] underneath a [[white]] [[lab coat]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Exodus Code (novel)|Exodus Code]]'')


== Biological characteristics ==
== Biological characteristics ==
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=== Skin ===
=== 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.
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]]:  ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'') [[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|Silurians]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'') [[Draconian|Draconians]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]]s including [[Slitheen]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') [[Abzorbalovian|Abzorbalovians]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love and Monsters]]'') [[Swampie]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll (TV story)|The Power of Kroll]]'') [[Urbankan]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') [[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 ===
=== Eyes ===
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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)}})
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)}})
== Astronomical objects ==
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 ==
[[Doctor]] [[Olivia Steele]] wore a pale green [[blouse]] underneath a [[white]] [[lab coat]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Exodus Code (novel)|Exodus Code]]'')


== Species' associations ==
== Species' associations ==
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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]]'')
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]]'')
== Cultural associations ==
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]]'')
[[Time Lord]]s of the [[Arcalian Chapter]] wore green ceremonial robes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'')
During the [[Middle Ages]], green was associated with [[witch]]es and was considered [[Luck|unlucky]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]'')
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]]'')
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]]'')


== Variants of green ==
== Variants of green ==

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Silurians had green skin. (TV: Cold Blood)

Green was a colour which sat between blue and yellow on the visible spectrum. (TV: Sky)

Biological characteristics

Sontarans had green blood. (TV: The Two Doctors, The Last Sontaran; AUDIO Heroes of Sontar [+]Loading...["Heroes of Sontar (audio story)"])

Skaro's life including Kaleds own green blood (AUDIO: The Juggernauts)

Historians who had been allowed access to the "Monster Vaults" of the databanks in the Doctor's TARDIS observed that the Abzorbaloffs were bright green. (PROSE: The Monster Vault, TV: Love & Monsters) Victor Kennedy's green skin was saggy and not unlike the Slitheen. (PROSE: Creatures and Demons)

Skin

Many species had green skin, including Alpha Centaurans, (TV: The Curse of Peladon) Etydions, Foamasi, Ice Warriors, (TV: The Curse of Peladon) Jadeans, Jagaroth, (TV: City of Death) Kleptons, Primitives, Rutans, (GAME: The Gunpowder Plot) Silurians, (TV: The Hungry Earth) Draconians, (TV: Frontier in Space) Raxacoricofallapatorians including Slitheen, (TV: Aliens of London) Abzorbalovians, (TV: Love and Monsters) Swampies, (TV: The Power of Kroll) Urbankans, (TV: Four to Doomsday) Vinvocci (TV: The End of Time) and Watermen. (COMIC: Dr. Who Meets the Watermen) Infant Chimerons (TV: Delta and the Bannermen) and larval Wirrn (TV: The Ark in Space) were also green.

Eyes

Green was an eye colour. The Doctor had green eyes in his sixth incarnation. (TV: The Caves of Androzani)

Companions of the Doctor with green eyes including Ace, (TV: Dragonfire) Lucie Miller, (AUDIO: Blood of the Daleks) and Donna Noble. (TV: Doomsday) Georgette Gold had green eyes as did her avatar, Georgy Gold. (COMIC: Liberation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)"])

Astronomical objects

The sky of an Earth-like planet was green, (PROSE: The Sour Note) as was the sky of Arcopolis. (PROSE: The Eyeless)

Clothing

Doctor Olivia Steele wore a pale green blouse underneath a white lab coat. (PROSE: Exodus Code)

Species' associations

Green Daleks were at the Gallifreyan warship Starbane. (GAME: The Doctor and the Dalek)

Substances

Stahlman's ooze was green. (TV: Inferno) The waste from Global Chemicals' oil-refining process was green. (TV: The Green Death)

Instead of the typical silver, the Cyberon drug produced by the Cyberwolf Abigail was green. (PROSE: A Worthy Successor)

Cultural associations

Green was the official colour of mourning in Perfugium, as it symbolised death and a return to nature. (AUDIO: Master)

Green was also the universal colour for medicine. (COMIC: A Confusion of Angels)

Time Lords of the Arcalian Chapter wore green ceremonial robes. (TV: The Deadly Assassin)

During the Middle Ages, green was associated with witches and was considered unlucky. (PROSE: Wolfsbane)

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)

A poster for Shrek, featuring Shrek, who had green skin, and a woman with red hair wearing a green dress. (TV: Dead Man Walking)

In an alternate timeline in which the First Doctor spent three months 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)

A poster for Shrek featured Shrek, who had green skin, and a woman with red hair wearing a green dress. (TV: Dead Man Walking)

Variants of green

Verdant/forest green were two names for a certain shade of green. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)

Behind the scenes

The green TARDIS travels through time.

In the comic adaptation of the film Dr. Who and the Daleks, the police box-shaped TARDIS is erroneously coloured green as opposed to TARDIS blue.