Chrome
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Chrome was a silver coloured material similar to stainless steel. (PROSE: Rip Tide [+]Loading...["Rip Tide (novel)"])
Metal could be made chrome by being "chromed". (PROSE: Bad Therapy [+]Loading...["Bad Therapy (novel)"])
Work surfaces could be made from chrome or stainless steel. (PROSE: Mission to Venus [+]Loading...["Mission to Venus (novel)"]
Chrome could be polished. (PROSE: Genius Loci [+]Loading...["Genius Loci (novel)"])
The Tenth Doctor once mentioned meeting author Jules Verne, and suggested he "add more chrome" to the fictional submarine Nautilus. (COMIC: Final Sacrifice [+]Loading...["Final Sacrifice (comic story)"])
Astronomical objects
Io appeared to be ochre, yellow and chrome green in 2982. (PROSE: So Vile a Sin [+]Loading...["So Vile a Sin (novel)"])
Architecture
The National Space Museum was a concrete and chrome building in 1997. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])
In St Paul's Cathedral in 2595 there was a gargantuan chrome and neon crucifix that hovered. (PROSE: The Sword of Forever [+]Loading...["The Sword of Forever (novel)"])
The Proofrock-Mills Intelligence Museum's foyer was giant with silver and glass within in 3010. (PROSE: Black and White [+]Loading...["Black and White (short story)"])
When Fitz Kreiner was travelling with the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones the TARDIS had (or created) a kitchen. It was a cross between a medieval kitchen and Frankenstein's laboratory; stone and wood mingling with chrome and plastic. (PROSE: Autumn Mist [+]Loading...["Autumn Mist (novel)"])
Clothing
The Kiloran military used chrome armour. (PROSE: Hiding Places [+]Loading...["Hiding Places (short story)"])
Salt shakers could be chrome. (PROSE: The City of the Dead [+]Loading...["The City of the Dead (novel)"])
Cocktail shakers could be made from chrome. (PROSE: Return to a Fractured Planet [+]Loading...["Return to a Fractured Planet (novel)"])
Furniture
Barstools could be chrome. (PROSE: Vat's Cradle: Warhead [+]Loading...["Vat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)"])
Individuals
After Davros was injured by a Thal shell, he was reconstructed with chrome and plastic, held together by tungsten wire, with fibre optics threaded into his brain. (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)"])
Objects
Bernice Summerfield had a chrome flask in 2600. (PROSE: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld [+]Loading...["Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld (novel)"])
Physics
Hyperoxide had a higher polymer strength than chrome steel. (TV: The Wheel in Space [+]Loading...["The Wheel in Space (TV story)"])
Species
The Seventh Doctor described CyberNeomorphs to Hex as being; "brushed steel silver, faces like chrome masks, (and) seven or eight feet tall". (AUDIO: The Harvest [+]Loading...["The Harvest (audio story)"])
The Eleventh Doctor referred to the Cyberman he encountered with the crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) in a parallel universe as having a "chrome plated cranium". (COMIC: Assimilation² [+]Loading...["Assimilation² (comic story)"])
Abslom Daak referred to Daleks as "chrome domes". (COMIC: Nemesis of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Nemesis of the Daleks (comic story)"])
Technology
Nimrod's psionic amplifier appeared chrome plated. (AUDIO: Project Destiny [+]Loading...["Project Destiny (audio story)"])
Weapons
Magnum XII lasers were made of chrome. (PROSE: Ghost Devices [+]Loading...["Ghost Devices (novel)"])
Vehicles
Chrome was a feature on large yachts in Sicily in 1975. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space [+]Loading...["The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)"])
Motorcycles in the 1960s had chrome on them. (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])
The Oldsmobile 88 had an enormous bonnet, two doors, a soft black top and curved lines, with chrome hubcaps and trim. (PROSE: The Mother Road [+]Loading...["The Mother Road (short story)"])
The 4.5 litre Bentleys that were new in 1933 had polished chrome headlamps. (PROSE: Eater of Wasps [+]Loading...["Eater of Wasps (novel)"])
Volkswagen Beetles had chrome bumpers. (PROSE: Father Time [+]Loading...["Father Time (novel)"])
Plymouth convertibles had plenty of chrome in 1957. (PROSE: First Frontier [+]Loading...["First Frontier (novel)"])
Non-valid
Some Cybermen were chrome in colour. According to the 101 Things To Do With Dead Aliens Book, if one kept a Cyberman in their medicine cabinet and thereafter lost an arm, it could be replaced with a Cyber-arm that could be either chrome or silver. (NOTVALID: Doctor Who? 131)
